Zhe Lyu

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Zhe Lyu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhe Lyu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Zhe Lyu's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (5 papers). Zhe Lyu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (5 papers). Zhe Lyu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Austria. Zhe Lyu's co-authors include William B. Whitman, Nana Shao, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, Yahai Lu, Yajun Yan, Yuchen Liu, Rachit Jain, A. Peyton Smith, Evert C. Duin and Chau-Wen Chou and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Biology, FEBS Letters and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Zhe Lyu

24 papers receiving 687 citations

Hit Papers

Methanogenesis 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Methanogenesis
    2018 342 citations Zhe Lyu, Nana Shao et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhe Lyu United States 11 253 205 189 184 101 25 692
Kestutis S. Laurinavichius Russia 13 251 1.0× 201 1.0× 228 1.2× 152 0.8× 112 1.1× 29 733
Denny Popp Germany 16 326 1.3× 303 1.5× 178 0.9× 248 1.3× 175 1.7× 33 894
Özge Eyice United Kingdom 16 257 1.0× 330 1.6× 221 1.2× 131 0.7× 183 1.8× 30 909
Sven Hoefman Belgium 15 373 1.5× 123 0.6× 222 1.2× 184 1.0× 64 0.6× 19 657
David A. C. Beck United States 16 486 1.9× 295 1.4× 295 1.6× 206 1.1× 104 1.0× 25 964
Tajul Islam Norway 12 460 1.8× 132 0.6× 320 1.7× 368 2.0× 49 0.5× 20 853
Lisa M. Steinberg United States 11 303 1.2× 289 1.4× 278 1.5× 252 1.4× 234 2.3× 14 1.2k
Gilles Ravot France 14 433 1.7× 140 0.7× 312 1.7× 192 1.0× 220 2.2× 19 881
Wajdi Ben Hania France 17 317 1.3× 254 1.2× 250 1.3× 135 0.7× 178 1.8× 27 724
Julia M. Kurth Germany 10 143 0.6× 83 0.4× 118 0.6× 156 0.8× 51 0.5× 18 422

Countries citing papers authored by Zhe Lyu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhe Lyu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhe Lyu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhe Lyu. The network helps show where Zhe Lyu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhe Lyu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhe Lyu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhe Lyu 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 Lyu. Zhe Lyu 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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Nieto, Javier, et al.. (2025). Increased fungal burden in the gastrointestinal tract of brain-dead organ donors. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(8). e0334124–e0334124.
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Lyu, Zhe, et al.. (2024). Mucosal Hub Bacteria as Potential Targets for Improving High‐Fat Diet‐Related Intestinal Barrier Injury. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2024(1). 3652740–3652740. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chongyang, Zhe Lyu, Cheng Cheng, et al.. (2021). [Epidemiological analysis of jellyfish stings in coastal bathing beaches in Qinhuangdao City from 2017 to 2019].. PubMed. 33(5). 593–595. 5 indexed citations
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Akinyemi, Taiwo S., et al.. (2021). Tuning Gene Expression by Phosphate in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 10(11). 3028–3039. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhaoyang, Christopher R. Cotter, Zhe Lyu, Lawrence J. Shimkets, & Oleg A. Igoshin. (2020). Data-Driven Models Reveal Mutant Cell Behaviors Important for Myxobacterial Aggregation. mSystems. 5(4). 5 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe & William B. Whitman. (2019). Transplanting the pathway engineering toolbox to methanogens. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 59. 46–54. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaohui, Chongyang Zhang, Wei Sun, et al.. (2018). [Effect of prehospital intervention based on emergency medical services on door-to-needle time of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke].. PubMed. 30(7). 667–670. 2 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, Nana Shao, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, & William B. Whitman. (2018). Methanogenesis. Current Biology. 28(13). R727–R732. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lyu, Zhe, Chau-Wen Chou, Hao Shi, et al.. (2018). Assembly of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of Bacteriology. 200(7). 29 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, Zhigang Li, Fei He, & Ziding Zhang. (2017). An Important Role for Purifying Selection in Archaeal Genome Evolution. mSystems. 2(5). 6 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, et al.. (2017). Optical coherence tomography with or without enhanced depth imaging for peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and choroidal thickness. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 10(10). 1539–1544. 1 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe & Yahai Lu. (2017). Metabolic shift at the class level sheds light on adaptation of methanogens to oxidative environments. The ISME Journal. 12(2). 411–423. 71 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, et al.. (2016). A meta-analysis of the clinical effectiveness of idiopathic macular epiretinal membrane surgery with or without internal limiting membrane peeling. Chinese Journal of Optometry & Ophthalmology. 18(6). 340–346. 1 indexed citations
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Pikuta, Elena V., Rodolfo Javier Menes, Zhe Lyu, et al.. (2016). Raineyella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, d-amino-acid-utilizing anaerobe isolated from two geographic locations of the Southern Hemisphere. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 66(12). 5529–5536. 19 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe & William B. Whitman. (2016). Evolution of the archaeal and mammalian information processing systems: towards an archaeal model for human disease. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 74(2). 183–212. 11 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe, et al.. (2016). Engineering the Autotroph Methanococcus maripaludis for Geraniol Production. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(7). 577–581. 46 indexed citations
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Shen, Lijun, et al.. (2016). Peripapillary choroidal thickness in Chinese children using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 9(10). 1451–1456. 9 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhe & Yahai Lu. (2015). Comparative genomics of three M ethanocellales strains reveal novel taxonomic and metabolic features. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 7(3). 526–537. 27 indexed citations

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