Xiaofeng Zhao

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaofeng Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaofeng Zhao has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaofeng Zhao's work include Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (9 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (8 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (7 papers). Xiaofeng Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (9 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (8 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (7 papers). Xiaofeng Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Xiaofeng Zhao's co-authors include Jun‐Lin Guan, Shaogang Sun, Ming Luo, Xu Peng, Hai Guo, Jun-Lin Guan, Huaping Fan, Yifan Xu, Wenqing Liang and Jihua Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Xiaofeng Zhao

40 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.

Focal adhesion kinase and its signaling pathways in cell migration and angiogenesis

2010 645 citations Xiaofeng Zhao, Jun‐Lin Guan profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaofeng Zhao China	16	750	317	308	252	208	46	1.4k
Hui Jin United States	23	965 1.3×	149 0.5×	166 0.5×	327 1.3×	237 1.1×	41	1.5k
Shin‐Sung Kang South Korea	26	1.0k 1.4×	379 1.2×	185 0.6×	255 1.0×	237 1.1×	59	1.9k
Panagiotis Katsoris Greece	19	653 0.9×	236 0.7×	175 0.6×	307 1.2×	140 0.7×	49	1.1k
Pamela J. Swiatek United States	16	896 1.2×	196 0.6×	192 0.6×	376 1.5×	219 1.1×	22	1.4k
María‐Dolores Chiara Spain	24	1.2k 1.6×	388 1.2×	144 0.5×	151 0.6×	242 1.2×	71	1.8k
Chenran Wang United States	18	831 1.1×	316 1.0×	114 0.4×	264 1.0×	237 1.1×	35	1.6k
Julie Milanini France	15	1.3k 1.7×	542 1.7×	139 0.5×	317 1.3×	395 1.9×	19	2.0k
Andreas Kern Germany	23	569 0.8×	193 0.6×	553 1.8×	418 1.7×	78 0.4×	37	1.6k
Thierry Virolle France	21	1.1k 1.5×	342 1.1×	70 0.2×	163 0.6×	333 1.6×	35	1.6k
Pengcheng Zhou China	19	1.0k 1.3×	198 0.6×	262 0.9×	343 1.4×	316 1.5×	34	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaofeng Zhao

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Zhang, Ce, et al.. (2025). Pantothenic acid-mediated inhibition of microglial inflammation via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway enhances motor function recovery after Spinal cord injury. Neuropharmacology. 278. 110591–110591.

Wang, Xiaonan, Binghong Chen, Haifeng Liu, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of lidocaine-induced ROS generation triggering DNA double-strand breaks and promoting intervertebral disc cell senescence via the MYC-DUSP1-P53 axis. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 240. 457–471. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2025). Multi-objective optimization of kitchen comfort based on arithmetic superposition index P. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 66. 105745–105745. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Peng, et al.. (2025). Emerging Thermal Detectors Based on Low-Dimensional Materials: Strategies and Progress. Nanomaterials. 15(6). 459–459. 3 indexed citations

Nagy, Gergely, Xiaofeng Zhao, Richard Karlsson, et al.. (2024). Structure and function of Semaphorin-5A glycosaminoglycan interactions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2723–2723. 11 indexed citations

Passino, Ryan, Hannah Hafner, Qian Feng, et al.. (2024). Neutrophil-inflicted vasculature damage suppresses immune-mediated optic nerve regeneration. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113931–113931. 8 indexed citations

Lu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2023). Clinical Efficacy Analysis of the New PRUNUS Spine Plate System for Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery. Orthopaedic Surgery. 15(5). 1241–1248.

Yang, Tao, Xiaofeng Zhao, Limei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Migrating Pyramidal Neurons Require DSCAM to Bypass the Border of the Developing Cortical Plate. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(28). 5510–5521. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaofeng, Lucas D. Huffman, Hannah Hafner, et al.. (2022). The injured sciatic nerve atlas (iSNAT), insights into the cellular and molecular basis of neural tissue degeneration and regeneration. eLife. 11. 44 indexed citations

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Chen, Qian, Hai Guo, Yan Zong, & Xiaofeng Zhao. (2021). Curcumin restrains hepatocellular carcinoma progression depending on the regulation of the circ_0078710/miR-378b/PRIM2 axis. Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction. 42(3). 313–324. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Hua, et al.. (2021). Tetramethylpyrazine inhibits proliferation of colon cancer cells in vitro. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 9(18). 4542–4552. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, et al.. (2020). LncRNA NEAT1 promotes gastric cancer progression via miR-1294/AKT1 axis. Open Medicine. 15(1). 1028–1038. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Bin, et al.. (2019). Research and application of cervical vertebral dome expansion laminoplasty. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 39(10). 604–612. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Yifan, Tan Zhang, Yuliang Ma, et al.. (2019). Mesenchymal stem cell sheets: a new cell-based strategy for bone repair and regeneration. Biotechnology Letters. 41(3). 305–318. 52 indexed citations

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Guo, Hai, Fu-Zhi Ji, Xiaofeng Zhao, et al.. (2018). MicroRNA-371a-3p promotes progression of gastric cancer by targeting TOB1. Cancer Letters. 443. 179–188. 24 indexed citations

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Lu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2017). Comparison of the effects of different fixation methods on open-door side in posterior expansive open-door laminoplas-ty. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 37(8). 449–456. 2 indexed citations

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Xue, Yadong, Hui‐Li Yang, Huimin Li, et al.. (2016). Genome-Wide Identification of miRNAs and Their Targets Involved in the Developing Internodes under Maize Ears by Responding to Hormone Signaling. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164026–e0164026. 18 indexed citations

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Luo, Ming, Xiaofeng Zhao, Song Chen, et al.. (2013). Distinct FAK Activities Determine Progenitor and Mammary Stem Cell Characteristics. Cancer Research. 73(17). 5591–5602. 49 indexed citations

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Guo, Hai, Fu-Zhi Ji, Baorui Liu, et al.. (2013). Peiminine ameliorates bleomycin-induced acute lung injury in rats. Molecular Medicine Reports. 7(4). 1103–1110. 33 indexed citations

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Fan, Huaping, Xiaofeng Zhao, Shaogang Sun, Ming Luo, & Jun-Lin Guan. (2012). Function of Focal Adhesion Kinase Scaffolding to Mediate Endophilin A2 Phosphorylation Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Mammary Cancer Stem Cell Activities in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(5). 3322–3333. 66 indexed citations

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