Lei Zhang

20.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
674 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Lei Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Zhang has authored 674 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Molecular Biology, 121 papers in Materials Chemistry and 112 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Zhang's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (22 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (21 papers). Lei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (22 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (21 papers). Lei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lei Zhang's co-authors include Gang Ren, Shengli Zhang, Kathleen M. Giacomini, Shen Luo, Mark J. Dresser, Andrew T. Gray, Spencer C. Yost, Shigeyuki Terashita, Lei Wang and Pinhua Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lei Zhang

628 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

2017 625 citations Lei Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Large plasticity in magnesium mediated by pyramidal dislocations

2019 351 citations Lei Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Zhang China	58	4.0k	3.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.5k	674	14.7k
Qin Wang China	60	3.2k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	937 0.6×	629	13.5k
Sung Soo Park South Korea	58	2.6k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	880 0.6×	785	15.2k
Shu Chen China	55	3.8k 0.9×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	755 0.5×	563	13.5k
Meng Wang China	59	3.6k 0.9×	5.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	764 0.5×	758	17.6k
Haixia Wang China	57	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	709 0.5×	496	12.1k
Huimin Zhang China	63	6.1k 1.5×	3.6k 1.0×	3.6k 1.5×	3.0k 1.5×	892 0.6×	938	19.3k
Liang Chen China	64	4.2k 1.1×	5.5k 1.6×	4.6k 1.9×	3.1k 1.6×	871 0.6×	875	19.3k
Xun Zhang China	69	8.3k 2.1×	4.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.9×	4.1k 2.0×	1.2k 0.8×	827	21.2k
Jung Hwan Kim South Korea	56	3.4k 0.8×	4.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	3.0k 1.5×	690 0.5×	594	12.8k
Man Chen China	68	2.7k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	766	18.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2025). Implications of intratumoral microbiota in tumor metastasis: a special perspective of microorganisms in tumorigenesis and clinical therapeutics. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1526589–1526589. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Fan, Wei You, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Copper Chelate Targeting Externalized Phosphatidylserine Inhibits PD-L1 Expression and Enhances Cancer Immunotherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(7). 5796–5807. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Zilong, Quan Wang, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Identification of Systemic Drug Targets for Anti-cavernous Fibrosis in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction, Guided by Genome-Wide Mendelian Randomization. American Journal of Men s Health. 19(2). 1054232883–1054232883.

Zhang, Xuqing, Yongping Pu, Pan Gao, et al.. (2024). Linear dielectric ceramics for near-zero loss high-capacitance energy storage. Materials Today Physics. 49. 101579–101579. 9 indexed citations

Wang, He, et al.. (2024). Co-Mutations and Possible Variation Tendency of the Spike RBD and Membrane Protein in SARS-CoV-2 by Machine Learning. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(9). 4662–4662.

Peng, Bingquan, Quan Zhang, Yueyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Unexpected Piezoresistive Effect, Room‐Temperature Ferromagnetism, and Thermal Stability of 2D β‐CuI Crystals in Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane. Advanced Electronic Materials. 9(5). 7 indexed citations

Xu, Xuyang, et al.. (2023). Nanovaccine Based on a Biepitope Antigen to Potentiate the Immunogenicity of a Neoantigen. ACS Macro Letters. 12(2). 281–287. 4 indexed citations

Dai, Jun, et al.. (2023). Variation in Structure and Functional Diversity of Surface Bacterioplankton Communities in the Eastern East China Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(1). 69–69. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xuhua, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into the co-aggregation of Aβ and tau amyloid core peptides: Revealing potential pathological heterooligomers by simulations. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 254(Pt 2). 127841–127841. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Yun‐Zhang, Yimin Zhao, Xing Liu, et al.. (2022). 2D Metallic Abnormal Li₂Cl Crystals with Unique Electronic Characteristics Applied in Capacitor and Humidity Sensor. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(6). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, He, Yizhen Zhao, Jianwen Zhang, et al.. (2022). Markov State Models Underlying the N-Terminal Premodel of TOPK/PBK. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(50). 10662–10671.

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Cao, Yu, Tianyi Tan, David M. Walba, et al.. (2022). Understanding and Manipulating Helical Nanofilaments in Binary Systems with Achiral Dopants. Nano Letters. 22(11). 4569–4575. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Zhe, Xin Li, Yi-You Huang, et al.. (2020). Identify potent SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors via accelerated free energy perturbation-based virtual screening of existing drugs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27381–27387. 177 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and fluorescent properties of quinoxaline derived ionic liquids. Green Energy & Environment. 7(5). 996–1005. 11 indexed citations

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Fan, Heng, Yujie Zhang, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2020). Cold-Inducible Klf9 Regulates Thermogenesis of Brown and Beige Fat. Diabetes. 69(12). 2603–2618. 36 indexed citations

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Bai, Min, Xiaowen Cao, Wei Huang, et al.. (2020). Visualizing Newly Synthesized RNA by Bioorthogonal Labeling-Primed DNA Amplification. Analytical Chemistry. 92(12). 8444–8449. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yunan, Yunan Zhang, Yingli Liu, et al.. (2019). Tetrahydroberberine pharmaceutical salts/cocrystals with dicarboxylic acids: Charge-assisted hydrogen bond recognitions and solubility regulation. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1197. 377–385. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei. (2010). Chiral separation of clorprenaline hydrochloride enantiomers using chiral mobile phase additive. Chemical Research and Application. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2009). Catalytic performances of cross-linking humic acids supported Pd/Ni bimetallic catalyst for heck reaction. Polish Journal of Chemical Technology. 11(3). 22–26. 9 indexed citations

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Lian, He, Yongkang Liu, Peng Xiao, et al.. (2008). Genomewide Linkage Scan for Combined Obesity Phenotypes using Principal Component Analysis. Annals of Human Genetics. 72(3). 319–326. 27 indexed citations

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