Lingyang Zhu

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lingyang Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingyang Zhu has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Pharmacology and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lingyang Zhu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (15 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Lingyang Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (15 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Lingyang Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Lingyang Zhu's co-authors include Alison R. Fout, Wilfred A. van der Donk, Kenan Tokmic, Andrew A. Gewirth, Sichao Ma, Charles R. Markus, Paul J. A. Kenis, Jing Sun, Nitin Chopra and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lingyang Zhu

65 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A metal-free electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction to multi-carbon hydrocarbons and oxygenates

2016 571 citations Lingyang Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lingyang Zhu United States	28	889	601	538	531	471	66	2.8k
Wha Young Lee South Korea	23	431 0.5×	370 0.6×	990 1.8×	1.6k 3.1×	367 0.8×	84	3.3k
Ahmed A. Mohamed United States	38	692 0.8×	192 0.3×	1.7k 3.1×	1.4k 2.7×	516 1.1×	165	4.6k
Yuanhua Ding China	26	818 0.9×	132 0.2×	765 1.4×	593 1.1×	161 0.3×	54	2.7k
Silvia Marchesan Italy	39	1.5k 1.7×	746 1.2×	1.3k 2.5×	1.6k 3.1×	707 1.5×	120	4.8k
Ruilian Wu United States	27	728 0.8×	69 0.1×	1.1k 2.1×	631 1.2×	557 1.2×	67	3.4k
Joongoo Lee South Korea	15	452 0.5×	294 0.5×	727 1.4×	1.1k 2.0×	168 0.4×	27	1.8k
Hiromitsu Tanaka Japan	26	232 0.3×	1.0k 1.7×	130 0.2×	1.1k 2.1×	915 1.9×	55	2.6k
Kyoko Fujita Japan	28	1.2k 1.3×	110 0.2×	383 0.7×	365 0.7×	595 1.3×	88	3.1k
Ulrich Arnold Germany	31	1.0k 1.1×	103 0.2×	587 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	57 0.1×	114	2.7k
Jicheng Zhang China	30	484 0.5×	87 0.1×	513 1.0×	641 1.2×	1.2k 2.6×	105	2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lingyang Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lingyang Zhu

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

Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of Biphenomycin-like Macrocyclic Peptides by Formation and Cross-Linking of Ortho-Tyrosines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(27). 23781–23796. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2024). Unexpected Transformations during Pyrroloiminoquinone Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(20). 14235–14245. 6 indexed citations

Saad, Hamada, et al.. (2024). Tryptophan-Centric Bioinformatics Identifies New Lasso Peptide Modifications. Biochemistry. 63(7). 865–879. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Ai, Lingyang Zhu, & Yuji Arai. (2023). Enhanced and suppressed phosphorus mineralization by Ca complexation: NMR and CD spectroscopy investigation. Chemosphere. 330. 138761–138761. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2023). Macrocyclization and Backbone Rearrangement During RiPP Biosynthesis by a SAM-Dependent Domain-of-Unknown-Function 692. ACS Central Science. 9(5). 1008–1018. 30 indexed citations

DiCaprio, Adam J., et al.. (2023). Peptidase Activation by a Leader Peptide-Bound RiPP Recognition Element. Biochemistry. 62(4). 956–967. 23 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2023). Three-Center M–H–B Bonds Are Strong Field Interactions. Synthesis and Characterization of M(CH₂NMe₂BH₃)₃ Complexes of Titanium, Chromium, and Cobalt. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(43). 23585–23599.

Ren, Hengqian, Chunshuai Huang, Haiyang Cui, et al.. (2023). Genome mining unveils a class of ribosomal peptides with two amino termini. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1624–1624. 29 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2023). Complete Biochemical Characterization of Pantaphos Biosynthesis Highlights an Unusual Role for a SAM‐Dependent Methyltransferase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(7). e202317262–e202317262. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Ai, Lingyang Zhu, Hee‐Sun Han, & Yuji Arai. (2023). Spectroscopic Investigation of Phosphorus Mineralization as Affected by the Calcite–Water Interfacial Chemistry. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(43). 16606–16615. 3 indexed citations

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Neary, William J., et al.. (2022). Mechanically Triggered Carbon Monoxide Release with Turn-On Aggregation-Induced Emission. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(3). 1125–1129. 92 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2022). syn-Elimination of glutamylated threonine in lanthipeptide biosynthesis. Chemical Communications. 59(9). 1165–1168. 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyunji, Rebecca A. Splain, Chi P. Ting, et al.. (2021). A biosynthetic pathway to aromatic amines that uses glycyl-tRNA as nitrogen donor. Nature Chemistry. 14(1). 71–77. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fanjun, Toby J. Woods, Lingyang Zhu, & Thomas B. Rauchfuss. (2021). Inhibition of [FeFe]-hydrogenase by formaldehyde: proposed mechanism and reactivity of FeFe alkyl complexes. Chemical Science. 12(47). 15673–15681. 9 indexed citations

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Xia, Yingchun, Ziyuan Song, Zhengzhong Tan, et al.. (2021). Accelerated polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides catalyzed by crown ether. Nature Communications. 12(1). 732–732. 76 indexed citations

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Liu, Sumeng, et al.. (2020). Platinum ω-Alkenyl Compounds as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors: Synthesis and Characterization of Pt[CH₂CMe₂CH₂CH═CH₂]₂ and the Impact of Ligand Design on the Deposition Process. Chemistry of Materials. 32(21). 9316–9334. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2020). Correction: Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways. Chemical Science. 11(47). 12871–12876. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2020). Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways. Chemical Science. 11(47). 12854–12870. 26 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaorui, et al.. (2020). Reactivity-Based Screening for Citrulline-Containing Natural Products Reveals a Family of Bacterial Peptidyl Arginine Deiminases. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(12). 3167–3175. 25 indexed citations

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Rahman, Imran R., Jeella Z. Acedo, Xiaoran Roger Liu, et al.. (2020). Substrate Recognition by the Class II Lanthipeptide Synthetase HalM2. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(6). 1473–1486. 25 indexed citations

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