Zhaolei Zhang

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Zhaolei Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhaolei Zhang has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cancer Research and 15 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Zhaolei Zhang's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (24 papers). Zhaolei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (24 papers). Zhaolei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Zhaolei Zhang's co-authors include Mark Gerstein, Yue Li, Jing Zhao, Yang Wang, Julia I. Toth, Matthew D. Petroski, Edward A. Berry, Li-Shar Huang, Antony R. Crofts and Sung Hou Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhaolei Zhang

184 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

N6-methyladenosine modification destabilizes developmental regulators in embryonic stem cells

2014 1.0k citations Zhaolei Zhang et al. profile →
Electron transfer by domain movement in cytochrome bc1

1998 871 citations Zhaolei Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhaolei Zhang Canada	42	5.5k	1.4k	623	574	331	195	7.1k
Zefeng Wang China	44	8.1k 1.5×	3.1k 2.1×	360 0.6×	381 0.7×	210 0.6×	154	9.6k
Chao Cheng United States	44	4.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	402 0.6×	450 0.8×	254 0.8×	234	7.4k
Junho Lee South Korea	37	6.1k 1.1×	3.2k 2.3×	752 1.2×	669 1.2×	481 1.5×	142	8.6k
Xi Chen China	47	4.6k 0.8×	598 0.4×	2.0k 3.2×	600 1.0×	319 1.0×	199	9.1k
John P. Nolan United States	36	4.0k 0.7×	765 0.5×	572 0.9×	414 0.7×	209 0.6×	87	6.7k
Chao Xu China	38	4.7k 0.9×	964 0.7×	527 0.8×	393 0.7×	244 0.7×	130	5.8k
Nathan E. Lewis United States	51	9.4k 1.7×	532 0.4×	305 0.5×	1.5k 2.6×	304 0.9×	181	11.9k
Qin Ma China	49	5.2k 0.9×	849 0.6×	938 1.5×	396 0.7×	108 0.3×	378	8.4k
Jianyi Lin Singapore	19	2.6k 0.5×	521 0.4×	271 0.4×	367 0.6×	170 0.5×	56	5.1k
Markus W. Covert United States	38	5.6k 1.0×	535 0.4×	249 0.4×	742 1.3×	275 0.8×	74	8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhaolei Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhaolei Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhaolei Zhang

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

Lan, Wei, et al.. (2025). MULGONET: An interpretable neural network framework to integrate multi-omics data for cancer recurrence prediction and biomarker discovery. Fundamental Research. 6(1). 99–110. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Zhizhen, et al.. (2025). Strategies for Coordinated Merging of Vehicles at Ramps in New Hybrid Traffic Environments. Sustainability. 17(10). 4522–4522.

Yang, Yuning, Xingjian Chen, Ka‐Chun Wong, et al.. (2024). Accurate Spatial Heterogeneity Dissection and Gene Regulation Interpretation for Spatial Transcriptomics using Dual Graph Contrastive Learning. Advanced Science. 12(3). e2410081–e2410081. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Yuning, et al.. (2024). Deciphering 3'UTR Mediated Gene Regulation Using Interpretable Deep Representation Learning. Advanced Science. 11(39). e2407013–e2407013. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaolei, et al.. (2024). Control Strategy for Ramp Traffic Based on Improved ALINEA Algorithm. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems. 150(11).

Zhang, Zhaolei, et al.. (2023). Fluorescence detection of amantadine based on competitive β-Cyclodextrin host-guest inclusion process. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 681. 132801–132801. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Guishan, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, Antifungal Activity, and Molecular Simulation Study of L–Carvone‐Derived 1,3,4‐Oxadiazole‐Thioether Compounds. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 20(7). e202300794–e202300794. 7 indexed citations

Yi, Kefu, et al.. (2023). A Mixed Equilibrium Model and Optimal Path Platooning Method for CAV Platoons in Heterogeneous Traffic Flow. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2023. 1–11. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaolei, et al.. (2022). Experimental Study and Reliability Assessment of Postfire Hangers at a Long-Span Suspension Bridge. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 36(2). 6 indexed citations

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Kim, Tae‐Hyung, Jae-Sook Ahn, Meong Hi Son, et al.. (2022). Genetic changes during leukemic transformation to secondary acute myeloid leukemia from myeloproliferative neoplasms. Leukemia Research. 118. 106858–106858. 1 indexed citations

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Nabeel‐Shah, Syed, Jyoti Garg, Hyunmin Lee, et al.. (2021). Functional characterization of RebL1 highlights the evolutionary conservation of oncogenic activities of the RBBP4/7 orthologue in Tetrahymena thermophila. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(11). 6196–6212. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Xuejiao, S. Matthew Liao, Hao Bai, et al.. (2020). Long Noncoding RNA and Predictive Model To Improve Diagnosis of Clinically Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(7). 27 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jae‐Sook, Hyeoung‐Joon Kim, Yeo‐Kyeoung Kim, et al.. (2017). Morphological Subtype According to the FAB Classification Correlates with Molecular Subtype Using Genomic Risk Classification Based on Somatic Mutation Profiles in Normal Karyotype AML. Blood. 130. 5075–5075. 1 indexed citations

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Yimit, Askar, Tae‐Hyung Kim, R. Anand, et al.. (2016). MTE1 Functions with MPH1 in Double-Strand Break Repair. Genetics. 203(1). 147–157. 14 indexed citations

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Balint, Attila, Tae‐Hyung Kim, David Gallo, et al.. (2015). Assembly of Slx4 signaling complexes behind DNA replication forks. The EMBO Journal. 34(16). 2182–2197. 37 indexed citations

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Wong, Ka‐Chun, Tak-Ming Chan, Chengbin Peng, Yue Li, & Zhaolei Zhang. (2013). DNA motif elucidation using belief propagation. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(16). e153–e153. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Jingjing, Renqiang Min, Franco J. Vizeacoumar, et al.. (2010). Exploiting the determinants of stochastic gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for genome-wide prediction of expression noise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10472–10477. 26 indexed citations

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Min, Martin Renqiang, et al.. (2010). Deep Supervised t-Distributed Embedding. International Conference on Machine Learning. 791–798. 27 indexed citations

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Gong, Yunchen, Yoshito Kakihara, Nevan J. Krogan, et al.. (2009). An atlas of chaperone–protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae : implications to protein folding pathways in the cell. Molecular Systems Biology. 5(1). 275–275. 188 indexed citations

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Karro, John, Deyou Zheng, Zhaolei Zhang, et al.. (2006). Pseudogene.org: a comprehensive database and comparison platform for pseudogene annotation. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(suppl_1). D55–D60. 137 indexed citations

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