Zhen Xie

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
133 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Zhen Xie is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Xie has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen Xie's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (13 papers). Zhen Xie is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (13 papers). Zhen Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Zhen Xie's co-authors include Qingxi J. Shen, Zhonglin Zhang, Long Chen, Yaakov Benenson, Ron Weiss, Xiaolu Zou, Laura Prochazka, Liliana Wróblewska, Zongfan Yang and Xiang Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Xie

129 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Multi-Input RNAi-Based Logic Circuit for Identification of Specific Cancer Cells

2011 554 citations Zhen Xie, Ron Weiss et al. profile →
Epigenetic regulation of antagonistic receptors confers rice blast resistance with yield balance

2017 462 citations Zhen Xie et al. profile →
A Redox‐Active 2D Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Lithium Storage with Extraordinary High Capacity

2020 287 citations Qiang Jiang, Peixun Xiong et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Xie China	37	3.1k	1.6k	1.2k	928	659	133	6.2k
Xinfang Liu China	33	1.2k 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	1.8k 2.0×	594 0.9×	135	5.5k
Ge Liu China	34	2.4k 0.8×	696 0.4×	406 0.3×	376 0.4×	158 0.2×	127	4.7k
Xiaoyun Dong China	30	1.1k 0.3×	657 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	607 0.7×	229 0.3×	123	3.3k
Lina Zhao China	51	2.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	2.7k 2.2×	137 0.1×	592 0.9×	295	8.7k
Haoran Zhang China	51	3.1k 1.0×	471 0.3×	5.4k 4.4×	193 0.2×	1.6k 2.4×	311	9.6k
Fang Huang China	39	2.5k 0.8×	473 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	103 0.1×	314 0.5×	205	5.0k
Huijun Xu China	32	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	972 0.8×	100 0.1×	320 0.5×	206	3.8k
Yan Feng China	40	3.5k 1.1×	345 0.2×	671 0.5×	578 0.6×	223 0.3×	197	5.6k
Tiantian Chen China	36	1.5k 0.5×	291 0.2×	693 0.6×	285 0.3×	500 0.8×	192	4.1k
Yueping Zhang China	32	774 0.2×	169 0.1×	1.5k 1.2×	434 0.5×	565 0.9×	137	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Xie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Xie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhen Xie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhen Xie 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 Zhen Xie. Zhen Xie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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He, Liang, Rui Jiang, Gan Liu, et al.. (2025). ERNIE-RNA: an RNA language model with structure-enhanced representations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10076–10076.

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Xie, Zhen, Guanhong Xu, Fangdi Wei, et al.. (2024). FRAME: flap endonuclease 1-engineered PAM module for precise and sensitive modulation of CRISPR/Cas12a trans-cleavage activity. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(19). 11884–11894. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Min, Xue Zhang, Yanhui Xiang, et al.. (2024). High-resolution and programmable RNA-IN and RNA-OUT genetic circuit in living mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8768–8768. 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Qiang, Peixun Xiong, Jingjuan Liu, et al.. (2020). A Redox‐Active 2D Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Lithium Storage with Extraordinary High Capacity. Angewandte Chemie. 132(13). 5311–5315. 36 indexed citations

5.

Jiang, Qiang, Peixun Xiong, Jingjuan Liu, et al.. (2020). A Redox‐Active 2D Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Lithium Storage with Extraordinary High Capacity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(13). 5273–5277. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Zongfan, Pei Chen, Wenjing Hao, et al.. (2020). Sulfonated 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Proton Conduction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(11). 3817–3822. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Yusen, Qing Chen, Tiantian Xu, et al.. (2019). De Novo Design and Facile Synthesis of 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks: A Two-in-One Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(35). 13822–13828. 216 indexed citations

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Xie, Zhen, Bo Wang, Zongfan Yang, et al.. (2019). Stable 2D Heteroporous Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Ionic Conduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(44). 15742–15746. 152 indexed citations

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Ling, Fei, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of substituted quinolines via B(C₆F₅)₃‐catalyzed aniline‐aldehyde‐pyruvate oxidative annulation. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 56(12). 3333–3342. 3 indexed citations

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Xie, Zhen, Bo Wang, Zongfan Yang, et al.. (2019). Stable 2D Heteroporous Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Ionic Conduction. Angewandte Chemie. 131(44). 15889–15893. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingjuan, Yi Zhou, Zhen Xie, et al.. (2019). Conjugated Copper–Catecholate Framework Electrodes for Efficient Energy Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(3). 1081–1086. 196 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingjuan, Yi Zhou, Zhen Xie, et al.. (2019). Conjugated Copper–Catecholate Framework Electrodes for Efficient Energy Storage. Angewandte Chemie. 132(3). 1097–1102. 16 indexed citations

13.

Liu, Jingjuan, Yi Zhou, Zhen Xie, et al.. (2019). Innentitelbild: Conjugated Copper–Catecholate Framework Electrodes for Efficient Energy Storage (Angew. Chem. 3/2020). Angewandte Chemie. 132(3). 974–974. 1 indexed citations

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Ling, Fei, et al.. (2018). B(C6F5)3-catalyzed oxidative deamination/cyclization cascade reaction of benzylamines and ketones for the synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines. Tetrahedron Letters. 59(41). 3678–3682. 15 indexed citations

15.

Chen, Weiben, Zongfan Yang, Zhen Xie, et al.. (2018). Benzothiadiazole functionalized D–A type covalent organic frameworks for effective photocatalytic reduction of aqueous chromium(vi). Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(3). 998–1004. 223 indexed citations

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Wang, Bo, Zhen Xie, Yusen Li, Zongfan Yang, & Long Chen. (2018). Dual-Functional Conjugated Nanoporous Polymers for Efficient Organic Pollutants Treatment in Water: A Synergistic Strategy of Adsorption and Photocatalysis. Macromolecules. 51(9). 3443–3449. 85 indexed citations

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Ling, Fei, Xiao Lian, Cong Feng, et al.. (2018). B(C₆F₅)₃-catalyzed Markovnikov addition of indoles to aryl alkynes: an approach toward bis(indolyl)alkanes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(47). 9274–9278. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingxuan, et al.. (2018). Nitroxyl radical based conjugated microporous polymers as heterogeneous catalysts for selective aerobic alcohol oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(21). 9860–9865. 34 indexed citations

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Ma, Dacheng, et al.. (2016). Integration and exchange of split dCas9 domains for transcriptional controls in mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13056–13056. 48 indexed citations

20.

Li, Yinqing, et al.. (2015). Modular construction of mammalian gene circuits using TALE transcriptional repressors. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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