Yuebao Zhang

2.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yuebao Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuebao Zhang has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yuebao Zhang's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (6 papers). Yuebao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (6 papers). Yuebao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Yuebao Zhang's co-authors include Yizhou Dong, Chang Wang, Changzhen Sun, Zhenlei Song, Lu Gao, Wenqing Li, Linjie Li, Xucheng Hou, David W. McComb and Binbin Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yuebao Zhang

24 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Lipids and Lipid Derivatives for RNA Delivery 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2021 2024 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Lipids and Lipid Derivatives for RNA Delivery
    2021 461 citations Yuebao Zhang, Changzhen Sun et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Lipid Nanoparticle–mRNA Formulations for Therapeutic Applications
    2021 173 citations Chang Wang, Yuebao Zhang et al. profile →
  3. LNP-RNA-engineered adipose stem cells for accelerated diabetic wound healing
    2024 46 citations Yonger Xue, Yuebao Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yuebao Zhang United States 16 884 322 277 190 179 27 1.5k
Marine Z. C. Hatit United States 16 924 1.0× 99 0.3× 142 0.5× 79 0.4× 127 0.7× 17 1.2k
Nuno Mendes Portugal 22 728 0.8× 137 0.4× 344 1.2× 298 1.6× 99 0.6× 45 1.3k
Angela Berzi Italy 11 520 0.6× 172 0.5× 373 1.3× 163 0.9× 134 0.7× 15 981
Bing‐Mae Chen Taiwan 15 510 0.6× 67 0.2× 270 1.0× 182 1.0× 180 1.0× 25 1.1k
Joseph Hardie United States 16 773 0.9× 64 0.2× 209 0.8× 82 0.4× 360 2.0× 27 1.3k
María L. Guevara Peru 12 604 0.7× 44 0.1× 307 1.1× 186 1.0× 198 1.1× 36 1.0k
Karolyn A. Oetjen United States 13 686 0.8× 283 0.9× 193 0.7× 131 0.7× 57 0.3× 25 1.0k
Jason Bugno United States 15 578 0.7× 72 0.2× 248 0.9× 198 1.0× 288 1.6× 19 1.1k
Lorena Simón‐Gracia Estonia 19 630 0.7× 79 0.2× 301 1.1× 172 0.9× 322 1.8× 36 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuebao Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuebao Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuebao Zhang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Yuebao, Kaiyuan Guo, Shi Du, et al.. (2025). Aminophosphonate-Derived lipid nanoparticles enable circular RNA delivery for functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Materials Today. 91. 148–157.
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Cui, Zhifen, Furong Huang, Kun Fang, et al.. (2025). SCORT–Cas13d Nanotherapy Precisely Targets the ‘Undruggable’ Transcription Factor HoxB13 in Metastatic Prostate Cancer In Vivo. Advanced Science. 12(23). e2417605–e2417605. 2 indexed citations
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Yousefpour, Parisa, Amrit Raj Ghosh, Himanshi Chawla, et al.. (2025). Augmented humoral responses to HIV Env trimers delivered as transmembrane immunogens by self-replicating RNA. Molecular Therapy. 33(10). 4858–4873.
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Liu, Zhengwei, Yuebao Zhang, Haoyuan Li, et al.. (2025). Furan-Derived Lipid Nanoparticles for Transporting mRNA to the Central Nervous System. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(19). 16007–16017. 3 indexed citations
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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
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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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Du, Shi, Wenqing Li, Yuebao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Cholesterol‐Amino‐Phosphate (CAP) Derived Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of Self‐Amplifying RNA and Restoration of Spermatogenesis in Infertile Mice. Advanced Science. 10(11). e2300188–e2300188. 36 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
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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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Kim, B.J., Dong Soo Yun, Na Li, et al.. (2022). Optimization of storage conditions for lipid nanoparticle-formulated self-replicating RNA vaccines. Journal of Controlled Release. 353. 241–253. 86 indexed citations
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Li, Wenqing, Xinfu Zhang, Chengxiang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Biomimetic nanoparticles deliver mRNAs encoding costimulatory receptors and enhance T cell mediated cancer immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7264–7264. 88 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuebao, et al.. (2021). Lipids and Lipid Derivatives for RNA Delivery. Chemical Reviews. 121(20). 12181–12277. 461 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Pengxuan, et al.. (2020). Recent advances of antibody drug conjugates for clinical applications. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 10(9). 1589–1600. 133 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuebao, Ji Lu, Yanjun Cao, et al.. (2017). Total Synthesis of Bryostatin 8 Using an Organosilane‐Based Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(4). 942–946. 43 indexed citations
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Lu, Ji, Zhishan Su, Changwei Hu, et al.. (2016). Visible light-promoted radical cyclization of silicon-tethered alkyl iodide and phenyl alkyne. An efficient approach to synthesize benzosilolines. Chemical Communications. 52(36). 6189–6192. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Changzhen, et al.. (2014). Intramolecular [1,4]-S- to O-Silyl Migration: A Useful Strategy for Synthesizing Z-Silyl Enol Ethers with Diverse Thioether Linkages. Organic Letters. 16(3). 984–987. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei, Lu Gao, & Yuebao Zhang. (2012). Exploration of Versatile Geminal Bis(silane) Chemistry. Synlett. 24(2). 139–144. 21 indexed citations

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