Minglei Zhao

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
151 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Minglei Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Minglei Zhao has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Materials Chemistry, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Minglei Zhao's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (47 papers), Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (31 papers) and Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (24 papers). Minglei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (47 papers), Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (31 papers) and Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (24 papers). Minglei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Thailand. Minglei Zhao's co-authors include Axel T. Brünger, David Eisenberg, Xiao‐Feng Yang, Cong Liu, Qiangjun Zhou, M.R. Sawaya, Arthur Laganowsky, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Meytal Landau and A.B. Soriaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Minglei Zhao

141 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Atomic View of a Toxic Amyloid Small Oligomer 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Atomic View of a Toxic Amyloid Small Oligomer
    2012 490 citations Arthur Laganowsky, Cong Liu et al. Science profile →
  2. ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophagosomes to endolysosomes
    2015 443 citations Minglei Zhao, Qiangjun Zhou et al. profile →

Peers

Minglei Zhao
Vinod Subramaniam Netherlands
Jyoti K. Jaiswal United States
Katharina Gaus Australia
Roland Nitschke Germany
Barbara Baird United States
Ratnesh Lal United States
Arnd Pralle United States
Tomohiro Yamaguchi Japan
Jiajie Diao United States
Xiang Zhou China
Vinod Subramaniam Netherlands
Minglei Zhao
Citations per year, relative to Minglei Zhao Minglei Zhao (= 1×) peers Vinod Subramaniam

Countries citing papers authored by Minglei Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minglei Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minglei Zhao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Lei, Yashan Huo, Minglei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Design and synthesis of non-homogeneous CoS2/carbon composite nanofibers for enhanced microwave absorption. Carbon. 236. 120120–120120. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dan, Hongli Wang, Jiandong Liu, et al.. (2025). Dilute MnBi2Te4-alloying enables high-performance GeTe thermoelectrics. Applied Physics Letters. 126(19).
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Zhang, Dan, Minglei Zhao, Jiandong Liu, et al.. (2025). In dopant enabled resonant level for thermoelectric enhancements in PbSnGeTe3. Applied Physics Letters. 126(4).
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Wang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Spark plasma sintering of sodium bismuth niobate that exhibits superior piezoelectric performance. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 107(11). 7364–7372. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Minglei, et al.. (2023). Fast and automated protein-DNA/RNA macromolecular complex modeling from cryo-EM maps. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 24(2). 14 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yu‐Yang, Wolfgang Maier, Chang Liu, et al.. (2022). A novel membrane complex is required for docking and regulated exocytosis of lysosome-related organelles in Tetrahymena thermophila. PLoS Genetics. 18(5). e1010194–e1010194. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yun, Jacob W. McCabe, Charles Packianathan, et al.. (2020). Selective regulation of human TRAAK channels by biologically active phospholipids. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(1). 89–95. 36 indexed citations
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Zhao, Minglei, Weihua Li, Zhiquan Li, et al.. (2020). Corneal Recovery Following Rabbit Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell–Amniotic Membrane Transplantation with Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Rabbits. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 26(10). 541–552. 3 indexed citations
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Choi, Ucheor B., Minglei Zhao, K. Ian White, & Axel T. Brünger. (2019). Nsf-Mediated Disassembly of On- and Off Pathway Snare Complexes and Inhibition by Complexin. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 528a–528a. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Bo, Jayhun Lee, Pengyang Li, et al.. (2018). Stem cell heterogeneity drives the parasitic life cycle of Schistosoma mansoni. eLife. 7. 61 indexed citations
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Li, QiJiong, Weihua Li, Wencong Wang, et al.. (2017). Comparison of Two Rabbit Models with Deficiency of Corneal Epithelium and Limbal Stem Cells Established by Different Methods. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 23(11). 710–717. 9 indexed citations
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Zeldin, Oliver B., Aaron S. Brewster, Johan Hattne, et al.. (2015). Data Exploration Toolkitfor serial diffraction experiments. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 71(2). 352–356. 21 indexed citations
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Laganowsky, Arthur, Cong Liu, M.R. Sawaya, et al.. (2012). Atomic View of a Toxic Amyloid Small Oligomer. Science. 335(6073). 1228–1231. 490 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Xiao‐Feng, et al.. (2010). A thiol-selective fluorogenic probe based on the cleavage of 4-methylumbelliferyl-2’,4’,6’-trinitropheyl ether. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 396(7). 2667–2674. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Chun‐Ming, Jinfeng Wang, Limei Zheng, et al.. (2009). Cerium-modified Aurivillius-type sodium lanthanum bismuth titanate with enhanced piezoactivities. Materials Science and Engineering B. 163(3). 179–183. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Chun‐Ming, Shujun Zhang, Jinfeng Wang, Minglei Zhao, & Chunlei Wang. (2009). Electromechanical properties of calcium bismuth niobate (CaBi2Nb2O9) ceramics at elevated temperature. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 118(1). 21–24. 102 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jialiang, Zhong Zhang, Peng Zheng, et al.. (2009). High piezoelectric properties and domain configuration in BaTiO3ceramics obtained through solid-state reaction route. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 42(18). 189801–189801. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jialiang, Zhang Zong, Peng Zheng, et al.. (2008). High piezoelectric properties and domain configuration in BaTiO3ceramics obtained through the solid-state reaction route. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 41(12). 125408–125408. 187 indexed citations

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