Sainan Zhu

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sainan Zhu is a scholar working on Nephrology, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sainan Zhu has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Nephrology, 12 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sainan Zhu's work include Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (7 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (7 papers). Sainan Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (7 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (7 papers). Sainan Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Sainan Zhu's co-authors include Dong‐Xin Wang, Hong-Liang Li, Xi Zhu, Fan Cui, Daqing Ma, Zhaoting Meng, Xinhai Wu, Xian Su, Mervyn Maze and Ming‐Hui Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sainan Zhu

64 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Dexmedetomidine for prevention of delirium in elderly patients after non-cardiac surgery: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2016 523 citations Xian Su, Dong‐Xin Wang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sainan Zhu China	22	787	647	510	490	395	66	2.6k
Wolfgang J. Kox Germany	30	493 0.6×	394 0.6×	289 0.6×	406 0.8×	710 1.8×	73	4.5k
Alain Rudiger Switzerland	31	542 0.7×	227 0.4×	147 0.3×	163 0.3×	400 1.0×	91	3.0k
Christian Stoppe Germany	31	536 0.7×	135 0.2×	335 0.7×	165 0.3×	368 0.9×	231	3.7k
Claes‐Roland Martling Sweden	38	933 1.2×	372 0.6×	224 0.4×	1.4k 2.9×	845 2.1×	63	4.7k
W. J. Kox Germany	26	316 0.4×	304 0.5×	124 0.2×	187 0.4×	208 0.5×	71	2.3k
Else Tønnesen Denmark	33	764 1.0×	284 0.4×	146 0.3×	273 0.6×	179 0.5×	120	3.1k
Simon Gelman United States	32	359 0.5×	619 1.0×	382 0.7×	322 0.7×	307 0.8×	111	4.0k
Qulian Guo China	26	508 0.6×	494 0.8×	308 0.6×	42 0.1×	337 0.9×	133	2.4k
F. Sztark France	31	502 0.6×	471 0.7×	223 0.4×	143 0.3×	277 0.7×	137	3.1k
R Ritz Switzerland	23	478 0.6×	310 0.5×	97 0.2×	85 0.2×	258 0.7×	76	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sainan Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sainan Zhu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yin, Yueping, et al.. (2025). The MLS-based numerical manifold method for steady-state heat conduction in anisotropic flawed media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 254. 127638–127638.

Zhang, Limei, Yueping Yin, Hong Zheng, Sainan Zhu, & Nan Zhang. (2024). Singularity treatments in transient confined seepage using numerical manifold method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 171. 106100–106100. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zefei, Xian Su, Yi Zhao, et al.. (2022). Effect of mini-dose dexmedetomidine supplemented intravenous analgesia on sleep structure in older patients after major noncardiac surgery: A randomized trial. Sleep Medicine. 102. 9–18. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Jianing, et al.. (2021). Neutrophil‐Lymphocyte Ratio as an Initial Screening Biomarker for Differential Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome from Nonfunctional Adenoma in Patients with an Adrenal Mass. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 6635594–6635594. 13 indexed citations

Hong, Hong, Dazhi Zhang, Mo Li, et al.. (2021). Impact of dexmedetomidine supplemented analgesia on delirium in patients recovering from orthopedic surgery: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiology. 21(1). 223–223. 27 indexed citations

Yang, Zhikai, Tiantian Ma, Gang Fu, et al.. (2021). Randomized Study on the Efficacy of Standard Versus Low Roxadustat Dose for Anemia in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis. Kidney International Reports. 7(3). 455–464. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Tiantian, Zhikai Yang, Sainan Zhu, et al.. (2020). Pramipexole in peritoneal dialysis patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS): a protocol for a multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(2). e033815–e033815. 1 indexed citations

Li, Nan, Hao Kong, Shuangling Li, et al.. (2020). Intraoperative hypotension is associated with increased postoperative complications in patients undergoing surgery for pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Anesthesiology. 20(1). 147–147. 14 indexed citations

Hao, Hui, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Quadruple Real-Time PCR Method to Detect Enterococci Carrying Vancomycin-Resistant Genes vanA, vanB, vanM in Rectal Swabs. Frontiers in Medicine. 7. 403–403. 5 indexed citations

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Pan, Jie, Hongyuan Cui, Mingwei Zhu, et al.. (2019). A multicenter survey on changes in nutritional risk and malnutrition incidence of elderly patients in Chinese large hospitals during hospitalization. 27(2). 65–69. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Wei, Baowei Zhang, Ying Yang, et al.. (2018). Relationship between systolic blood pressure difference of inter arms and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity. 23(6). 450–453. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Xu, Na Guan, Yinghong Tao, et al.. (2018). IP3R-Grp75-VDAC1-MCU calcium regulation axis antagonists protect podocytes from apoptosis and decrease proteinuria in an Adriamycin nephropathy rat model. BMC Nephrology. 19(1). 140–140. 97 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, et al.. (2018). Correlation study between the nutritional status and clinical outcome in elderly patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. 13(3). 209–214. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Xu, et al.. (2018). Overproduction of Mitochondrial Fission Proteins in Membranous Nephropathy in Children. Kidney & Blood Pressure Research. 43(6). 1927–1934. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Jin, Xiaoyong Yuan, Yang Yu, et al.. (2017). Construction of the standardized process of at-risk foot screening, stratification and intervention for diabetic patients. 9(5). 281–285. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Ya, Bo Zheng, Yun Li, et al.. (2015). Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Mechanisms of Fosfomycin Resistance in Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates in Mainland China. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135269–e0135269. 54 indexed citations

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Zheng, Bo, et al.. (2014). In vitro susceptibility of Escherichia colistrains isolated from urine samples obtained in mainland China to fosfomycin trometamol and other antibiotics: a 9-year surveillance study (2004–2012). BMC Infectious Diseases. 14(1). 66–66. 24 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhao, et al.. (2011). Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease. Medicine. 90(5). 303–311. 93 indexed citations

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Guan, Na, Songming Huang, Dongfeng Zhang, et al.. (2010). [Risk factors of melamine-contaminated milk powder related urolithiasis: a multicenter nested case-control study].. PubMed. 42(6). 690–6. 2 indexed citations

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Xiao, Bingbing, Dai Zhang, Li Geng, et al.. (2010). [Sucrose Gel for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a phase II clinical trial].. PubMed. 42(6). 746–51. 1 indexed citations

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