Kang Zhang

49.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
239 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Kang Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang Zhang has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Ophthalmology and 52 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kang Zhang's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (47 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (30 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (27 papers). Kang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (47 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (30 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (27 papers). Kang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Kang Zhang's co-authors include Jie Xu, Sally L. Baxter, Jianxing He, Jiming Xu, Xingtao Zhou, Ling Zhao, David S. Boyer, Robert B. Bhisitkul, Srinivas R. Sadda and Trey Ideker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kang Zhang

224 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genome-wide Methylation Profiles Reveal Quantitative Views of Human Aging Rates

2012 2.5k citations Ling Zhao, Kang Zhang et al. profile →
The practical implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in medicine

2018 1.3k citations Sally L. Baxter, Jie Xu et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding

2020 1.0k citations Kang Zhang et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Seven-Year Outcomes in Ranibizumab-Treated Patients in ANCHOR, MARINA, and HORIZON

2013 799 citations Kang Zhang et al. profile →
A Variant of the HTRA1 Gene Increases Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

2006 609 citations Zhenglin Yang, Zongzhong Tong et al. profile →
Sustained axon regeneration induced by co-deletion of PTEN and SOCS3

2011 558 citations Kang Zhang et al. profile →
Drusen complement components C3a and C5a promote choroidal neovascularization

2006 531 citations Kang Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to neural progenitors

2011 455 citations Kang Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Direct 3D bioprinting of prevascularized tissue constructs with complex microarchitecture

2017 434 citations Jie Zhu, Kang Zhang et al. profile →
COVID-19 in early 2021: current status and looking forward

2021 197 citations Chengdi Wang, Zhoufeng Wang et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
A transformer-based representation-learning model with unified processing of multimodal input for clinical diagnostics

2023 168 citations Chengdi Wang, Yuanxu Gao et al. profile →
Recent Progresses in Machine Learning Assisted Raman Spectroscopy

2023 125 citations Yaping Qi, Yucheng Jiang et al. Advanced Optical Materials profile →
Artificial intelligence in drug development

2025 110 citations Kang Zhang, Xin Yang et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Kang Zhang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kang Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kang Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kang Zhang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kang Zhang. Kang Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Direct Differentiation of Human Adult Adipose Tissue into Multilineage Functional Organoids 2025 ·Engineering ·Ru‐Lin Huang, Jing Yang, (unknown), Xiangqi Liu, (unknown), Chuanqi Liu, Xingran Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kang Zhang, Qingfeng Li	0
2	Artificial intelligence in drug development breakdown → 2025 ·Nature Medicine ·Kang Zhang, Xin Yang, Yifei Wang, Yunfang Yu, Niu Huang, Gen Li, Xiaokun Li, Joseph C. Wu, Shengyong Yang	110
3	Consuming the redundant renewable energy by injecting hydrogen into the gas network: A case study of electricity-gas-hydrogen coupled system of Ireland 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), Zeyu Zhang, Wei Gu, Zhi Wu, (unknown), Kang Zhang, (unknown)	7
4	Unraveling the role of M1 macrophage and CXCL9 in predicting immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy through multicohort analysis and single‐cell RNA sequencing 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yunfang Yu, Haizhu Chen, Wenhao Ouyang, Jin Zeng, (unknown), Luhui Mao, Xueyuan Jia, (unknown), Zehua Wang, (unknown), Zhenjun Huang, (unknown), Herui Yao, Kang Zhang	10
5	Accurate estimation of biological age and its application in disease prediction using a multimodal image Transformer system 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jinzhuo Wang, Yuanxu Gao, Fangfei Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Hanpei Miao, (unknown), Jin Zeng, Daniel T. Baptista‐Hon, Olivia Monteiro, (unknown), (unknown), Yuxing Lu, (unknown), (unknown), Jian‐Kang Zhu, Sheng Nie, Kang Zhang, Yong Zhou	12
6	Single‐cell transcriptomics implicates the FEZ1–DKK1 axis in the regulation of corneal epithelial cell proliferation and senescence 2023 ·Cell Proliferation ·Liqiong Zhu, Li Wang, Dongmei Liu, Chaoqun Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Jiafeng Liu, Ying Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Mingsen Li, Huizhen Guo, (unknown), Kang Zhang, Jianping Ji, Jin Yuan, Hong Ouyang	5
7	Recent Progresses in Machine Learning Assisted Raman Spectroscopy breakdown → 2023 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Yaping Qi, (unknown), Yucheng Jiang, Zhenping Wu, Ming Zheng, (unknown), Yong Liang, Mohammad A. Sadi, Kang Zhang, Yong P. Chen	125
8	Deep-learning-enabled protein–protein interaction analysis for prediction of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and variant evolution 2023 ·Nature Medicine ·Guangyu Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Kai Wang, Yuanxu Gao, Gen Li, Daniel T. Baptista‐Hon, Xiaohong Yang, Kanmin Xue, (unknown), Zeyu Jiang, (unknown), Manson Fok, Johnson Yiu‐Nam Lau, Shengyong Yang, Ligong Lu, Ping Zhang, Kang Zhang	35
9	Lipid metabolism dysfunction induced by age-dependent DNA methylation accelerates aging 2022 ·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ·Xin Li, Jiaqiang Wang, (unknown), Yuanxu Gao, Guihai Feng, Gen Li, Jun Zou, (unknown), (unknown), Chao Liu, (unknown), Ling Zhao, Hong Ouyang, Jian‐Kang Zhu, Wei Li, Qi Zhou, Kang Zhang	76
10	COVID-19 in early 2021: current status and looking forward breakdown → 2021 ·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ·Chengdi Wang, Zhoufeng Wang, Guangyu Wang, Johnson Yiu‐Nam Lau, Kang Zhang, Weimin Li	197
11	Aberrant TGF-β1 signaling activation by MAF underlies pathological lens growth in high myopia 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Xiangjia Zhu, Yu Du, Dan Li, Jie Xu, Qingfeng Wu, Wenwen He, Keke Zhang, Jie Zhu, Linying Guo, Ming Qi, Ailin Liu, (unknown), Guangyu Wang, Jiaqi Meng, Zhenglin Yang, Kang Zhang, Yi Lü	55
12	Core transcription regulatory circuitry orchestrates corneal epithelial homeostasis 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Mingsen Li, (unknown), Lingyu Li, Chenxi He, Liqiong Zhu, Huizhen Guo, Li Wang, Jiafeng Liu, Siqi Wu, Jingxin Liu, Tao Xu, Zhen Mao, Nan Cao, Kang Zhang, Fei Lan, Junjun Ding, Jin Yuan, Yizhi Liu, Hong Ouyang	41
13	The lipid elongation enzyme ELOVL2 is a molecular regulator of aging in the retina 2020 ·Aging Cell ·Daniel Chen, Daniel L. Chao, (unknown), Matthew J. Kolar, Viet Anh Nguyen Huu, Michał Krawczyk, (unknown), Tina Wang, Maryam Jafari, (unknown), Kevin D. Ross, Alan Saghatelian, Bruce A. Hamilton, Kang Zhang, Dorota Skowronska‐Krawczyk	77
14	Big DNA as a tool to dissect an age-related macular degeneration-associated haplotype 2019 ·Precision Clinical Medicine ·Jon M. Laurent, Xin Fu, (unknown), Matthew T. Maurano, Kang Zhang, Jef D. Boeke	5
15	Genome-wide colocalization of RNA–DNA interactions and fusion RNA pairs 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhangming Yan, Norman Huang, Weixin Wu, Weizhong Chen, Yiqun Jiang, Jingyao Chen, (unknown), Xingzhao Wen, Jie Xu, Qiushi Jin, Kang Zhang, Zhen Chen, Shu Chien, Sheng Zhong	45
16	The effects of Chinese herbal medicines for treating diabetic foot ulcers: A systematic review of 49 randomized controlled trials 2019 ·Complementary Therapies in Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Li‐Qiong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Hao Lü, Kang Zhang, Huimin Zhang, Jianping Liu	22
17	Mutations in GNAQ and GNA11 in Chinese patients with uveal melanoma 2016 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Sally L. Baxter, (unknown), Ming Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael H. Goldbaum, Kun‐Liang Guan, Kang Zhang	1
18	Shining a Light on Drug Delivery: On-Demand Light-triggered Release of Payload in the Eye 2014 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Viet Anh Nguyen Huu, Jing Luo, Jing Zhu, E. Mahmoud, Cathryn L. McFearin, (unknown), Kang Zhang, Adah Almutairi	1
19	Conditional Ablation of Retinal Elovl4 Reveals a Key Role in Synthesis of VLC-PUFAs and Photoreceptor Light Responses 2011 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Péter Barabás, Aihua Liu, Wei Xing, Zongzhong Tong, Yun-Zheng Le, Robert E. Anderson, Kang Zhang, Paul S. Bernstein, David Križaj	1
20	MurineCcl2/Cx3cr1Deficiency Results in Retinal Lesions Mimicking Human Age-Related Macular Degeneration 2007 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Jingsheng Tuo, Christine M. Bojanowski, Min Zhou, Defen Shen, Robert J. Ross, Kevin I. Rosenberg, D. Joshua Cameron, Chunyue Yin, Jeffrey A. Kowalak, Zhengping Zhuang, Kang Zhang, Chi‐Chao Chan	173

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