Silong Zhai

758 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

Silong Zhai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Silong Zhai has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Silong Zhai's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (6 papers). Silong Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (6 papers). Silong Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Silong Zhai's co-authors include Haishui Yang, Yifan Li, Mingmin Xu, Martin Weih, Xinmin Bian, Qian Zhang, Jian Liu, Yali Meng, Jian Liu and Roger T. Koide and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Silong Zhai

23 papers receiving 498 citations

Hit Papers

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Artificial intelligence in peptide-based drug design

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Silong Zhai

ACS

ECOLO

Shuzhen Feng China

Weiyan Wang China

Karivaradharajan Swarnalakshmi India

Christopher W. Rogers United States

Qirong Shen China

Zhuxiu Liu China

Li Wei China

Jianli Ding China

Shuzhen Feng China

Silong Zhai

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125 ×0.5

93 ×1.2

23 ×0.3

ACS

108 ×1.6

ECOLO

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Countries citing papers authored by Silong Zhai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silong Zhai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silong Zhai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhai, Silong, Jike Wang, Stephanie Lin, et al.. (2025). PepPCBench is a Comprehensive Benchmarking Framework for Protein–Peptide Complex Structure Prediction. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(16). 8497–8513. 4 indexed citations

Zhai, Silong, et al.. (2025). Data-driven revolution of enzyme catalysis from the perspective of reactions, pathways, and enzymes. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(3). 102466–102466.

Zhai, Silong, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence in peptide-based drug design. Drug Discovery Today. 30(2). 104300–104300. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Shen, Chao, Xujun Zhang, Huiyong Sun, et al.. (2025). Benchmarking AI-powered docking methods from the perspective of virtual screening. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(3). 509–520. 9 indexed citations

Zhai, Silong, Chengyun Zhang, Jingjing Guo, et al.. (2025). NCPepFold: Accurate Prediction of Noncanonical Cyclic Peptide Structures via Cyclization Optimization with Multigranular Representation. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(9). 4979–4991. 3 indexed citations

Zhai, Silong, Cheng Zhu, Chengyun Zhang, et al.. (2024). PepExplainer: An explainable deep learning model for selection-based macrocyclic peptide bioactivity prediction and optimization. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 275. 116628–116628. 6 indexed citations

Zhai, Silong, Bing Yang, Roger T. Koide, et al.. (2024). Straw return influences the structure and functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in a rice-wheat rotation system. Pedosphere. 34(2). 339–350. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Zhenyu, Chengyun Zhang, Xinyi Wu, et al.. (2024). Multi_CycGT: A Deep Learning-Based Multimodal Model for Predicting the Membrane Permeability of Cyclic Peptides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(3). 1888–1899. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengyun, Silong Zhai, Zhenyu Xu, et al.. (2024). GAPS: a geometric attention-based network for peptide binding site identification by the transfer learning approach. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 25(4).

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Wu, Xinyi, et al.. (2023). Efficient Computational Framework for Target-Specific Active Peptide Discovery: A Case Study on IL-17C Targeting Cyclic Peptides. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 63(24). 7655–7668. 3 indexed citations

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Kan, Zheng‐Rong, Yifan Li, Xinyu Yang, et al.. (2023). Methane emission under straw return is mitigated by tillage types depending on crop growth stages in a wheat-rotated rice farming system. Soil and Tillage Research. 228. 105649–105649. 24 indexed citations

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Zhai, Silong, Chengyun Zhang, Christopher J. Hipolito, et al.. (2023). PepScaf: Harnessing Machine Learning with In Vitro Selection toward De Novo Macrocyclic Peptides against IL-17C/IL-17RE Interaction. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(16). 11187–11200. 7 indexed citations

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Zhai, Silong, Weiping Chen, Bing Yang, et al.. (2022). Mycorrhiza-mediated nitrogen cycling depends on earthworm behavior under different straw management regimes. CATENA. 220. 106663–106663. 9 indexed citations

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Zhai, Silong, Yongcheng Wu, Weiping Chen, et al.. (2021). Symbiotic soil fungi suppress N2O emissions but facilitate nitrogen remobilization to grains in sandy but not clay soils under organic amendments. Applied Soil Ecology. 167. 104012–104012. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, et al.. (2020). Long term ditch-buried straw return affects soil fungal community structure and carbon-degrading enzymatic activities in a rice-wheat rotation system. Applied Soil Ecology. 155. 103660–103660. 40 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, Martin Weih, Yifan Li, et al.. (2020). Mycorrhizal nitrogen uptake of wheat is increased by earthworm activity only under no-till and straw removal conditions. Applied Soil Ecology. 155. 103672–103672. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, et al.. (2019). Direct and indirect effects of long‐term ditch‐buried straw return on soil bacterial community in a rice–wheat rotation system. Land Degradation and Development. 31(7). 851–867. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, et al.. (2018). Rice-duck co-culture for reducing negative impacts of biogas slurry application in rice production systems. Journal of Environmental Management. 213. 142–150. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, Silong Zhai, Yifan Li, et al.. (2017). Waterlogging reduction and wheat yield increase through long-term ditch-buried straw return in a rice—wheat rotation system. Field Crops Research. 209. 189–197. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Haishui, Silong Zhai, Yajun Dai, et al.. (2016). Long-term ditch-buried straw return alters soil water potential, temperature, and microbial communities in a rice-wheat rotation system. Soil and Tillage Research. 163. 21–31. 84 indexed citations

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