Yajun Zhai

467 total citations
37 papers, 317 citations indexed

About

Yajun Zhai is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yajun Zhai has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 317 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Medicine, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Yajun Zhai's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (26 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Yajun Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (26 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Yajun Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Yajun Zhai's co-authors include Gongzheng Hu, Yushan Pan, Dandan He, Li Yuan, Hui Jin, Jian–Hua Liu, Dingren Bi, Fengbin Yan, Shanshan Zhou and Yushan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Biotechnology Advances, eLife and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Yajun Zhai

34 papers receiving 314 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yajun Zhai China 11 129 111 65 59 45 37 317
Cui Zhou China 12 205 1.6× 91 0.8× 34 0.5× 34 0.6× 59 1.3× 25 325
Su-fang Kuang China 9 151 1.2× 171 1.5× 36 0.6× 71 1.2× 67 1.5× 18 335
Changrui Qian China 12 173 1.3× 133 1.2× 35 0.5× 20 0.3× 32 0.7× 41 328
Maria Loose Germany 11 50 0.4× 99 0.9× 50 0.8× 41 0.7× 47 1.0× 20 348
Shigeru Tansho‐Nagakawa Japan 12 161 1.2× 94 0.8× 34 0.5× 95 1.6× 27 0.6× 19 334
Haifei Yang China 15 246 1.9× 112 1.0× 78 1.2× 37 0.6× 106 2.4× 24 449
Rajagopalan Saranathan United States 11 94 0.7× 126 1.1× 95 1.5× 25 0.4× 21 0.5× 32 343
Jiayue Ma China 8 161 1.2× 76 0.7× 24 0.4× 17 0.3× 40 0.9× 17 324
Osmel Fleitas Martínez Brazil 5 89 0.7× 201 1.8× 46 0.7× 18 0.3× 23 0.5× 8 317
Richard D. Smith United States 10 113 0.9× 89 0.8× 30 0.5× 17 0.3× 40 0.9× 28 248

Countries citing papers authored by Yajun Zhai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yajun Zhai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yajun Zhai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yajun Zhai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yajun Zhai 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 Yajun Zhai. Yajun Zhai 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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Zhao, Jinxin, Yu Zhang, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Revisiting therapeutic options against resistant klebsiella pneumoniae infection: Phage therapy is key. Microbiological Research. 293. 128083–128083. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Miao, Kun He, Gongzheng Hu, et al.. (2025). Characterization of IS26-bracketed blaCTX-M-65 resistance module on IncI1 and IncX1 plasmids in Escherichia coli ST224 isolated from a chicken in China. Veterinary Microbiology. 303. 110443–110443. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaoyuan, Peiyi Liu, Zibo Li, et al.. (2025). Self-assembly pH-sensitive polyelectrolyte complex co-delivers niclosamide and colistin to overcome colistin resistance in bacterial infections. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 306(Pt 2). 141415–141415. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Yajun, Peiyi Liu, Xueqin Hu, et al.. (2024). Artesunate, EDTA, and colistin work synergistically against MCR-negative and -positive colistin-resistant Salmonella. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Tiantian Li, Yajun Zhai, et al.. (2024). Curcumin reverses high-level tigecycline resistance mediated by different mechanisms in Gram-negative bacteria. Phytomedicine. 136. 156319–156319. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junkai, Jianhua Liu, Hua Wu, et al.. (2024). Biological and genomic characterization of a polyvalent phage PSH-1 against multidrug-resistant Salmonella Enteritidis. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 349–349. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, et al.. (2024). Transcriptome and proteome analyses reveal that upregulation of GSTM2 by allisartan improves cardiac remodeling and dysfunction in hypertensive rats. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 27(5). 220–220. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junkai, Xiaoyuan Ma, Dandan He, et al.. (2024). Colistin-niclosamide effervescent dry suspension combats colistin-resistant Salmonella in vitro and in vivo. Poultry Science. 103(12). 104492–104492.
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Hu, Gongzheng, et al.. (2023). The antihelminth drug rafoxanide reverses chromosomal-mediated colistin-resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. mSphere. 8(5). e0023423–e0023423. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junkai, Yingying Yang, Dandan He, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S. Research in Microbiology. 174(7). 104078–104078. 3 indexed citations
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Zhai, Yajun, Peiyi Liu, Jun Liang, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Regulatory Mechanism of AcrB and CpxR on Colistin Susceptibility Based on Transcriptome and Metabolome of Salmonella Typhimurium. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). e0053023–e0053023. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junkai, Yajun Zhai, Yushan Pan, et al.. (2022). Genomic insight into the integrative conjugative elements from ICEHpa1 family. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9. 986824–986824. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Z., et al.. (2021). First Report of Geotrichum candidum Causing Sour Rot of Peach in China. Plant Disease. 105(10). 3298–3298. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Huihui, Zhi Ma, Yajun Zhai, et al.. (2020). Trimetazidine Ameliorates Myocardial Metabolic Remodeling in Isoproterenol-Induced Rats Through Regulating Ketone Body Metabolism via Activating AMPK and PPAR α. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 1255–1255. 32 indexed citations
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Zhai, Yajun, Hui Huang, Jian–Hua Liu, et al.. (2018). CpxR overexpression increases the susceptibility of acrB and cpxR double-deleted Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to colistin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 73(11). 3016–3024. 17 indexed citations
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Pan, Yushan, Yajun Zhai, Xiaoling Yuan, et al.. (2018). Prevalence, resistance pattern, and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from healthy animals and sick populations in Henan Province, China. Gut Pathogens. 10(1). 31–31. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Huilin, Yajun Zhai, Huanchun Chen, et al.. (2015). Molecular cloning and functional characterization of duck mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein (MAVS). Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 56. 1–6. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Yushan, Ting Liu, Paul R. Langford, et al.. (2015). Haemophilus parasuis induces activation of NF-κB and MAP kinase signaling pathways mediated by toll-like receptors. Molecular Immunology. 65(2). 360–366. 36 indexed citations
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Zhai, Yajun, Fen Luo, Yushan Chen, et al.. (2014). Molecular characterization and functional analysis of duck TRAF6. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 49(1). 1–6. 23 indexed citations

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