Kangjian Qiao

3.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
26 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kangjian Qiao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kangjian Qiao has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kangjian Qiao's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (11 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers). Kangjian Qiao is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (11 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers). Kangjian Qiao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Kangjian Qiao's co-authors include Gregory Stephanopoulos, Kang Zhou, Steven Edgar, Peng Xu, Yi Tang, Woo Suk Ahn, Nian Liu, Thomas M. Wasylenko, Haoran Zhang and Yit‐Heng Chooi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kangjian Qiao

26 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Distributing a metabolic pathway among a microbial consor... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 2016 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Distributing a metabolic pathway among a microbial consortium enhances production of natural products
    2015 540 citations Kang Zhou, Kangjian Qiao et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  2. Lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica is maximized by engineering cytosolic redox metabolism
    2017 360 citations Kangjian Qiao, Thomas M. Wasylenko et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  3. Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica as a platform for synthesis of drop-in transportation fuels and oleochemicals
    2016 354 citations Peng Xu, Kangjian Qiao et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Removal of lycopene substrate inhibition enables high carotenoid productivity in Yarrowia lipolytica
    2022 164 citations Yongshuo Ma, Nian Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kangjian Qiao United States 22 2.4k 1.1k 595 202 172 26 2.8k
Marjan De Mey Belgium 33 3.0k 1.3× 916 0.9× 362 0.6× 298 1.5× 93 0.5× 94 3.6k
Jiazhang Lian China 33 2.9k 1.2× 901 0.9× 317 0.5× 326 1.6× 142 0.8× 102 3.4k
Effendi Leonard United States 16 3.6k 1.5× 842 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 557 2.8× 298 1.7× 16 4.2k
Zengyi Shao United States 29 2.4k 1.0× 832 0.8× 623 1.0× 380 1.9× 159 0.9× 46 2.9k
Lidan Ye China 33 2.6k 1.1× 554 0.5× 294 0.5× 468 2.3× 353 2.1× 105 3.0k
Wenhai Xiao China 27 3.9k 1.6× 566 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 453 2.2× 260 1.5× 77 4.3k
Yongjin J. Zhou China 36 4.6k 1.9× 1.6k 1.5× 560 0.9× 481 2.4× 294 1.7× 117 5.1k
Nancy A. Da Silva United States 27 1.7k 0.7× 805 0.8× 518 0.9× 328 1.6× 49 0.3× 59 2.3k
Jianping Lin China 25 1.1k 0.5× 543 0.5× 187 0.3× 149 0.7× 73 0.4× 74 1.6k
Ee Lui Ang Singapore 26 1.4k 0.6× 323 0.3× 473 0.8× 275 1.4× 64 0.4× 62 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kangjian Qiao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Yongshuo, Nian Liu, Per Greisen, et al.. (2022). Removal of lycopene substrate inhibition enables high carotenoid productivity in Yarrowia lipolytica. Nature Communications. 13(1). 572–572. 164 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dugast, Anne‐Sophie, Shannon McArdel, Enping Hong, et al.. (2020). 144 RTX-240, an allogeneic engineered red blood cell expressing 4–1BBL and IL-15TP, promotes NK cell functionality in vitro and in vivo. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A87.1–A87. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Junyoung O., Nian Liu, David Emerson, et al.. (2019). Synergistic substrate cofeeding stimulates reductive metabolism. Nature Metabolism. 1(6). 643–651. 79 indexed citations
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Qiao, Kangjian, et al.. (2017). Lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica is maximized by engineering cytosolic redox metabolism. Nature Biotechnology. 35(2). 173–177. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhengjun, Kangjian Qiao, Xuemei Che, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2017). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the synthesis of the quadripolymer poly(glycolate-co-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) from glucose. Metabolic Engineering. 44. 38–44. 25 indexed citations
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Xu, Peng, Kangjian Qiao, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2017). Engineering oxidative stress defense pathways to build a robust lipid production platform in Yarrowia lipolytica. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 114(7). 1521–1530. 149 indexed citations
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Li, Zhengjun, Kangjian Qiao, Weichao Shi, et al.. (2016). Biosynthesis of poly(glycolate-co-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) from glucose by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. 35. 1–8. 38 indexed citations
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Silverman, Andrew M., et al.. (2016). Functional overexpression and characterization of lipogenesis-related genes in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(8). 3781–3798. 81 indexed citations
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Edgar, Steven, Fu‐Shuang Li, Kangjian Qiao, Jing‐Ke Weng, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2016). Engineering of Taxadiene Synthase for Improved Selectivity and Yield of a Key Taxol Biosynthetic Intermediate. ACS Synthetic Biology. 6(2). 201–205. 62 indexed citations
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Xu, Peng, Kangjian Qiao, Woo Suk Ahn, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2016). Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica as a platform for synthesis of drop-in transportation fuels and oleochemicals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(39). 10848–10853. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Nian, Kangjian Qiao, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2016). 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis of acetate conversion to lipids by Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering. 38. 86–97. 68 indexed citations
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Zhou, Kang, Kangjian Qiao, Steven Edgar, & Gregory Stephanopoulos. (2015). Distributing a metabolic pathway among a microbial consortium enhances production of natural products. Nature Biotechnology. 33(4). 377–383. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiao, Kangjian, Syed Hussain Imam Abidi, Hongjuan Liu, et al.. (2015). Engineering lipid overproduction in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering. 29. 56–65. 280 indexed citations
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Hu, Youcai, David Dietrich, Wei Xu, et al.. (2014). A carbonate-forming Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(7). 552–554. 69 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hui, Zhizeng Gao, Kangjian Qiao, et al.. (2012). A fungal ketoreductase domain that displays substrate-dependent stereospecificity. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(4). 331–333. 70 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Kangjian Qiao, & Yi Tang. (2012). Structural analysis of protein–protein interactions in type I polyketide synthases. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 48(2). 98–122. 37 indexed citations
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Qiao, Kangjian, Hui Zhou, Wei Xu, et al.. (2011). A Fungal Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Module that can Synthesize Thiopyrazines. Organic Letters. 13(7). 1758–1761. 27 indexed citations
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Qiao, Kangjian, Yit‐Heng Chooi, & Yi Tang. (2011). Identification and engineering of the cytochalasin gene cluster from Aspergillus clavatus NRRL 1. Metabolic Engineering. 13(6). 723–732. 112 indexed citations
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Zhan, Jixun, Kangjian Qiao, & Yi Tang. (2009). Investigation of Tailoring Modifications in Pradimicin Biosynthesis. ChemBioChem. 10(9). 1447–1452. 25 indexed citations
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Feng, Yaqing, et al.. (2006). Regioselective synthesis of novel spiroheterocyclic framework via the 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 43(1). 75–80. 4 indexed citations

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