Saiyong Zhu

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Saiyong Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Saiyong Zhu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Saiyong Zhu's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Saiyong Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Saiyong Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Saiyong Zhu's co-authors include Sheng Ding, Hongyan Zhou, Jin Young Joo, Hans R. Schöler, Tongxiang Lin, Yuan Xu, Stuart A. Lipton, Maria Talantova, Gary Siuzdak and Lingxun Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Saiyong Zhu

36 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins

2009 1.3k citations Hongyan Zhou, Shili Wu et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Two Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases, CPK4 and CPK11, Regulate Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction inArabidopsis

2007 497 citations Saiyong Zhu, Xiangchun Yu et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to neural progenitors

2011 455 citations Saiyong Zhu, Sheng Ding 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						Papers	Cites
Saiyong Zhu China	28	4.1k	1.0k	816	572	467	36	5.2k
Miguel Ramalho‐Santos United States	35	6.2k 1.5×	610 0.6×	756 0.9×	340 0.6×	194 0.4×	57	7.4k
Hitoshi Niwa Japan	24	5.9k 1.4×	327 0.3×	736 0.9×	680 1.2×	578 1.2×	36	7.3k
Manching Ku United States	25	7.8k 1.9×	371 0.4×	633 0.8×	484 0.8×	392 0.8×	33	8.8k
Amir Eden Israel	25	4.7k 1.1×	298 0.3×	762 0.9×	518 0.9×	203 0.4×	42	5.5k
April D. Pyle United States	30	3.6k 0.9×	143 0.1×	590 0.7×	546 1.0×	345 0.7×	62	4.5k
Janghwan Kim South Korea	28	2.3k 0.6×	161 0.2×	503 0.6×	603 1.1×	788 1.7×	61	3.5k
Boris Greber Germany	37	4.2k 1.0×	124 0.1×	812 1.0×	806 1.4×	544 1.2×	78	5.0k
Effie Apostolou United States	24	4.0k 1.0×	202 0.2×	400 0.5×	346 0.6×	133 0.3×	45	4.3k
Kathy K. Niakan United Kingdom	27	4.3k 1.1×	115 0.1×	449 0.6×	484 0.8×	323 0.7×	51	5.1k
Lance S. Davidow United States	23	2.8k 0.7×	349 0.3×	454 0.6×	332 0.6×	203 0.4×	37	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Saiyong Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saiyong Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saiyong Zhu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dai, Huiwang, Tong Hu, Saiyong Zhu, Yuejin Zhang, & Wenjun Zhou. (2025). Regulating the Fe-Nx coordination structure of Fe single-atom catalysts for efficient catalytic degradation of methylparaben. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160462–160462. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Minjie, Huile Jin, Miao Chen, et al.. (2025). Scalable and cost-effective nanoscale zero-valent iron preparation by combining ball-milling and H2-reduction of micron Fe2O3: modulating crystal plane and reactivity. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163190–163190. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yongzhi, Liping Mao, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Membrane RRM2-positive cells represent a malignant population with cancer stem cell features in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 43(1). 255–255. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yunkun, Jie Cao, Ziyu Zhou, et al.. (2024). N -acetyltransferase NAT10 controls cell fates via connecting mRNA cytidine acetylation to chromatin signaling. Science Advances. 10(2). eadh9871–eadh9871. 27 indexed citations

Jin, Yan, Yunkun Lu, Lian‐Yu Lin, et al.. (2023). Harnessing endogenous transcription factors directly by small molecules for chemically induced pluripotency inception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(21). e2215155120–e2215155120. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaojie, Yunkun Lu, Ziyu Zhou, et al.. (2022). Human expandable pancreatic progenitor–derived β cells ameliorate diabetes. Science Advances. 8(8). eabk1826–eabk1826. 34 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaojie, Jie Cao, Ziyu Zhou, et al.. (2022). N6-methyladenosine modification-mediated mRNA metabolism is essential for human pancreatic lineage specification and islet organogenesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4148–4148. 14 indexed citations

Zhou, Ziyu, Xiaojie Ma, & Saiyong Zhu. (2020). Recent advances and potential applications of human pluripotent stem cell-derived pancreatic β cells. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 52(7). 708–715. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaojie, Xi Chen, Yan Jin, et al.. (2018). Small molecules promote CRISPR-Cpf1-mediated genome editing in human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1303–1303. 51 indexed citations

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Xu, Tao, Kelly M. Stewart, Xiaohu Wang, et al.. (2017). Metabolic control of TH17 and induced Treg cell balance by an epigenetic mechanism. Nature. 548(7666). 228–233. 265 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaojie, Linghao Kong, & Saiyong Zhu. (2017). Reprogramming cell fates by small molecules. Protein & Cell. 8(5). 328–348. 71 indexed citations

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Zhu, Saiyong, Milad Rezvani, Jack W. Harbell, et al.. (2014). Mouse liver repopulation with hepatocytes generated from human fibroblasts. Nature. 508(7494). 93–97. 199 indexed citations

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Li, Ke, Saiyong Zhu, Holger A. Russ, et al.. (2014). Small Molecules Facilitate the Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts into Pancreatic Lineages. Cell stem cell. 14(2). 228–236. 94 indexed citations

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Li, Yán, Lingli Li, Renchun Fan, et al.. (2012). Arabidopsis Sucrose Transporter SUT4 Interacts with Cytochrome b5-2 to Regulate Seed Germination in Response to Sucrose and Glucose. Molecular Plant. 5(5). 1029–1041. 54 indexed citations

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Zhu, Saiyong, Wanguo Wei, & Sheng Ding. (2011). Chemical Strategies for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 13(1). 73–90. 50 indexed citations

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Li, Wenlin, Wei Wei, Saiyong Zhu, et al.. (2009). Generation of Rat and Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Combining Genetic Reprogramming and Chemical Inhibitors. Cell stem cell. 4(4). 370–370. 33 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongyan, Shili Wu, Jin Young Joo, et al.. (2009). Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins. Cell stem cell. 4(6). 581–581. 91 indexed citations

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Zhu, Saiyong, Xiangchun Yu, Xiaojing Wang, et al.. (2007). Two Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases, CPK4 and CPK11, Regulate Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction inArabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 19(10). 3019–3036. 497 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Xiangchun, Saiyong Zhu, Gui‐Feng Gao, et al.. (2007). Expression of a grape calcium-dependent protein kinase ACPK1 in Arabidopsis thaliana promotes plant growth and confers abscisic acid-hypersensitivity in germination, postgermination growth, and stomatal movement. Plant Molecular Biology. 64(5). 531–538. 38 indexed citations

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Shen, Yuanyue, Xiaofang Wang, Fuqing Wu, et al.. (2006). The Mg-chelatase H subunit is an abscisic acid receptor. Nature. 443(7113). 823–826. 399 indexed citations

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