Qian Zhu

10.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
187 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Qian Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Zhu has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Plant Science and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Qian Zhu's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (13 papers). Qian Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (13 papers). Qian Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Qian Zhu's co-authors include Guo‐Cheng Yuan, Long Cai, Ruben Dries, Jina Yun, Michael J. Lawson, Christopher J. Cronin, Yodai Takei, Noushin Koulena, David Sankoff and Rui Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Qian Zhu

176 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transcriptome-scale super-resolved imaging in tissues by RNA seqFISH+

2019 1.1k citations Qian Zhu, Guo‐Cheng Yuan et al. profile →
Giotto: a toolbox for integrative analysis and visualization of spatial expression data

2021 510 citations Qian Zhu, Guo‐Cheng Yuan et al. Genome biology profile →
Direct Promoter Repression by BCL11A Controls the Fetal to Adult Hemoglobin Switch

2018 310 citations Nan Liu, Qian Zhu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Zhu China	34	3.7k	760	758	681	601	187	6.0k
Hongkai Ji United States	37	5.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	769 1.0×	494 0.7×	686 1.1×	126	7.1k
Lan Jiang China	33	2.8k 0.8×	337 0.4×	567 0.7×	488 0.7×	618 1.0×	108	5.0k
Christina Kendziorski United States	39	5.3k 1.4×	441 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	477 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	125	7.9k
Matthew T. Weirauch United States	40	6.0k 1.6×	831 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	831 1.4×	136	8.9k
Zhijin Wu United States	29	4.3k 1.2×	424 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	440 0.6×	776 1.3×	85	6.3k
Magnus Åstrand Sweden	11	4.5k 1.2×	559 0.7×	819 1.1×	620 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	32	7.0k
Rui Liu China	37	4.1k 1.1×	333 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	502 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	258	7.0k
Zohar Yakhini Israel	45	8.7k 2.3×	691 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	700 1.0×	1.7k 2.7×	153	12.2k
Ralf Herwig Germany	43	4.7k 1.3×	262 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	342 0.5×	850 1.4×	180	7.5k
Daniele Zink Germany	36	4.6k 1.2×	885 1.2×	610 0.8×	111 0.2×	274 0.5×	73	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Qian Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qian Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Qian Zhu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Qian Zhu. The network helps show where Qian Zhu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian Zhu

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

All Works

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Li, Xiaona, Xiaona Li, Lili Fan, et al.. (2025). Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.)-anthocyanins and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside protect dopaminergic neurons against ferroptosis by activating the Nrf2-GPX7 axis. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 239. 242–256. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Qian, Junjie Li, Cui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Breeding D1-Type Hybrid Japonica Rice in Diverse Upland Rainfed Environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 3246–3246.

Zhu, Qian, et al.. (2024). Identification of the characteristic chemical constituents in fermented Toona sinensis buds and exploration of their hypoglycemic efficacy by widely targeted metabolomics. Food Bioscience. 57. 103609–103609. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Qian, Kai Yan, Hye Young Ji, et al.. (2024). Matrin3 mediates differentiation through stabilizing chromatin loop-domain interactions and YY1 mediated enhancer-promoter interactions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1274–1274. 10 indexed citations

Yin, Maolu, et al.. (2024). A tetramer of BCL11A is required for stable protein production and fetal hemoglobin silencing. Science. 386(6725). 1010–1018. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yunyun, Sha Liu, Ting Bai, et al.. (2024). Identification of copy number variations among fetuses with isolated ultrasound soft markers in pregnant women not of advanced maternal age. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 19(1). 56–56. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Sha, Shuang Huang, Victor Wei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Customizing carrier screening in the Chinese population: Insights from a 334‐gene panel. Prenatal Diagnosis. 44(11). 1335–1343. 2 indexed citations

Li, Zhiheng, Katie Frenis, Chun-Chin Chen, et al.. (2024). The epigenetic state of the cell of origin defines mechanisms of leukemogenesis. Leukemia. 39(1). 87–97. 1 indexed citations

Pendleton, Katherine E., et al.. (2024). Xenomake: a pipeline for processing and sorting xenograft reads from spatial transcriptomic experiments. Bioinformatics. 40(11). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yiming, et al.. (2024). Robust Ranking Kernel Support Vector Machine via Manifold Regularized Matrix Factorization for Multi-Label Classification. Applied Sciences. 14(2). 638–638. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qian, Yonghua Zhang, Yongxiang Huang, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic potential of soluble ST2 and D-dimer for Stanford Type B aortic dissection and intramural aortic hematoma. Microvascular Research. 151. 104623–104623. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qian, et al.. (2023). Multi-view Representation Induced Kernel Ensemble Support Vector Machine. Neural Processing Letters. 55(6). 7035–7056. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Bin E., Wenqing Cai, Qian Zhu, et al.. (2023). In vivo CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies Pbrm1 as a regulator of myeloid leukemia development in mice. Blood Advances. 7(18). 5281–5293. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Chongyang, Qian Zhu, Lin Li, et al.. (2023). A juvenile mouse model of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis by active immunization. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1211119–1211119. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Nan, Shuqian Xu, Qiuming Yao, et al.. (2021). Transcription factor competition at the γ-globin promoters controls hemoglobin switching. Nature Genetics. 53(4). 511–520. 57 indexed citations

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Ji, Hye Young, Kai Yan, Qian Zhu, et al.. (2021). Inner nuclear protein Matrin-3 coordinates cell differentiation by stabilizing chromatin architecture. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6241–6241. 26 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qian, et al.. (2020). A novel frameshift mutation of COL4A5 in a Chinese family with presumed IgA nephropathy and chronic glomerulonephritis. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 34(12). e23558–e23558. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qian, Nan Liu, Stuart H. Orkin, & Guo‐Cheng Yuan. (2019). CUT&RUNTools: a flexible pipeline for CUT&RUN processing and footprint analysis. Genome biology. 20(1). 77 indexed citations

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Nadir, Sadia, Qian Zhu, Xiaoling Zhang, et al.. (2017). Weedy rice in sustainable rice production. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 37(5). 68 indexed citations

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Xia, Limin, Wenjie Huang, Bo Wang, et al.. (2008). Transcriptional up‐regulation of FoxM1 in response to hypoxia is mediated by HIF‐1. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 106(2). 247–256. 59 indexed citations

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