Yang Zhou

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Zhou has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yang Zhou's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (23 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (15 papers). Yang Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (23 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (15 papers). Yang Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yang Zhou's co-authors include Qian Li, Jiandong Liu, Li Wang, Ziqing Liu, Zhi‐Qi Xiong, Haley Ruth Vaseghi, Michael Zheng, Joseph B. Wall, Olivia Chen and Jianyi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yang Zhou

103 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Systematic comparison of 2A peptides for cloning multi-genes in a polycistronic vector

2017 467 citations Ziqing Liu, Yang Zhou et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Zhou China	32	2.6k	609	505	285	275	111	3.6k
Sung Hyun Kim South Korea	29	1.6k 0.6×	573 0.9×	179 0.4×	249 0.9×	226 0.8×	94	2.8k
Janghwan Kim South Korea	28	2.3k 0.9×	788 1.3×	503 1.0×	328 1.2×	129 0.5×	61	3.5k
Seok‐Yong Choi South Korea	24	2.4k 0.9×	366 0.6×	293 0.6×	317 1.1×	236 0.9×	75	3.6k
Philippe Chafey France	28	2.4k 0.9×	540 0.9×	229 0.5×	766 2.7×	197 0.7×	60	3.8k
Chong Chen China	28	2.2k 0.9×	983 1.6×	303 0.6×	524 1.8×	500 1.8×	151	4.4k
Fei Yi United States	27	2.3k 0.9×	308 0.5×	264 0.5×	332 1.2×	235 0.9×	62	3.0k
Hsiao‐Huei Chen Canada	31	1.9k 0.7×	364 0.6×	286 0.6×	981 3.4×	240 0.9×	73	3.2k
Baek‐Soo Han South Korea	24	2.2k 0.9×	555 0.9×	304 0.6×	214 0.8×	163 0.6×	52	3.2k
Alessandro Quattrone Italy	37	3.0k 1.2×	601 1.0×	177 0.4×	285 1.0×	672 2.4×	133	4.3k
Toshihiko Toyofuku Japan	35	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	231 0.5×	266 0.9×	130 0.5×	71	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Zhou

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

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Hou, Jinchao, Xiaodong Huo, Ruili Guan, et al.. (2025). Lipid droplets in astrocytes: Key organelles for CNS homeostasis and disease (Review). International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 57(1). 1–17.

Wang, Yu, Xuefeng Shen, Ruili Guan, et al.. (2025). Lead Induces Mitochondrial Dysregulation in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells via a lncRNA/circRNA–miRNA–mRNA Interdependent Networks. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(14). 6851–6851. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Weijian, Yang Zhou, Sirui Zhou, et al.. (2025). Modic changes: From potential molecular mechanisms to future research directions (Review). Molecular Medicine Reports. 31(4). 2 indexed citations

Li, Hui, Chaoshan Han, Hind Lal, et al.. (2025). Loss of Elmsan1 in cardiomyocytes leads to age-dependent cardiac dysfunction and reduced lifespan. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 329(2). H315–H329.

Zhou, Yang, et al.. (2025). Contributing role and molecular basis of Vitamin D/Vitamin D receptor deficiency in hyperhomocysteinemia-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Biochemical Pharmacology. 234. 116812–116812. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yu, Jiacheng Sun, Lu Wang, et al.. (2024). ELM2‐SANT Domain‐Containing Scaffolding Protein 1 Regulates Differentiation and Maturation of Cardiomyocytes Derived From Human‐Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(13). e034816–e034816. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Yang, Partho Sarothi Ray, Jianguo Zhu, et al.. (2024). Systematic analysis of RNA-binding proteins identifies targetable therapeutic vulnerabilities in osteosarcoma. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2810–2810. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Xinyue, Lixia Zhang, Pengcheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic regulation of noncanonical menin targets modulates menin inhibitor response in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 144(19). 2018–2032. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Yongyu, Yalin Wu, Yu Jiang, et al.. (2024). Cardiomyocyte‐Specific Overexpression of Activated Yes‐Associated Protein Modified‐RNA Promotes Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Myocardial Regeneration. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(21). e037120–e037120. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lixia, Xinyue Zhou, Pengcheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). CRISPR screen of venetoclax response-associated genes identifies transcription factor ZNF740 as a key functional regulator. Cell Death and Disease. 15(8). 627–627. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Mengcheng, Rui Zhao, Li Li, et al.. (2023). Protocol to generate cardiac pericytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells. STAR Protocols. 4(2). 102256–102256. 2 indexed citations

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Wei, Yuhua, Yuji Nakada, Jake Y. Chen, et al.. (2023). Analysis of cardiac single-cell RNA-sequencing data can be improved by the use of artificial-intelligence-based tools. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6821–6821. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yang, et al.. (2023). Nanomaterial-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Ischemic Stroke. Pharmaceutics. 15(12). 2669–2669. 10 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lianzhong, Pengcheng Zhang, Phillip M. Galbo, et al.. (2021). Transcription factor MEF2D is required for the maintenance of MLL-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Advances. 5(22). 4727–4740. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Hong Ma, Peisen Huang, et al.. (2020). Down-regulation of Beclin1 promotes direct cardiac reprogramming. Science Translational Medicine. 12(566). 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hao, Yang Zhang, Xinyue Zhou, et al.. (2020). Functional interrogation of HOXA9 regulome in MLLr leukemia via reporter-based CRISPR/Cas9 screen. eLife. 9. 27 indexed citations

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Backlund, Michael, Frank Stein, Mandy Rettel, et al.. (2020). Plasticity of nuclear and cytoplasmic stress responses of RNA-binding proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(9). 4725–4740. 41 indexed citations

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Feng, Yan, Ye Wang, Zuoyun Wang, et al.. (2012). The CRTC1-NEDD9 Signaling Axis Mediates Lung Cancer Progression Caused by LKB1 Loss. Cancer Research. 72(24). 6502–6511. 44 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaogang, Hengchuan Xia, Yuanqing He, et al.. (2010). Cloning and characterization of the densoviruses susceptible gene + nsd-2 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 9(25). 3736–3741. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Qian, Xiao Hu, Jing Yu, et al.. (2007). Differential Roles of NR2A- and NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in Activity-Dependent Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene Regulation and Limbic Epileptogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(3). 542–552. 132 indexed citations

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