Yun Zhou

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Yun Zhou is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Zhou has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 33 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yun Zhou's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (62 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (34 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (13 papers). Yun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (62 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (34 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (13 papers). Yun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yun Zhou's co-authors include Weihong Chen, Yuewei Liu, Lin Mei, Han Zhang, Taojian Fan, Jixuan Ma, Jing Yuan, Miaomiao Luo, Bin Wang and Lili Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yun Zhou

151 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

2D Black Phosphorus–Based Biomedical Applications 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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. 2D Black Phosphorus–Based Biomedical Applications
    2019 522 citations Taojian Fan, Yun Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yun Zhou China 38 2.1k 731 545 519 509 169 4.9k
João Paulo Teixeira Portugal 44 2.8k 1.3× 662 0.9× 416 0.8× 599 1.2× 965 1.9× 209 6.1k
Magne Refsnes Norway 38 2.6k 1.3× 627 0.9× 555 1.0× 300 0.6× 719 1.4× 93 4.5k
Tsun‐Jen Cheng Taiwan 42 2.4k 1.2× 939 1.3× 527 1.0× 265 0.5× 664 1.3× 154 5.0k
Marilena Kampa Greece 35 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 473 0.9× 329 0.6× 430 0.8× 106 7.0k
Junchao Duan China 45 2.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 529 1.0× 746 1.4× 1.4k 2.8× 162 5.9k
Jenny R. Roberts United States 33 1.6k 0.8× 639 0.9× 620 1.1× 274 0.5× 699 1.4× 109 3.5k
Song Tang China 38 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 527 1.0× 319 0.6× 254 0.5× 168 5.4k
Qing Chen China 41 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 1.9× 401 0.7× 355 0.7× 203 0.4× 262 6.4k
Ad M. Knaapen Netherlands 31 1.7k 0.8× 691 0.9× 529 1.0× 220 0.4× 615 1.2× 49 3.5k
Jie Zhang China 42 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 309 0.6× 289 0.6× 225 0.4× 284 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yun Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yun Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Zhou

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

All Works

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Zhou, Yun, et al.. (2025). Autumn and winter air phytofiltration – Are plants able to biofilter air during peak pollutant emissions?. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 124027–124027.
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Lu, Wenfeng, Hong Sun, Ruijun Xu, et al.. (2025). Ambient PM1on COPD mortality: insights from a population-based study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 79(11). 866–873.
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Zhang, Han, Wenfeng Lu, Lan Qiu, et al.. (2024). Circ_0025373 inhibits carbon black nanoparticles-induced malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells by affecting DNA damage through binding to MSH2. Environment International. 191. 109001–109001. 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Xuexin, Yun Zhang, Yun Zhou, et al.. (2024). Sirt1 Deficiency Promotes Age-Related AF Through Enhancing Atrial Necroptosis by Activation of RIPK1 Acetylation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 17(7). e012452–e012452. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Yingxin, Wenfeng Lu, Ruijun Xu, et al.. (2023). Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cancer mortality: A difference-in-differences approach. Chemosphere. 340. 139800–139800. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuguang, Wenfeng Lu, Qingdong Cao, et al.. (2023). Microplastics in the Lung Tissues Associated with Blood Test Index. Toxics. 11(9). 759–759. 43 indexed citations
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Xu, Ruijun, Jing Wei, Tingting Liu, et al.. (2022). Association of short-term exposure to ambient PM1 with total and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality. Environment International. 169. 107519–107519. 28 indexed citations
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Yao, Litong, Xinyu Wang, Yifan Zhong, et al.. (2021). The Triglyceride–Glucose Index is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Hospital-Based, Nested, Case–Control Study. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 14. 1547–1555. 27 indexed citations
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Shi, Zhaoqing, Yun Zhou, Taojian Fan, et al.. (2020). Inorganic nano-carriers based smart drug delivery systems for tumor therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 32–47. 183 indexed citations
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Cheng, Man, Yun Zhou, Bin Wang, et al.. (2020). IL-22: A potential mediator of associations between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites with fasting plasma glucose and type 2 diabetes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 401. 123278–123278. 22 indexed citations
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Yao, Litong, Yifan Zhong, Yan Wang, et al.. (2020). <p>Serum CA125 Level Is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes</p>. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 13. 1803–1812. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Man, Jiaqiang Liao, Ping Yin, et al.. (2019). Association of air pollution with the risk of initial outpatient visits for tuberculosis in Wuhan, China. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 76(8). 560–566. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuewei, Jingju Pan, Hai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Short-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Asthma Mortality. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(1). 24–32. 205 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yun. (2015). Genetic Diversity Analysis of Microsatellite DNA in Snow Leopard(Panthera uncia). Dongwuxue zazhi. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yun & Yun Zhou. (1999). FLAG LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF WINTER WHEAT ON A FARMLAND OF TIBET PLATEAU. 1 indexed citations

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