Rui Zhai

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 905 citations indexed

About

Rui Zhai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Zhai has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 905 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rui Zhai's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (3 papers). Rui Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (3 papers). Rui Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Rui Zhai's co-authors include Chenhong Zhang, Liping Zhao, Xin Yang, Xinhe Xue, Liying Zhang, Ikuro Abe, Antonio Del Rio Flores, Yudai Matsuda, Takahiro Mori and Sirine C. Fakra and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rui Zhai

35 papers receiving 891 citations

Hit Papers

Strain-Specific Anti-inflammatory Properties of Two Akker... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. Strain-Specific Anti-inflammatory Properties of Two Akkermansia muciniphila Strains on Chronic Colitis in Mice
    2019 281 citations Rui Zhai, Xinhe Xue et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rui Zhai China 15 580 137 136 95 94 39 905
Peter Rahfeld Canada 14 522 0.9× 115 0.8× 81 0.6× 146 1.5× 57 0.6× 24 783
Hani Z. Asfour Saudi Arabia 24 534 0.9× 104 0.8× 242 1.8× 119 1.3× 73 0.8× 82 1.4k
Mei Cao China 20 436 0.8× 186 1.4× 98 0.7× 105 1.1× 46 0.5× 57 1.1k
Arefeh Seyedarabi Iran 16 345 0.6× 75 0.5× 64 0.5× 74 0.8× 55 0.6× 44 787
Josette Perrier France 18 537 0.9× 272 2.0× 105 0.8× 166 1.7× 54 0.6× 42 1.2k
Guiping Guan China 18 341 0.6× 105 0.8× 70 0.5× 100 1.1× 63 0.7× 34 924
H. Howard Xu United States 18 443 0.8× 68 0.5× 129 0.9× 45 0.5× 96 1.0× 30 1.1k
Mizied Falah Israel 17 516 0.9× 139 1.0× 93 0.7× 75 0.8× 62 0.7× 33 994
Zhengpeng Li China 17 482 0.8× 323 2.4× 183 1.3× 106 1.1× 52 0.6× 66 1.0k
Bishwajit Kundu India 21 755 1.3× 187 1.4× 84 0.6× 210 2.2× 45 0.5× 73 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Zhai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Zhai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Shihong, et al.. (2025). Bilateral non-traumatic multiple calf muscle hernias in a young adult: a rare case report. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 26(1). 307–307.
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Lin, Xiaotong, et al.. (2025). Temporal response patterns of human gut microbiota to dietary fiber. iMeta. 4(4). e70046–e70046. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yi, et al.. (2025). FOCUS-DWI improves prostate cancer detection through deep learning reconstruction with IQMR technology. Abdominal Radiology. 51(3). 1276–1288.
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Du, Yongle, et al.. (2024). Engineered Biosynthesis and Anticancer Studies of Ring-Expanded Antimycin-Type Depsipeptides. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(5). 1562–1571. 1 indexed citations
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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, Rui Zhai, David W. Kastner, et al.. (2024). Enzymatic synthesis of azide by a promiscuous N-nitrosylase. Nature Chemistry. 16(12). 2066–2075. 8 indexed citations
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Zhai, Rui, et al.. (2024). Enzymatic Synthesis of a Polyketide/Nonribosomal Peptide Hybrid Antibiotic, Salivabactin. Biochemistry. 63(24). 3213–3219. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Xin, Zhiyi Wang, Junling Niu, et al.. (2023). Pathobionts from chemically disrupted gut microbiota induce insulin-dependent diabetes in mice. Microbiome. 11(1). 62–62. 24 indexed citations
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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis of Isonitrile Lipopeptide Metallophores from Pathogenic Mycobacteria. Biochemistry. 62(3). 824–834. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiayu, et al.. (2023). Abi Family Protein, DidK, Is Involved in the Maturation of Anticancer Depsipeptide, Didemnin B. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(10). 2300–2308. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Manman, Jingjing Li, Lan Li, et al.. (2023). Development of cancer biomarker heat shock protein 90α certified reference material using two different isotope dilution mass spectrometry techniques. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416(4). 913–923. 4 indexed citations
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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, David W. Kastner, Yongle Du, et al.. (2022). Probing the Mechanism of Isonitrile Formation by a Non-Heme Iron(II)-Dependent Oxidase/Decarboxylase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(13). 5893–5901. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Weimin, Deyin Zhang, Yukun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Ovine RAP1GAP and rBAT gene polymorphisms and their association with tail fat deposition in Hu sheep. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 974513–974513. 6 indexed citations
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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, Yongle Du, Wenlong Cai, et al.. (2021). Biosynthesis of triacsin featuring an N-hydroxytriazene pharmacophore. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(12). 1305–1313. 44 indexed citations
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Fang, Yuanyuan, Chenhong Zhang, Wei Wei, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of the Gut Microbiota and Metabolism in Patients With Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: A Case-Control Study. Diabetes Care. 44(12). 2738–2746. 38 indexed citations
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Mori, Takahiro, Rui Zhai, Richiro Ushimaru, Yudai Matsuda, & Ikuro Abe. (2021). Molecular insights into the endoperoxide formation by Fe(II)/α-KG-dependent oxygenase NvfI. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4417–4417. 39 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Kenichi, Rui Zhai, Takahiro Mori, et al.. (2020). Heterochiral coupling in non-ribosomal peptide macrolactamization. Nature Catalysis. 3(6). 507–515. 31 indexed citations
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Awakawa, Takayoshi, Takahiro Mori, Yu Nakashima, et al.. (2018). Molecular Insight into the Mg2+‐Dependent Allosteric Control of Indole Prenylation by Aromatic Prenyltransferase AmbP1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(23). 6810–6813. 17 indexed citations
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Quan, Zhiyang, et al.. (2018). Elucidation and Heterologous Reconstitution of Chrodrimanin B Biosynthesis. Organic Letters. 20(23). 7504–7508. 45 indexed citations
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Awakawa, Takayoshi, Takahiro Mori, Yu Nakashima, et al.. (2018). Molecular Insight into the Mg2+‐Dependent Allosteric Control of Indole Prenylation by Aromatic Prenyltransferase AmbP1. Angewandte Chemie. 130(23). 6926–6929. 1 indexed citations

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