Shawn Zheng

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
19 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Shawn Zheng is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Shawn Zheng has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Structural Biology, 12 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 6 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Shawn Zheng's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (12 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers). Shawn Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (12 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers). Shawn Zheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Shawn Zheng's co-authors include David A. Agard, Yifan Cheng, Eugene Palovcak, Jean‐Paul Armache, Kliment A. Verba, Xueming Li, Michael B. Braunfeld, Paul Mooney, Christopher R. Booth and Georg Wolff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Shawn Zheng

19 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

MotionCor2: anisotropic correction of beam-induced motion for improved cryo-electron microscopy

2017 5.3k citations Shawn Zheng, Eugene Palovcak et al. Nature Methods profile →
Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM

2013 1.4k citations Xueming Li, Paul Mooney et al. Nature Methods profile →
AreTomo: An integrated software package for automated marker-free, motion-corrected cryo-electron tomographic alignment and reconstruction

2022 134 citations Shawn Zheng, Georg Wolff et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shawn Zheng United States	14	5.2k	1.7k	931	856	746	19	8.0k
Wim J. H. Hagen Germany	35	5.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	706 0.8×	626 0.8×	57	8.5k
Takanori Nakane Japan	32	6.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	720 0.8×	399 0.5×	57	8.7k
John L. Rubinstein Canada	45	8.7k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	941 1.0×	952 1.1×	627 0.8×	138	12.7k
Clinton S. Potter United States	50	5.8k 1.1×	2.8k 1.7×	839 0.9×	680 0.8×	1.6k 2.1×	133	9.7k
Henning Stahlberg Switzerland	56	7.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	578 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	526 0.7×	220	12.3k
Xiao‐chen Bai United States	47	7.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	436 0.5×	495 0.7×	93	10.9k
Elena V. Orlova United Kingdom	48	6.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	488 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	462 0.6×	151	9.3k
Jean‐Paul Armache United States	23	6.5k 1.3×	869 0.5×	595 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	273 0.4×	41	8.7k
J. Bernard Heymann United States	41	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	559 0.6×	617 0.7×	507 0.7×	99	7.1k
Peijun Zhang United States	50	3.8k 0.7×	930 0.6×	863 0.9×	531 0.6×	457 0.6×	193	7.9k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Zheng, Shawn, Georg Wolff, Garrett Greenan, et al.. (2022). AreTomo: An integrated software package for automated marker-free, motion-corrected cryo-electron tomographic alignment and reconstruction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100068–100068. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

Wolff, Georg, Ronald W.A.L. Limpens, Jessika C. Zevenhoven-Dobbe, et al.. (2020). A molecular pore spans the double membrane of the coronavirus replication organelle. Science. 369(6509). 1395–1398. 342 indexed citations

Wolff, Georg, Ronald W.A.L. Limpens, Shawn Zheng, et al.. (2019). Mind the gap: Micro-expansion joints drastically decrease the bending of FIB-milled cryo-lamellae. Journal of Structural Biology. 208(3). 107389–107389. 68 indexed citations

Myasnikov, Alexander G., Shawn Zheng, David Bulkley, Yifan Cheng, & David A. Agard. (2018). K3 - A First Look at The New Direct Electron Detection Camera from Gatan Company. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 24(S1). 890–891. 7 indexed citations

Palovcak, Eugene, Feng Wang, Shawn Zheng, et al.. (2018). A simple and robust procedure for preparing graphene-oxide cryo-EM grids. Journal of Structural Biology. 204(1). 80–84. 91 indexed citations

Zheng, Shawn, Eugene Palovcak, Jean‐Paul Armache, et al.. (2017). MotionCor2: anisotropic correction of beam-induced motion for improved cryo-electron microscopy. Nature Methods. 14(4). 331–332. 5322 indexed citations breakdown →

Felix, Robert, et al.. (2016). Cardiac Events After Kidney Transplantation According to Pretransplantation Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Revascularization Status. Transplantation Proceedings. 48(1). 65–73. 11 indexed citations

Li, Xueming, Shawn Zheng, David A. Agard, & Yifan Cheng. (2015). Asynchronous data acquisition and on-the-fly analysis of dose fractionated cryoEM images by UCSFImage. Journal of Structural Biology. 192(2). 174–178. 77 indexed citations

Zheng, Shawn, et al.. (2013). Implementing Direct Electron Detection Camera K2 and Dose Fractionation for Near Atomic Resolution Single Particle CryoEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(S2). 1152–1153. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xueming, Shawn Zheng, Kiyoshi Egami, David A. Agard, & Yifan Cheng. (2013). Influence of electron dose rate on electron counting images recorded with the K2 camera. Journal of Structural Biology. 184(2). 251–260. 86 indexed citations

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Li, Xueming, Paul Mooney, Shawn Zheng, et al.. (2013). Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM. Nature Methods. 10(6). 584–590. 1444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Avila-Sakar, Agustin, Xueming Li, Shawn Zheng, & Yifan Cheng. (2012). Recording High-Resolution Images of Two-Dimensional Crystals of Membrane Proteins. Methods in molecular biology. 955. 129–152. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shawn, et al.. (2011). A distributed multi-GPU system for high speed electron microscopic tomographic reconstruction. Ultramicroscopy. 111(8). 1137–1143. 10 indexed citations

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Ernst, Michael E., Barry Carter, Shawn Zheng, & Richard H. Grimm. (2010). Meta-Analysis of Dose-Response Characteristics of Hydrochlorothiazide and Chlorthalidone: Effects on Systolic Blood Pressure and Potassium. American Journal of Hypertension. 23(4). 440–446. 73 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shawn, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2010). Automated Data Collection for Electron Microscopic Tomography. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 481. 283–315. 18 indexed citations

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Suloway, Christian, Jian Shi, Anchi Cheng, et al.. (2009). Fully automated, sequential tilt-series acquisition with Leginon. Journal of Structural Biology. 167(1). 11–18. 149 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shawn, Atsushi Matsuda, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2009). Dual-axis target mapping and automated sequential acquisition of dual-axis EM tomographic data. Journal of Structural Biology. 168(2). 323–331. 13 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shawn, et al.. (2006). UCSF tomography: An integrated software suite for real-time electron microscopic tomographic data collection, alignment, and reconstruction. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(1). 138–147. 172 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shawn, Justin M. Kollman, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2006). Automated acquisition of electron microscopic random conical tilt sets. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(1). 148–155. 13 indexed citations

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