Wei Zhao

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
231 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Zhao has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Plant Science and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wei Zhao's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (16 papers). Wei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (16 papers). Wei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Wei Zhao's co-authors include Ri‐He Peng, Yong‐Sheng Tian, Xiaoyan Fu, Ai‐Sheng Xiong, Quan‐Hong Yao, Feng Gao, Yong Xue, Jian‐Feng Mao, Xiaoru Wang and Jing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei Zhao

208 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons 2008 2026 2014 2020 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. Microbial biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons
    2008 549 citations Wei Zhao et al. profile →

Peers

Wei Zhao
Elena Maestri Italy
Ahmed Alfarhan Saudi Arabia
Wang China
Jıng Zhang China
Nan Zhang China
Kåre Lehmann Nielsen Denmark
István Kiss Hungary
Yi Ren China
Sandra Citterio Italy
Zonghua Wang China
Elena Maestri Italy
Wei Zhao
Citations per year, relative to Wei Zhao Wei Zhao (= 1×) peers Elena Maestri

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Zhao

Since Specialization
Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Zhao

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Zhao. The network helps show where Wei Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Zhao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yanqing, et al.. (2025). Greening Nonlinearly Intensifies Drought Impacts on Grasslands of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Global Change Biology. 31(10). e70532–e70532.
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You, Jian Wei, Jiangnan Li, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Divergent functional traits and gene expression profiles in native and encroaching plant species across an alpine elevational gradient. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1656812–1656812.
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Li, Weinan, et al.. (2025). LIBS analysis of element content and amorphous phase in laser hyperdoped hyperdoped black silicon. Optics & Laser Technology. 192. 113534–113534.
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Liu, Hui, Yong Shi, Jingshu Wang, et al.. (2025). Pan-Genome Analysis Reveals Local Adaptation to Climate Driven by Introgression in Oak Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(5). 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Huaan, et al.. (2024). Productivity experienced a more rapid enhancement trend than greenness across the Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176666–176666. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Mingxuan, Jiahui Li, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Particle size distribution design of limited agglomeration via geometric morphology in erythritol crystallization. Particuology. 94. 158–172.
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Li, Mingxuan, Jiahui Li, Jingwei Cai, et al.. (2024). The effects of dextran in residual impurity on trehalose crystallization and formula in food preservation. Food Chemistry. 442. 138326–138326. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wei, Jie Gao, David Hall, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary radiation of the Eurasian Pinus species under pervasive gene flow. New Phytologist. 242(5). 2353–2368. 8 indexed citations
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Yi, Tao, Lie‐Wen Xie, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Surface-enhanced light harvesting over MOF-derived porous ZnO films for highly efficient QDs-based photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. Green Energy & Environment. 10(6). 1270–1279. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Lulu, Wei Zhao, Weitong Zhang, et al.. (2024). De novo design of mIDH1 inhibitors by integrating deep learning and molecular modeling. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1491699–1491699. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Lanfei, Amy Bernardo, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2024). A Glutathione S-Transferase from Thinopyrum ponticum Confers Fhb7 Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat. Phytopathology. 114(7). 1458–1461. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wei, David Hall, Alexandru Lucian Curtu, et al.. (2024). Scots pine – panmixia and the elusive signal of genetic adaptation. New Phytologist. 243(3). 1231–1246. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Diseased Fish Detection in the Underwater Environment Using an Improved YOLOV5 Network for Intensive Aquaculture. Fishes. 8(3). 169–169. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Leilei, Li Chen, Rengang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Telomere-to-telomere and haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis). Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1290913–1290913. 9 indexed citations
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Gao, Jie, Kyle W. Tomlinson, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Phylogeography and introgression between Pinus kesiya and Pinus yunnanensis in Southeast Asia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(1). 120–134. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Kehu, et al.. (2023). Factors affecting bulblet multiplication in bulbous plants. Scientia Horticulturae. 312. 111837–111837. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Yinghua, Yufei Xing, Wenfu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Observation of Primary and Secondary Enhancement of Emission Spectra From Spatially Confined Laser-Induced Aluminum Plasmas. IEEE photonics journal. 14(2). 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Long, et al.. (2011). Improvement of humidity resistance of water soluble core by precipitation method. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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