Ray Zhang

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ray Zhang is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Zhang has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ray Zhang's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (12 papers), Fungal Plant Pathogen Control (8 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers). Ray Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (12 papers), Fungal Plant Pathogen Control (8 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers). Ray Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ray Zhang's co-authors include John B. Hogenesch, Nicholas F. Lahens, Heather Ballance, Michael E. Hughes, Ming Hu, Min You, Zheng Shen, Huquan Yin, Robert J. Fox and Ralf Gold and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ray Zhang

28 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A circadian gene expression atlas in mammals: Implication... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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. A circadian gene expression atlas in mammals: Implications for biology and medicine
    2014 1.6k citations Ray Zhang, Nicholas F. Lahens et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray Zhang United States 11 1.4k 772 603 379 306 30 2.4k
Xuan Zhao China 18 826 0.6× 577 0.7× 860 1.4× 102 0.3× 197 0.6× 34 2.0k
Shigeki Shimba Japan 30 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.7× 866 1.4× 61 0.2× 299 1.0× 71 3.0k
Selma Masri United States 27 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 934 1.5× 58 0.2× 432 1.4× 46 2.7k
Clara Bien Peek United States 17 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 470 0.8× 49 0.1× 331 1.1× 30 2.0k
Weimin He China 18 559 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 1.8k 3.1× 158 0.4× 124 0.4× 63 3.5k
Loning Fu United States 20 2.7k 2.0× 1.6k 2.1× 989 1.6× 69 0.2× 613 2.0× 26 3.9k
Ling-Wa Chong United States 15 805 0.6× 973 1.3× 1.6k 2.6× 51 0.1× 197 0.6× 15 2.9k
Susan M. Moran United States 17 1.5k 1.1× 825 1.1× 534 0.9× 50 0.1× 404 1.3× 25 2.6k
Makoto Akashi Japan 25 1.8k 1.4× 796 1.0× 551 0.9× 92 0.2× 416 1.4× 73 2.6k
Won Jun Oh South Korea 13 1.7k 1.3× 864 1.1× 982 1.6× 52 0.1× 334 1.1× 16 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Zhang

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

All Works

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Lü, Ying, Cayce Dorrier, Ray Zhang, et al.. (2022). CD40 Drives Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease by Inducing Complementary Effector Programs via B Cells and Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 209(11). 2083–2092. 8 indexed citations
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Calkwood, Jonathan, Timothy Vollmer, Robert J. Fox, et al.. (2015). Safety and Tolerability of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate Administered with Interferon Beta or Glatiramer Acetate in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. International Journal of MS Care. 18(3). 138–146. 7 indexed citations
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Bar‐Or, Amit, Ralf Gold, Robert J. Fox, et al.. (2015). Five-Year Follow-up of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate in RRMS: Integrated Clinical Efficacy Data from the DEFINE, CONFIRM, and ENDORSE Studies (P7.234). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 7 indexed citations
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Pozzilli, Carlo, J. Theodore Phillips, Robert J. Fox, et al.. (2015). Long-term Follow-up of the Safety of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate in RRMS: Interim Results from the ENDORSE Extension Study. (P7.235). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 5 indexed citations
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Giovannoni, Gavin, Ralf Gold, Robert J. Fox, et al.. (2015). Relapses Requiring Intravenous Steroid Use and Multiple-Sclerosis–related Hospitalizations: Integrated Analysis of the Delayed-release Dimethyl Fumarate Phase III Studies. Clinical Therapeutics. 37(11). 2543–2551. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ray, Jing Han, David J. Daniels, Haojie Huang, & Zhiguo Zhang. (2015). Detecting the H3F3A mutant allele found in high-grade pediatric glioma by real-time PCR. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 126(1). 27–36. 7 indexed citations
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Arnold, Douglas L., Robert J. Fox, Ralf Gold, et al.. (2015). Five-Year Follow-up of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: MRI Outcomes from DEFINE, CONFIRM, and ENDORSE (P7.262). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Lahens, Nicholas F., İbrahim Halil Kavaklı, Ray Zhang, et al.. (2014). IVT-seq reveals extreme bias in RNA sequencing. Genome biology. 15(6). R86–R86. 110 indexed citations
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Fox, Robert J., Krzysztof Selmaj, Ray Zhang, et al.. (2014). Safety Profile of Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS): Long-term Interim Results From the ENDORSE Extension Study (P2.200). Neurology. 82(10_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Arnold, Douglas L., Ralf Gold, Ludwig Kappos, et al.. (2014). Magnetization transfer ratio in the delayed-release dimethyl fumarate DEFINE study. Journal of Neurology. 261(12). 2429–2437. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ray, Nicholas F. Lahens, Heather Ballance, Michael E. Hughes, & John B. Hogenesch. (2014). A circadian gene expression atlas in mammals: Implications for biology and medicine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(45). 16219–16224. 1610 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wisniacki, Nicolas, Lakshmi Amaravadi, Gerald R. Galluppi, et al.. (2013). Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Anti-TWEAK Monoclonal Antibody in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clinical Therapeutics. 35(8). 1137–1149. 53 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, Michael, Robert J. Fox, David H. Miller, et al.. (2013). Clinical efficacy of BG-12 (dimethyl fumarate) in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: subgroup analyses of the CONFIRM study. Journal of Neurology. 260(9). 2286–2296. 74 indexed citations
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Yin, Huquan, et al.. (2012). MicroRNA-217 Promotes Ethanol-induced Fat Accumulation in Hepatocytes by Down-regulating SIRT1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(13). 9817–9826. 133 indexed citations

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