Zhenhai Du

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhenhai Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenhai Du has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Zhenhai Du's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Zhenhai Du is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Zhenhai Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Zhenhai Du's co-authors include Wei Xie, Q. Wang, Yunlong Xiang, Hui Zheng, Jing Ma, Yuanyuan Li, Feng Xu, Xiaowo Wang, Qianhua Xu and Bingjie Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Zhenhai Du

14 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Allelic reprogramming of 3D chromatin architecture during early mammalian development

2017 366 citations Zhenhai Du, Hui Zheng et al. Nature profile →
3D Chromatin Structures of Mature Gametes and Structural Reprogramming during Mammalian Embryogenesis

2017 355 citations Yuwen Ke, Yanan Xu et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenhai Du China	11	1.5k	337	328	180	170	15	1.7k
Yunlong Xiang China	15	1.3k 0.8×	168 0.5×	243 0.7×	226 1.3×	177 1.0×	23	1.4k
Julie Brind’Amour Canada	16	1.1k 0.7×	211 0.6×	246 0.8×	84 0.5×	142 0.8×	26	1.3k
Christian Popp United Kingdom	5	1.3k 0.9×	142 0.4×	480 1.5×	112 0.6×	251 1.5×	5	1.5k
Lars L. P. Hanssen United Kingdom	10	1.1k 0.7×	190 0.6×	189 0.6×	52 0.3×	101 0.6×	13	1.2k
Mélanie Eckersley-Maslin United Kingdom	13	1.1k 0.7×	113 0.3×	246 0.8×	108 0.6×	80 0.5×	23	1.2k
Candice L. Wike United States	8	829 0.5×	151 0.4×	173 0.5×	155 0.9×	51 0.3×	11	954
Xiaowen Lyu United States	12	1.3k 0.8×	460 1.4×	207 0.6×	66 0.4×	46 0.3×	17	1.4k
Aydan Bulut-Karslıoğlu Germany	12	1.2k 0.8×	321 1.0×	140 0.4×	66 0.4×	36 0.2×	20	1.4k
Maureen Eijpe Netherlands	9	1.1k 0.7×	297 0.9×	180 0.5×	178 1.0×	122 0.7×	10	1.3k
Michihiko Sugimoto Japan	17	973 0.6×	57 0.2×	411 1.3×	314 1.7×	82 0.5×	32	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenhai Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenhai Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenhai Du

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

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15 of 15 papers shown

Zhang, Jie, Xinming Wang, Hao Tang, et al.. (2025). CRISPR live-cell imaging reveals chromatin dynamics and enhancer interactions at multiple non-repetitive loci. Nature Biotechnology.

Yu, Guang, Kai Xu, Weikun Xia, et al.. (2025). Establishment of chromatin architecture interplays with embryo hypertranscription. Nature. 646(8083). 208–217. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Qianhua, Chunyi Huang, Ming Jia, et al.. (2025). H2A.Z is essential for oocyte maturation and fertility in female mouse. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(10). 1894–1906. 1 indexed citations

Du, Zhenhai, Zhuoning Zou, Zihan Li, et al.. (2024). Stepwise de novo establishment of inactive X chromosome architecture in early development. Nature Genetics. 56(10). 2185–2198. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Xianglin, Xuehui Liu, Zhenhai Du, et al.. (2021). The loss of heterochromatin is associated with multiscale three-dimensional genome reorganization and aberrant transcription during cellular senescence. Genome Research. 31(7). 1121–1135. 54 indexed citations

Du, Zhenhai, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic Reprogramming in Early Animal Development. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 14(6). a039677–a039677. 56 indexed citations

Harris, Clair, Michael Hinten, Srimonta Gayen, et al.. (2019). Conversion of random X-inactivation to imprinted X-inactivation by maternal PRC2. eLife. 8. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Yao, Yu Zhang, Zhenhai Du, et al.. (2019). Reprogramming of Meiotic Chromatin Architecture during Spermatogenesis. Molecular Cell. 73(3). 547–561.e6. 116 indexed citations

Xiang, Yunlong, Yu Zhang, Qianhua Xu, et al.. (2019). Epigenomic analysis of gastrulation identifies a unique chromatin state for primed pluripotency. Nature Genetics. 52(1). 95–105. 79 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yu, Kaiju Jiang, Zijian Xu, et al.. (2018). Hoxc-Dependent Mesenchymal Niche Heterogeneity Drives Regional Hair Follicle Regeneration. Cell stem cell. 23(4). 487–500.e6. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Yuanyuan, Hui Zheng, Q. Wang, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide analyses reveal a role of Polycomb in promoting hypomethylation of DNA methylation valleys. Genome biology. 19(1). 18–18. 100 indexed citations

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Ke, Yuwen, Yanan Xu, Xuepeng Chen, et al.. (2017). 3D Chromatin Structures of Mature Gametes and Structural Reprogramming during Mammalian Embryogenesis. Cell. 170(2). 367–381.e20. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yu, Yunlong Xiang, Qiangzong Yin, et al.. (2017). Dynamic epigenomic landscapes during early lineage specification in mouse embryos. Nature Genetics. 50(1). 96–105. 145 indexed citations

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Du, Zhenhai, Hui Zheng, Bo Huang, et al.. (2017). Allelic reprogramming of 3D chromatin architecture during early mammalian development. Nature. 547(7662). 232–235. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Hui, Bingjie Zhang, Yunlong Xiang, et al.. (2016). Resetting Epigenetic Memory by Reprogramming of Histone Modifications in Mammals. Molecular Cell. 63(6). 1066–1079. 301 indexed citations

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