Taotao Zou

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Taotao Zou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Taotao Zou has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Organic Chemistry, 26 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Taotao Zou's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (16 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (9 papers). Taotao Zou is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (16 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (9 papers). Taotao Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Taotao Zou's co-authors include Chi‐Ming Che, Chun‐Nam Lok, Ching Tung Lum, Jing‐Jing Zhang, Chuluo Yang, Youtian Tao, Jingui Qin, Qiang Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang and Dongge Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Taotao Zou

62 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical biology of anticancer gold(iii) and gold(i) ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2015 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Chemical biology of anticancer gold(iii) and gold(i) complexes
    2015 527 citations Taotao Zou, Ching Tung Lum et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  2. A Simple Carbazole/Oxadiazole Hybrid Molecule: An Excellent Bipolar Host for Green and Red Phosphorescent OLEDs
    2008 441 citations Taotao Zou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taotao Zou China 31 1.7k 1.2k 1.2k 905 576 64 3.6k
Xicheng Liu China 30 808 0.5× 702 0.6× 921 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 286 0.5× 107 2.7k
Colin G. Cameron United States 29 925 0.6× 831 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 364 0.4× 464 0.8× 74 3.1k
Laura Rodrı́guez Spain 33 1.5k 0.9× 795 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 464 0.5× 536 0.9× 154 3.4k
Michael Jäger Germany 26 729 0.4× 400 0.3× 850 0.7× 546 0.6× 353 0.6× 62 2.2k
Stefano Stagni Italy 29 981 0.6× 489 0.4× 891 0.8× 503 0.6× 335 0.6× 88 2.1k
Stephen F. Ralph Australia 29 579 0.3× 692 0.6× 439 0.4× 408 0.5× 619 1.1× 81 2.3k
Lihua Guo China 36 3.1k 1.9× 1.2k 1.0× 643 0.6× 204 0.2× 293 0.5× 93 4.0k
Lei Zhu United States 34 1.9k 1.2× 364 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 537 0.6× 1.4k 2.5× 86 3.9k
Andriy Mokhir Germany 35 1.1k 0.7× 735 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 276 0.3× 2.2k 3.8× 135 4.1k
Sherri A. McFarland United States 37 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 2.4k 2.1× 419 0.5× 923 1.6× 91 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taotao Zou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taotao Zou

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All Works

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Wang, Yuan, Bei Cao, Qianqian Wang, et al.. (2025). Ligand supplementation restores the cancer therapy efficacy of the antirheumatic drug auranofin from serum inactivation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7347–7347. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jing, Yutong Chen, Tao Li, et al.. (2024). Suppression of lysosome metabolism-meditated GARP/TGF-β1 complexes specifically depletes regulatory T cells to inhibit breast cancer metastasis. Oncogene. 43(25). 1930–1940. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Ke-Bin, Feng-Yang Wang, Yuan Lu, et al.. (2024). Cu(II) complex that synergistically potentiates cytotoxicity and an antitumor immune response by targeting cellular redox homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2404668121–e2404668121. 24 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xiaoyu, Zhiying Xie, & Taotao Zou. (2024). Recent advances in hypoxia-activated compounds for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Bioorganic Chemistry. 144. 107161–107161. 13 indexed citations
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Ma, Jing, Liming Zhang, Jianing Liu, et al.. (2023). Lysosome blockade induces divergent metabolic programs in macrophages and tumours for cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 42(1). 192–192. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Lu, Taotao Zou, Junjian Wang, et al.. (2023). The binding mode of orphan glycyl-tRNA synthetase with tRNA supports the synthetase classification and reveals large domain movements. Science Advances. 9(6). eadf1027–eadf1027. 12 indexed citations
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Xiong, Xiaolin, Yuan Wang, & Taotao Zou. (2022). Towards Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Immunogenic Cell Death. ChemBioChem. 24(6). e202200621–e202200621. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Bei, et al.. (2020). Cyclometalated Gold(III)‐Hydride Complexes Exhibit Visible Light‐Induced Thiol Reactivity and Act as Potent Photo‐Activated Anti‐Cancer Agents. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(27). 11046–11052. 50 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao, et al.. (2018). An Overview of Geospatial Information Visualization. 250–254. 4 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao, Bei Cao, Tianfeng Chen, et al.. (2016). Luminescent platinum(II) complexes with functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene or diphosphine selectively probe mismatched and abasic DNA. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10655–10655. 60 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao, Ching Tung Lum, Chun‐Nam Lok, Jing‐Jing Zhang, & Chi‐Ming Che. (2015). Chemical biology of anticancer gold(iii) and gold(i) complexes. Chemical Society Reviews. 44(24). 8786–8801. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kokoschka, Malte, Mohamed A. Abu el Maaty, Ching Tung Lum, et al.. (2015). Alkynyl gold(I) phosphane complexes: Evaluation of structure–activity-relationships for the phosphane ligands, effects on key signaling proteins and preliminary in-vivo studies with a nanoformulated complex. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 160. 140–148. 53 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao & Peter J. Sadler. (2015). Speciation of precious metal anti-cancer complexes by NMR spectroscopy. Drug Discovery Today Technologies. 16. 7–15. 28 indexed citations
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He, Lizhen, Tianfeng Chen, Yuanyuan You, et al.. (2014). A Cancer‐Targeted Nanosystem for Delivery of Gold(III) Complexes: Enhanced Selectivity and Apoptosis‐Inducing Efficacy of a Gold(III) Porphyrin Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(46). 12532–12536. 97 indexed citations
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Lum, Ching Tung, Raymond Wai‐Yin Sun, Taotao Zou, & Chi‐Ming Che. (2014). Gold(iii) complexes inhibit growth of cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer in association with upregulation of proapoptotic PMS2 gene. Chemical Science. 5(4). 1579–1579. 55 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao, Jia Liu, Ching Tung Lum, et al.. (2014). Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex Forms Emissive Intercalating Adducts with Double‐Stranded DNA and RNA: Differential Emissions and Anticancer Activities. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(38). 10119–10123. 88 indexed citations
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Zou, Taotao, Jia Liu, Ching Tung Lum, et al.. (2014). Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex Forms Emissive Intercalating Adducts with Double‐Stranded DNA and RNA: Differential Emissions and Anticancer Activities. Angewandte Chemie. 126(38). 10283–10287. 28 indexed citations
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Leung, Yun‐Chung, et al.. (2014). Phosphorescent proteins for bio-imaging and site selective bio-conjugation of peptides and proteins with luminescent cyclometalated iridium(iii) complexes. Chemical Communications. 50(33). 4375–4375. 38 indexed citations

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