Zhilin Zeng

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Zhilin Zeng is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhilin Zeng has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhilin Zeng's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Zhilin Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Zhilin Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Japan. Zhilin Zeng's co-authors include Huilong Chen, Sheng Cheng, Juan Zhan, Liyuan Chen, Kaimin Zhang, Jungang Xie, Yuan Zhan, Qinghai Li, Jianping Zhao and Qin Ning and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Critical Care.

In The Last Decade

Zhilin Zeng

27 papers receiving 942 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global, regional, and national dengue burden from 1990 to 2017: A systematic analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2017

2021 170 citations Zhilin Zeng, Juan Zhan et al. profile →
Global, regional, and national burden of urinary tract infections from 1990 to 2019: an analysis of the global burden of disease study 2019

2022 103 citations Zhilin Zeng, Juan Zhan et al. World Journal of Urology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhilin Zeng China	16	261	240	201	181	157	28	959
Michael Schwameis Austria	23	309 1.2×	320 1.3×	191 1.0×	193 1.1×	158 1.0×	96	1.6k
Leylagül Kaynar Türkiye	20	247 0.9×	218 0.9×	159 0.8×	137 0.8×	102 0.6×	160	1.4k
Riccardo Scotto Italy	22	393 1.5×	359 1.5×	138 0.7×	233 1.3×	168 1.1×	86	1.3k
Jae Wook Lee South Korea	18	191 0.7×	114 0.5×	285 1.4×	202 1.1×	140 0.9×	153	1.5k
Karolina Akinosoglou Greece	21	465 1.8×	330 1.4×	175 0.9×	177 1.0×	182 1.2×	105	1.4k
Danielle Ahn United States	17	172 0.7×	241 1.0×	125 0.6×	409 2.3×	158 1.0×	22	1.1k
Eli Ben‐Chetrit Israel	20	203 0.8×	164 0.7×	91 0.5×	305 1.7×	81 0.5×	80	989
Lingling Li China	19	370 1.4×	274 1.1×	142 0.7×	213 1.2×	177 1.1×	85	1.2k
Xinmei Huang China	17	366 1.4×	223 0.9×	193 1.0×	252 1.4×	211 1.3×	82	1.2k
Igor Dumic United States	20	323 1.2×	259 1.1×	146 0.7×	70 0.4×	96 0.6×	72	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhilin Zeng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhilin Zeng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhan, Yuan, Shanshan Chen, Jiaheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Phytosphingosine Alleviates Cigarette Smoke‐Induced Bronchial Epithelial Cell Senescence in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Targeting the Free Fatty Acid Receptor 4. MedComm. 6(9). e70345–e70345. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Bin, et al.. (2025). A Review on Combustion Instability of Hydrogen-Enriched Marine Gas Turbines. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13(11). 2110–2110.

Zeng, Zhilin, et al.. (2024). Associations of prior pulmonary tuberculosis with the incident COPD: a prospective cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease. 18. 2693818783–2693818783. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Huilong, Changyu Liu, Yuan Zhan, et al.. (2024). Alpinetin ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by repressing fibroblast differentiation and proliferation. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 171. 116101–116101. 7 indexed citations

Zhan, Yuan, Qian Huang, Shanshan Chen, et al.. (2024). DNA hypomethylation-mediated upregulation of GADD45B facilitates airway inflammation and epithelial cell senescence in COPD. Journal of Advanced Research. 68. 201–214. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Shuhan, Yi Wang, Yuan Zhan, et al.. (2023). The incidence of tuberculous pleurisy in mainland China from 2005 to 2018. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1180818–1180818. 4 indexed citations

Zhan, Yuan, Jinkun Chen, Shanshan Chen, et al.. (2022). Human epididymis protein 4 aggravates airway inflammation and remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Research. 23(1). 120–120. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Huilong, et al.. (2022). The Global, Regional, and National Burden and Trends of NAFLD in 204 Countries and Territories: An Analysis From Global Burden of Disease 2019. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(12). e34809–e34809. 33 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaojie, Ting Wang, Yuan Zhan, et al.. (2022). Detection of the Disorders of Glycerophospholipids and Amino Acids Metabolism in Lung Tissue From Male COPD Patients. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9. 839259–839259. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinkun, Yuan Zhan, Zhilin Zeng, et al.. (2022). MTMR14 Alleviates Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as a Regulator in Inflammation and Emphysema. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 9300269–9300269. 6 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhilin, Juan Zhan, Kaimin Zhang, Huilong Chen, & Sheng Cheng. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of urinary tract infections from 1990 to 2019: an analysis of the global burden of disease study 2019. World Journal of Urology. 40(3). 755–763. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Huilong, Yuan Zhan, Kaimin Zhang, et al.. (2022). The Global, Regional, and National Burden and Trends of Infective Endocarditis From 1990 to 2019: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 774224–774224. 79 indexed citations

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Chen, Liyuan, Qi Wang, Yun Gao, et al.. (2021). The global burden and trends of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 1074–1074. 21 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhilin, Haijing Yu, Huilong Chen, et al.. (2020). Longitudinal changes of inflammatory parameters and their correlation with disease severity and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 from Wuhan, China. Critical Care. 24(1). 525–525. 129 indexed citations

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Yu, Jun, Yinan Hu, Yi Gao, et al.. (2018). Kindlin-2 regulates hepatic stellate cells activation and liver fibrogenesis. Cell Death Discovery. 4(1). 34–34. 24 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhilin, Miao Li, Jinkun Chen, et al.. (2018). Reduced MBD2 expression enhances airway inflammation in bronchial epithelium in COPD. International Journal of COPD. Volume 13. 703–715. 16 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhilin, Sheng Cheng, Huilong Chen, et al.. (2017). Activation and overexpression of Sirt1 attenuates lung fibrosis via P300. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 486(4). 1021–1026. 64 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhilin, Miao Li, Meijia Wang, et al.. (2017). Increased expression of Siglec-9 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10116–10116. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Qinghai, Jun Wang, Xian-Ying Zhu, et al.. (2017). Dihydromyricetin prevents monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 96. 825–833. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Sheng, et al.. (2013). Serum levels of IL-33 and its receptor ST2 are elevated in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 42(3). 226–231. 23 indexed citations

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