Richard Z. Cheng

642 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 263 citations indexed

About

Richard Z. Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Z. Cheng has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 263 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Richard Z. Cheng's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (2 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Richard Z. Cheng is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (2 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Richard Z. Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Richard Z. Cheng's co-authors include Robert J. Shmookler Reis, Shunichi Murano, Elaine S. Jaffe, Mark Raffeld, Megan S. Lim, Stefania Pittaluga, Lynn Sorbara, Michael W. Beaty, Paweł Płudowski and R. J. Radloff and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Nutrients and Experimental Cell Research.

In The Last Decade

Richard Z. Cheng

11 papers receiving 253 citations

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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.

Vitamin D: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Recommendations for Population Guidelines

2025 28 citations William B. Grant, Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. Nutrients profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Z. Cheng United States	7	137	100	68	28	27	11	263
Johanna M. Schuetz Canada	11	179 1.3×	119 1.2×	129 1.9×	56 2.0×	66 2.4×	20	431
Yu-Chu Wang Taiwan	11	117 0.9×	62 0.6×	98 1.4×	6 0.2×	15 0.6×	14	295
Donghong Tang China	8	164 1.2×	74 0.7×	77 1.1×	10 0.4×	18 0.7×	23	339
Shih-Chong Tsai United States	7	286 2.1×	24 0.2×	90 1.3×	9 0.3×	47 1.7×	8	369
Liora Z. Strichman-Almashanu United States	6	289 2.1×	26 0.3×	38 0.6×	25 0.9×	156 5.8×	7	378
MJ Watts United Kingdom	6	29 0.2×	35 0.3×	79 1.2×	23 0.8×	21 0.8×	9	374
Gerard te Meerman Netherlands	9	81 0.6×	12 0.1×	46 0.7×	11 0.4×	97 3.6×	15	296
Mario Alejandro Lorenzetti Argentina	12	61 0.4×	175 1.8×	282 4.1×	15 0.5×	11 0.4×	21	390
Sorim Nam South Korea	7	99 0.7×	18 0.2×	71 1.0×	8 0.3×	9 0.3×	9	265

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Z. Cheng

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Grant, William B., Sunil J. Wimalawansa, Paweł Płudowski, & Richard Z. Cheng. (2025). Vitamin D: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Recommendations for Population Guidelines. Nutrients. 17(2). 277–277. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grant, William B., Barbara J. Boucher, Richard Z. Cheng, Paweł Płudowski, & Sunil J. Wimalawansa. (2025). Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review of Risk Reduction Evidence. Nutrients. 17(13). 2102–2102. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., Mikhail Kogan, & Devra Lee Davis. (2020). Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 9. 545974640–545974640. 13 indexed citations

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Lim, Megan S., Michael W. Beaty, Lynn Sorbara, et al.. (2002). T-Cell/Histiocyte-Rich Large B-Cell Lymphoma. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 26(11). 1458–1466. 73 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., Xiaoping Guan, George Lau, et al.. (1998). Chromosome 1p terminal deletion and loss of chromosome 17p and 16p are common findings in nasal NK/T cell lymphoma by comparative genomic hybridization. Laboratory Investigation. 78(1). 126. 3 indexed citations

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Parham, David M., Richard Z. Cheng, Gordon E. Schutze, et al.. (1998). Enzyme-linked Immunoassay for Respiratory Syncytial Virus is Not Predictive of Bronchiolitis in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. 1(5). 375–379. 3 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., Masood A. Shammas, Jin Li, & Robert J. Shmookler Reis. (1997). Expression of SV40 Large T Antigen Stimulates Reversion of a Chromosomal Gene Duplication in Human Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 234(2). 300–312. 17 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., et al.. (1993). mei-3, a recombination and repair gene of Neurospora crassa, encodes a RecA-like protein. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 294(3). 223–234. 31 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., et al.. (1990). Homologous recombination is elevated in some Werner-like syndromes but not during normal in vitro or in vivo senescence of mammalian cells. Mutation Research/DNAging. 237(5-6). 259–269. 51 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard Z., et al.. (1989). Homologous plasmid recombination is elevated in immortally transformed cells.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(9). 4009–4017. 38 indexed citations

11.

Cheng, Richard Z., et al.. (1989). Homologous Plasmid Recombination Is Elevated in Immortally Transformed Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(9). 4009–4017. 2 indexed citations

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