Yao Zhao

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Yao Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Zhao has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 47 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yao Zhao's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (40 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (24 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (21 papers). Yao Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (40 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (24 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (21 papers). Yao Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yao Zhao's co-authors include Fuyi Wang, Qun Luo, Joseph S. Francisco, Peter J. Sadler, Feifei Jia, Enrique V. Barrera, Yanyan Zhang, Wei Zheng, Nicola J. Farrer and Luyu Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yao Zhao

184 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Advances in Toxicological Research of the Anticancer Drug Cisplatin

2019 330 citations Luyu Qi, Qun Luo et al. Chemical Research in Toxicology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yao Zhao China	42	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	996	191	5.8k
Feng Liang China	37	1.3k 0.8×	914 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	250 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	145	4.2k
Jiaqin Liu China	45	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	905 0.8×	968 1.0×	244	6.8k
Brigitte Gillet France	30	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	421 0.4×	641 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	91	6.8k
Mian Li China	46	4.2k 2.6×	482 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	871 0.8×	664 0.7×	169	8.1k
Hongxia Chen China	40	1.9k 1.2×	2.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	273 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	343	6.4k
Fuyi Wang China	53	2.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	3.4k 2.9×	2.1k 1.9×	926 0.9×	238	8.7k
Grażyna Stochel Poland	46	3.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	443 0.4×	896 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	186	7.0k
Xueyun Gao China	43	3.3k 2.0×	1.7k 1.3×	512 0.4×	525 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	159	6.0k
Qian Shi China	45	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	465 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	436 0.4×	260	7.2k
Ping Liu China	43	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	502 0.4×	554 0.5×	626 0.6×	239	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yao Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yao Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yao Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yao 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 Yao Zhao. Yao 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, Yao, et al.. (2025). CW-MFC for efficient degradation of ofloxacin-containing wastewater and dynamic analysis of microbial communities. iScience. 28(5). 112516–112516. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yiyang, Chenxing Lu, Minchao Liu, et al.. (2025). Solvent-assisted reaction for spontaneous defect passivation in perovskite solar cells. Nature Photonics. 19(9). 985–991. 8 indexed citations

Sun, Jianfeng, et al.. (2024). Regulating Broadband Near-infrared-Ⅰ Luminescence of （Sr,Ba）3MgTa2O9∶Cr3+ Based on Sr2+/Ba2+ Substitution and Application of Near-infrared LED Device. Chinese Journal of Luminescence. 45(12). 1956–1965.

Zhang, Yanyan, Jing Jin, Yifei Xue, et al.. (2023). Molecular unravelling of the mechanism of overpotential change at the carbon nanotubes-modified gold electrode surface. Chemical Communications. 59(54). 8412–8415. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yao, et al.. (2023). Electropolymerization nanoarchitectonics of different bithiophene precursors for tuning optoelectronic performances of polythiophenes. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 311. 128544–128544. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Yao, Yang Wang, Shiqing Han, et al.. (2023). Total Synthesis of Immunosuppressive Mycestericin E and G Enabled by a Highly Stereoselective Nitroso–Ene Cyclization. Organic Letters. 25(19). 3497–3501. 3 indexed citations

Ge, Lurong, et al.. (2023). Active MOF water harvester with extraordinary productivity enabled by cooling-enhanced sorption. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(3). 1083–1094. 44 indexed citations

Ma, Zhengxin, Yao Zhao, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Lotus leaf inspired sustainable and multifunctional Janus film for food packaging. Chemical Engineering Journal. 457. 141279–141279. 70 indexed citations

Fang, Tiantian, Yao Zhao, Qun Luo, et al.. (2022). G-quadruplex inducer/stabilizer pyridostatin targets SUB1 to promote cytotoxicity of a transplatinum complex. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(6). 3070–3082. 14 indexed citations

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Tang, Jilin, Zhigang Ni, Yanyan Zhang, et al.. (2022). ToF-SIMS characterization of surface chemical evolution on electrode surfaces educed by electrochemical activation. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 37(4). 890–897. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yanhong, Shen Tang, Lihao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Adsorption of As(V) onto the Porous α-Fe2O3/Fe3O4/C Composite Prepared with Bamboo Bio-Template. Water. 14(12). 1848–1848. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanyan, Jilin Tang, Zhigang Ni, et al.. (2021). Real-Time Characterization of the Fine Structure and Dynamics of an Electrical Double Layer at Electrode–Electrolyte Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(22). 5279–5285. 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaojin, et al.. (2020). Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Polarity-Mismatched Addition of Unactivated Alkyl Radicals to Unactivated Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. 10(23). 14107–14116. 38 indexed citations

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Zeng, Wenjuan, Zhifeng Du, Qun Luo, et al.. (2019). Proteomic Strategy for Identification of Proteins Responding to Cisplatin-Damaged DNA. Analytical Chemistry. 91(9). 6035–6042. 14 indexed citations

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Qi, Luyu, Qun Luo, Yanyan Zhang, et al.. (2019). Advances in Toxicological Research of the Anticancer Drug Cisplatin. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 32(8). 1469–1486. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yanyan, Wenjuan Zeng, Liuqin Huang, et al.. (2019). In Situ Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry: A Surprisingly Soft Ionization Process for Investigation of Halide Ion Hydration. Analytical Chemistry. 91(11). 7039–7046. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanyan, Wenjuan Zeng, Feifei Jia, et al.. (2019). Cisplatin‐induced alteration on membrane composition of A549 cells revealed by ToF‐SIMS. Surface and Interface Analysis. 52(5). 256–263. 10 indexed citations

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He, Xuemei, Pengyun Yu, Yanzhou Wu, et al.. (2018). Solvent-dependent structural dynamics of an azido-platinum complex revealed by linear and nonlinear infrared spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(15). 9984–9996. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Xicheng, Xingxing Ge, Yao Zhao, et al.. (2018). Half-sandwich iridium(III) complexes with α-picolinic acid frameworks and antitumor applications. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 192. 52–61. 38 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yao, Nicola J. Farrer, Huilin Li, et al.. (2013). De Novo Generation of Singlet Oxygen and Ammine Ligands by Photoactivation of a Platinum Anticancer Complex. Angewandte Chemie. 125(51). 13878–13882. 18 indexed citations

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