Wei Zhao

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
193 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Wei Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Zhao has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Zhao's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (76 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (36 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (26 papers). Wei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (76 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (36 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (26 papers). Wei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Wei Zhao's co-authors include Jing‐Juan Xu, Hong‐Yuan Chen, Conghui Xu, Bin Zhu, Jia Zhu, Ning Xu, Guoliang Liu, Xiliang Luo, Meixing Li and Lin Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Zhao

189 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Over 10 kg m−2 h−1 Evaporation Rate Enabled by a 3D Interconnected Porous Carbon Foam

2020 383 citations Jinlei Li, Xueyang Wang et al. Joule profile →
High-yield solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting of metal–organic-framework-derived nanoporous carbon with fast-diffusion water channels

2022 204 citations Ning Xu, Guoliang Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Zhao China	50	3.2k	2.5k	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	193	7.9k
Hye Jin Lee South Korea	49	3.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	993 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	239	8.5k
Wei Cao China	49	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	3.8k 2.1×	2.3k 1.3×	209	7.6k
Guangli Wang China	56	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	5.0k 2.8×	3.0k 1.7×	256	9.2k
Chao Lu China	54	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	5.8k 3.3×	2.2k 1.2×	323	9.6k
Jin Lü China	37	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	558 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	98	6.9k
Libo Li China	50	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	886 0.5×	3.6k 2.0×	1.7k 0.9×	216	8.7k
Zhihong Zhang China	63	3.6k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	4.9k 2.8×	3.7k 2.1×	214	11.2k
Kun Wang China	58	4.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.6×	4.3k 2.4×	4.0k 2.3×	410	11.2k
Huaisheng Wang China	43	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	984 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	187	5.5k
Qiang Chen China	46	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.5×	3.3k 1.9×	230	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Zhao

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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

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Hong, Yihang, Daniel R. Crocker, Tengyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Triple Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Methanesulfonate Using the SO₃^– Fragment in ESI-Orbitrap-MS. Analytical Chemistry. 97(27). 14339–14348. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing‐Jing, et al.. (2025). Super-Resolved Mapping of Electrochemical Reactivity in Single 3D Catalysts. Nano Letters. 25(5). 2074–2081. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Wei, Hong Pan, Yanhong Lou, et al.. (2025). Effects of Biochar on Cadmium Availability, Nitrification and Microbial Communities in Soils with Varied pH Levels. Microorganisms. 13(4). 839–839. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Wei, Bao-Ying Wang, Yihang Hong, et al.. (2025). A sub-liter pretreatment method for Orbitrap–based freshwater phosphate oxygen isotope measurement. Applied Geochemistry. 194. 106610–106610.

Liu, Shuai, et al.. (2025). Environmental Response Temporal Release Injectable Hydrogel for Controlled Growth Factor Release to Enhance Inflammatory Periodontal Bone Defect Regeneration. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e12531–e12531. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Qiancheng, Zehui Deng, Siwei Sun, et al.. (2024). Solar-enhanced lithium extraction with self-sustaining water recycling from salt-lake brines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(23). e2400159121–e2400159121. 46 indexed citations

Ye, Daixin, et al.. (2024). Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Imaging of Single‐Atom Nanocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 136(16). 1 indexed citations

Jia, Yi‐Lei, Xiaoqiong Li, Hong‐Yuan Chen, Wei Zhao, & Jing‐Juan Xu. (2023). Simultaneous detection of Alzheimer's biomarkers using a visual electrochemiluminescence bipolar array. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 396. 134591–134591. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Lifei, Wenjia Han, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Mono-/multiadsorption of chlorobenzene compounds on biochar: influence of the properties of the chlorobenzene molecules and biochar. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 23(5). 2120–2135. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Xueyang, Zhenhui Lin, Jintong Gao, et al.. (2023). Solar steam-driven membrane filtration for high flux water purification. Nature Water. 1(4). 391–398. 74 indexed citations

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Ye, Daixin, Jingwei Xue, Jian Cai, et al.. (2023). Cascade Reaction Regulated Electrochemiluminescence via Dual-Atomic-Site Catalysts. Analytical Chemistry. 95(34). 12648–12655. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuxin, Conghui Xu, Rida Javed, et al.. (2023). Single-atom boosted electrochemiluminescence via phosphorus doping of Fe–N/P–C catalysts. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1254. 341091–341091. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wei, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of dendritic PdCu alloy supported on 3D N-doped hollow graphene for efficient ethanol electrooxidation. TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. 47(1). 207–217. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Feiyi, Wei Zhao, Hanchen Shen, et al.. (2022). Design of Smart Aggregates: Toward Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood. Advanced Materials. 34(49). e2207671–e2207671. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Jinlei, Xueyang Wang, Zhenhui Lin, et al.. (2020). Over 10 kg m−2 h−1 Evaporation Rate Enabled by a 3D Interconnected Porous Carbon Foam. Joule. 4(4). 928–937. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Wei, Hang Gao, Jianbin Pan, et al.. (2019). Highly Efficient Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence of Polyfluorene Derivative Nanoparticles Containing Tetraphenylethylene. iScience. 23(1). 100774–100774. 35 indexed citations

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Liu, Yushen, Juan Wang, Chao Zhao, et al.. (2018). A multicolorimetric assay for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes based on the etching of gold nanorods. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1048. 154–160. 51 indexed citations

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Qian, Guangsheng, Wei Zhao, Jing‐Juan Xu, & Hong‐Yuan Chen. (2017). Highly Sensitive Detection of Mercury Ion Based on Plasmon Coupling. Acta Chimica Sinica. 75(11). 1097–1097. 5 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaoyan, Ri‐He Peng, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2009). Cloning and expression of transcription factor gene MrDREBA6 from Malus micromalus.. Guoshu xuebao. 26(6). 761–768. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing‐Juan, Wei Zhao, Xiliang Luo, & Hong‐Yuan Chen. (2004). A sensitive biosensor for lactate based on layer-by-layer assembling MnO2 nanoparticles and lactate oxidase on ion-sensitive field-effect transistors. Chemical Communications. 792–792. 74 indexed citations

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