Lu Zhai

521 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 293 citations indexed

About

Lu Zhai is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Zhai has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 293 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Lu Zhai's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (4 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (3 papers). Lu Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (4 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (3 papers). Lu Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Lu Zhai's co-authors include Rong‐Rui Huo, Qian Liao, Xue‐Mei You, Xia Dai, Feng Huang, Feng Huang, Qing‐Yun Chen, Yuhua Liu, Zhaohui Fang and Joshua D. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Environmental Pollution and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Lu Zhai

17 papers receiving 290 citations

Hit Papers

Interacting and joint effects of triglyceride-glucose ind... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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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. Interacting and joint effects of triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and body mass index on stroke risk and the mediating role of TyG in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a nationwide prospective cohort study
    2024 87 citations Rong‐Rui Huo, Qian Liao et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology profile →

Peers

Lu Zhai
Ki-Won Oh South Korea
Ji-Hee Haam South Korea
Xinmiao Tao China
Chi Sheng Hung Taiwan
Jielei Wang Finland
Päivi Lempiäinen Finland
Yüksel Doğan Türkiye
Xiangbin Zhong China
Yiqin Qi China
Rihua Huang China
Ki-Won Oh South Korea
Lu Zhai
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Countries citing papers authored by Lu Zhai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Zhai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Zhai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lu Zhai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lu Zhai 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 Lu Zhai. Lu Zhai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ma, Cui, Lu Zhai, Rong‐Rui Huo, & Yuhua Liu. (2025). Joint associations of pre-diabetes, pre-hypertension, and pre-dyslipidemia with cardiovascular and metabolic disease progression. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 17(1). 310–310.
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Fan, Haixia, Bo ‍Zhao, Huiyan Niu, et al.. (2025). Immune and inflammatory mechanisms in asthma: insights into epigenetic modifications. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1677552–1677552.
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Liu, Yuhua, Lu Zhai, Rong‐Rui Huo, & Cui Ma. (2025). Sex-specific risks for cardiovascular disease across the specific depressive symptoms spectrum: A national prospective cohort study. General Hospital Psychiatry. 94. 37–45.
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Zhai, Lu, et al.. (2024). Atherogenic index of plasma and obesity-related risk of stroke in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a national prospective cohort study. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 16(1). 245–245. 8 indexed citations
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Huo, Rong‐Rui, et al.. (2024). Interacting and joint effects of triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and body mass index on stroke risk and the mediating role of TyG in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a nationwide prospective cohort study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 30–30. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huo, Rong‐Rui, Lu Zhai, Qian Liao, & Xue‐Mei You. (2023). Changes in the triglyceride glucose-body mass index estimate the risk of stroke in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a nationwide prospective cohort study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 22(1). 254–254. 70 indexed citations
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Pan, Lin, et al.. (2022). Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with β-thalassemia major after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 57(7). 1108–1115. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Xia, Lu Zhai, Qiang Su, et al.. (2020). Effect of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Mice with Type 2 Diabetes. Cellular Reprogramming. 22(4). 189–197. 6 indexed citations
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Zhai, Lu, Yuhua Liu, Qing‐Yun Chen, et al.. (2020). Aerobic and resistance training enhances endothelial progenitor cell function via upregulation of caveolin-1 in mice with type 2 diabetes. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 11(1). 18 indexed citations
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Dai, Xia, Lu Zhai, Qing‐Yun Chen, et al.. (2019). Two‐year‐supervised resistance training prevented diabetes incidence in people with prediabetes: A randomised control trial. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 35(5). e3143–e3143. 30 indexed citations
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Zhai, Lu, et al.. (2019). Assessment of cholestasis in drug-induced liver injury by different methods. Medicine. 98(6). e14399–e14399. 3 indexed citations
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Zhai, Lu, Ling Wu, Feng Li, et al.. (2016). A Rapid Method for Refolding Cell Surface Receptors and Ligands. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26482–26482. 6 indexed citations

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