Zhichao Zhou

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Zhichao Zhou is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhichao Zhou has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhichao Zhou's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers). Zhichao Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers). Zhichao Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhichao Zhou's co-authors include Karthik Anantharaman, Kristopher Kieft, Ji‐Dong Gu, Meng Li, Yang Liu, Jie Pan, Patricia Q. Tran, Jing Chen, Elise S. Cowley and Adam M. Breister and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhichao Zhou

72 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

VIBRANT: automated recovery, annotation and curation of m... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024 200 400 600
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. VIBRANT: automated recovery, annotation and curation of microbial viruses, and evaluation of viral community function from genomic sequences
    2020 619 citations Kristopher Kieft, Zhichao Zhou et al. Microbiome profile →
  2. METABOLIC: high-throughput profiling of microbial genomes for functional traits, metabolism, biogeochemistry, and community-scale functional networks
    2022 341 citations Zhichao Zhou, Patricia Q. Tran et al. Microbiome profile →
  3. Diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism
    2024 60 citations Zhichao Zhou, Patricia Q. Tran et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhichao Zhou China 30 2.4k 1.4k 855 591 442 75 3.8k
Matthew D. Kane United States 18 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 447 0.5× 369 0.6× 475 1.1× 28 3.7k
Éric Pelletier France 32 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.4× 437 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 283 0.6× 80 5.0k
Philippe Oger France 40 964 0.4× 2.7k 1.9× 516 0.6× 233 0.4× 1.5k 3.4× 167 5.2k
John F. Heidelberg United States 35 3.2k 1.3× 3.3k 2.3× 543 0.6× 272 0.5× 433 1.0× 54 6.3k
Mary M. Bateson United States 23 2.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 643 0.8× 266 0.5× 293 0.7× 30 4.0k
Feng Chen United States 39 4.5k 1.9× 2.1k 1.4× 799 0.9× 303 0.5× 563 1.3× 120 6.0k
Carles Borrego Spain 42 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 635 0.7× 2.8k 4.7× 103 0.2× 115 5.8k
Lùbos Polerecký Germany 37 2.4k 1.0× 981 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 615 1.0× 308 0.7× 100 5.2k
Terrance Beveridge Canada 34 777 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 529 0.6× 309 0.5× 196 0.4× 76 4.5k
Xiang Xiao China 35 2.1k 0.9× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 385 0.7× 381 0.9× 161 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhichao Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhichao Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhichao Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhichao Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhichao Zhou 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 Zhichao Zhou. Zhichao Zhou 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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Zhou, Zhichao, Patricia Q. Tran, Robin R. Rohwer, et al.. (2025). Unravelling viral ecology and evolution over 20 years in a freshwater lake. Nature Microbiology. 10(1). 231–245. 8 indexed citations
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Montgomery, Andrew, Guangchao Zhuang, Zhichao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Elevated heterotrophic activity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal plumes influences deep-sea carbon cycling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4934–4934. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Xiaoyuan, et al.. (2025). Cellular and viral RNA polymerases: evolutionary insights into eukaryotic origins. Trends in Microbiology.
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Deng, Tao, et al.. (2024). Triphenylphosphine-bonded coumaranone dyes realize dual color imaging of mitochondria and nucleoli. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 317. 124434–124434.
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Zhou, Zhichao, et al.. (2024). Mott insulating states of the anisotropic SU(4) Dirac fermions. Physical review. B.. 109(12). 1 indexed citations
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Lan, Freeman, et al.. (2024). Massively parallel single-cell sequencing of diverse microbial populations. Nature Methods. 21(2). 228–235. 20 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, Haiyang Liu, Yiqun Li, et al.. (2023). Soil nutrient conditions alter viral lifestyle strategy and potential function in phosphorous and nitrogen metabolisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 189. 109279–109279. 28 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, et al.. (2023). Metagenome-based metabolic modelling predicts unique microbial interactions in deep-sea hydrothermal plume microbiomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 42–42. 11 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, et al.. (2021). Gate-tunable chiral phonons in low-buckled group-IVA monolayers. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 33(28). 285704–285704. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, Patricia Q. Tran, Kristopher Kieft, & Karthik Anantharaman. (2020). Genome diversification in globally distributed novel marine Proteobacteria is linked to environmental adaptation. The ISME Journal. 14(8). 2060–2077. 171 indexed citations
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Chen, Xinguang, Chen‐Yu Zhang, Li J, et al.. (2020). Effects of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Metabolism in Chinese Patients with Obesity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaobo, Meng Li, Cindy J. Castelle, et al.. (2018). Insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of the widespread Woesearchaeotal lineages. Microbiome. 6(1). 102–102. 190 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, Yang Liu, Karen G. Lloyd, et al.. (2018). Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the ecology and metabolism of benthic archaeal cosmopolitan, Thermoprofundales (MBG-D archaea). The ISME Journal. 13(4). 885–901. 87 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhichao, Jing Chen, Huiluo Cao, Ping Han, & Ji‐Dong Gu. (2015). Comparison of communities of both methane-producing and metabolizing archaea and bacteria in sediments between the northern South China Sea and coastal Mai Po Nature Reserve revealed by PCR amplification of mcrA and pmoA genes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 6 indexed citations
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He, Zheng, Shujing Wu, Huaping Sheng, et al.. (2014). Direct atomic-scale observation of layer-by-layer oxide growth during magnesium oxidation. Applied Physics Letters. 104(14). 24 indexed citations
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Wang, Da, Yi Li, Zi Cai, et al.. (2014). Competing Orders in the 2D Half-FilledSU(2N)Hubbard Model through the Pinning-Field Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 112(15). 156403–156403. 55 indexed citations

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