Tongchao Zhang

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Tongchao Zhang is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tongchao Zhang has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oncology, 16 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tongchao Zhang's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (9 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (8 papers). Tongchao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (9 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (8 papers). Tongchao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Tongchao Zhang's co-authors include Xiaorong Yang, Shaowei Sang, Ming Lü, Jinyu Man, Hui Chen, Xiaolin Yin, Chong Chu, Qiufeng He, Mikkel B. Quam and Xiaolin Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tongchao Zhang

60 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Global, regional and national burden of anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

2021 249 citations Xiaorong Yang, Yuan Fang et al. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences profile →
Global burden for dengue and the evolving pattern in the past 30 years

2021 189 citations Xiaorong Yang, Tongchao Zhang et al. profile →
The global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

2022 170 citations Shaowei Sang, Chong Chu et al. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tongchao Zhang China	22	380	309	284	271	234	64	2.0k
Punam Pahwa Canada	31	486 1.3×	685 2.2×	344 1.2×	483 1.8×	158 0.7×	202	3.5k
Jun Ying United States	31	332 0.9×	155 0.5×	174 0.6×	574 2.1×	270 1.2×	114	3.1k
Xiaorong Yang China	31	412 1.1×	411 1.3×	471 1.7×	424 1.6×	505 2.2×	151	3.2k
Shijian Liu China	26	308 0.8×	325 1.1×	194 0.7×	164 0.6×	220 0.9×	117	2.5k
Yue Chen China	27	566 1.5×	294 1.0×	144 0.5×	486 1.8×	210 0.9×	88	2.6k
David Quarcoo Germany	29	150 0.4×	236 0.8×	110 0.4×	313 1.2×	275 1.2×	134	2.6k
Huan Yang China	27	331 0.9×	308 1.0×	126 0.4×	74 0.3×	430 1.8×	102	2.0k
Enrico Pira Italy	27	822 2.2×	354 1.1×	187 0.7×	824 3.0×	161 0.7×	134	2.5k
Li Chen China	35	306 0.8×	240 0.8×	298 1.0×	376 1.4×	1.1k 4.6×	238	3.8k
Wei‐Liang Chen Taiwan	33	203 0.5×	347 1.1×	292 1.0×	245 0.9×	920 3.9×	261	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tongchao Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tongchao Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tongchao Zhang

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Yin, Xiaolin, et al.. (2025). Association between lipid ratios and sarcopenia and the mediating roles of inflammatory biomarkers in a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011–2018. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6617–6617. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Huiqin, et al.. (2025). The global, regional, and national burden of secondhand smoke-related tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 23(June). 1–14.

Zhao, Hao, et al.. (2025). Associations of 2923 plasma proteins with incident inflammatory bowel disease in a prospective cohort study and genetic analysis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2813–2813. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hao, Ze Wang, Chenglong Sun, et al.. (2025). MALMPS: A Machine Learning‐Based Metabolic Gene Prognostic Signature for Stratifying Clinical Outcomes and Molecular Heterogeneity in Stage II/III Colorectal Cancer. Advanced Science. 12(37). e01333–e01333.

Wang, Ze, Yuan Zhang, Xiaorong Yang, et al.. (2024). Genetic and molecular characterization of metabolic pathway-based clusters in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6200–6200. 4 indexed citations

Li, Zilin, Xinjie Liu, Yurong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Accelerated biological aging, healthy behaviors, and genetic susceptibility with incidence of stroke and its subtypes: A prospective cohort study. Aging Cell. 24(4). e14427–e14427. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Tongchao, Lin Sun, Xiaolin Yin, et al.. (2024). Burden of drug use disorders in the United States from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2035: results from the GBD study. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1639–1639. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Xuening, Xiaorong Yang, Tongchao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Association of educational attainment with esophageal cancer, Barrett's esophagus, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, and the mediating role of modifiable risk factors: A Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1022367–1022367. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Jiaqi, Yufei Li, Xiaolin Yin, et al.. (2023). Dose-response association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with self-reported trouble sleeping in adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(34). 82613–82624. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaorong, et al.. (2023). Causal atlas between inflammatory bowel disease and mental disorders: a bi-directional 2-sample Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1267834–1267834. 16 indexed citations

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Sang, Shaowei, Chong Chu, Tongchao Zhang, Hui Chen, & Xiaorong Yang. (2022). The global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 238. 113588–113588. 170 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Tongchao, Xiaolin Yin, Hui Chen, et al.. (2022). Global magnitude and temporal trends of idiopathic developmental intellectual disability attributable to lead exposure from 1990 to 2019: Results from Global Burden of Disease Study. The Science of The Total Environment. 834. 155366–155366. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Hao, Tongchao Zhang, Yuan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the tumor microenvironment cell–infiltrating landscape reveals microenvironment subtypes and therapeutic potentials for nonsquamous NSCLC. JCI Insight. 7(12). 13 indexed citations

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Yin, Xiaolin, Tongchao Zhang, Yuan Zhang, et al.. (2022). The global, regional, and national disease burden of breast cancer attributable to low physical activity from 1990 to 2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19(1). 42–42. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaorong, Tongchao Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Hao Chen, & Shaowei Sang. (2021). Global burden of COPD attributable to ambient PM2.5 in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Science of The Total Environment. 796. 148819–148819. 121 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaorong, Yuan Fang, Hui Chen, et al.. (2021). Global, regional and national burden of anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 30. e36–e36. 249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yin, Xiaolin, Xiaorong Yang, Tongchao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Changes of Body Mass Index and Body Shape in relation to risk of Gastric Cancer: A population-based case-control study. Journal of Cancer. 12(10). 3089–3097. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tongchao, et al.. (2021). Magnitude and temporal trend of acne vulgaris burden in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019*. British Journal of Dermatology. 186(4). 673–683. 67 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaojing, Fengmei Zhang, Zengjin Wang, et al.. (2020). Altered gut microbiome accompanying with placenta barrier dysfunction programs pregnant complications in mice caused by graphene oxide. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 207. 111143–111143. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan, Tongchao Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, et al.. (2020). Research trends of pregnancy with scarred uterus after cesarean: a bibliometric analysis from 1999 to 2018. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 35(18). 3555–3564. 8 indexed citations

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