Nana Shao

856 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 612 citations indexed

About

Nana Shao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nana Shao has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 612 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nana Shao's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). Nana Shao is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (3 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). Nana Shao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Nana Shao's co-authors include William B. Whitman, Zhe Lyu, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, Hongbin Zou, Huajian Zhu, Tong Chen, Taotao Zhang, Qunxiong Zheng, Yuchen Liu and Evert C. Duin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nana Shao

22 papers receiving 610 citations

Hit Papers

Methanogenesis 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Methanogenesis
    2018 342 citations Zhe Lyu, Nana Shao et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nana Shao China 12 177 139 130 129 120 23 612
Huda Mahmoud Kuwait 16 162 0.9× 210 1.5× 60 0.5× 102 0.8× 271 2.3× 43 798
Xiaoyu Cheng China 14 146 0.8× 60 0.4× 35 0.3× 97 0.8× 203 1.7× 34 495
Jason P. Chin United Kingdom 11 127 0.7× 63 0.5× 27 0.2× 102 0.8× 144 1.2× 12 608
Daniel J. Lessner United States 14 519 2.9× 31 0.2× 191 1.5× 157 1.2× 167 1.4× 29 993
Benjamin T. Circello United States 8 301 1.7× 111 0.8× 15 0.1× 126 1.0× 158 1.3× 11 620
Madeline E. Rasche United States 18 396 2.2× 26 0.2× 72 0.6× 58 0.4× 93 0.8× 34 889
Jacob H. Jacob Jordan 12 180 1.0× 21 0.2× 28 0.2× 61 0.5× 154 1.3× 32 511
Jesùs Sànchez Spain 17 229 1.3× 28 0.2× 50 0.4× 89 0.7× 181 1.5× 35 1.0k
Karl‐Heinz Blotevogel Germany 18 216 1.2× 25 0.2× 112 0.9× 124 1.0× 121 1.0× 33 942
Sergio Rubin Belgium 14 136 0.8× 80 0.6× 15 0.1× 92 0.7× 86 0.7× 23 809

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nana Shao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nana Shao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nana Shao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nana Shao 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 Nana Shao. Nana Shao 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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Shao, Nana, Dayong Zhou, Gerrit J. Schut, et al.. (2025). Storage of the vital metal tungsten in a dominant SCFA-producing human gut microbe Eubacterium limosum and implications for other gut microbes. mBio. 16(4). e0260524–e0260524. 1 indexed citations
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Shelton, Emma, Chau-Wen Chou, Nana Shao, et al.. (2025). An Expanded Molecular Model for the Activation of Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase. Biochemistry. 64(21). 4424–4436.
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Schut, Gerrit J., Michael P. Thorgersen, Farris L. Poole, et al.. (2024). Tungsten is utilized for lactate consumption and SCFA production by a dominant human gut microbe Eubacterium limosum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2411809121–e2411809121. 3 indexed citations
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Shao, Nana, Fan Yu, Chau-Wen Chou, et al.. (2022). Expression of divergent methyl/alkyl coenzyme M reductases from uncultured archaea. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1113–1113. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Jie, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, Nana Shao, et al.. (2022). Genetic and metabolic engineering of Methanococcus spp. Current Research in Biotechnology. 5. 100115–100115. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Guang, Bing Liu, Nana Shao, et al.. (2022). Enhancement of low temperature NH3-SCR activity and SO2 & H2O tolerance over VPO-Co/TiO2: Determining roles of acidity via Co doping. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(1). 109253–109253. 2 indexed citations
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Panjikar, Santosh, Xiang Sheng, Yushi Futamura, et al.. (2022). β-Methyltryptamine Provoking the Crucial Role of Strictosidine Synthase Tyr151-OH for Its Stereoselective Pictet−Spengler Reactions to Tryptoline-type Alkaloids. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(1). 187–197. 2 indexed citations
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Akinyemi, Taiwo S., et al.. (2021). Tuning Gene Expression by Phosphate in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 10(11). 3028–3039. 18 indexed citations
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Jia, Yong, et al.. (2019). DFT and experimental study on denitration mechanism over VPO/TiO2 catalyst. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 45(5). 2695–2713. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinhui, Jun Cai, Nan Shang, et al.. (2019). The carbon catabolite repressor CcpA mediates optimal competence development in Streptococcus oligofermentans through post‐transcriptional regulation. Molecular Microbiology. 112(2). 552–568. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Sheng, Nana Shao, Yuanyuan Chen, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones and Aryl Ketones by Perakine Reductase. Organic Letters. 21(12). 4411–4414. 17 indexed citations
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Shao, Nana, Hujun Xie, Yushi Futamura, et al.. (2019). Stereocomplementary Chemoenzymatic Pictet–Spengler Reactions for Formation of Rare Azepino-indole Frameworks: Discovery of Antimalarial Compounds. ACS Catalysis. 9(8). 7443–7448. 30 indexed citations
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Shao, Nana, Jinbiao Li, Huajian Zhu, Shuaizhong Zhang, & Hongbin Zou. (2018). Functionalized N-containing heterocyclic scaffolds derived from N-substituted pyrroles via inter- and intramolecular annulations. Tetrahedron. 74(42). 6088–6094. 14 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, Nana Shao, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, & William B. Whitman. (2018). Methanogenesis. Current Biology. 28(13). R727–R732. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shao, Nana, et al.. (2013). Cascade reaction for 3-pyrrolines and pyrroles from nitroallylic acetates and N-mesyl 2-aminoethanones. Tetrahedron. 69(49). 10558–10564. 13 indexed citations
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Shao, Nana, et al.. (2013). Cascade regioselective synthesis of pyrazoles from nitroallylic acetates and N-tosyl hydrazine. Tetrahedron. 70(4). 795–799. 24 indexed citations
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Zhu, Huajian, Nana Shao, Tong Chen, & Hongbin Zou. (2013). Functionalized heterocyclic scaffolds derived from Morita–Baylis–Hillman Acetates. Chemical Communications. 49(70). 7738–7738. 39 indexed citations
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Huang, Xia, Nana Shao, Anandan Palani, Robert Aslanian, & Alexei V. Buevich. (2007). Synthesis of Psymberin. Synfacts. 2007(11). 1126–1126. 1 indexed citations

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