Yan Zhou

20.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yan Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Zhou has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yan Zhou's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (11 papers). Yan Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (11 papers). Yan Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Yan Zhou's co-authors include Yaya Tang, Jianhua Zhang, Hon‐Ming Lam, Feng Li, Marcia A. Ogasawara, Michael J. Keating, Zhao Chen, Salvador Nogués, Yonglun Luo and Lifeng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan Zhou

96 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Zhou China	24	1.6k	490	488	262	227	104	2.6k
Bing Zhou China	28	2.0k 1.2×	463 0.9×	519 1.1×	58 0.2×	160 0.7×	85	2.9k
Francesca Beretti Italy	29	1.0k 0.6×	246 0.5×	253 0.5×	303 1.2×	573 2.5×	82	2.5k
Xuemei Liu China	30	1.4k 0.9×	235 0.5×	241 0.5×	283 1.1×	111 0.5×	109	2.6k
Ángel Ayuso‐Sacido Spain	26	1.4k 0.9×	649 1.3×	173 0.4×	357 1.4×	116 0.5×	63	2.5k
Xiaogang Wang China	25	2.1k 1.3×	827 1.7×	165 0.3×	98 0.4×	336 1.5×	53	2.7k
Lan Lin United States	23	2.4k 1.5×	668 1.4×	339 0.7×	184 0.7×	239 1.1×	39	3.2k
Geppino Falco Italy	31	2.1k 1.2×	553 1.1×	158 0.3×	139 0.5×	267 1.2×	87	3.2k
Karen Chapman United States	26	2.6k 1.6×	137 0.3×	552 1.1×	185 0.7×	420 1.9×	43	4.0k
David J. Milan United States	35	2.6k 1.6×	213 0.4×	337 0.7×	172 0.7×	537 2.4×	83	4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Yan. (2025). Acteoside synthesis and biosynthesis regulation: Five years,a breakthrough. Pharmacological Research - Natural Products. 6. 100195–100195.

Li, Kun, Shaojie Zhang, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2025). Development of a deep learning model for measuring sagittal parameters on cervical spine X-ray. European Spine Journal. 34(9). 3798–3808.

Padhiar, Arshad Ahmed, Zhu Li, Wei Shu, et al.. (2024). MAM‐STAT3‐Driven Mitochondrial Ca⁺² Upregulation Contributes to Immunosenescence in Type A Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Patients. Advanced Science. 12(5). e2407398–e2407398. 2 indexed citations

Li, Mingzhu, Xiaoyan Wu, Guanghui Yue, et al.. (2024). Morphology-based deep learning enables accurate detection of senescence in mesenchymal stem cell cultures. BMC Biology. 22(1). 1–1. 18 indexed citations

Huang, Fei, Chunyan Zhang, Wenjing Yang, et al.. (2024). Identification of a DNA damage repair-related LncRNA signature for predicting the prognosis and immunotherapy response of hepatocellular carcinoma. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 155–155. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Mianxin, Jingyang Zhang, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2023). A common spectrum underlying brain disorders across lifespan revealed by deep learning on brain networks. iScience. 26(11). 108244–108244. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yongliang, Barunava Patra, Sanjay K. Singh, et al.. (2021). Terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: effects and prospects of environmental factors in metabolic engineering. Biotechnology Letters. 43(11). 2085–2103. 39 indexed citations

Zhou, Yan, Yuan Liang, Qing Yan, et al.. (2020). The draft genome of horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus reveals its evolutionary scenario and well-developed innate immunity. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 137–137. 20 indexed citations

Zhou, Yan, et al.. (2018). One-step Derivation of Functional Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. BIO-PROTOCOL. 8(22). e3080–e3080. 11 indexed citations

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Xiong, Kai, Yan Zhou, P. Hyttel, et al.. (2017). RNA-Guided Activation of Pluripotency Genes in Human Fibroblasts. Cellular Reprogramming. 19(3). 189–198. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Yan Zhou, Xinran Ji, et al.. (2015). Synergistic Effects of BMP9 and miR-548d-5p on Promoting Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–9. 13 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jianping, Jianlei Gu, Liang Zhang, et al.. (2015). Comparing Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes using genome topology networks. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 85–85. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Maosheng Sun, Hongjun Li, et al.. (2013). Recovery of behavioral symptoms in hemi-parkinsonian rhesus monkeys through combined gene and stem cell therapy. Cytotherapy. 15(4). 467–480. 31 indexed citations

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Ma, Bingji, et al.. (2012). Lanostane-type triterpenes from the sporoderm-broken spores of Ganoderma lucidum. The Journal of Antibiotics. 65(3). 165–167. 16 indexed citations

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Huang, Yongye, Xiaochun Tang, Wanhua Xie, et al.. (2011). Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Significantly Improved the Cloning Efficiency of Porcine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos. Cellular Reprogramming. 13(6). 513–520. 42 indexed citations

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Xu, Xue-Nian, Yan Zhou, Yifan Bao, et al.. (2011). Immunologicalcharacterization and localization of Cs4 recombinant protein of Clonorchis sinensis,one ofthe glycine rich antigen 2a gene family member. 38(3). 135–139. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunfei, Yan Zhou, Takashi Shingu, et al.. (2011). Metabolic Alterations in Highly Tumorigenic Glioblastoma Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(37). 32843–32853. 205 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Hon‐Ming Lam, & Jianhua Zhang. (2007). Inhibition of photosynthesis and energy dissipation induced by water and high light stresses in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 58(5). 1207–1217. 197 indexed citations

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Yin, Daqiang, et al.. (2003). Pentachorophenol-induced oxidative stress in liver of crucian carp. 19(1). 40–42. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Guyang Matthew Huang, & Liping Wei. (2002). UniBLAST: a system to filter, cluster, and display BLASTresults and assign unique gene annotation. Bioinformatics. 18(9). 1268–1268. 8 indexed citations

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