Yanfei Zou

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 920 citations indexed

About

Yanfei Zou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfei Zou has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 920 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanfei Zou's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (3 papers). Yanfei Zou is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (3 papers). Yanfei Zou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Yanfei Zou's co-authors include Sridhar Ranganathan, Shantanu Kumar, Rene H. Quintanilla, Xiquan Liang, Jason Potter, Jonathan D. Chesnut, Namritha Ravinder, Wen Chen, Jason Carte and Mahalakshmi Sridharan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yanfei Zou

14 papers receiving 909 citations

Hit Papers

Rapid and highly efficient mammalian cell engineering via... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Rapid and highly efficient mammalian cell engineering via Cas9 protein transfection
    2015 563 citations Xiquan Liang, Jason Potter et al. Journal of Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanfei Zou United States 11 695 157 74 73 61 14 920
Swapnil Bhatia United States 16 645 0.9× 124 0.8× 50 0.7× 20 0.3× 168 2.8× 34 1.0k
Andrey Kartashov United States 18 508 0.7× 133 0.8× 67 0.9× 48 0.7× 59 1.0× 30 1.2k
Hao Zhu China 19 730 1.1× 119 0.8× 27 0.4× 55 0.8× 78 1.3× 74 1.1k
Abhishek Mitra United States 11 539 0.8× 89 0.6× 64 0.9× 12 0.2× 131 2.1× 20 825
Sean Whalen United States 15 606 0.9× 168 1.1× 72 1.0× 60 0.8× 74 1.2× 31 948
Chun-Hsi Huang United States 13 428 0.6× 95 0.6× 37 0.5× 26 0.4× 69 1.1× 61 686
Guohui Chuai China 14 827 1.2× 71 0.5× 49 0.7× 10 0.1× 4 0.1× 24 976
Miloš Nikolić Germany 15 571 0.8× 187 1.2× 88 1.2× 36 0.5× 101 1.7× 38 880
Maciej Antczak Poland 17 1.2k 1.7× 66 0.4× 41 0.6× 52 0.7× 12 0.2× 38 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanfei Zou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanfei Zou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfei Zou

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Sun, Lijie, Yanfei Zou, Degao Zhong, et al.. (2023). Preparation and spectroscopic characteristics of Tm:YPO4 crystal. Journal of Luminescence. 257. 119763–119763. 13 indexed citations
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He, Liming, Lijie Sun, Yanfei Zou, et al.. (2023). Achieving high-precision dual-mode temperature measurement in the photothermal conversion process of SrIn2O4: Er3+, Yb3+ phosphors. Journal of Luminescence. 263. 120167–120167. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lejun, Yanfei Zou, Weizheng Wang, et al.. (2022). BDSS: Blockchain-based Data Sharing Scheme With Fine-grained Access Control And Permission Revocation In Medical Environment. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems. 16(5). 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lejun, Yanfei Zou, Weizheng Wang, et al.. (2021). Resource allocation and trust computing for blockchain-enabled edge computing system. Computers & Security. 105. 102249–102249. 115 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiquan, Jason Potter, Shantanu Kumar, et al.. (2015). Rapid and highly efficient mammalian cell engineering via Cas9 protein transfection. Journal of Biotechnology. 208. 44–53. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zou, Yanfei & Xin Bi. (2008). Positive roles of SAS2 in DNA replication and transcriptional silencing in yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(16). 5189–5200. 15 indexed citations
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Zou, Yanfei, Qun Yu, Xin Bi, et al.. (2006). Histone H1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Inhibits Transcriptional Silencing. Genetics. 173(2). 579–587. 14 indexed citations
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Zou, Yanfei, Qun Yu, & Xin Bi. (2006). Asymmetric Positioning of Nucleosomes and Directional Establishment of Transcriptionally Silent Chromatin by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Silencers. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(20). 7806–7819. 22 indexed citations
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Zou, Yanfei, et al.. (2006). Position Effect on the Directionality of Silencer Function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 174(1). 203–213. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Qun, et al.. (2005). Mechanism of the Long Range Anti-silencing Function of Targeted Histone Acetyltransferases in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(7). 3980–3988. 8 indexed citations
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Bi, Xin, et al.. (2004). Formation of Boundaries of Transcriptionally Silent Chromatin by Nucleosome-Excluding Structures. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(5). 2118–2131. 66 indexed citations

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