Zhe Liu

10.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
94 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Zhe Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhe Liu has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Zhe Liu's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers). Zhe Liu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers). Zhe Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Zhe Liu's co-authors include Robert Tjian, Luke D. Lavis, Peng Dong, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Jonathan B. Grimm, Li Li, Wesley R. Legant, Timothée Lionnet, Eric Betzig and Xavier Darzacq and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhe Liu

90 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Imaging dynamic and selective low-complexity domain interactions that control gene transcription

2018 673 citations Shasha Chong, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq et al. Science profile →
Neuron-Astrocyte Metabolic Coupling Protects against Activity-Induced Fatty Acid Toxicity

2019 489 citations Maria S. Ioannou, Hui Liu et al. profile →
Single-Molecule Dynamics of Enhanceosome Assembly in Embryonic Stem Cells

2014 460 citations Li Li, Wesley R. Legant et al. profile →
Phase separation of YAP reorganizes genome topology for long-term YAP target gene expression

2019 288 citations Danfeng Cai, Peng Dong et al. profile →
Dynamics of CRISPR-Cas9 genome interrogation in living cells

2015 265 citations Zhe Liu, Robert Tjian 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
Zhe Liu United States	29	3.7k	713	521	384	324	94	4.9k
Dmitriy B. Staroverov Russia	29	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	207 0.4×	419 1.1×	649 2.0×	64	5.5k
Masataka Kinjo Japan	41	4.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	274 0.5×	1.1k 3.0×	592 1.8×	206	6.5k
Pingyong Xu China	26	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	148 0.3×	548 1.4×	589 1.8×	71	3.5k
Joseph A. Adams United States	40	5.9k 1.6×	886 1.2×	364 0.7×	951 2.5×	849 2.6×	104	7.4k
Ivan R. Corrêa United States	34	4.0k 1.1×	949 1.3×	110 0.2×	767 2.0×	311 1.0×	98	5.5k
George T. Hanson United States	14	2.1k 0.6×	831 1.2×	136 0.3×	241 0.6×	520 1.6×	18	2.8k
Stephen W. Michnick Canada	36	4.3k 1.2×	285 0.4×	170 0.3×	772 2.0×	968 3.0×	75	6.1k
Bogdan Budnik United States	41	4.0k 1.1×	126 0.2×	303 0.6×	347 0.9×	299 0.9×	96	6.1k
Juan Llopis Spain	29	5.3k 1.5×	1.5k 2.1×	578 1.1×	1.2k 3.1×	1.5k 4.6×	69	7.9k
Johann P. Klare Germany	26	1.5k 0.4×	644 0.9×	133 0.3×	272 0.7×	911 2.8×	78	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhe Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhe Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhe Liu

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

Li, Yansong, et al.. (2025). Three new diterpenes from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza and their cytotoxicity. Fitoterapia. 181. 106392–106392. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Tianyu, et al.. (2025). Hyperoside alleviates macrophages and microglia-mediated neuroinflammation and oxidative stress through activating PI3K/AKT and Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway post spinal cord injury. Brain Research Bulletin. 232. 111618–111618.

Ouyang, Wei, Zhao Xu, Su Guan, et al.. (2025). Advancement Opportunities and Endeavor of Innovative Targeted Therapies for Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 21(3). 1322–1341. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Jingjing, Fotis A. Baltoumas, Maxwell A. Konnaris, et al.. (2025). MPRAbase a Massively Parallel Reporter Assay database. Genome Research. gr.280387.124–gr.280387.124. 3 indexed citations

Gandin, Valentina, Liang-Zhong Yang, Takashi Kawase, et al.. (2025). Deep-tissue transcriptomics and subcellular imaging at high spatial resolution. Science. 388(6744). eadq2084–eadq2084. 12 indexed citations

Du, Lidong, et al.. (2024). Reliable automatic sleep stage classification based on hybrid intelligence. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 173. 108314–108314. 5 indexed citations

Li, Jing, Rui Zhao, Jian Liu, et al.. (2024). Populus euphratica GRP2 Interacts with Target mRNAs to Negatively Regulate Salt Tolerance by Interfering with Photosynthesis, Na+, and ROS Homeostasis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(4). 2046–2046. 7 indexed citations

Daugird, Timothy A., Yu Shi, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2024). Correlative single molecule lattice light sheet imaging reveals the dynamic relationship between nucleosomes and the local chromatin environment. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4178–4178. 15 indexed citations

Liu, Canying, Qi Zhang, J. Tang, et al.. (2023). Reduced Zn2+ promotes retinal ganglion cells survival and optic nerve regeneration after injury through inhibiting autophagy mediated by ROS/Nrf2. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 212. 415–432. 7 indexed citations

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Bonello, Teresa, Danfeng Cai, Georgina Fletcher, et al.. (2023). Phase separation of Hippo signalling complexes. The EMBO Journal. 42(6). e112863–e112863. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Honghe Liu, Zhicheng Ji, et al.. (2023). DNA-initiated epigenetic cascades driven by C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat. Neuron. 111(8). 1205–1221.e9. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhe, Kaijie Qi, Zhihua Xie, et al.. (2023). Diurnal transcriptome dynamics reveal the photoperiod response of Pyrus. Physiologia Plantarum. 175(2). 5 indexed citations

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Mei, Yi, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Pattern Analysis of the TCP Gene Family in Radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Horticulturae. 8(7). 656–656. 2 indexed citations

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Lou, Jieqiong, Mehdi Moustaqil, Matthew S. Graus, et al.. (2021). A dominant-negative SOX18 mutant disrupts multiple regulatory layers essential to transcription factor activity. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(19). 10931–10955. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Xueying, Zhe Liu, Guodong Chen, et al.. (2019). Characterization of Dof family in Pyrus bretschneideri and role of PbDof9.2 in flowering time regulation. Genomics. 112(1). 712–720. 25 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2018). Imaging dynamic and selective low-complexity domain interactions that control gene transcription. Science. 361(6400). 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Hui, Peng Dong, Maria S. Ioannou, et al.. (2017). Visualizing long-term single-molecule dynamics in vivo by stochastic protein labeling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(2). 343–348. 77 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhe & Philipp Keller. (2016). Emerging Imaging and Genomic Tools for Developmental Systems Biology. Developmental Cell. 36(6). 597–610. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhe & Christopher A. Makaroff. (2006). Arabidopsis Separase AESP Is Essential for Embryo Development and the Release of Cohesin during Meiosis. The Plant Cell. 18(5). 1213–1225. 59 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhe & William T. Garrard. (2005). Long-Range Interactions between Three Transcriptional Enhancers, Active Vκ Gene Promoters, and a 3′ Boundary Sequence Spanning 46 Kilobases. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(8). 3220–3231. 103 indexed citations

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