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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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.

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 →

Peers

Yongjun Zhao

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Christoph Dieterich Germany

Lachlan Coin Australia

Robert S. Fulton United States

Timo Lassmann Australia

Hanlee P. Ji United States

Christine Brun France

Zhijin Wu United States

Tyson A. Clark United States

Jian Ren China

Harold Swerdlow United States

Christoph Dieterich Germany

Yongjun Zhao

6.7k ×1.4

2.2k ×1.3

592 ×0.8

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735 ×1.0

308 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to Yongjun Zhao Yongjun Zhao (= 1×) peers Christoph Dieterich

Countries citing papers authored by Yongjun Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongjun Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Lei, Chang Lu, Zhenmin Bao, et al.. (2025). Population structure and genetic diversity of Toona sinensis revealed by whole-genome resequencing. BMC Genomic Data. 26(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yongjun, et al.. (2023). Search and Permission Request Over Encrypted Database. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 82. 1–7.

Coombe, Lauren, Kristina Gagalova, René L. Warren, et al.. (2023). Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(1). 4 indexed citations

Jackman, Shaun D., Lauren Coombe, René L. Warren, et al.. (2020). Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(7). 1174–1179. 68 indexed citations

Zhao, Yongjun & Sherman S. M. Chow. (2019). Updatable Block-Level Message-Locked Encryption. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 18(4). 1620–1631. 11 indexed citations

Blais, Jonatan, Sylvie Giroux, Alexandre Dionne‐Laporte, et al.. (2018). Non-invasive prenatal aneuploidy testing: Critical diagnostic performance parameters predict sample z-score values. Clinical Biochemistry. 59. 69–77. 7 indexed citations

Tsang, Erica S., Yaoqing Shen, Cheryl Ho, et al.. (2018). Clinical outcomes after whole-genome sequencing in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. Molecular Case Studies. 5(1). a002659–a002659. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yongjun, et al.. (2016). Effects of Chinese massage and resistance exercise on ADL in elderly Chinese sarcopenic men. 31(9). 994. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Hui, et al.. (2016). Robust Wideband Constant Beamwidth Beamforming Algorithm Based on Quadratic Constraint. 31(4). 822. 1 indexed citations

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Wiseman, Sam M., Blair Walker, Jacqueline E. Schein, et al.. (2015). The genomic and transcriptomic landscape of anaplastic thyroid cancer: implications for therapy. BMC Cancer. 15(1). 984–984. 48 indexed citations

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Dvinge, Heidi, Anna Git, Stefan Gräf, et al.. (2013). The shaping and functional consequences of the microRNA landscape in breast cancer. Nature. 497(7449). 378–382. 318 indexed citations

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Wei, Wei, Juan Hou, Olivia Alder, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide microRNA and messenger RNA profiling in rodent liver development implicates mir302b and mir20a in repressing transforming growth factor-beta signaling. Hepatology. 57(6). 2491–2501. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Nathan V., Maruja E. Lira, Adam Pavlı́c̀ek, et al.. (2012). A Novel SND1-BRAF Fusion Confers Resistance to c-Met Inhibitor PF-04217903 in GTL16 Cells though MAPK Activation. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39653–e39653. 40 indexed citations

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Moore, Richard A., Robin M. Warren, Jamie Freeman, et al.. (2011). The Sensitivity of Massively Parallel Sequencing for Detecting Candidate Infectious Agents Associated with Human Tissue. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19838–e19838. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Yongjun Zhao, Kim Wong, et al.. (2009). Identification of genes expressed in the hermaphrodite germ line of C. elegans using SAGE. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 213–213. 91 indexed citations

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Shivaswamy, Sushma, Akshay Bhinge, Yongjun Zhao, et al.. (2008). Dynamic Remodeling of Individual Nucleosomes Across a Eukaryotic Genome in Response to Transcriptional Perturbation. PLoS Biology. 6(3). e65–e65. 305 indexed citations

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D’Souza, Cletus A., Vikramjit Chopra, Richard Varhol, et al.. (2008). Identification of a set of genes showing regionally enriched expression in the mouse brain. BMC Neuroscience. 9(1). 66–66. 18 indexed citations

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Kuchenbauer, Florian, Ryan D. Morin, Bob Argiropoulos, et al.. (2008). In-depth characterization of the microRNA transcriptome in a leukemia progression model. Genome Research. 18(11). 1787–1797. 143 indexed citations

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Omori, Fusayuki, Tarja Juopperi, Yung‐Nien Chang, et al.. (1999). Retroviral-Mediated Transfer and Expression of the Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 Gene (MRP1) Protect Human Hematopoietic Cells from Antineoplastic Drugs. Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research. 8(5). 503–514. 7 indexed citations

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Stewart, A. Keith, D. Robert Sutherland, Yongjun Zhao, et al.. (1999). Engraftment of Gene-Marked Hematopoietic Progenitors in Myeloma Patients after Transplant of Autologous Long-term Marrow Cultures. Human Gene Therapy. 10(12). 1953–1964. 26 indexed citations

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