Xiaowei Zhuang

64.9k total citations · 27 hit papers
196 papers, 41.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Zhuang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Zhuang has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 41.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Biophysics and 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Zhuang's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (58 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (26 papers). Xiaowei Zhuang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (58 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (26 papers). Xiaowei Zhuang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Xiaowei Zhuang's co-authors include Mark Bates, Michael J. Rust, Bo Huang, Hazen P. Babcock, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Graham T. Dempsey, Melike Lakadamyali, Kok Hao Chen, Siyuan Wang and Alistair N. Boettiger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Zhuang

190 papers receiving 40.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaowei Zhuang United States 95 21.2k 15.5k 8.8k 5.3k 4.7k 196 41.2k
Michael W. Davidson United States 65 11.7k 0.6× 12.0k 0.8× 6.3k 0.7× 3.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 204 26.3k
Taekjip Ha United States 91 22.5k 1.1× 7.2k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 4.3k 0.9× 400 32.0k
Eric Betzig United States 67 7.9k 0.4× 11.9k 0.8× 11.9k 1.3× 3.4k 0.6× 6.6k 1.4× 132 26.8k
Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz United States 118 30.2k 1.4× 12.3k 0.8× 5.6k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 289 51.8k
Stefan W. Hell Germany 117 17.5k 0.8× 29.7k 1.9× 18.0k 2.0× 10.0k 1.9× 9.0k 1.9× 480 51.8k
Markus Sauer Germany 80 11.2k 0.5× 9.6k 0.6× 4.9k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 402 23.1k
Christian Eggeling Germany 73 10.2k 0.5× 9.9k 0.6× 5.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 3.0k 0.6× 246 20.6k
W. E. Moerner United States 86 8.3k 0.4× 9.7k 0.6× 9.5k 1.1× 3.1k 0.6× 10.9k 2.3× 388 30.1k
George H. Patterson United States 37 7.6k 0.4× 9.4k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 74 16.8k
Winfried Denk Germany 68 7.5k 0.4× 10.3k 0.7× 9.4k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 3.0k 0.6× 126 29.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaowei Zhuang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaowei Zhuang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaowei Zhuang. 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 Xiaowei Zhuang. The network helps show where Xiaowei Zhuang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowei Zhuang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Shiwei, Cosmos Yuqi Wang, Pu Zheng, et al.. (2025). Cell type–specific 3D-genome organization and transcription regulation in the brain. Science Advances. 11(9). eadv2067–eadv2067. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Haixia, Fei Rao, Jue Wu, et al.. (2023). Novel bamboo dyeing method inspired by plant physiology. Industrial Crops and Products. 205. 117516–117516. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, William E., Timothy R. Blosser, Zuri A. Sullivan, Catherine Dulac, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2022). Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution. Cell. 186(1). 194–208.e18. 190 indexed citations breakdown →
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Su, Jun-Han, Pu Zheng, Seon Kinrot, Bogdan Bintu, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2020). Genome-Scale Imaging of the 3D Organization and Transcriptional Activity of Chromatin. Cell. 182(6). 1641–1659.e26. 346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bintu, Bogdan, Leslie J. Mateo, Jun-Han Su, et al.. (2018). Super-resolution chromatin tracing reveals domains and cooperative interactions in single cells. Science. 362(6413). 636 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moffitt, Jeffrey R., Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku, Stephen W. Eichhorn, et al.. (2018). Molecular, spatial, and functional single-cell profiling of the hypothalamic preoptic region. Science. 362(6416). 750 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Jiang, Ruobo Zhou, Zhuhao Wu, et al.. (2016). Prevalent presence of periodic actin–spectrin-based membrane skeleton in a broad range of neuronal cell types and animal species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(21). 6029–6034. 121 indexed citations
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Wang, Siyuan, Jun-Han Su, Brian J. Beliveau, et al.. (2016). Spatial organization of chromatin domains and compartments in single chromosomes. Science. 353(6299). 598–602. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Kok Hao, Alistair N. Boettiger, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Siyuan Wang, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2015). Spatially resolved, highly multiplexed RNA profiling in single cells. Science. 348(6233). aaa6090–aaa6090. 1703 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Siyuan, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Graham T. Dempsey, X. Sunney Xie, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2014). Characterization and development of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for single-molecule–based superresolution imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(23). 8452–8457. 266 indexed citations
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Berk, Veysel, Jiunn C. N. Fong, Graham T. Dempsey, et al.. (2012). Molecular Architecture and Assembly Principles of Vibrio cholerae Biofilms. Science. 337(6091). 236–239. 296 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke, Guisheng Zhong, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2012). Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons. Science. 339(6118). 452–456. 903 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Wenqin, Gene‐Wei Li, Chongyi Chen, X. Sunney Xie, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2011). Chromosome Organization by a Nucleoid-Associated Protein in Live Bacteria. Science. 333(6048). 1445–1449. 312 indexed citations
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Wu, John Y., et al.. (2011). Functional importance of telomerase pseudoknot revealed by single-molecule analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(51). 20339–20344. 33 indexed citations
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Garner, Ethan C., R. Bernard, Wenqin Wang, et al.. (2011). Coupled, Circumferential Motions of the Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery and MreB Filaments in B. subtilis. Science. 333(6039). 222–225. 394 indexed citations
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Huang, Bo, Wen-Qin Wang, Mark Bates, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2008). Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging by Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy. Science. 319(5864). 810–813. 2066 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaar, Hilde M. van der, Michael J. Rust, Barry-Lee Waarts, et al.. (2007). Characterization of the Early Events in Dengue Virus Cell Entry by Biochemical Assays and Single-Virus Tracking. Journal of Virology. 81(21). 12019–12028. 218 indexed citations
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Bates, Mark, Bo Huang, Graham T. Dempsey, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2007). Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging with Photo-Switchable Fluorescent Probes. Science. 317(5845). 1749–1753. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Payne, Christine K., Sara A. Jones, Chen Chen, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2007). Internalization and Trafficking of Cell Surface Proteoglycans and Proteoglycan‐Binding Ligands. Traffic. 8(4). 389–401. 210 indexed citations
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Rueda, David, et al.. (2004). Single-molecule enzymology of RNA: Essential functional groups impact catalysis from a distance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(27). 10066–10071. 117 indexed citations

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