Ye Zhu

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Ye Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye Zhu has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ye Zhu's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers). Ye Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers). Ye Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Ye Zhu's co-authors include David C. Rubinsztein, Eleanna Stamatakou, Claudia Puri, Gautam Runwal, Farah H. Siddiqi, Motoki Fujimaki, Ana López, Angeleen Fleming, Lidia Wróbel and Sung Min Son and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Nature Cell Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ye Zhu

12 papers receiving 797 citations

Hit Papers

The different autophagy degradation pathways and ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2022 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. The different autophagy degradation pathways and neurodegeneration
    2022 293 citations Angeleen Fleming, Mathieu Bourdenx et al. Neuron profile →
  2. LC3-positive structures are prominent in autophagy-deficient cells
    2019 291 citations Gautam Runwal, Eleanna Stamatakou et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ye Zhu China 9 410 371 133 126 76 15 804
Salwa Sebti United States 9 507 1.2× 413 1.1× 121 0.9× 124 1.0× 34 0.4× 12 854
Ling Zhao China 17 223 0.5× 536 1.4× 83 0.6× 91 0.7× 41 0.5× 49 1.0k
Huixia Li China 19 246 0.6× 327 0.9× 110 0.8× 247 2.0× 51 0.7× 44 900
Myungjin Kim United States 15 350 0.9× 760 2.0× 175 1.3× 144 1.1× 27 0.4× 21 1.1k
Anita Kumar India 15 237 0.6× 365 1.0× 68 0.5× 92 0.7× 159 2.1× 28 900
Yingyu Chen China 9 362 0.9× 349 0.9× 113 0.8× 56 0.4× 34 0.4× 14 687
Eun‐Kyoung Kim South Korea 14 290 0.7× 270 0.7× 73 0.5× 141 1.1× 25 0.3× 42 767

Countries citing papers authored by Ye Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ye Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye Zhu

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Huang, Qingyun, et al.. (2025). Exposure to volatile organic compounds and sarcopenia risk in US adults based on NHANES. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 25480–25480.
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Zhu, Ye, Motoki Fujimaki, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2025). Autophagy-dependent versus autophagy-independent ferroptosis. Trends in Cell Biology. 35(9). 745–760. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tian, et al.. (2025). Volatile organic compounds exposure associated with frailty in United States adults from NHANES 2011–2018. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1655214–1655214.
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Zhu, Ye, et al.. (2024). Loss of WIPI4 in neurodegeneration causes autophagy-independent ferroptosis. Nature Cell Biology. 26(4). 542–551. 20 indexed citations
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Tan, Cheng, Jianzhong Ai, & Ye Zhu. (2023). mTORC1-Dependent Protein and Parkinson’s Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Brain Sciences. 13(4). 536–536. 5 indexed citations
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Fleming, Angeleen, Mathieu Bourdenx, Motoki Fujimaki, et al.. (2022). The different autophagy degradation pathways and neurodegeneration. Neuron. 110(6). 935–966. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Yao, et al.. (2022). Effect of aspirin in patients with established asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 1041400–1041400. 7 indexed citations
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Du, Heyue, Qingyang Shi, Peige Song, et al.. (2022). Global Burden Attributable to High Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol From 1990 to 2019. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 903126–903126. 25 indexed citations
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Stamatakou, Eleanna, Lidia Wróbel, Sandra Malmgren Hill, et al.. (2020). Mendelian neurodegenerative disease genes involved in autophagy. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 24–24. 35 indexed citations
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Puri, Claudia, Marco M. Manni, Mariella Vicinanza, et al.. (2020). A DNM2 Centronuclear Myopathy Mutation Reveals a Link between Recycling Endosome Scission and Autophagy. Developmental Cell. 53(2). 154–168.e6. 34 indexed citations
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Runwal, Gautam, Eleanna Stamatakou, Farah H. Siddiqi, et al.. (2019). LC3-positive structures are prominent in autophagy-deficient cells. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10147–10147. 291 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ai, Jianzhong, Yong He, Mingxia Zheng, et al.. (2018). Characterization of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viral Transduction and Safety Profiles in Cardiomyocytes. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 48(5). 1894–1900. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ye, et al.. (2018). Autophagy in childhood neurological disorders. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 61(6). 639–645. 8 indexed citations
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Xie, Jun, Qin Mao, Phillip W.L. Tai, et al.. (2017). Short DNA Hairpins Compromise Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Genome Homogeneity. Molecular Therapy. 25(6). 1363–1374. 71 indexed citations

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