Lifeng Zhang

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 907 citations indexed

About

Lifeng Zhang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lifeng Zhang has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 907 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Lifeng Zhang's work include Soybean genetics and cultivation (7 papers), Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Lifeng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Soybean genetics and cultivation (7 papers), Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Lifeng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Lifeng Zhang's co-authors include Ji Kang, Zhiyuan Xu, Qingbin Guo, Steve W. Cui, Xiao-Yu Guo, Yuan Cai, Shengwen Wu, Qiufang Liu, Jinghua Yang and Dongfeng Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Carbohydrate Polymers and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Lifeng Zhang

42 papers receiving 889 citations

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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.

Triple-helix polysaccharides: Formation mechanisms and analytical methods

2021 207 citations Xiao-Yu Guo, Ji Kang et al. Carbohydrate Polymers profile →
Garlic exosome-like nanoparticles reverse high-fat diet induced obesity via the gut/brain axis

2022 120 citations Kumaran Sundaram, Jingyao Mu et al. Theranostics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lifeng Zhang China	14	499	291	127	80	73	46	907
Haoran Wang China	16	398 0.8×	217 0.7×	59 0.5×	119 1.5×	31 0.4×	46	837
Xuejin Chen China	25	482 1.0×	935 3.2×	144 1.1×	51 0.6×	31 0.4×	71	1.5k
Wenliang He China	19	641 1.3×	423 1.5×	66 0.5×	110 1.4×	224 3.1×	53	1.4k
Xuefei Wang China	19	455 0.9×	336 1.2×	164 1.3×	54 0.7×	40 0.5×	67	926
Ana Paula Konzen Riffel Brazil	17	185 0.4×	203 0.7×	132 1.0×	49 0.6×	273 3.7×	31	1.0k
Yujuan Li China	19	549 1.1×	261 0.9×	133 1.0×	55 0.7×	49 0.7×	52	1.1k
Hwa‐Jin Suh South Korea	17	260 0.5×	285 1.0×	107 0.8×	78 1.0×	34 0.5×	34	881
Hongjuan Wang China	14	343 0.7×	197 0.7×	79 0.6×	36 0.5×	46 0.6×	41	798

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lifeng Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Qiuyan, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and safety of empagliflozin in patients over 65 with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicating cardiorenal syndromes type II and IV. Journal of Medical Biochemistry. 44(4). 905–914.

Zhang, Xiaomin, et al.. (2025). The effect of acute branched-chain amino acids ingestion on rate of force development in different time intervals: a controlled crossover study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1463202–1463202.

Yuan, Qingxia, et al.. (2024). Structural characterization of a Chlorella heteropolysaccharide by analyzing its depolymerized product and finding an inducer of human dendritic cell maturation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 333. 122000–122000. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Mengmeng, Jizong Zhang, Zhihui Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Water Tank Size and Supply on Greenhouse-Grown Kidney Beans Irrigated by Rainwater in Cold and Arid Regions of North China. Agronomy. 14(8). 1767–1767. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Jing Li, Jing Pei, et al.. (2023). Effects of miR-204-5p and Target Gene EphB2 on Cognitive Impairment Induced by Aluminum Exposure in Rats. Biological Trace Element Research. 202(8). 3740–3749. 3 indexed citations

Li, Qingmei, Dai Zhang, Jizong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Crop rotations increased soil ecosystem multifunctionality by improving keystone taxa and soil properties in potatoes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1034761–1034761. 22 indexed citations

Li, Bing, et al.. (2023). Sub-Chronic Aluminum Exposure in Rats’ Learning-Memory Capability and Hippocampal Histone H4 Acetylation Modification: Effects and Mechanisms. Biological Trace Element Research. 201(11). 5309–5320. 8 indexed citations

Sundaram, Kumaran, Jingyao Mu, Anil Kumar, et al.. (2022). Garlic exosome-like nanoparticles reverse high-fat diet induced obesity via the gut/brain axis. Theranostics. 12(3). 1220–1246. 120 indexed citations breakdown →

Guo, Xiao-Yu, Ji Kang, Zhiyuan Xu, et al.. (2021). Triple-helix polysaccharides: Formation mechanisms and analytical methods. Carbohydrate Polymers. 262. 117962–117962. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wan-Feng, et al.. (2021). Examination of the Transcriptional Response to LaMIR166a Overexpression in Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr. Biology. 10(7). 576–576. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of soybean trihelix gene family. PeerJ. 8. e8753–e8753. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuelin, Hui Zhou, Na Liu, et al.. (2019). TaCAMTA4, a Calmodulin-Interacting Protein, Involved in Defense Response of Wheat to Puccinia triticina. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 641–641. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lifeng, Cuihong Jin, Xiaobo Lu, et al.. (2014). Aluminium chloride impairs long-term memory and downregulates cAMP-PKA-CREB signalling in rats. Toxicology. 323. 95–108. 55 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jun, et al.. (2013). QTL mapping of soybean resistance to whitefly (Bemisia Tabaci Gennadius) under multi-environment conditions. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(8). 1212–1218. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lifeng, et al.. (2013). Study on the predictive and relationship between tourist attractions and the Baidu Index: a case study of the Forbidden City.. Luyou xuekan. 28(11). 93–100. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei‐Hong, et al.. (2008). Effects of plastic-film mulching and nitrogen application on forage-oriented maize in the agriculture-animal husbandry ecotone in North China. Frontiers of Agriculture in China. 2(3). 266–273. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lifeng, et al.. (2008). Succession and Enhancement Mechanism of Ecosystem Productivity in the De-farming Area of the Ecotone Between Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in North China. Agricultural Sciences in China. 7(4). 487–496. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lifeng. (2006). Quantitative Evaluation of Land Use Efficiency Under Different Cropping Patterns. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lifeng. (2005). Study on Water Consumption Characteristics and Effects of Film Mulching on Radish Field Under Various Ground Water Tables in the Cold Region of North China. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuhua & Lifeng Zhang. (2004). [Actual productivities of different vegetations in northwest plateau of Hebei Province and strategies of converting farmland to forest and pasture land].. PubMed. 15(11). 2113–6. 4 indexed citations

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