Yongjun Zhao

29.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
102 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Yongjun Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongjun Zhao has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yongjun Zhao's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers). Yongjun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers). Yongjun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Yongjun Zhao's co-authors include Martin Hirst, Steven J.M. Jones, Marco A. Marra, Thomas Zeng, Allen Delaney, Ryan D. Morin, Helen McDonald, Richard Varhol, Nina Thiessen and Gordon Robertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yongjun Zhao

96 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genome-wide profiles of STAT1 DNA association using chromatin immunoprecipitation and massively parallel sequencing

2007 1.0k citations Martin Hirst, Yongjun Zhao et al. profile →
Application of massively parallel sequencing to microRNA profiling and discovery in human embryonic stem cells

2008 874 citations Ryan D. Morin, Malachi Griffith et al. Genome Research profile →
Whole-Genome Sequencing and Social-Network Analysis of a Tuberculosis Outbreak

2011 522 citations Yongjun Zhao, Robert A. Holt et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongjun Zhao

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Population structure and genetic diversity of Toona sinensis revealed by whole-genome resequencing 2025 ·BMC Genomic Data ·Lei Wang, Chang Lu, Zhenmin Bao, (unknown), (unknown), Yizeng Lu, (unknown), Mei Yu, Yongjun Zhao	1
2	Search and Permission Request Over Encrypted Database 2023 ·DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) ·(unknown), Yongjun Zhao, Bowen Shen, Kwok‐Yan Lam, Chi‐Hung Chi	0
3	Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response 2023 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·(unknown), Lauren Coombe, Kristina Gagalova, (unknown), René L. Warren, Heather Kirk, Pawan Pandoh, Yongjun Zhao, Richard A. Moore, Andrew J. Mungall, Carol Ritland, Nathalie Pavy, Steven J.M. Jones, Jöerg Bohlmann, Jean Bousquet, İnanç Birol, (unknown)	4
4	Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure 2020 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Shaun D. Jackman, Lauren Coombe, René L. Warren, Heather Kirk, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen Pleasance, Pawan Pandoh, Yongjun Zhao, Robin Coope, Jean Bousquet, Jöerg Bohlmann, Steven J.M. Jones, İnanç Birol	68
5	Updatable Block-Level Message-Locked Encryption 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing ·Yongjun Zhao, Sherman S. M. Chow	11
6	Non-invasive prenatal aneuploidy testing: Critical diagnostic performance parameters predict sample z-score values 2018 ·Clinical Biochemistry ·Jonatan Blais, Sylvie Giroux, (unknown), (unknown), Alexandre Dionne‐Laporte, Loubna Jouan, Julie Gauthier, (unknown), Richard A. Moore, Jeremy Parker, (unknown), Yongjun Zhao, Guy A. Rouleau, Aly Karsan, Sylvie Langlois, François Rousseau	7
7	Clinical outcomes after whole-genome sequencing in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer 2018 ·Molecular Case Studies ·Erica S. Tsang, Yaoqing Shen, (unknown), Cheryl Ho, Martin Jones, Daniel J. Renouf, Howard J. Lim, Sophie Sun, Stephen Yip, Erin Pleasance, Diana Beşliu-Ionescu, Karen Mungall, (unknown), Yussanne Ma, Yongjun Zhao, Andrew J. Mungall, Richard A. Moore, Steven J.M. Jones, Marco A. Marra, Janessa Laskin	3
8	Effects of Chinese massage and resistance exercise on ADL in elderly Chinese sarcopenic men 2016 ·Yongjun Zhao, Yumin Zhang, Yanhua Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
9	Robust Wideband Constant Beamwidth Beamforming Algorithm Based on Quadratic Constraint 2016 ·Hui Chen, Yongjun Zhao, (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	The genomic and transcriptomic landscape of anaplastic thyroid cancer: implications for therapy 2015 ·BMC Cancer ·(unknown), Sam M. Wiseman, Blair Walker, Jacqueline E. Schein, Yongjun Zhao, Martin Hirst, Richard A. Moore, Andrew J. Mungall, Marco A. Marra, Steven J.M. Jones	48
11	The shaping and functional consequences of the microRNA landscape in breast cancer 2013 ·Nature ·Heidi Dvinge, Anna Git, Stefan Gräf, Mali Salmon‐Divon, Christina Curtis, Andrea Sottoriva, Yongjun Zhao, Martin Hirst, Javier Armisen, Eric A. Miska, Suet‐Feung Chin, Elena Provenzano, Gulisa Turashvili, Andrew R. Green, Ian O. Ellis, Samuel Aparício, Carlos Caldas	318
12	Genome-wide microRNA and messenger RNA profiling in rodent liver development implicates mir302b and mir20a in repressing transforming growth factor-beta signaling 2013 ·Hepatology ·Wei Wei, Juan Hou, Olivia Alder, Xin Ye, Sam Lee, Rebecca Cullum, Andy Chu, Yongjun Zhao, Stephanie Warner, Darryl A. Knight, Decheng Yang, Steven J.M. Jones, Marco A. Marra, Pamela A. Hoodless	15
13	A Novel SND1-BRAF Fusion Confers Resistance to c-Met Inhibitor PF-04217903 in GTL16 Cells though MAPK Activation 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Nathan V. Lee, Maruja E. Lira, Adam Pavlı́c̀ek, Jingjing Ye, (unknown), Shubha Bagrodia, Sreesha P. Srinivasa, Yongjun Zhao, Samuel Aparício, Paul A. Rejto, James G. Christensen, Keith A. Ching	40
14	The Sensitivity of Massively Parallel Sequencing for Detecting Candidate Infectious Agents Associated with Human Tissue 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Richard A. Moore, Robin M. Warren, Jamie Freeman, Julia Gustavsen, Caroline Chénard, Jan M. Friedman, Curtis A. Suttle, Yongjun Zhao, Robert A. Holt	46
15	Identification of genes expressed in the hermaphrodite germ line of C. elegans using SAGE 2009 ·BMC Genomics ·Xin Wang, Yongjun Zhao, Kim Wong, P. F. Ehlers, Yuji Kohara, Steven J.M. Jones, Marco A. Marra, Robert A. Holt, Donald G. Moerman, Dave Hansen	91
16	Dynamic Remodeling of Individual Nucleosomes Across a Eukaryotic Genome in Response to Transcriptional Perturbation 2008 ·PLoS Biology ·Sushma Shivaswamy, Akshay Bhinge, Yongjun Zhao, Steven J.M. Jones, Martin Hirst, Vishwanath R. Iyer	305
17	Identification of a set of genes showing regionally enriched expression in the mouse brain 2008 ·BMC Neuroscience ·Cletus A. D’Souza, Vikramjit Chopra, Richard Varhol, Yuanyun Xie, (unknown), Yongjun Zhao, (unknown), Mikhail Bilenky, Élodie Portales-Casamar, Anyuan He, Wyeth W. Wasserman, Dan Goldowitz, Marco A. Marra, Robert A. Holt, Elizabeth M. Simpson, Steven J.M. Jones	18
18	In-depth characterization of the microRNA transcriptome in a leukemia progression model 2008 ·Genome Research ·Florian Kuchenbauer, Ryan D. Morin, Bob Argiropoulos, Oleh I. Petriv, Malachi Griffith, Michael Heuser, Eric Yung, (unknown), Allen Delaney, Anna‐Liisa Prabhu, Yongjun Zhao, Helen McDonald, Thomas Zeng, Martin Hirst, Carl L. Hansen, Marco A. Marra, R. Keith Humphries	143
19	Retroviral-Mediated Transfer and Expression of the Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 Gene (MRP1) Protect Human Hematopoietic Cells from Antineoplastic Drugs 1999 ·Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research ·Fusayuki Omori, Tarja Juopperi, (unknown), Yung‐Nien Chang, Sandrina Phipps, (unknown), Yongjun Zhao, A. Keith Stewart, Ian D. Dubé	7
20	Engraftment of Gene-Marked Hematopoietic Progenitors in Myeloma Patients after Transplant of Autologous Long-term Marrow Cultures 1999 ·Human Gene Therapy ·A. Keith Stewart, D. Robert Sutherland, (unknown), Yongjun Zhao, Carolyn Lutzko, Rakash Nayar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John F. Tisdale, Ian D. Dubé	26

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