Wenjun Zhang

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Wenjun Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenjun Zhang has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Pharmacology and 23 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenjun Zhang's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (40 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (9 papers). Wenjun Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (40 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (9 papers). Wenjun Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Wenjun Zhang's co-authors include Shu‐Hong Yu, Hai‐Wei Liang, Lifeng Chen, Xuejun Zhu, Jian‐Feng Ou, Christopher T. Walsh, Qing‐Fang Guan, Joyce Liu, Zhu Zhu and Fei Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wenjun Zhang

136 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Macroscopic‐Scale Template Synthesis of Robust Carbonaceous Nanofiber Hydrogels and Aerogels and Their Applications

2012 610 citations Wenjun Zhang et al. profile →
Global pesticide consumption and pollution: with China as a focus

2011 423 citations Wenjun Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenjun Zhang United States	38	1.9k	1.1k	647	602	572	142	4.7k
Huan Wang China	39	2.3k 1.2×	513 0.5×	1.8k 2.7×	638 1.1×	391 0.7×	293	5.1k
Na Li China	42	1.5k 0.8×	952 0.9×	424 0.7×	572 1.0×	273 0.5×	267	5.7k
Yong Il Park South Korea	35	1.7k 0.9×	336 0.3×	254 0.4×	539 0.9×	494 0.9×	161	4.7k
Byung‐Kwan Cho South Korea	49	5.1k 2.7×	754 0.7×	400 0.6×	536 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	222	7.1k
Yan Zhu China	40	2.0k 1.0×	338 0.3×	269 0.4×	1.0k 1.7×	667 1.2×	183	4.8k
Mo Xian China	48	4.6k 2.4×	434 0.4×	354 0.5×	574 1.0×	3.3k 5.7×	230	7.9k
Chunyan Zhang China	36	2.0k 1.1×	305 0.3×	577 0.9×	565 0.9×	516 0.9×	228	4.5k
Amit Kumar Das India	42	3.4k 1.8×	186 0.2×	589 0.9×	1.6k 2.7×	609 1.1×	281	7.2k
Ronge Xing China	50	1.7k 0.9×	318 0.3×	1.4k 2.2×	645 1.1×	848 1.5×	180	7.6k
Pengcheng Li China	55	2.3k 1.2×	441 0.4×	1.5k 2.4×	624 1.0×	865 1.5×	261	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenjun Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenjun Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenjun Zhang

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

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Liu, Xiaoli, Tao Chen, Song Gao, et al.. (2025). Function Identification of a Lactonase Gene lac1563 Involved in Producing Urolithin A of Limosilactobacillus fermentum FUA033. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(11). 6795–6806. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjun, et al.. (2025). Exquisite Complex Reaction Cascade in the Natural 1,2,4-Triazine Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(14). 12075–12081. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Ming & Wenjun Zhang. (2025). Where Molecules Meet Mucus: Mutanofactins in the Oral Microbiome. ACS Central Science. 11(4). 508–510.

Zhang, Wenjun, et al.. (2024). Serum targeted metabolomics uncovering specific amino acid signature for diagnosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 252. 116457–116457. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yulin, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanisms of gut microbiota in diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 213. 111726–111726. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjun, et al.. (2024). High-Resolution Reconstruction of Temperature Fields Based on Improved ResNet18. Sensors. 24(20). 6564–6564.

Sun, Helen H., et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of isonitrile lipopeptides. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 81. 102470–102470. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Zhaohui, et al.. (2024). Modulation of ketyl radical reactivity to mediate the selective synthesis of coupling and carbonyl compounds. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 61. 135–143. 10 indexed citations

Du, Yongle, et al.. (2023). Bioactive Natural Product Discovery via Deuterium Adduct Bioactivity Screening. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(5). 1192–1199. 1 indexed citations

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Parker, Surya T., Alex Smith, Alexander C. Forse, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the Stability of Diamine-Appended Mg₂(dobpdc) Frameworks to Sulfur Dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(43). 19849–19860. 15 indexed citations

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Du, Yongle, et al.. (2022). Harnessing Rare Actinomycete Interactions and Intrinsic Antimicrobial Resistance Enables Discovery of an Unusual Metabolic Inhibitor. mBio. 13(3). e0039322–e0039322. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Yanyan, Lili Wang, Hongli Chen, et al.. (2021). Effect of a Multispecies Probiotic Mixture on the Growth and Incidence of Diarrhea, Immune Function, and Fecal Microbiota of Pre-weaning Dairy Calves. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 681014–681014. 42 indexed citations

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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, Yongle Du, Wenlong Cai, et al.. (2021). Biosynthesis of triacsin featuring an N-hydroxytriazene pharmacophore. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(12). 1305–1313. 44 indexed citations

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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, et al.. (2020). Biosynthesis of Cyclohexanecarboxyl-CoA Highlights a Promiscuous Shikimoyl-CoA Synthetase and a FAD-Dependent Dehydratase. ACS Catalysis. 10(5). 3360–3364. 8 indexed citations

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Flores, Antonio Del Rio, Wenlong Cai, Chaoxiang Ren, et al.. (2020). Biochemical and crystallographic investigations into isonitrile formation by a nonheme iron-dependent oxidase/decarboxylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100231–100231. 19 indexed citations

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Miao, Yupeng, William Porterfield, Wenlong Cai, et al.. (2019). Structure–activity–distribution relationship study of anti-cancer antimycin-type depsipeptides. Chemical Communications. 55(63). 9379–9382. 40 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenlong, Wei Huang, Joyce Liu, et al.. (2018). Identifying the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Triacsins with an N ‐Hydroxytriazene Moiety. ChemBioChem. 20(9). 1145–1149. 36 indexed citations

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Su, Michael, Xuejun Zhu, & Wenjun Zhang. (2018). Probing the acyl carrier protein–Enzyme interactions within terminal alkyne biosynthetic machinery. AIChE Journal. 64(12). 4255–4262. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenjun, Chen Jun-fang, Jiafeng Zhang, et al.. (2016). Trends of HIV-1 Subtypes Among Young People in Hangzhou, China. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(3). 219–227. 10 indexed citations

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Tang, Yinghua, Peipei Wu, Daxin Peng, et al.. (2009). Characterization of duck H5N1 influenza viruses with differing pathogenicity in mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducks. Avian Pathology. 38(6). 457–467. 53 indexed citations

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