Weiguo Zhou

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Weiguo Zhou is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiguo Zhou has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Weiguo Zhou's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Weiguo Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Weiguo Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Weiguo Zhou's co-authors include Scott L. O’Neill, François Rousset, Stephen L. Dobson, Henk R. Braig, Kostas Bourtzis, Brian F. Jones, Juan Ling, Junde Dong, Qingsong Yang and Anning Suo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Weiguo Zhou

47 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Phylogeny and PCR–based classification of Wolbachia strains using wsp gene sequences

1998 1.1k citations Weiguo Zhou, François Rousset et al. profile →
Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Encoding the Major Surface Protein of the Bacterial EndosymbiontWolbachia pipientis

1998 571 citations Henk R. Braig, Weiguo Zhou et al. profile →

Peers

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Göran Birgersson Sweden

Chow‐Yang Lee Malaysia

Matteo Montagna Italy

Simon Bahrndorff Denmark

Irene Söderhäll Sweden

Siu Fai Lee Australia

Philipp Lehmann Sweden

Lizanne Janssens Belgium

Chun‐Sen Ma China

Matan Shelomi Taiwan

Göran Birgersson Sweden

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220 ×0.6

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413 ×1.3

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726 ×3.3

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1.4k ×6.2

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Citations per year, relative to Weiguo Zhou Weiguo Zhou (= 1×) peers Göran Birgersson

Countries citing papers authored by Weiguo Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiguo Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiguo Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiguo Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiguo Zhou 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 Weiguo Zhou. Weiguo Zhou 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

Zhang, Yuhang, You‐Shao Wang, Ji‐Dong Gu, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the genomic and metabolic mechanisms of pyrene and phenanthrene degradation by Mycolicibacterium sp. SCSIO 43805: A high-Efficiency bacterium isolated from seagrass sediment. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 202. 106101–106101.

Song, Hui, Weiguo Zhou, Xinlei Liu, et al.. (2025). Exploring the active ingredients of Banzhilian and its mechanism of action on diabetic Gastric cancer based on network pharmacology. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14808–14808. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Xiaofang, Weiguo Zhou, Yuhang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Keystone PGPR ecological effect: An inoculation case study of diazotrophic Novosphingobium sp. N034 on mangrove plant Kandelia obovate. Applied Soil Ecology. 202. 105567–105567. 6 indexed citations

Jiao, Mengyu, et al.. (2024). Dietary reconstruction and influencing factors of oysters cultured in a typical estuarine bay of South China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 449. 141773–141773. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Li, Weiguo Zhou, Mengyu Jiao, et al.. (2023). Use of passive sampling in environmental DNA metabarcoding technology: Monitoring of fish diversity in the Jiangmen coastal waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 908. 168298–168298. 13 indexed citations

Hu, Jianjun, et al.. (2023). Immunoglobulin a vasculitis with testicular/epididymal involvement in children: A retrospective study of a ten-year period. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 11. 1141118–1141118. 2 indexed citations

Ling, Juan, Jianping Yin, Qingsong Yang, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the Different Nutritional and Environmental Parameters on Microbial Pyrene Degradation by Mangrove Culturable Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(9). 8282–8282. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Peng, Weiguo Zhou, Xiang‐Rong Xu, et al.. (2022). Impacts of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on juvenile Lates calcarifer: Bioaccumulation, antioxidant response, microbiome, and proteome alteration. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 179. 113744–113744. 32 indexed citations

Ling, Juan, Weiguo Zhou, Wenqian Zhang, et al.. (2021). Biochar Addition Altered Bacterial Community and Improved Photosynthetic Rate of Seagrass: A Mesocosm Study of Seagrass Thalassia hemprichii. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 783334–783334. 9 indexed citations

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Ling, Juan, Qingsong Yang, Wasim Sajjad, et al.. (2021). Insight into Bacterial Community Responses to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Degradation Potentials of Three Bacterial Isolates in Seagrass Halophila ovalis Sediments. Current Microbiology. 78(12). 4084–4097. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ying, Qingsong Yang, Juan Ling, et al.. (2021). The diversity of alkane-degrading bacterial communities in seagrass ecosystem of the South China Sea. Ecotoxicology. 30(9). 1799–1807. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Li‐Yun, Juan Ling, Weiguo Zhou, et al.. (2021). The distribution characteristics of β-propeller phytase genes in rhizosphere sediment provide insight into species specialty from phytic mineralization in subtropical and tropical seagrass ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. 30(9). 1781–1788. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiguo, Junde Dong, Dewen Ding, et al.. (2021). Rhizosphere microbiome dynamics in tropical seagrass under short-term inorganic nitrogen fertilization. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(15). 19021–19033. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Qingsong, Ying Zhang, Manzoor Ahmad, et al.. (2021). Microbial community structure shifts and potential Symbiodinium partner bacterial groups of bleaching coral Pocillopora verrucosa in South China Sea. Ecotoxicology. 30(5). 966–974. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiguo, Dewen Ding, Qingsong Yang, et al.. (2021). Diversity and abundance of diazotrophic communities of seagrass Halophila ovalis based on genomic and transcript level in Daya Bay, South China Sea. Archives of Microbiology. 203(9). 5577–5589. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiguo, Dewen Ding, Qingsong Yang, et al.. (2018). Marileptolyngbya sina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salileptolyngbya diazotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria), species of cyanobacteria isolated from a marine ecosystem. Phytotaxa. 383(1). 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Tingsong Hu, Weiguo Zhou, et al.. (2015). Discovery of toxin-encoding genes from the false viper Macropisthodon rudis, a rear-fanged snake, by transcriptome analysis of venom gland. Toxicon. 106. 72–78. 8 indexed citations

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Hu, Tingsong, Ying Zheng, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2012). Identification of a novel Getah virus by Virus-Discovery-cDNA random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). BMC Microbiology. 12(1). 305–305. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiguo, Boyi Gan, Xinyan Zhao, Shouyuan Zhao, & Changben Li. (2001). Isolation and characterization of a potential transposable element from Wolbachia. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 11(7). 523–524. 2 indexed citations

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Dobson, Stephen L., Kostas Bourtzis, Henk R. Braig, et al.. (1999). Wolbachia infections are distributed throughout insect somatic and germ line tissues. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 29(2). 153–160. 318 indexed citations

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