Qingtong Zhou

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Qingtong Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingtong Zhou has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Qingtong Zhou's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (28 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (21 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (12 papers). Qingtong Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (28 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (21 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (12 papers). Qingtong Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Qingtong Zhou's co-authors include Ming‐Wei Wang, Dehua Yang, Suwen Zhao, Antao Dai, Raymond C. Stevens, Yiran Wu, Sanaz Darbalaei, Qing Liu, Wenqing Shui and Xiaoqing Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qingtong Zhou

66 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs

2019 396 citations Qingtong Zhou, Dehua Yang et al. eLife profile →
G protein-coupled receptors: structure- and function-based drug discovery

2021 395 citations Dehua Yang, Qingtong Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qingtong Zhou China	19	1.3k	595	200	168	167	70	1.7k
Leigh A. Stoddart United Kingdom	26	1.7k 1.3×	718 1.2×	225 1.1×	234 1.4×	142 0.9×	43	2.0k
Bingfa Sun United States	10	1.3k 1.0×	615 1.0×	235 1.2×	86 0.5×	120 0.7×	11	1.5k
David M. Thal Australia	22	2.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.9×	157 0.8×	108 0.6×	250 1.5×	41	2.5k
Fai Siu United States	15	1.9k 1.5×	740 1.2×	179 0.9×	160 1.0×	155 0.9×	16	2.2k
George Liapakis Greece	25	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 2.2×	280 1.4×	166 1.0×	183 1.1×	71	2.8k
Christian Le Gouill Canada	29	1.6k 1.2×	836 1.4×	121 0.6×	180 1.1×	80 0.5×	57	2.2k
Katie Leach Australia	24	2.4k 1.9×	1.5k 2.5×	146 0.7×	157 0.9×	241 1.4×	56	3.0k
Gaétan Guillemette Canada	29	1.7k 1.3×	617 1.0×	281 1.4×	252 1.5×	166 1.0×	102	2.3k
Ali Jazayeri United Kingdom	17	1.7k 1.3×	987 1.7×	190 0.9×	118 0.7×	276 1.7×	28	2.0k
Francesca Magnani Italy	20	1.6k 1.3×	734 1.2×	102 0.5×	89 0.5×	110 0.7×	34	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingtong Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Qingtong, Ling Gao, Guanyi Li, et al.. (2025). Computation-Enabled Structure-Based Discovery of Potent Binders for Small-Molecule Aptamers. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(6). 3216–3230. 1 indexed citations

Han, Wei, Qingtong Zhou, & Ming-Wei Wang. (2025). Current challenges and future perspectives of drug discovery in China. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 20(3). 285–294. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yan, Qingtong Zhou, Shiyu Yan, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanism underlying non-discriminatory recognition of relaxin-3 by RXFP3 and RXFP4. Communications Biology. 8(1). 794–794.

Gao, Ling, et al.. (2024). Study of dual binding specificity of aptamer to ochratoxin A and norfloxacin and the development of fluorescent aptasensor in milk detection. Talanta. 273. 125935–125935. 14 indexed citations

Zhou, Zixuan, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into human zinc transporter ZnT1 mediated Zn2+ efflux. EMBO Reports. 25(11). 5006–5025. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Hongyue, Peng‐Fei Yan, Qingtong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Structural Mass Spectrometry Captures Residue-Resolved Comprehensive Conformational Rearrangements of a G Protein-Coupled Receptor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(29). 20045–20058. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Qingtong, et al.. (2024). Weight Loss Blockbuster Development: A Role for Unimolecular Polypharmacology. The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 65(1). 191–213. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Yu, Qingtong Zhou, Bin Wei, Ming-Wei Wang, & Suwen Zhao. (2023). GPCRana: A web server for quantitative analysis of GPCR structures. Structure. 31(9). 1132–1142.e2. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Hao, et al.. (2023). A potentially serious adverse effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 13(5). 2291–2293. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Yan, Qingtong Zhou, Jiang Wang, et al.. (2023). Ligand recognition mechanism of the human relaxin family peptide receptor 4 (RXFP4). Nature Communications. 14(1). 492–492. 7 indexed citations

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Cong, Zhaotong, Qingtong Zhou, Yang Li, et al.. (2022). Structural basis of peptidomimetic agonism revealed by small-molecule GLP-1R agonists Boc5 and WB4-24. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2200155119–e2200155119. 25 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xi, Lihua Zhao, Yuzhe Wang, et al.. (2021). Molecular insights into differentiated ligand recognition of the human parathyroid hormone receptor 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(32). 25 indexed citations

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Lu, Yan, Hongyue Liu, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2021). Affinity Mass Spectrometry-Based Fragment Screening Identified a New Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Adenosine A_2A Receptor Targeting the Sodium Ion Pocket. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(6). 991–1002. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Jonathan R. Hart, Xinyu Zou, et al.. (2021). Cryo-EM structures of PI3Kα reveal conformational changes during inhibition and activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(45). 25 indexed citations

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Zhao, Fenghui, Chao Zhang, Qingtong Zhou, et al.. (2021). Structural insights into hormone recognition by the human glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor. eLife. 10. 30 indexed citations

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Tan, Liang, Qingtong Zhou, Wenzhong Yan, et al.. (2020). Design and Synthesis of Bitopic 2-Phenylcyclopropylmethylamine (PCPMA) Derivatives as Selective Dopamine D3 Receptor Ligands. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(9). 4579–4602. 16 indexed citations

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Qu, Lu, Qingtong Zhou, Yueming Xu, et al.. (2019). Structural Basis of the Diversity of Adrenergic Receptors. Cell Reports. 29(10). 2929–2935.e4. 34 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qingtong, Dehua Yang, Meng Wu, et al.. (2019). Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs. eLife. 8. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Weiping, et al.. (2019). Identification of a Small Probe That Can Be Conjugated to Proteins by Proximity Labeling. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(1). 39–43. 7 indexed citations

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Xia, Bingqing, Qingtong Zhou, Yan Lu, et al.. (2018). Succinate-acetate permease from Citrobacter koseri is an anion channel that unidirectionally translocates acetate. Cell Research. 28(6). 644–654. 17 indexed citations

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