Kang Zhou

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
135 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Kang Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang Zhou has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 23 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Kang Zhou's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (31 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (16 papers). Kang Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (31 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (16 papers). Kang Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Kang Zhou's co-authors include Gregory Stephanopoulos, Kangjian Qiao, Steven Edgar, Shuliang Liu, Ruiyang Zou, Heng‐Phon Too, Shujuan Chen, Likou Zou, Thomas M. Wasylenko and Xiaoqiang Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kang Zhou

126 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Distributing a metabolic pathway among a microbial consortium enhances production of natural products

2015 540 citations Kang Zhou, Gregory Stephanopoulos et al. profile →
Lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica is maximized by engineering cytosolic redox metabolism

2017 360 citations Kang Zhou, Gregory Stephanopoulos et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kang Zhou China	43	2.7k	977	972	542	476	135	5.2k
Thomas Bley Germany	35	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	852 0.9×	1.0k 1.9×	499 1.0×	154	4.3k
Zhiming Rao China	35	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	509 0.5×	465 0.9×	623 1.3×	303	5.0k
Yuanda Song China	37	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	639 0.7×	669 1.2×	259 0.5×	211	5.1k
Hang Yu China	39	1.2k 0.5×	907 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	869 1.6×	420 0.9×	232	6.3k
Haibo Zhang China	40	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	500 0.5×	876 1.6×	417 0.9×	194	4.6k
Volker Sieber Germany	43	3.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	566 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	777 1.6×	192	6.9k
Xiangzhao Mao China	37	2.9k 1.1×	966 1.0×	851 0.9×	456 0.8×	994 2.1×	287	6.3k
Yingping Zhuang China	38	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	416 0.4×	394 0.7×	538 1.1×	284	4.8k
Pascal Dhulster France	38	3.0k 1.1×	654 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	324 0.6×	356 0.7×	150	4.5k
Jian Chen China	40	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	935 1.0×	747 1.4×	314 0.7×	236	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kang Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kang Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kang Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kang Zhou 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 Zhou. Kang Zhou 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

Cheng, Fang-Fang, et al.. (2025). Architecting TiO2@ZrBTB hollow shell nanostructure for the effective photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline. Environmental Research. 287. 123175–123175.

Li, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Improving mannanase production in Bacillus subtilis for fibre hydrolysis during solid-state fermentation of palm kernel meal. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 212. 109479–109479. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Kang, Chaoliang Wei, Hai Yu, et al.. (2024). The Molecular Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Base Oils and Additives in Lubricating Oils: A Review. Processes. 12(11). 2407–2407.

Song, Hyun‐Seob, et al.. (2024). Kinetics-based inference of environment-dependent microbial interactions and their dynamic variation. mSystems. 9(5). e0130523–e0130523. 5 indexed citations

Lian, Jiazhang, et al.. (2024). Nanopore sequencing improves construction of customized CRISPR‐based gene activation libraries. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(5). 1543–1553. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Ying, et al.. (2023). Harnessing xylitol utilization in Escherichia coli for antibiotic-free plasmid and recombinant protein production. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 198. 109007–109007. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2023). Engineering Escherichia coli to produce aromatic chemicals from ethylene glycol. Metabolic Engineering. 79. 38–48. 22 indexed citations

Liu, Chen‐Guang, Xiaoyi Cui, Wei Chen, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Oxygenated Sesquiterpenoids Enabled by Combining Metabolic Engineering and Visible‐Light Photocatalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(46). e202201230–e202201230. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengmei, Hualin Guo, Yuanting Zhu, et al.. (2021). Screening of lactic acid bacteria for their capacity to bind cypermethrin in vitro and the binding characteristics and its application. Food Chemistry. 347. 129000–129000. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Sheng, et al.. (2021). Establishment of strigolactone-producing bacterium-yeast consortium. Science Advances. 7(38). eabh4048–eabh4048. 40 indexed citations

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He, Jianzhong, et al.. (2020). Aerobic acetone-butanol-isopropanol (ABI) fermentation through a co-culture of Clostridium beijerinckii G117 and recombinant Bacillus subtilis 1A1. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 11. e00137–e00137. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Kaidi, Yuanting Zhu, Kai Yao, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous degradation of β‐cypermethrin and 3‐phenoxybenzoic acid by Eurotiumcristatum ET1, a novel “golden flower fungus” strain isolated from Fu Brick Tea. MicrobiologyOpen. 8(7). e00776–e00776. 28 indexed citations

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Yuan, Quan, Shengzhi Yang, Lijuan Guo, et al.. (2017). Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella from Retail Foods of Animal Origin and Its Association with Disinfectant and Heavy Metal Resistance. Microbial Drug Resistance. 24(6). 782–791. 58 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuanting, Jianlong Li, Kai Yao, et al.. (2016). Degradation of 3-phenoxybenzoic acid by a filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae M-4 strain with self-protection transformation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(22). 9773–9786. 27 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kang, et al.. (2015). Modelling Growth and Bacteriocin Production by Lactobacillus plantarum BC-25 in Response to Temperature and pH in Batch Fermentation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 176(6). 1627–1637. 16 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kang, et al.. (2011). Novel reference genes for quantifying transcriptional responses of <it>Escherichia coli </it>to protein overexpression by quantitative PCR. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 192 indexed citations

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Guo, Xin, Wei Liu, Han Zhang, et al.. (2010). BUPT-MCPRL at TRECVID 2010*. TRECVID. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kang, Melissa M. Rolls, David H. Hall, Christian J. Malone, & Wendy Hanna‐Rose. (2009). A ZYG-12–dynein interaction at the nuclear envelope defines cytoskeletal architecture in the C. elegans gonad. The Journal of Cell Biology. 186(2). 229–241. 72 indexed citations

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Fu, Peng, et al.. (2008). Development of models to predict the growth of Pseudomonas isolated from chilling pork. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 2008(4). 2 indexed citations

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Hao, Jian-Jiang, Jianwei Zhu, Kang Zhou, Nicole Smith, & Xi Zhan. (2005). The Coiled-coil Domain Is Required for HS1 to Bind to F-actin and Activate Arp2/3 Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(45). 37988–37994. 42 indexed citations

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