Lu Zhao

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Lu Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Zhao has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lu Zhao's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (14 papers), Machine Learning in Materials Science (6 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (4 papers). Lu Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (14 papers), Machine Learning in Materials Science (6 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (4 papers). Lu Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Lu Zhao's co-authors include Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen, Ziduo Yang, Weihe Zhong, Shiaulou Yuan, Zhaoxia Sun, Martina Brueckner, Guanxing Chen, Suresh Karne, Thomas R. Kolodecik and Fred S. Gorelick and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Development.

In The Last Decade

Lu Zhao

32 papers receiving 899 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

MGraphDTA: deep multiscale graph neural network for explainable drug–target binding affinity prediction

2022 205 citations Ziduo Yang, Weihe Zhong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Zhao China	16	580	379	167	130	79	32	911
Wenhui Wang China	16	703 1.2×	323 0.9×	63 0.4×	85 0.7×	31 0.4×	57	1.3k
Jiangming Sun Sweden	16	414 0.7×	183 0.5×	95 0.6×	36 0.3×	33 0.4×	51	750
Jia Qu China	21	1.5k 2.6×	238 0.6×	46 0.3×	50 0.4×	51 0.6×	56	1.9k
Jianbo Fu China	17	806 1.4×	223 0.6×	30 0.2×	67 0.5×	90 1.1×	28	1.2k
Xuejiao Cui China	10	1.0k 1.8×	349 0.9×	36 0.2×	47 0.4×	67 0.8×	14	1.5k
Zhining Wen China	17	1.2k 2.1×	297 0.8×	38 0.2×	53 0.4×	39 0.5×	70	1.5k
Xin Shao China	17	1.1k 1.9×	100 0.3×	61 0.4×	72 0.6×	76 1.0×	44	1.5k
Minjie Mou China	14	664 1.1×	284 0.7×	72 0.4×	25 0.2×	43 0.5×	30	941
Xuwen Wang China	16	409 0.7×	130 0.3×	95 0.6×	77 0.6×	78 1.0×	72	863
Jyothi Subramanian India	9	299 0.5×	168 0.4×	40 0.2×	29 0.2×	20 0.3×	9	602

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Zhao

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

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Ren, Mengyuan, Tao Wu, Shuo Yang, et al.. (2025). Using Environmental Mixture Exposure-Triggered Biological Knowledge-Driven Machine Learning to Predict Early Pregnancy Loss. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(37). 19691–19704. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Tao, Lu Zhao, Mengyuan Ren, et al.. (2025). Small-Sample Learning for Next-Generation Human Health Risk Assessment: Harnessing AI, Exposome Data, and Systems Biology. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(1). 5–10. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Guanxing, Haohuai He, Qiujie Lv, Lu Zhao, & Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen. (2024). MMFA-DTA: Multimodal Feature Attention Fusion Network for Drug-Target Affinity Prediction for Drug Repurposing Against SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Lu, et al.. (2023). Multi-perspective neural network for dual drug repurposing in Alzheimer’s disease. Knowledge-Based Systems. 283. 111195–111195. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Guanxing, Haohuai He, Lu Zhao, Qiujie Lv, & Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen. (2023). GINCM-DTA: A graph isomorphic network with protein contact map representation for potential use against COVID-19 and Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16. Expert Systems with Applications. 236. 121274–121274. 4 indexed citations

Meng, Dan, Hong Li, Xuefeng Li, et al.. (2023). Validation of Luminex immunological and competitive Luminex immunological assays for clinical immunogenicity assessment of a 14‐valent recombinant human papillomavirus vaccine. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(8). e29050–e29050. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Lu, et al.. (2023). Horsfielenigans A and B, Two Rearranged Lignans with Anti‐Inflammatory Effects from Horsfieldia kingii. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 20(7). e202300549–e202300549. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Lu, et al.. (2021). CARes‐UNet: Content‐aware residual UNet for lesion segmentation of COVID‐19 from chest CT images. Medical Physics. 48(11). 7127–7140. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Lun, Lu Zhao, & Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen. (2021). Enhancing adversarial defense for medical image analysis systems with pruning and attention mechanism. Medical Physics. 48(10). 6198–6212. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, Jian-Mei Lin, Wenwen Zheng, et al.. (2021). Colorectal Cancer Detected by Machine Learning Models Using Conventional Laboratory Test Data. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 20. 2203800240–2203800240. 27 indexed citations

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Zhong, Weihe, Lu Zhao, Ziduo Yang, & Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen. (2021). Graph convolutional network approach to investigate potential selective Limk1 inhibitors. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 107. 107965–107965. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lu, et al.. (2021). A Novel Graph Neural Network Methodology to Investigate Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors in Small Cell Lung Cancer. Biomolecules. 11(3). 477–477. 15 indexed citations

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Lv, Qiujie, Guanxing Chen, Lu Zhao, Weihe Zhong, & Calvin Yu‐Chian Chen. (2021). Mol2Context-vec: learning molecular representation from context awareness for drug discovery. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(6). 42 indexed citations

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Deng, Leping, et al.. (2020). Artificial Intelligence-Based Application to Explore Inhibitors of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 14. 617327–617327. 11 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lu, Weihe Zhong, Hsin‐Yi Chen, et al.. (2020). Insight into potent leads for alzheimer's disease by using several artificial intelligence algorithms. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 129. 110360–110360. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingdan, Xiangling Yang, Lili Wei, et al.. (2020). Improved diagnostic value by combining plasma PON1 level with tumor biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer patients. Journal of Cancer. 11(22). 6491–6496. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2017). Axonemal dynein assembly requires the R2TP complex component Pontin. Development. 144(24). 4684–4693. 29 indexed citations

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Yuan, Shiaulou, Lu Zhao, & Zhaoxia Sun. (2013). Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between the TOR Pathway and the Cilium in Zebrafish. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 525. 159–189. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lu, Shiaulou Yuan, Ying Cao, et al.. (2013). Reptin/Ruvbl2 is a Lrrc6/Seahorse interactor essential for cilia motility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(31). 12697–12702. 47 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lu, Suresh Karne, Thomas R. Kolodecik, & Fred S. Gorelick. (2002). Alcohols enhance caerulein-induced zymogen activation in pancreatic acinar cells. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 282(3). G501–G507. 64 indexed citations

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