Shankuan Zhu

22.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Shankuan Zhu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shankuan Zhu has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 35 papers in Physiology and 18 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Shankuan Zhu's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (16 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (14 papers). Shankuan Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (16 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (14 papers). Shankuan Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Shankuan Zhu's co-authors include Steven B. Heymsfield, Stanley Heshka, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Latha Palaniappan, ZiMian Wang, Xiaoguang Ma, David B. Allison, Xueyin Zhao, Wei He and Wei Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Shankuan Zhu

102 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

The Metabolic Syndrome

2003 1.7k citations Shankuan Zhu, Steven B. Heymsfield et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shankuan Zhu China	34	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	866	655	106	5.1k
Hsing‐Yi Chang Taiwan	36	1.2k 0.7×	993 0.7×	690 0.5×	732 0.8×	520 0.8×	168	4.9k
Chongjian Wang China	42	1.1k 0.7×	865 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	873 1.3×	431	7.4k
Kyungwon Oh South Korea	32	2.7k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	869 0.7×	652 0.8×	487 0.7×	89	6.6k
Yao He China	33	704 0.4×	977 0.7×	617 0.5×	594 0.7×	552 0.8×	254	3.9k
MaryFran Sowers United States	54	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	702 0.8×	473 0.7×	121	9.2k
Bo Xi China	46	2.7k 1.7×	1.7k 1.3×	978 0.7×	875 1.0×	1.6k 2.5×	283	8.0k
Donald M. Lyall United Kingdom	39	974 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	417 0.3×	520 0.6×	738 1.1×	118	4.9k
Hans Ole Hein Denmark	32	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	895 0.7×	531 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	88	5.0k
Yadollah Mehrabi Iran	30	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	948 1.1×	438 0.7×	224	5.9k
Nobuo Yoshiike Japan	33	1.4k 0.8×	695 0.5×	578 0.4×	436 0.5×	515 0.8×	127	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Shankuan Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shankuan Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shankuan Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shankuan Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shankuan 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 Shankuan Zhu. Shankuan 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

Wang, Wenjie, Xiaoyan Wang, Nuo Xu, et al.. (2025). Smoking-related gut microbiota alteration is associated with obesity and obesity-related diseases: results from two cohorts with sibling comparison analyses. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 146–146.

Zhu, Shankuan, et al.. (2025). Computational advances in biosynthetic gene cluster discovery and prediction. Biotechnology Advances. 79. 108532–108532. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). Breastfeeding in infancy and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adulthood: a prospective study of 0.36 million UK Biobank participants. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 28(10). 100347–100347. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Wenjie, Jiakai Zhang, Yifeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Association of dietary overall antioxidant intake with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among adults with depression: evidence from NHANES 2005–2018. Food & Function. 15(8). 4603–4613. 3 indexed citations

Kan, Juntao, Wenjie Wang, Weifang Zheng, et al.. (2024). Nut consumption, gut microbiota, and body fat distribution: results of a large, community‐based population study. Obesity. 32(9). 1778–1788. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Congcong, et al.. (2023). Gut Microbiota and Adipose Tissue Microenvironment Interactions in Obesity. Metabolites. 13(7). 821–821. 7 indexed citations

Yang, Fei, Wen‐Hui Lin, Eleanor Frost, et al.. (2021). Association between contact with a general practitioner and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: a large community-based study in Hangzhou, China. BMJ Open. 11(8). e052383–e052383. 4 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Pritam, Chao Huang, Mu Zhou, et al.. (2020). CT-based Radiomic Signatures for Predicting Histopathologic Features in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Radiology Imaging Cancer. 2(3). e190039–e190039. 48 indexed citations

Chen, Lijin, et al.. (2020). Changes in maternal age and prevalence of congenital anomalies during the enactment of China's universal two-child policy (2013–2017) in Zhejiang Province, China: An observational study. PLoS Medicine. 17(2). e1003047–e1003047. 81 indexed citations

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Yang, Min, Jie Lin, Xiaoguang Ma, et al.. (2016). Truncal and leg fat associations with metabolic risk factors among Chinese adults.. PubMed. 25(4). 798–809. 9 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaohua, Fei Zhu, Xinyu Zhao, Xiaoguang Ma, & Shankuan Zhu. (2014). Central Fat Accumulation Associated with Metabolic Risks beyond Total Fat in Normal BMI Chinese Adults. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 64(2). 93–100. 14 indexed citations

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Jin, Mingjuan, Bingbing Chen, Yingying Mao, et al.. (2013). Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity and Their Associations with Socioeconomic Status in a Rural Han Chinese Adult Population. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79946–e79946. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, ZiMian, Steven B. Heymsfield, Zhao Chen, Shankuan Zhu, & Richard N. Pierson. (2010). Estimation of percentage body fat by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry: evaluation byin vivohuman elemental composition. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 55(9). 2619–2635. 48 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaohua, Xiaoguang Ma, Han Lu, et al.. (2010). Associations of fat mass and fat distribution with bone mineral density in pre- and postmenopausal Chinese women. Osteoporosis International. 22(1). 113–119. 86 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shankuan, Jong‐Eun Kim, Xiaoguang Ma, et al.. (2010). BMI and Risk of Serious Upper Body Injury Following Motor Vehicle Crashes: Concordance of Real-World and Computer-Simulated Observations. PLoS Medicine. 7(3). e1000250–e1000250. 48 indexed citations

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Jiang, Fan, Shankuan Zhu, Chonghuai Yan, et al.. (2009). Sleep and Obesity in Preschool Children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 154(6). 814–818. 107 indexed citations

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Layde, Peter M., et al.. (2009). The Association of Driver Age with Traffic Injury Severity in Wisconsin. Traffic Injury Prevention. 10(4). 361–367. 43 indexed citations

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Heng, Kenneth Wei Jian, et al.. (2006). The elderly and motor vehicle crashes. Zhonghua jizhen yixue zazhi. 15(1). 6–12. 3 indexed citations

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Heng, Kenneth Wei Jian, et al.. (2006). MODERATE ALCOHOL INTAKE AND MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HEALTH ADVANTAGE AND AT-RISK USE. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 41(4). 451–454. 35 indexed citations

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Sauter, Carley, Shankuan Zhu, Shelley Allen, Stephen Hargarten, & Peter M. Layde. (2005). Increased risk of death or disability in unhelmeted Wisconsin motorcyclists.. PubMed. 104(2). 39–44. 35 indexed citations

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