Yu Zhang

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
281 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Zhang has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Epidemiology and 41 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yu Zhang's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (41 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (19 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (15 papers). Yu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (41 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (19 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (15 papers). Yu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yu Zhang's co-authors include Kaiping Wang, Shi Chen, Zhiwen Fu, Shijun Li, Sifei Han, Ziming Zheng, Kun Huang, Zheng Cui, Xianglin Pan and Peng Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yu Zhang

267 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

Antibody drug conjugate: the “biological missile” for targeted cancer therapy

2022 950 citations Zhiwen Fu, Shijun Li et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Zhang China	48	2.7k	1.3k	1.0k	962	858	281	8.5k
Yanan Wang China	44	3.8k 1.4×	787 0.6×	896 0.9×	526 0.5×	686 0.8×	489	8.4k
Anroop B. Nair Saudi Arabia	46	2.9k 1.1×	600 0.5×	595 0.6×	987 1.0×	861 1.0×	266	11.8k
Jiezhong Chen Australia	44	2.6k 1.0×	929 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	983 1.0×	472 0.6×	143	6.7k
Gaurav Gupta India	53	4.1k 1.5×	774 0.6×	573 0.5×	654 0.7×	809 0.9×	413	11.2k
Min Huang China	53	4.8k 1.8×	875 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	851 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	517	12.8k
Lixia Chen China	49	4.8k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	816 0.8×	733 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	506	11.7k
Yifei Wang China	53	5.9k 2.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.8×	687 0.8×	623	12.9k
Dinesh Kumar Chellappan Malaysia	50	3.3k 1.2×	832 0.6×	492 0.5×	558 0.6×	805 0.9×	385	10.0k
Daniela Călina Romania	60	3.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	567 0.5×	529 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	291	10.8k
Sachin Kumar Singh India	52	3.9k 1.5×	793 0.6×	592 0.6×	530 0.6×	858 1.0×	585	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Zhang 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 Yu Zhang. Yu Zhang 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

Yuan, Yu-Hai, Yu Zhang, Chun‐Li Hu, et al.. (2025). Chrysanthemum extract mitigates high-fat diet-induced inflammation, intestinal barrier damage and gut microbiota disorder. Food & Function. 16(4). 1347–1359. 4 indexed citations

Xiao, Peng, Zhehang Chen, Wenhao Xia, et al.. (2025). Targeting hyaluronan synthesis enhances the therapeutic effectiveness of biologics in inflammatory bowel disease. JCI Insight. 10(1).

Fu, Zhiwen, et al.. (2024). AKR1C1 interacts with STAT3 to increase intracellular glutathione and confers resistance to oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 14(12). 5305–5320. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Chunrong, Chao-hong Wang, Fei Xiao, et al.. (2024). Development and clinical evaluation of a real-time multiple cross displacement amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Heliyon. 10(11). e31901–e31901. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Kaiping, et al.. (2023). Preparation and evaluation of Angelica sinensis polysaccharide-modified chitosan sponge for acute liver injury protection. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 6). 127126–127126. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Peng, Qingqing Jiang, Zixuan Zhou, et al.. (2023). A turn-on fluorescent probe for detecting and bioimaging of HOCl in inflammatory and liver disease models. Bioorganic Chemistry. 143. 107051–107051. 23 indexed citations

Qian, Yan, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of SET8 Activates the Nrf2-KEAP1-ARE Signaling Pathway to Promote the Recovery of Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury. Mediators of Inflammation. 2023. 1–13. 3 indexed citations

Fu, Zhiwen, Shijun Li, Sifei Han, Shi Chen, & Yu Zhang. (2022). Antibody drug conjugate: the “biological missile” for targeted cancer therapy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 93–93. 950 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2021). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish trade and the coping strategies: An initial assessment from China’s perspective. Marine Policy. 133. 104748–104748. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanting, Wei Sun, Chun Wu, et al.. (2021). Prognostic Value of Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction Assessed by 3D Echocardiography in COVID-19 Patients. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8. 641088–641088. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinmei, Ming Zhang, Juan Luo, et al.. (2021). Practice, Knowledge, and Attitude of Health Care Providers regarding Cancer Pain Management: A National Survey. Pain Research and Management. 2021. 1–12. 7 indexed citations

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Pan, Xianglin, Haoyu Wang, Ziming Zheng, et al.. (2021). Pectic polysaccharide from Smilax china L. ameliorated ulcerative colitis by inhibiting the galectin-3/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway. Carbohydrate Polymers. 277. 118864–118864. 60 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2020). Structural insights into the intramolecular interactions of centromere protein CENP‐I. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 33(7). e2837–e2837. 1 indexed citations

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Ye, Minfeng, et al.. (2019). Application of accelerated rehabilitation surgery on elderly patients with gastric cancer and its effects on inflammation and nutritional indicators. Zhongguo jiceng yiyao. 26(18). 2243–2247. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Linlin, Yu Zhang, Xiaocui Liu, et al.. (2019). Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide ameliorates diabetic hepatic glucose metabolism via glucagon-mediated signaling pathways and modifying liver-glycogen structure. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 248. 112308–112308. 110 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qingyi, Yingying Yin, Qian Tian, et al.. (2018). Traditional Chinese Medicine CFF‐1 induced cell growth inhibition, autophagy, and apoptosis via inhibiting EGFR‐related pathways in prostate cancer. Cancer Medicine. 7(4). 1546–1559. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengyan, Jay Lee, Yanyan Li, et al.. (2017). Disparity of nitrate and nitrite in vivo in cancer villages as compared to other areas in Huai River Basin, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 966–974. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Mengmeng, Yu Zhang, Yan Zhao, & Hongjun Kang. (2017). [Research progress in the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome caused by heat stroke].. PubMed. 29(2). 188–192. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaoping, Rui Rui, Sheng Quan, et al.. (2013). MNS16A Tandem Repeats Minisatellite of Human Telomerase Gene and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e73367–e73367. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2010). Effect of gender differences in distal femoral geometry on the clinical outcomes of total knee arthroplasty. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 30(12). 1181–1186. 1 indexed citations

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