Yizong Hu

1.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yizong Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Yizong Hu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Yizong Hu's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (15 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Yizong Hu is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (15 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Yizong Hu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Yizong Hu's co-authors include Hai‐Quan Mao, Zhiyu He, Kam W. Leong, Lixin Liu, Yongming Chen, Yining Zhu, José Luís Santos, Houkuan Tian, Róbert Langer and Jacob Witten and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yizong Hu

20 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Payload distribution and capacity of mRNA lipid nanoparticles

2022 187 citations Sixuan Li, Yizong Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Combinatorial development of nebulized mRNA delivery formulations for the lungs

2023 99 citations Allen Yujie Jiang, Jacob Witten et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy

2024 63 citations Jacob Witten, Idris O. Raji et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Recent advances in nanoparticulate RNA delivery systems

2024 57 citations Jacob Witten, Yizong Hu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yizong Hu United States	16	690	214	205	204	127	20	1.2k
Eleni Samaridou Germany	9	574 0.8×	106 0.5×	148 0.7×	203 1.0×	115 0.9×	13	832
Huining He China	21	932 1.4×	273 1.3×	401 2.0×	212 1.0×	207 1.6×	27	1.4k
Kristin H. Loomis United States	14	720 1.0×	263 1.2×	438 2.1×	224 1.1×	124 1.0×	15	1.4k
Dalit Landesman‐Milo Israel	15	609 0.9×	250 1.2×	310 1.5×	90 0.4×	241 1.9×	18	1.1k
Marianne Lind Denmark	9	609 0.9×	114 0.5×	121 0.6×	158 0.8×	192 1.5×	12	1000
Xiaoyi Sun China	20	441 0.6×	242 1.1×	239 1.2×	85 0.4×	176 1.4×	45	1.1k
Mahmoud A. Younis Egypt	16	415 0.6×	305 1.4×	277 1.4×	109 0.5×	97 0.8×	30	998
Sílvia Ligório Fialho Brazil	20	574 0.8×	166 0.8×	229 1.1×	447 2.2×	46 0.4×	114	1.6k
Shoshy Mizrahy Israel	9	542 0.8×	213 1.0×	350 1.7×	123 0.6×	119 0.9×	10	985
Claudia Zylberberg United States	13	482 0.7×	244 1.1×	263 1.3×	132 0.6×	94 0.7×	29	996

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yizong Hu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rudra, Arnab, Akash Gupta, Amy Deik, et al.. (2025). Degradable cyclic amino alcohol ionizable lipids as vectors for potent influenza mRNA vaccines. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(12). 1831–1842. 1 indexed citations

Li, Sixuan, Yizong Hu, Jinghan Lin, et al.. (2024). Single-Particle Spectroscopic Chromatography Reveals Heterogeneous RNA Loading and Size Correlations in Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 18(24). 15729–15743. 14 indexed citations

Witten, Jacob, Idris O. Raji, Rajith S. Manan, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy. Nature Biotechnology. 43(11). 1790–1799. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Hu, Yizong, Jinghan Lin, Sixuan Li, et al.. (2024). Liter-scale manufacturing of shelf-stable plasmid DNA/PEI transfection particles for viral vector production. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 32(1). 101194–101194. 5 indexed citations

Witten, Jacob, Yizong Hu, Róbert Langer, & Daniel G. Anderson. (2024). Recent advances in nanoparticulate RNA delivery systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2307798120–e2307798120. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Allen Yujie, Sushil Lathwal, Jacob Witten, et al.. (2024). Zwitterionic Polymer-Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for the Nebulized Delivery of mRNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(47). 32567–32574. 19 indexed citations

Jiang, Allen Yujie, Jacob Witten, Idris O. Raji, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial development of nebulized mRNA delivery formulations for the lungs. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(3). 364–375. 99 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Ling, Yicheng Zhang, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2022). Quaternary nanoparticles enable sustained release of bortezomib for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 76(6). 1660–1672. 18 indexed citations

Zhu, Yining, Rebekah A. Reynolds, Melanie J. Shears, et al.. (2022). Multi-step screening of DNA/lipid nanoparticles and co-delivery with siRNA to enhance and prolong gene expression. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4282–4282. 92 indexed citations

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Li, Sixuan, Yizong Hu, Andrew Li, et al.. (2022). Payload distribution and capacity of mRNA lipid nanoparticles. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5561–5561. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Yizong, Yong Ren, José Luís Santos, et al.. (2021). Scalable Purification of Plasmid DNA Nanoparticles by Tangential Flow Filtration for Systemic Delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(26). 30326–30336. 18 indexed citations

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Ahn, Hye-Hyun, Christine A. Carrington, Yizong Hu, et al.. (2021). Nanoparticle-mediated tumor cell expression of mIL-12 via systemic gene delivery treats syngeneic models of murine lung cancers. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9733–9733. 9 indexed citations

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Hu, Yizong, Yining Zhu, David R. Wilson, et al.. (2021). Size-Controlled and Shelf-Stable DNA Particles for Production of Lentiviral Vectors. Nano Letters. 21(13). 5697–5705. 20 indexed citations

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Hao, Yue, Jung-Hee Seo, Yizong Hu, Hai‐Quan Mao, & Rajat Mittal. (2020). Flow physics and mixing quality in a confined impinging jet mixer. AIP Advances. 10(4). 45105–45105. 19 indexed citations

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Ke, Xiyu, Yizong Hu, Yining Zhu, et al.. (2020). Surface-Functionalized PEGylated Nanoparticles Deliver Messenger RNA to Pulmonary Immune Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(32). 35835–35844. 72 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyu, Yizong Hu, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2019). Sustained release of exendin-4 from tannic acid/Fe (III) nanoparticles prolongs blood glycemic control in a mouse model of type II diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release. 301. 119–128. 76 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyu, Tianqi Nie, Yizong Hu, et al.. (2019). A polyphenol-metal nanoparticle platform for tunable release of liraglutide to improve blood glycemic control and reduce cardiovascular complications in a mouse model of type II diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release. 318. 86–97. 49 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyu, Zhijia Liu, Houkuan Tian, et al.. (2018). Scalable production of core–shell nanoparticles by flash nanocomplexation to enhance mucosal transport for oral delivery of insulin. Nanoscale. 10(7). 3307–3319. 71 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyu, Yizong Hu, Tianqi Nie, et al.. (2018). Size-controlled lipid nanoparticle production using turbulent mixing to enhance oral DNA delivery. Acta Biomaterialia. 81. 195–207. 56 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyu, José Luís Santos, Houkuan Tian, et al.. (2017). Scalable fabrication of size-controlled chitosan nanoparticles for oral delivery of insulin. Biomaterials. 130. 28–41. 208 indexed citations

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