Qiang Zhao

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Qiang Zhao is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Zhao has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Oncology and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Qiang Zhao's work include Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (32 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (27 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (17 papers). Qiang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (32 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (27 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (17 papers). Qiang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Qiang Zhao's co-authors include Wen‐Tien Chen, Michael L. Pearl, Feng Shao, Yupeng Wang, Huan Zeng, Xuyan Shi, Qi Sun, Jingjin Ding, Kun Wang and Zilin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Zhao

122 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Structural Mechanism for GSDMD Targeting by Autoprocessed Caspases in Pyroptosis

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiang Zhao China	26	1.2k	1.0k	831	539	518	133	2.9k
Ryan M. Thomas United States	30	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	446 0.5×	611 1.1×	597 1.2×	103	3.0k
Andrew Ruszkiewicz Australia	32	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	551 0.7×	636 1.2×	574 1.1×	103	3.0k
Takayuki Ueno Japan	33	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	996 1.2×	533 1.0×	671 1.3×	186	3.9k
Deborah Dillon United States	32	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	829 1.0×	332 0.6×	473 0.9×	87	3.7k
Eric T. Kimchi United States	27	588 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	382 0.5×	440 0.8×	504 1.0×	103	2.1k
Martin Schneider Germany	32	915 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	908 1.1×	795 1.5×	661 1.3×	163	3.8k
Elisabetta Rossi Italy	28	788 0.7×	709 0.7×	662 0.8×	322 0.6×	355 0.7×	104	2.3k
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger Germany	30	1.1k 0.9×	646 0.6×	459 0.6×	769 1.4×	579 1.1×	114	2.8k
Pierluigi Pilati Italy	36	893 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	547 0.7×	1.1k 2.1×	720 1.4×	139	3.7k
Chao Ni China	32	1.3k 1.1×	960 1.0×	915 1.1×	235 0.4×	343 0.7×	95	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Qiang Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Zhao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Bing, Wei Xiong, Maogen Chen, et al.. (2025). Ischemia-free liver transplantation alleviates post-transplant myocardial injury and pulmonary complication: a post hoc analysis from IFLT-DBD trial. International Journal of Surgery. 111(8). 5288–5297.

Chen, Zhitao, Zhiying Liu, Yefu Li, et al.. (2025). Organ medicine: New concept of life sciences. Chinese Medical Journal. 138(8). 934–936.

Zhao, Qiang, et al.. (2025). HBV-Specific TCR–T Cell Therapy Combining mRNA Electroporation and Lentiviral Transduction: Treatment Regimen for Recurrent HBV-Related HCC after Liver Transplantation. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(18). 3886–3896.

Zhao, Qiang, Huanhuan Yan, Kun Ye, et al.. (2025). Adaptive attenuation of virulence mediated by Wzc mutation in ST11-KL47 Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1561631–1561631. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Research progress of ischemia-free liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international. 24(1). 18–22. 4 indexed citations

Yuan, Hao, Chuang Chen, Haonan Li, et al.. (2024). Role of a novel circRNA-CGNL1 in regulating pancreatic cancer progression via NUDT4–HDAC4–RUNX2–GAMT-mediated apoptosis. Molecular Cancer. 23(1). 27–27. 15 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiang, Kunpeng Liu, Zebin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Activation of farnesoid X receptor enhances the efficacy of normothermic machine perfusion in ameliorating liver ischemia-reperfusion injury. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(9). 1610–1622. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Jinghong, Di Liu, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Suppression of Hepatocyte Ferroptosis via USP19‐Mediated Deubiquitination of SLC7A11 in Ischemia‐Free Liver Transplantation. Advanced Science. 12(6). e2406200–e2406200. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiang, Dong‐Ping Chen, Yingzhe Wang, et al.. (2024). NK-cell–elicited gasdermin-D–dependent hepatocyte pyroptosis induces neutrophil extracellular traps that facilitate HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure. Hepatology. 81(3). 917–931. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Model Based on Hypoxia-Related Genes in Myocardial Infarction. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 16. 2111–2123. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhitao, Maogen Chen, Qiang Zhao, et al.. (2023). Neoadjuvant programmed cell death 1 inhibitor before liver transplantation for HCC is not associated with increased graft loss. Liver Transplantation. 29(6). 598–606. 24 indexed citations

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Shi, Jiawei, Mingming Huang, Jiehong Chen, et al.. (2023). TUBB2B facilitates progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating cholesterol metabolism through targeting HNF4A/CYP27A1. Cell Death and Disease. 14(3). 179–179. 17 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qiang, Ke Jiang, Xiaoyan Yu, et al.. (2023). Uncovering potential diagnostic biomarkers of acute myocardial infarction based on machine learning and analyzing its relationship with immune cells. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 23(1). 2–2. 7 indexed citations

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Lu, Lu, Jiale Qin, Jiandong Chen, et al.. (2022). DDIT: An Online Predictor for Multiple Clinical Phenotypic Drug-Disease Associations. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 772026–772026. 2 indexed citations

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Ye, Dongmei, Yuxuan Li, Zhiwei Zhou, et al.. (2021). Silencing PRSS1 suppresses the growth and proliferation of gastric carcinoma cells via the ERK pathway. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(4). 957–971. 6 indexed citations

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Ying, Hangjie, Guoping Cheng, Yamei Chen, et al.. (2020). [Prognostic Analysis of NSCLC Based on the Tumor-associated Macrophages, Tumor Neo-vessels and PD-L1 Expression in Tumor Microenvironment].. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(10). 837–844. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Baoxian, Guangliang Huang, Xiaohua Xie, et al.. (2020). Feasibility and outcomes of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for intrahepatic recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: a single-center experience. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 37(1). 1202–1209. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhitao, Xiaohong Lin, Chuanbao Chen, et al.. (2020). Analysis of preoperative circulating tumor cells for recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(17). 1067–1067. 31 indexed citations

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Feng, Ji‐Feng, Sheng Chen, Qiang Zhao, & Pengcheng Chen. (2019). Prognostic value of mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio in patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective study. PeerJ. 7. e7246–e7246. 12 indexed citations

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Pearl, Michael L., Qiang Zhao, Jie Yang, et al.. (2014). Prognostic analysis of invasive circulating tumor cells (iCTCs) in epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 134(3). 581–590. 74 indexed citations

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