Xiaojun Zhu

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Xiaojun Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaojun Zhu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaojun Zhu's work include Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (6 papers). Xiaojun Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (6 papers). Xiaojun Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Xiaojun Zhu's co-authors include Jing‐Wei Xiong, Jifeng Zhang, Yuqing E. Chen, Mingui Fu, Nannan Chang, Lu Gao, Changhong Sun, Jianzhong Xi, Dan Zhu and David Myles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Xiaojun Zhu

56 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Genome editing with RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease in Zebrafish embryos

2013 646 citations Nannan Chang, Changhong Sun et al. Cell Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaojun Zhu China	25	1.9k	292	292	258	253	58	2.5k
Lin Xu United States	29	1.7k 0.9×	181 0.6×	295 1.0×	472 1.8×	410 1.6×	143	2.6k
Manuel Reina Spain	27	1.1k 0.6×	214 0.7×	265 0.9×	351 1.4×	205 0.8×	87	2.3k
Xin Pan China	27	2.3k 1.2×	192 0.7×	722 2.5×	184 0.7×	266 1.1×	71	3.0k
Bert Binas South Korea	24	1.5k 0.8×	250 0.9×	165 0.6×	192 0.7×	216 0.9×	67	2.3k
Corrado Garbi Italy	33	1.7k 0.9×	277 0.9×	270 0.9×	108 0.4×	202 0.8×	80	2.6k
Yasuaki Shirayoshi Japan	26	2.6k 1.4×	659 2.3×	217 0.7×	268 1.0×	322 1.3×	87	3.6k
Jiliang Zhou United States	33	1.7k 0.9×	146 0.5×	542 1.9×	206 0.8×	271 1.1×	72	2.7k
Lisa M. Ooms Australia	24	1.6k 0.9×	199 0.7×	232 0.8×	95 0.4×	238 0.9×	47	2.4k
James D. Dunbar United States	21	2.5k 1.3×	261 0.9×	286 1.0×	93 0.4×	316 1.2×	23	3.1k
Lubov Timchenko United States	33	3.6k 1.9×	259 0.9×	203 0.7×	525 2.0×	107 0.4×	70	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaojun Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaojun Zhu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaojun Zhu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaojun Zhu. The network helps show where Xiaojun Zhu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaojun Zhu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Shun‐Li, Zhiyu Hu, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2025). Anion/cation co-etching of ZIF-67 to derive hollow-structured high-efficiency seawater electrocatalysts for resisting chloride corrosion. Chemical Engineering Journal. 526. 171075–171075.

Yao, Shulei, H. S. Cheng, Xiaojun Zhu, et al.. (2024). Bilateral submerged abrasive waterjet peening improved high-temperature fatigue strength of titanium alloy thin-walled simplified blades. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 133. 992–1004. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Shulei, Xiaojun Zhu, Kaiming Zhang, et al.. (2024). Gradient nanostructure enabled exceptional fretting fatigue properties of Inconel 718 superalloy through submerged abrasive waterjet peening. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 38(1). 103297–103297. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yuanyuan, Lixia Zheng, Zihao Wang, et al.. (2023). Chemical screening links disulfiram with cardiac protection after ischemic injury. Cell Regeneration. 12(1). 25–25. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Fang, Lingfei Luo, Jianbin Wang, et al.. (2023). Endothelial Brg1 fine-tunes Notch signaling during zebrafish heart regeneration. npj Regenerative Medicine. 8(1). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaohai, Chenyang Zhang, Xueying Wu, et al.. (2022). Dusp6 deficiency attenuates neutrophil-mediated cardiac damage in the acute inflammatory phase of myocardial infarction. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6672–6672. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, et al.. (2022). Long non-coding RNA CYTOR modulates cancer progression through miR-136-5p/MAT2B axis in renal cell carcinoma. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 447. 116067–116067. 18 indexed citations

Zheng, Lixia, et al.. (2021). Molecular regulation of myocardial proliferation and regeneration. Cell Regeneration. 10(1). 13–13. 14 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiaojun, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic Regulation of Organ Regeneration in Zebrafish. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 5(4). 57–57. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, K. Li, Xiaojun Zhu, et al.. (2014). Subsarcolemmal mitochondrial flashes induced by hypochlorite stimulation in cardiac myocytes. Free Radical Research. 48(9). 1085–1094. 10 indexed citations

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Chang, Nannan, Changhong Sun, Lu Gao, et al.. (2013). Genome editing with RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease in Zebrafish embryos. Cell Research. 23(4). 465–472. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhen, Yisong, Qing Wu, Nannan Chang, et al.. (2012). Overlapping Cardiac Programs in Heart Development and Regeneration. Journal of genetics and genomics. 39(9). 443–449. 10 indexed citations

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Chang, Lin, Chunlei Chen, Meiling Zhang, et al.. (2011). Rad GTPase inhibits cardiac fibrosis through connective tissue growth factor. Cardiovascular Research. 91(1). 90–98. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Chunlei, Tao Shen, Minghao Zheng, et al.. (2008). [Inhibition of cardiac hypertrophy by mitofusin 2 in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes].. PubMed. 40(5). 528–32. 2 indexed citations

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Chang, Lin, Jifeng Zhang, Yu‐Hua Tseng, et al.. (2007). Rad GTPase Deficiency Leads to Cardiac Hypertrophy. Circulation. 116(25). 2976–2983. 69 indexed citations

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Fu, Mingui, Jifeng Zhang, Yu‐Hua Tseng, et al.. (2005). Rad GTPase Attenuates Vascular Lesion Formation by Inhibition of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration. Circulation. 111(8). 1071–1077. 40 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaojun, et al.. (2004). Effect of C-reactive protein on gene expression in vascular endothelial cells. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 288(4). H1539–H1545. 37 indexed citations

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Fu, Mingui, Xiaojun Zhu, Jifeng Zhang, et al.. (2003). Egr-1 target genes in human endothelial cells identified by microarray analysis. Gene. 315. 33–41. 136 indexed citations

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Fu, Mingui, Jifeng Zhang, Xiaojun Zhu, et al.. (2001). Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor β-induced Connective Tissue Growth Factor Expression in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by Interfering with Smad3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(49). 45888–45894. 152 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaojun, et al.. (1991). Source-to-source conversion based on formal definition. Journal of Computer Science and Technology. 6(2). 178–184. 1 indexed citations

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