Yanjun Zhao

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yanjun Zhao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanjun Zhao has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Yanjun Zhao's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (33 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers). Yanjun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (33 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers). Yanjun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yanjun Zhao's co-authors include Aiping Fan, Zheng Wang, Fang Liu, Jian Deng, Zheng Wang, Min Gao, Deling Kong, Stuart A. Jones, Marc B. Brown and Peipei Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Yanjun Zhao

138 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Triggered All-Active Metal Organic Framework: Ferroptosis Machinery Contributes to the Apoptotic Photodynamic Antitumor Therapy

2019 300 citations Xuan Meng, Jian Deng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanjun Zhao China	36	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	951	147	4.2k
Yong Sun China	34	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	977 0.9×	875 0.9×	400 0.4×	150	3.9k
Yu Gao China	43	2.5k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.0×	633 0.7×	200	6.5k
Meng Yu China	42	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	512 0.5×	100	5.0k
Ye Tian China	36	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	599 0.6×	424 0.4×	123	4.1k
Ping‐Shan Lai Taiwan	35	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	677 0.7×	112	4.4k
Aiping Fan China	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	856 0.7×	498 0.5×	555 0.6×	94	2.8k
Lei Xing China	40	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	886 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	766 0.8×	118	4.9k
Peng Zhang China	42	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	977 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	392 0.4×	219	5.5k
Jinsong Ding China	39	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.9×	997 0.9×	755 0.7×	275 0.3×	115	4.9k
Bingjun Sun China	39	3.2k 1.7×	2.0k 1.4×	873 0.8×	2.6k 2.5×	878 0.9×	115	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanjun Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanjun Zhao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Yanjun, Huiqi Wang, Junfei Zhou, et al.. (2025). Improving Low‐Temperature Tolerance of a Lithium‐Ion Battery by a Localized High‐Concentration Electrolyte Based on the Weak Solvation Effect. Battery energy. 4(5). 8 indexed citations

Gao, Min, Jinjin Lu, Jing Liang, et al.. (2025). Targeted Hybrid Theranostic Nanocarriers Enhance Thrombolytic Therapy via the Integration of Chemical and Physical Action. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(49). 66378–66390.

Zhao, Yanjun, Peng Wang, Junwei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing electric field intensity of interfacial electric double layer to improve properties of solid electrolyte interface for sodium-ion batteries. Applied Surface Science. 679. 161202–161202. 6 indexed citations

Li, Chunlei, Yanjun Zhao, Junfei Zhou, et al.. (2024). Electronic effect tuned ion-dipole interactions for low-temperature electrolyte design of LiFePO4-based lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 102. 114207–114207. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Ning, Xiaoying Lü, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Hypoxia-responsive micelles deprive cofactor of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 and sensitize ferroptotic ovarian cancer therapy. Biomaterials. 314. 122820–122820. 10 indexed citations

Zhou, Saijun, Yao Lin, Tongdan Wang, et al.. (2024). GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists Alleviate Diabetic Kidney Injury via β‐Klotho‐Mediated Ferroptosis Inhibition. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2409781–e2409781. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Zheng, et al.. (2024). Engineering hypoxia-responsive 6-aminonicotinamide prodrugs for on-demand NADPH depletion and redox manipulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 12(33). 8067–8075. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Jing, Yufeng Gao, Shuai Gao, et al.. (2023). Boosting the synergism between cancer ferroptosis and immunotherapy via targeted stimuli-responsive liposomes. Biomaterials. 305. 122442–122442. 26 indexed citations

Li, Yao, Yaru Li, Xuefei Chen, et al.. (2023). Reversing Ferroptosis Resistance in Breast Cancer via Tailored Lipid and Iron Presentation. ACS Nano. 17(24). 25257–25268. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Yao, Jie Wang, Yaru Li, et al.. (2023). Attenuating Uncontrolled Inflammation by Radical Trapping Chiral Polymer Micelles. ACS Nano. 17(13). 12127–12139. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Xuliang, Fang Liu, Jian Deng, et al.. (2020). Electron-Accepting Micelles Deplete Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate and Impair Two Antioxidant Cascades for Ferroptosis-Induced Tumor Eradication. ACS Nano. 14(11). 14715–14730. 170 indexed citations

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Chen, Chao, Jie Zhao, Min Gao, et al.. (2018). Photo-triggered micelles: simultaneous activation and release of microtubule inhibitors for on-demand chemotherapy. Biomaterials Science. 6(3). 511–518. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Lina, Xiaoli Huang, Bingbing Wang, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic insight into the singlet oxygen-triggered expansion of hypoxia-responsive polymeric micelles. Biomaterials Science. 6(7). 1712–1716. 22 indexed citations

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Deng, Jian, et al.. (2018). Hierarchical theranostic nanomedicine: MRI contrast agents as a physical vehicle anchor for high drug loading and triggered on-demand delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(13). 1995–2003. 12 indexed citations

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Deng, Jian, Fang Liu, Lina Wang, et al.. (2018). Hypoxia- and singlet oxygen-responsive chemo-photodynamic Micelles featured with glutathione depletion and aldehyde production. Biomaterials Science. 7(1). 429–441. 56 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiaopeng, Di Lu, Dan Ding, et al.. (2017). Controlled ROS production by corannulene: the vehicle makes a difference. Biomaterials Science. 5(7). 1236–1240. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Di, Xinchang Wang, Dan Ding, et al.. (2017). Topology dictates function: controlled ROS production and mitochondria accumulation via curved carbon materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 5(25). 4918–4925. 17 indexed citations

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Qian, Hua, et al.. (2015). Diagnostic value of SPECT/CT for lumbar spondylolysis. 35(4). 280–283. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zheng, Chao Chen, Ruihong Liu, et al.. (2014). Two birds with one stone: dendrimer surface engineering enables tunable periphery hydrophobicity and rapid endosomal escape. Chemical Communications. 50(90). 14025–14028. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yanjun, Marc B. Brown, & Stuart A. Jones. (2009). Pharmaceutical foams: are they the answer to the dilemma of topical nanoparticles?. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 6(2). 227–236. 56 indexed citations

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