Qiangjun Zhou

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Qiangjun Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiangjun Zhou has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Qiangjun Zhou's work include Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). Qiangjun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). Qiangjun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Qiangjun Zhou's co-authors include Axel T. Brünger, Minglei Zhao, Ying Lai, Ucheor B. Choi, Sandro Vivona, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Jeremy Leitz, Jiajie Diao, Thomas C. Südhof and Fei Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qiangjun Zhou

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophagosomes to endolysosomes

2015 443 citations Jiajie Diao, Rong Liu et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiangjun Zhou United States	22	1.3k	938	384	379	228	39	1.9k
Wei Feng China	32	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	447 1.2×	360 0.9×	119 0.5×	90	3.1k
Elena V. Polishchuk Italy	21	1.2k 0.9×	805 0.9×	195 0.5×	156 0.4×	141 0.6×	29	2.1k
Michael J. Ragusa United States	18	1.1k 0.9×	582 0.6×	135 0.4×	625 1.6×	141 0.6×	41	1.8k
Song Liu China	21	1.1k 0.9×	589 0.6×	303 0.8×	358 0.9×	58 0.3×	61	1.9k
Francesca Giordano France	20	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	241 0.6×	397 1.0×	152 0.7×	34	2.3k
Louise Lucast United States	17	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	219 0.6×	155 0.4×	176 0.8×	18	2.0k
Alexey Rak Germany	24	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	112 0.3×	142 0.4×	188 0.8×	53	2.4k
Daniel W. Summers United States	17	1.1k 0.8×	429 0.5×	537 1.4×	250 0.7×	284 1.2×	24	2.1k
Brooke J. Bevis United States	12	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	306 0.8×	142 0.4×	63 0.3×	15	2.1k
Carlos M. Guardia United States	20	967 0.7×	871 0.9×	213 0.6×	630 1.7×	322 1.4×	33	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiangjun Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Qiangjun, et al.. (2026). Regulation of spontaneous neurotransmission and homeostatic synaptic plasticity by synaptotagmin-1 disease variants at the SNARE primary interface. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Mueller, Benjamin K., Ali İ. Kaya, Marian F. Young, et al.. (2025). Molecular basis for Gβγ-SNARE-mediated inhibition of synaptic vesicle fusion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(8). 110377–110377.

Sun, Rong, et al.. (2025). The postsynaptic density in excitatory synapses is composed of clustered, heterogeneous nanoblocks. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(6). 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiangjun. (2023). Calcium Sensors of Neurotransmitter Release. Advances in neurobiology. 33. 119–138. 1 indexed citations

Pi, Hualiang, Rong Sun, James R. McBride, et al.. (2023). Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity. Nature. 623(7989). 1009–1016. 35 indexed citations

Lai, Ying, Michael J. Tuvim, Jeremy Leitz, et al.. (2022). Screening of Hydrocarbon-Stapled Peptides for Inhibition of Calcium-Triggered Exocytosis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 891041–891041. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiangjun, Ok‐Ho Shin, Luis Esquivies, et al.. (2020). Role of Aberrant Spontaneous Neurotransmission in SNAP25-Associated Encephalopathies. Neuron. 109(1). 59–72.e5. 47 indexed citations

Brünger, Axel T., Ucheor B. Choi, Ying Lai, et al.. (2019). The pre-synaptic fusion machinery. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 54. 179–188. 64 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiangjun, Peng Zhou, Austin L. Wang, et al.. (2017). The primed SNARE–complexin–synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 548(7668). 420–425. 195 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qiangjun, et al.. (2016). Influence of Soil Surface Sodium Ion and Soil pH on Dispersion of Cohesive Soil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 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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Zhao, Minglei, Shenping Wu, Qiangjun Zhou, et al.. (2015). Mechanistic insights into the recycling machine of the SNARE complex. Nature. 518(7537). 61–67. 194 indexed citations

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Diao, Jiajie, Rong Liu, Yueguang Rong, et al.. (2015). ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophagosomes to endolysosomes. Nature. 520(7548). 563–566. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Qiangjun, Ying Lai, Taulant Bacaj, et al.. (2015). Architecture of the synaptotagmin–SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 525(7567). 62–67. 250 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qiangjun, Hang Yu, Yujia Zhai, et al.. (2014). Molecular insights into the membrane-associated phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIα. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3552–3552. 47 indexed citations

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Sun, Fei, et al.. (2013). Revealing various coupling of electron transfer and proton pumping in mitochondrial respiratory chain. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 23(4). 526–538. 40 indexed citations

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Bai, Ming, Xiaoyun Pang, Jizhong Lou, et al.. (2012). Mechanistic Insights into Regulated Cargo Binding by ACAP1 Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(34). 28675–28685. 26 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qiangjun, Yujia Zhai, Jizhong Lou, et al.. (2011). Thiabendazole inhibits ubiquinone reduction activity of mitochondrial respiratory complex II via a water molecule mediated binding feature. Protein & Cell. 2(7). 531–542. 38 indexed citations

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Huo, Yanwu, Kai Zhang, Li Wang, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of Group II Chaperonin in the Open State. Structure. 18(10). 1270–1279. 30 indexed citations

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Chao, Lijun, Qiangjun Zhou, Shuai Chen, & Shuang Cui. (2006). Speciation Distribution of Lead and Zinc in Soil Profiles of the Shenyang Smeltery in Northeast China. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 77(6). 874–881. 5 indexed citations

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