Shaotong Zhu

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 875 citations indexed

About

Shaotong Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaotong Zhu has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 875 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Shaotong Zhu's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (3 papers). Shaotong Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (3 papers). Shaotong Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Shaotong Zhu's co-authors include Ryan Hibbs, Jinfeng Teng, Colleen Noviello, Jeong Joo Kim, Richard M. Walsh, Erik Lindahl, Rebecca J. Howard, Yuxuan Zhuang, Anant Gharpure and Steven B. Vik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shaotong Zhu

16 papers receiving 860 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.

Structure of a human synaptic GABAA receptor

2018 394 citations Shaotong Zhu, Colleen Noviello et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaotong Zhu United States	9	526	408	59	55	54	17	875
Duncan Laverty United Kingdom	7	816 1.6×	585 1.4×	55 0.9×	44 0.8×	43 0.8×	8	1.0k
Eugen Timin Austria	18	736 1.4×	465 1.1×	34 0.6×	31 0.6×	31 0.6×	50	1.0k
Emily Days United States	20	944 1.8×	822 2.0×	62 1.1×	59 1.1×	30 0.6×	34	1.3k
Rooma Desai United States	17	1.1k 2.1×	815 2.0×	69 1.2×	44 0.8×	63 1.2×	25	1.5k
P. Malherbe Switzerland	11	555 1.1×	481 1.2×	48 0.8×	26 0.5×	60 1.1×	15	973
Gábor Maksay Hungary	19	724 1.4×	683 1.7×	139 2.4×	37 0.7×	42 0.8×	62	1.1k
Kyle C. Schmitt United States	11	476 0.9×	400 1.0×	25 0.4×	24 0.4×	57 1.1×	12	804
Cathy L. Bell-Horner United States	10	284 0.5×	401 1.0×	54 0.9×	14 0.3×	85 1.6×	11	668
Shujia Zhu China	17	690 1.3×	763 1.9×	42 0.7×	32 0.6×	54 1.0×	38	1.2k
Ole V. Mortensen United States	16	470 0.9×	540 1.3×	40 0.7×	36 0.7×	82 1.5×	37	944

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaotong Zhu

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

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17 of 17 papers shown

Zhu, Shaotong, A. Jaworski, & Rob Meijers. (2025). Expanding ligand-receptor interaction networks for axon guidance: Structural insights into signal crosstalk and specificity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 92. 102999–102999.

Zhu, Shaotong, Akshay Sridhar, Jinfeng Teng, et al.. (2022). Structural and dynamic mechanisms of GABAA receptor modulators with opposing activities. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4582–4582. 58 indexed citations

Zhu, Shaotong, Xiaofei Huang, Seyyed Bahram Borgheai, et al.. (2022). A Dynamical Graph-Based Feature Extraction Approach to Enhance Mental Task Classification in Brain-Computer Interfaces. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Jeong Joo, Anant Gharpure, Jinfeng Teng, et al.. (2020). Shared structural mechanisms of general anaesthetics and benzodiazepines. Nature. 585(7824). 303–308. 238 indexed citations

Zhu, Shaotong, Colleen Noviello, Jinfeng Teng, et al.. (2018). Structure of a human synaptic GABAA receptor. Nature. 559(7712). 67–72. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

Ishmukhametov, Robert, et al.. (2017). Analysis of an N-terminal deletion in subunit a of the Escherichia coli ATP synthase. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 49(2). 171–181. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Shaotong, et al.. (2016). Probing the proton channels in subunit N of Complex I from Escherichia coli through intra-subunit cross-linking. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857(12). 1840–1848. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Shaotong, et al.. (2016). Loss of Complex I activity in the Escherichia coli enzyme results from truncating the C-terminus of subunit K, but not from cross-linking it to subunits N or L. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 48(3). 325–333. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Shaotong & Steven B. Vik. (2015). Constraining the Lateral Helix of Respiratory Complex I by Cross-linking Does Not Impair Enzyme Activity or Proton Translocation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(34). 20761–20773. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shaotong, et al.. (2011). Mutagenesis of the L, M, and N Subunits of Complex I from Escherichia coli Indicates a Common Role in Function. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e17420–e17420. 44 indexed citations

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Kum, Winnie W. S., Shaotong Zhu, Stanley Ho, James D. Young, & Clive S. Cockram. (1992). Effect of insulin of glucose and glycogen metabolism and leucine incorporation into protein in cultured mouse astrocytes. Glia. 6(4). 264–268. 36 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shaotong, Winnie W. S. Kum, Stanley Ho, James D. Young, & Clive S. Cockram. (1990). Structure-function relationships of insulin receptor interactions in cultured mouse astrocytes. Brain Research. 529(1-2). 329–332. 21 indexed citations

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Chan, Juliana C.N., Shaotong Zhu, Stanley Ho, & Clive S. Cockram. (1990). HYPOGLYCAEMIA AND HODGKIN'S DISEASE. British Journal of Haematology. 76(3). 434–436. 8 indexed citations

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Ng, Frank M, et al.. (1989). Structure and activity of the B-chain of insulin.. PubMed. 18(2). 373–81. 3 indexed citations

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Kum, Winnie W. S., Clive S. Cockram, Shaotong Zhu, R. Teoh, & James D. Young. (1989). Insulin Binding to Human Astrocytoma Cells and Its Effect on Uridine Incorporation into Nucleic Acid. Journal of Neurochemistry. 52(1). 242–247. 6 indexed citations

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Cockram, Clive S., et al.. (1987). An examination of the role of insulin dimerisation and negative cooperativity using the biological properties of the despentapeptide and deshexapeptide insulins. Diabetologia. 30(9). 733–738. 8 indexed citations

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Kum, Winnie W. S., Clive S. Cockram, Shaotong Zhu, et al.. (1987). Insulin Binding and Effects on Pyrimidine Nucleoside Uptake and Incorporation in Cultured Mouse Astrocytes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 49(4). 1293–1300. 21 indexed citations

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