Zhangcheng Chen

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Zhangcheng Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhangcheng Chen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zhangcheng Chen's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Zhangcheng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Zhangcheng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhangcheng Chen's co-authors include Yingying Jia, Lin Li, Yan Sun, Chun‐Xiao Song, Yang Wang, Xiuxue Li, Qingyu Tang, Guoliang Xu, Jianping Ding and Yufei He and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhangcheng Chen

13 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA

2011 2.1k citations Yufei He, Zheng Li et al. Science profile →
Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs

2022 200 citations Jing Yu, Huan Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhangcheng Chen China	10	2.2k	385	207	201	151	15	2.6k
Anup K. Upadhyay United States	21	2.2k 1.0×	438 1.1×	115 0.6×	176 0.9×	133 0.9×	29	2.8k
Susan Cook United Kingdom	27	1.5k 0.7×	660 1.7×	115 0.6×	161 0.8×	45 0.3×	76	2.7k
Seung‐Gi Jin United States	27	4.0k 1.8×	897 2.3×	128 0.6×	468 2.3×	435 2.9×	42	4.5k
Michele Zampieri Italy	23	1.4k 0.6×	223 0.6×	38 0.2×	139 0.7×	122 0.8×	42	1.9k
Thomas A. Gustafson United States	37	3.1k 1.4×	375 1.0×	249 1.2×	246 1.2×	53 0.4×	52	3.8k
Yoshiko Shimizu United States	29	1.6k 0.7×	438 1.1×	90 0.4×	177 0.9×	34 0.2×	105	2.5k
George Reid Germany	24	3.7k 1.6×	2.1k 5.4×	170 0.8×	394 2.0×	169 1.1×	34	4.7k
Gilles Salbert France	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 2.9×	346 1.7×	218 1.1×	120 0.8×	66	3.3k
Michael W. Collard United States	19	885 0.4×	276 0.7×	283 1.4×	65 0.3×	25 0.2×	32	1.6k
Karen E. Sheppard Australia	27	1.5k 0.6×	218 0.6×	75 0.4×	262 1.3×	74 0.5×	68	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhangcheng Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhangcheng Chen

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15 of 15 papers shown

Huang, Yanling, et al.. (2025). Optimized estimation and spatialization of carbon emissions integrating multi-source datasets. Environmental Research Communications. 7(5). 55024–55024.

Fan, Luyu, Youwen Zhuang, Hongyu Wu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of psychedelic LSD recognition at dopamine D1 receptor. Neuron. 112(19). 3295–3310.e8. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Zhangcheng, Jing Yu, Huan Wang, et al.. (2024). Flexible scaffold-based cheminformatics approach for polypharmacological drug design. Cell. 187(9). 2194–2208.e22. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiaoyu, Yifan Wang, Wenyu Han, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into constitutive activity of 5-HT ₆ receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(14). e2209917120–e2209917120. 9 indexed citations

Zhu, Jiang, Tao Liu, Hao Jiang, et al.. (2023). Quota and Space Allocations of New Urban Land Supported by Urban Growth Simulations: A Case Study of Guangzhou City, China. Land. 12(6). 1262–1262.

Zhu, Jiang, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal Evolution of Carbon Emissions According to Major Function-Oriented Zones: A Case Study of Guangdong Province, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2075–2075. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Chenlu, Zhangcheng Chen, Shijie Zhou, et al.. (2023). HSPA8 acts as an amyloidase to suppress necroptosis by inhibiting and reversing functional amyloid formation. Cell Research. 33(11). 851–866. 16 indexed citations

Yu, Jing, Huan Wang, Zhipu Luo, et al.. (2022). Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs. Science. 375(6579). 403–411. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Jingjing, Meng Wu, Zhangcheng Chen, et al.. (2022). The unconventional activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4R by diverse ligands. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2855–2855. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhangcheng, Luyu Fan, Huan Wang, et al.. (2021). Structure-based design of a novel third-generation antipsychotic drug lead with potential antidepressant properties. Nature Neuroscience. 25(1). 39–49. 43 indexed citations

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Fan, Luyu, Liang Tan, Zhangcheng Chen, et al.. (2020). Haloperidol bound D2 dopamine receptor structure inspired the discovery of subtype selective ligands. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1074–1074. 75 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhangcheng, Yueming Hu, Chen Zhang, & Yilun Liu. (2017). An Optimal Rubrics-Based Approach to Real Estate Appraisal. Sustainability. 9(6). 909–909. 5 indexed citations

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Jia, Yingying, Fen Nie, Aiying Du, et al.. (2014). Thymine DNA glycosylase promotes transactivation of β-catenin/TCFs by cooperating with CBP. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 6(3). 231–239. 21 indexed citations

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Cong, Fei, Zhenfei Li, Chen Li, et al.. (2013). Smurf1-Mediated Lys29-Linked Nonproteolytic Polyubiquitination of Axin Negatively Regulates Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 33(20). 4095–4105. 83 indexed citations

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He, Yufei, Zheng Li, Yang Wang, et al.. (2011). Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA. Science. 333(6047). 1303–1307. 2095 indexed citations breakdown →

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