Yi Zheng

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Yi Zheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zheng has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yi Zheng's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (17 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (15 papers). Yi Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (17 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (15 papers). Yi Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yi Zheng's co-authors include Yu Sun, Jianping Fu, Ehsan Shojaei-Baghini, John Nguyen, Yue Shao, Xufeng Xue, Chen Wang, Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani, David Holowka and Zida Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zheng

83 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Controlled modelling of human epiblast and amnion develop... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Controlled modelling of human epiblast and amnion development using stem cells
    2019 329 citations Yi Zheng, Xufeng Xue et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yi Zheng China 30 1.2k 1.2k 416 363 280 86 3.0k
Hiroki Yokota United States 38 660 0.6× 2.7k 2.3× 688 1.7× 366 1.0× 232 0.8× 231 5.1k
Carlos Ortíz-de-Solórzano Spain 35 617 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 395 0.9× 568 1.6× 284 1.0× 133 5.1k
Aleš Hampl Czechia 35 601 0.5× 2.8k 2.4× 325 0.8× 188 0.5× 238 0.8× 159 4.6k
Bo Sun China 31 847 0.7× 831 0.7× 491 1.2× 150 0.4× 131 0.5× 172 3.1k
Hyunsung Park South Korea 31 940 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 125 0.3× 303 0.8× 165 0.6× 100 3.7k
Shigeru Yamada Japan 32 525 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 312 0.8× 433 1.2× 97 0.3× 228 3.7k
Seiichi Suzuki Japan 40 773 0.6× 2.2k 1.9× 341 0.8× 226 0.6× 85 0.3× 248 4.9k
Weiguo Li China 34 486 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 133 0.3× 218 0.6× 398 1.4× 188 3.8k
Bingmei M. Fu United States 36 695 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 549 1.3× 460 1.3× 589 2.1× 124 3.6k
Shayn M. Peirce United States 40 964 0.8× 2.2k 1.9× 502 1.2× 380 1.0× 231 0.8× 152 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Zheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Zheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Zheng

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Jianhua, Ying Zhu, Zhenkai Sun, et al.. (2025). Polystyrene nanoplastics chronic exposure cause zebrafish visual neurobehavior toxicity through TGFβ-crystallin axis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138255–138255. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Kang, Xinyan Yang, Manman Cui, et al.. (2024). Dynamic transcriptomic and regulatory networks underpinning the transition from fetal primordial germ cells to spermatogonia in mice. Cell Proliferation. 58(2). e13755–e13755. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Hyung Chul, Nidia M. M. Oliveira, Peter Baillie‐Johnson, et al.. (2024). Regulation of long-range BMP gradients and embryonic polarity by propagation of local calcium-firing activity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1463–1463. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2023). Predictors for pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu arteritis and its cluster analysis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 25(1). 9–9. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Bin, Jia Zhang, Guohui Zhao, et al.. (2022). Filamentous GLS1 promotes ROS-induced apoptosis upon glutamine deprivation via insufficient asparagine synthesis. Molecular Cell. 82(10). 1821–1835.e6. 44 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, Mutsumi Kobayashi, Lifeng Xiang, et al.. (2022). Single-cell analysis of embryoids reveals lineage diversification roadmaps of early human development. Cell stem cell. 29(9). 1402–1419.e8. 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Ran, Alexander Goedel, Yu Kang, et al.. (2021). Amnion signals are essential for mesoderm formation in primates. Nature Communications. 12(1). 73 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi & Jianping Fu. (2021). First complete model of the human embryo. Nature. 591(7851). 531–532. 9 indexed citations
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Jin, Tingting, Lulu Wang, Weilin Liu, et al.. (2020). Electro-Acupuncture Promotes the Differentiation of Endogenous Neural Stem Cells via Exosomal microRNA 146b After Ischemic Stroke. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 14. 223–223. 50 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoman, Tingting Liao, Xiaoyu Yang, et al.. (2019). Efficient generation of human primordial germ cell-like cells from pluripotent stem cells in a methylcellulose-based 3D system at large scale. PeerJ. 6. e6143–e6143. 12 indexed citations
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Xue, Xufeng, Yubing Sun, Koh Meng Aw Yong, et al.. (2018). Mechanics-guided embryonic patterning of neuroectoderm tissue from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Materials. 17(7). 633–641. 161 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, Shue Wang, Xufeng Xue, et al.. (2017). Notch signaling in regulating angiogenesis in a 3D biomimetic environment. Lab on a Chip. 17(11). 1948–1959. 21 indexed citations
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Xi, Yutao, et al.. (2016). Generation of electrophysiologically functional cardiomyocytes from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Research. 16(2). 522–530. 12 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, Yubing Sun, Xinwei Yu, et al.. (2016). Angiogenesis in Liquid Tumors: An In Vitro Assay for Leukemic‐Cell‐Induced Bone Marrow Angiogenesis. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(9). 1014–1024. 42 indexed citations
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He, Sen, Yi Zheng, Hua Wang, & Xiaoping Chen. (2016). Assessing the relationship between a body shape index and mortality in a group of middle-aged men. Clinical Nutrition. 36(5). 1355–1359. 21 indexed citations
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Nguyen, John, et al.. (2015). On-chip sample preparation for complete blood count from raw blood. Lab on a Chip. 15(6). 1533–1544. 33 indexed citations
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Plonka, Gerlind & Yi Zheng. (2015). Relation between total variation and persistence distance and its application in signal processing. Advances in Computational Mathematics. 42(3). 651–674. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun, Ling Zou, Yi Zheng, et al.. (2007). NF‐κB responds to mechanical strains in osteoblast‐like cells, and lighter strains create an NF‐κB response more readily. Cell Biology International. 31(10). 1220–1224. 12 indexed citations
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Deng, Xiao, Yi Zheng, & Quan Li. (2006). Effect of ambient conditions on simultaneous growth and bioaccumulation of mercuric ion by genetically engineered E. coli JM109. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 136(2). 233–238. 9 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi. (2001). A study on transforming growth factor-beta, its receptor and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in the articular cartilage and the synovium of osteoarthritis in the elderly. Zhonghua laonian yixue zazhi. 1 indexed citations

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