Weijun Zhou

448 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 254 citations indexed

About

Weijun Zhou is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weijun Zhou has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 254 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Weijun Zhou's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (3 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (3 papers). Weijun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (3 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (3 papers). Weijun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Egypt. Weijun Zhou's co-authors include Zaid Ulhassan, Weiguo Liu, Sajad Hussain, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Wenyu Yang, Marek Živčák, Marián Brestič, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar, Xinghong Yang and Sajid Muhammad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Weijun Zhou

11 papers receiving 245 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.

Seed priming with nano-silica effectively ameliorates chromium toxicity in Brassica napus

2023 78 citations Zaid Ulhassan, Su Yang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weijun Zhou China	6	182	47	41	32	26	11	254
Annie Irshad China	8	190 1.0×	68 1.4×	25 0.6×	44 1.4×	9 0.3×	11	313
Thobayet S. Alshahrani Saudi Arabia	9	229 1.3×	21 0.4×	39 1.0×	13 0.4×	12 0.5×	23	284
Martin Stefanov Bulgaria	12	316 1.7×	42 0.9×	125 3.0×	41 1.3×	12 0.5×	22	392
Waqar Shafqat Pakistan	9	226 1.2×	71 1.5×	49 1.2×	24 0.8×	9 0.3×	28	345
Varsha S. Pathare United States	9	173 1.0×	12 0.3×	46 1.1×	34 1.1×	74 2.8×	14	256
Prince Choyal India	5	241 1.3×	13 0.3×	48 1.2×	14 0.4×	12 0.5×	11	301
Şükrü Serter Çatav Türkiye	13	256 1.4×	14 0.3×	23 0.6×	38 1.2×	40 1.5×	24	320
Saowapa Duangpan Thailand	11	210 1.2×	19 0.4×	35 0.9×	16 0.5×	10 0.4×	22	272
Georgi D. Rashkov Bulgaria	10	240 1.3×	36 0.8×	105 2.6×	18 0.6×	7 0.3×	21	317

Countries citing papers authored by Weijun Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weijun Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weijun Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weijun Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weijun 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 Weijun Zhou. Weijun 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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11 of 11 papers shown

Ali, Sharafat, et al.. (2025). Melatonin and nanocopper synergistically regulate cadmium toxicity in Brassica napus : evidences from photosynthesis phenomics, oxidative metabolism, and multiple defense responses. Environmental Science Nano. 12(7). 3714–3730. 1 indexed citations

Farooq, Muhammad Ahsan, Fakhir Hannan, Hui-Xi Zou, et al.. (2025). Comparative transcriptome and physiological analyses reveal involvement of photosynthesis, phytohormone signaling, and cysteine-methionine metabolism in arsenic toxicity tolerance in Brassica napus. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138521–138521. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Weijun, et al.. (2025). Prevalence and risk factors for childhood asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pediatrics. 25(1). 50–50. 3 indexed citations

Ulhassan, Zaid, Sharafat Ali, Di He, et al.. (2025). Effects of Nanosilica Priming on Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Tolerance to Cadmium and Arsenic Stress by Regulating Cellular Metabolism and Antioxidant Defense. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(8). 4518–4533. 13 indexed citations

Farooq, Muhammad Ahsan, Ahsan Ayyaz, Hui-Xi Zou, et al.. (2024). Jasmonic acid mediates Ca2+ dependent signal transduction and plant immunity. Plant Science. 348. 112239–112239. 4 indexed citations

Muhammad, Sajid, Zaid Ulhassan, Raheel Munir, et al.. (2024). Nanosilica and salicylic acid synergistically regulate cadmium toxicity in rice. Environmental Pollution. 364(Pt 1). 125331–125331. 12 indexed citations

Lv, Yusong, Pingchuan Deng, Xia Wu, et al.. (2024). Switching action modes of miR408-5p mediates auxin signaling in rice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2525–2525. 16 indexed citations

Xu, Hang, Sajid Muhammad, Yaqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Bioengineering for robust tolerance against cold and drought stresses via co-overexpressing three Cu-miRNAs in major food crops. Cell Reports. 43(10). 114828–114828. 6 indexed citations

Muhammad, Sajid, et al.. (2024). MicroRNA regulation and environmental sensing in grasses. 4(1). 0–0. 3 indexed citations

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Ulhassan, Zaid, Su Yang, Di He, et al.. (2023). Seed priming with nano-silica effectively ameliorates chromium toxicity in Brassica napus. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131906–131906. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hussain, Sajad, Zaid Ulhassan, Marián Brestič, et al.. (2021). Photosynthesis research under climate change. Photosynthesis Research. 150(1-3). 5–19. 117 indexed citations

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