Wei Zuo

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Zuo is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Zuo has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Wei Zuo's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (26 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (9 papers). Wei Zuo is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (26 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (9 papers). Wei Zuo collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Zuo's co-authors include Chunlai Li, Xin Ren, Weibin Wen, Xingguo Zeng, Xu Tan, Yan Su, Ziyuan Ouyang, Zhoubin Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang and Hongbo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei Zuo

57 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission

2024 77 citations Chunlai Li, Hao Hu et al. National Science Review profile →
Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin

2023 77 citations Xingguo Zeng, Dawei Liu et al. Nature Astronomy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Zuo China	20	917	343	140	103	91	63	1.4k
Yongchun Zheng China	17	868 0.9×	341 1.0×	47 0.3×	143 1.4×	37 0.4×	70	1.2k
Rui Xu China	20	822 0.9×	349 1.0×	63 0.5×	104 1.0×	60 0.7×	109	1.3k
Wenrui Hu China	19	836 0.9×	295 0.9×	429 3.1×	30 0.3×	83 0.9×	121	2.1k
Xiaohui Fu China	16	520 0.6×	113 0.3×	30 0.2×	72 0.7×	64 0.7×	75	903
Zen‐Ichiro Kawasaki Japan	24	1.1k 1.2×	73 0.2×	41 0.3×	653 6.3×	129 1.4×	129	2.3k
Chunlai Li China	16	178 0.2×	162 0.5×	33 0.2×	139 1.3×	59 0.6×	86	911
James Mason United States	18	480 0.5×	247 0.7×	25 0.2×	42 0.4×	28 0.3×	61	933
Yicai Ji China	18	347 0.4×	405 1.2×	354 2.5×	65 0.6×	86 0.9×	74	921
Zhenxing Liu China	17	212 0.2×	77 0.2×	71 0.5×	147 1.4×	92 1.0×	125	1.2k
Daniel Arnold Switzerland	22	929 1.0×	1.2k 3.5×	360 2.6×	46 0.4×	95 1.0×	138	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Zuo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Zuo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Zuo

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Fan, Chenglin Bai, Youling Yue, et al.. (2025). ORT image and IMT-MIMO-ResNet-based multi-mode multi-parameter joint optical performance monitoring in MDM-EON systems. Optics Express. 33(10). 20530–20530.

Zuo, Wei, Xingye Gao, Di Wu, et al.. (2025). YOLO-SCNet: A Framework for Enhanced Detection of Small Lunar Craters. Remote Sensing. 17(11). 1959–1959.

Li, Chunlai, Hao Hu, Mengfei Yang, et al.. (2024). Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission. National Science Review. 11(11). nwae328–nwae328. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Zeng, Xingguo, Dawei Liu, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2023). Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin. Nature Astronomy. 7(10). 1188–1197. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2023). Improvement of Lunar Surface Dating Accuracy Utilizing Crater Degradation Model: A Case Study of the Chang’e-5 Sampling Area. Remote Sensing. 15(9). 2463–2463. 1 indexed citations

Li, Qingshan, et al.. (2023). Groundwater quality characteristics and health risk assessment in the valley plain area of the western Qinghai–Tibet plateau. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 257. 104221–104221. 11 indexed citations

Li, Daikun, Jun Zhang, Wei Zhan, et al.. (2022). Aminated polystyrene-polymaleic(anhydride) hollow microsphere membrane for fast and efficient dyes and oils filtration from water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(26). 13936–13945. 15 indexed citations

Li, Daikun, Wei Zhan, Wei Zuo, et al.. (2022). Elastic, tough and switchable swelling hydrogels with high entanglements and low crosslinks for water remediation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 450. 138417–138417. 59 indexed citations

Li, Chunlai, et al.. (2021). Progress of China's Lunar Exploration (2011-2020). Chinese Journal of Space Science. 41(1). 68–68. 2 indexed citations

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Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2021). China’s Lunar and Planetary Data System: Preserve and Present Reliable Chang’e Project and Tianwen-1 Scientific Data Sets. Space Science Reviews. 217(8). 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianjun, Xingguo Zeng, Chunlai Li, et al.. (2020). Landing Site Selection and Overview of China’s Lunar Landing Missions. Space Science Reviews. 217(1). 35 indexed citations

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Li, Chunlai, Dawei Liu, Bin Liu, et al.. (2019). Chang’E-4 initial spectroscopic identification of lunar far-side mantle-derived materials. Nature. 569(7756). 378–382. 148 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianjun, Xin Ren, Wei Yan, et al.. (2019). Descent trajectory reconstruction and landing site positioning of Chang’E-4 on the lunar farside. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4229–4229. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Weiren, Chunlai Li, Wei Zuo, et al.. (2019). Lunar farside to be explored by Chang’e-4. Nature Geoscience. 12(4). 222–223. 68 indexed citations

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Cui, Jun, Xiao‐Dong Wang, Wei Zuo, et al.. (2011). The Solar Wind interactions with Lunar Magnetic Anomalies: A case study of the Chang’E-2 plasma data near the Serenitatis antipode. Advances in Space Research. 50(12). 1600–1606. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianzhong, Xin Ren, Guangliang Zhang, et al.. (2011). Data Analysis of Chang'E‐1 Gamma‐Ray Spectrometer and Global Distribution of U, K, and Th Elemental Abundances. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 85(6). 1299–1309. 8 indexed citations

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Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2011). The Process of Water-heat Dissipation and Water saving Regulation in Agroecosystem. 19(1). 1–8.

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Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2010). Color Watermarking Algorithm Based on Modified QFFT and DCT. 328–331. 2 indexed citations

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Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2008). Adaptive-Fourier-Neural-Network-Based Control for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 19(10). 1689–1701. 12 indexed citations

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Zuo, Wei, et al.. (2007). Auto-segmentation based on graphcut and template. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6786. 67864W–67864W. 1 indexed citations

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