Yichen Zhong

609 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 335 citations indexed

About

Yichen Zhong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichen Zhong has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 335 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Yichen Zhong's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Yichen Zhong is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Yichen Zhong collaborates with scholars based in United States. Yichen Zhong's co-authors include Shi Du, Yonger Xue, Yizhou Dong, Jinyue Yan, Xucheng Hou, Diana D. Kang, Binbin Deng, David W. McComb, Chang Wang and Yuebao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yichen Zhong

11 papers receiving 331 citations

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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.

LNP-RNA-engineered adipose stem cells for accelerated diabetic wound healing

2024 46 citations Yonger Xue, Yuebao Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yichen Zhong United States	7	198	116	67	54	44	12	335
Vinod Nadella India	12	158 0.8×	222 1.9×	41 0.6×	101 1.9×	40 0.9×	16	471
Connie Qiu United States	8	117 0.6×	81 0.7×	48 0.7×	53 1.0×	25 0.6×	14	369
Rashin Mohseni Iran	8	196 1.0×	107 0.9×	42 0.6×	39 0.7×	26 0.6×	31	329
Hye‐Nam Son South Korea	12	152 0.8×	46 0.4×	52 0.8×	32 0.6×	50 1.1×	14	346
Cinnamon L Hardee United States	7	275 1.4×	109 0.9×	53 0.8×	137 2.5×	27 0.6×	10	438
Rafieh Bagherifar Iran	6	247 1.2×	59 0.5×	47 0.7×	38 0.7×	46 1.0×	7	325
Yael Diesendruck Israel	9	244 1.2×	120 1.0×	67 1.0×	72 1.3×	69 1.6×	13	464
Maria Cecília Zorél Meneghetti Brazil	8	170 0.9×	28 0.2×	29 0.4×	32 0.6×	29 0.7×	13	396
Muhammad Moazzam Pakistan	5	260 1.3×	38 0.3×	56 0.8×	24 0.4×	40 0.9×	13	355

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichen Zhong

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12 of 12 papers shown

1.

Cao, Dinglingge, Xucheng Hou, Chang Wang, et al.. (2025). Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery in brain via systemic administration. Science Advances. 11(33). eadw0730–eadw0730. 2 indexed citations

2.

Xue, Yonger, Xucheng Hou, Siyu Wang, et al.. (2025). Antimicrobial peptide delivery to lung as peptibody mRNA in anti-inflammatory lipids treats multidrug-resistant bacterial pneumonia. Nature Biotechnology.

3.

Hou, Xucheng, Chang Wang, Yichen Zhong, et al.. (2025). Enhancing antitumor immunity through chemotherapeutic-derived lipid nanoparticle-induced immunogenic cell death and CD40L/Flt3L mRNA-mediated dendritic cell activation. Journal of Controlled Release. 382. 113684–113684. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Mingqun, Qi Yan, Khemraj Budachetri, et al.. (2024). Development of Etf-3-specific nanobodies to prevent Ehrlichia infection and LNP-mRNA delivery in cellular and murine models. Microbiological Research. 292. 128027–128027. 1 indexed citations

5.

Kang, Diana D., Xucheng Hou, Leiming Wang, et al.. (2024). Engineering LNPs with polysarcosine lipids for mRNA delivery. Bioactive Materials. 37. 86–93. 36 indexed citations

6.

Xue, Yonger, Yuebao Zhang, Yichen Zhong, et al.. (2024). LNP-RNA-engineered adipose stem cells for accelerated diabetic wound healing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 739–739. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Siyu, Yuebao Zhang, Yichen Zhong, et al.. (2024). Accelerating diabetic wound healing by ROS-scavenging lipid nanoparticle–mRNA formulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(22). e2322935121–e2322935121. 30 indexed citations

8.

Yan, Jinyue, Diana D. Kang, Chang Wang, et al.. (2024). LPA1 antagonist-derived LNPs deliver A20 mRNA and promote anti-fibrotic activities. Nano Research. 17(10). 9095–9102. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuebao, Xucheng Hou, Shi Du, et al.. (2023). Close the cancer–immunity cycle by integrating lipid nanoparticle–mRNA formulations and dendritic cell therapy. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(11). 1364–1374. 66 indexed citations

10.

Du, Shi, et al.. (2023). Adoptive cell therapy for cancer treatment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 20210058–20210058. 62 indexed citations

11.

Zhong, Yichen, Shi Du, & Yizhou Dong. (2023). mRNA delivery in cancer immunotherapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 13(4). 1348–1357. 31 indexed citations

12.

Zhang, Yuebao, Jinyue Yan, Xucheng Hou, et al.. (2023). STING Agonist-Derived LNP-mRNA Vaccine Enhances Protective Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2. Nano Letters. 23(7). 2593–2600. 59 indexed citations

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