Zhen Chen

2.9k total citations
92 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Zhen Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Chen has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen Chen's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (46 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (33 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (31 papers). Zhen Chen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (46 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (33 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (31 papers). Zhen Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Zhen Chen's co-authors include Dehua Liu, An‐Ping Zeng, Ye Zhang, Sugima Rappert, Jinhai Huang, Yao Wu, Rajesh Reddy Bommareddy, Wenjun Wu, Yuejie Chen and Feng Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Chen

87 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Chen China	28	1.4k	739	327	208	198	92	2.2k
Radka Chaloupková Czechia	30	2.6k 1.8×	481 0.7×	785 2.4×	62 0.3×	170 0.9×	93	3.4k
Xinyi Tao China	27	1.4k 1.0×	333 0.5×	124 0.4×	186 0.9×	136 0.7×	89	2.4k
Zbyněk Prokop Czechia	39	3.6k 2.5×	810 1.1×	1.1k 3.2×	78 0.4×	277 1.4×	135	5.0k
Georg Fuchs Germany	23	1.3k 0.9×	304 0.4×	230 0.7×	28 0.1×	218 1.1×	40	2.5k
Michel H. M. Eppink Netherlands	41	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.8×	420 1.3×	20 0.1×	163 0.8×	126	5.9k
Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan	25	1.3k 0.9×	467 0.6×	258 0.8×	21 0.1×	192 1.0×	164	2.7k
Michihiko Kataoka Japan	33	2.6k 1.8×	389 0.5×	504 1.5×	38 0.2×	148 0.7×	120	3.1k
Heran Li China	23	460 0.3×	263 0.4×	312 1.0×	125 0.6×	237 1.2×	92	1.5k
Jyoji Kato Japan	26	1.2k 0.8×	554 0.7×	190 0.6×	34 0.2×	129 0.7×	85	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Yongbin, et al.. (2025). Cell-free synthesis system: An accessible platform from biosensing to biomanufacturing. Microbiological Research. 293. 128079–128079. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yiwei, et al.. (2025). De Novo Production of 1,6-Hexanediol and 1,6-Hexamethylenediamine from Glucose by Metabolic Engineered Escherichia coli. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(2). 598–608. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Zhen, Debora Fino, Candido Fabrizio Pirri, et al.. (2025). Metabolic Engineering of E. coli for Enhanced Diols Production from Acetate. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(4). 1204–1219. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, et al.. (2024). Exploration of the Development and Cell Communication of Aneuploid Osteoblasts and Osteoclasts in Giant Cell Tumour of Bone Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Folia Biologica. 70(3). 166–178.

Chen, Zhen, et al.. (2024). β-Carotene production from sugarcane molasses by a newly isolated Rhodotorula toruloides L/24-26-1. Archives of Microbiology. 206(6). 245–245. 3 indexed citations

Li, Zihua, et al.. (2022). Systems metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for high-level production of 1,3-propanediol from glucose and xylose. Metabolic Engineering. 70. 79–88. 47 indexed citations

Liu, Dehua, et al.. (2022). New pathways and metabolic engineering strategies for microbial synthesis of diols. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 78. 102845–102845. 12 indexed citations

Shi, Yanyan, Zhen Chen, Yixin Li, et al.. (2021). Function of ORFC of the polyketide synthase gene cluster on fatty acid accumulation in Schizochytrium limacinum SR21. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 163–163. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Ye, et al.. (2021). Systems metabolic engineering of Vibrio natriegens for the production of 1,3-propanediol. Metabolic Engineering. 65. 52–65. 55 indexed citations

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Lou, Dengji, Zhen Chen, Diqiu Yu, & Xiaoyan Yang. (2020). SAPK2 contributes to rice yield by modulating nitrogen metabolic processes under reproductive stage drought stress. Rice. 13(1). 35–35. 21 indexed citations

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Hu, Kaishun, Yu Li, Wenjing Wu, et al.. (2018). High-performance gene expression and knockout tools using sleeping beauty transposon system. Mobile DNA. 9(1). 33–33. 20 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen, Jinhai Huang, Yao Wu, & Dehua Liu. (2015). Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the de novo production of ethylene glycol from glucose. Metabolic Engineering. 33. 12–18. 50 indexed citations

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Tong, Wei, Zhen Chen, Zhe Cao, et al.. (2013). Robustness analysis of a constraint-based metabolic model links cell growth and proteomics of Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis under temperature perturbation. Molecular BioSystems. 9(4). 713–722. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongkai, et al.. (2013). Ethylene-induced changes in lignification and cell wall-degrading enzymes in the roots of mungbean (Vigna radiata) sprouts. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 73. 412–419. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen, Sugima Rappert, Jibin Sun, & An‐Ping Zeng. (2011). Integrating molecular dynamics and co-evolutionary analysis for reliable target prediction and deregulation of the allosteric inhibition of aspartokinase for amino acid production. Journal of Biotechnology. 154(4). 248–254. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen. (2010). Characteristics of biofilm formation of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yao, Chao Deng, Qi Peng, et al.. (2010). [Effect of quorum sensing response regulator nprR deletion on expression of cry protein in Bacillus thuringiensis].. PubMed. 50(11). 1550–5. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen. (2008). Study on Salt-tolerance Ability in Rooted Cuttings of Different Casuarina Clones. Forest Research Open Access. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, et al.. (2007). Casuarina introduction trials at Yuanmou hot dry river valley.. Nanjing Linye Daxue xuebao. 31(4). 57–60. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Ai, et al.. (2007). Single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of exendin-4 in rhesus monkeys. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 353(1-2). 56–64. 14 indexed citations

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