Zhong Wei

15.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
259 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Zhong Wei is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhong Wei has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhong Wei's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (65 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (52 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (26 papers). Zhong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (65 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (52 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (26 papers). Zhong Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Zhong Wei's co-authors include Alexandre Jousset, Qirong Shen, Yangchun Xu, Ville‐Petri Friman, Tianjie Yang, Xinlan Mei, Yian Gu, George A. Kowalchuk, Francisco Dini‐Andreote and Qirong Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhong Wei

242 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings

2017 905 citations Alexandre Jousset, Zhong Wei et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Trophic network architecture of root-associated bacterial communities determines pathogen invasion and plant health

2015 429 citations Zhong Wei, Tianjie Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Initial soil microbiome composition and functioning predetermine future plant health

2019 414 citations Zhong Wei, Yian Gu et al. profile →
Competition for iron drives phytopathogen control by natural rhizosphere microbiomes

2020 328 citations Zhong Wei, Ville‐Petri Friman et al. profile →
Probiotic Diversity Enhances Rhizosphere Microbiome Function and Plant Disease Suppression

2016 279 citations Zhong Wei, Ville‐Petri Friman et al. profile →
Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health

2020 233 citations Wu Xiong, Keming Yang et al. Microbiome profile →
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes

2023 223 citations Xingang Zhou, Jingyu Zhang et al. Molecular Plant profile →
Network analysis and subsequent culturing reveal keystone taxa involved in microbial litter decomposition dynamics

2021 205 citations Tianjie Yang, Keming Yang et al. profile →
Multifaceted roles of flavonoids mediating plant-microbe interactions

2022 200 citations Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Zhong Wei et al. Microbiome profile →
Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome

2021 166 citations Yong‐Guan Zhu, Chao Xiong et al. New Phytologist profile →
Crop rotation and native microbiome inoculation restore soil capacity to suppress a root disease

2023 100 citations Zhong Wei, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. Nature Communications profile →
MBPD: A multiple bacterial pathogen detection pipeline for One Health practices

2023 76 citations Gaofei Jiang, Ningqi Wang et al. profile →
Microbiome convergence enables siderophore-secreting-rhizobacteria to improve iron nutrition and yield of peanut intercropped with maize

2024 62 citations Zhong Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →
Fusaric acid mediates the assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota via induced shifts in plant root exudates

2024 57 citations Fengzhi Wu, Francisco Dini‐Andreote et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhong Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhong Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhong Wei 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 Zhong Wei. Zhong Wei 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Blast Loading Prediction of Complex Structures Based on Bayesian Deep Active Learning 2025 ·Applied Sciences ·(unknown), Weiwen Peng, (unknown), (unknown), Zhong Wei	2
2	Substrate utilization and cross-feeding synergistically determine microbiome resistance to pathogen invasion 2025 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), Tianjie Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Xinlan Mei, (unknown), Ningqi Wang, Gaofei Jiang, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Marnix H. Medema, Alexandre Jousset, Zhong Wei	0
3	Optimized Machine Learning Model for Fire Consequence Prediction 2024 ·Fire ·Zhong Wei, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tianshui Liang	6
4	611O Updated results from BNT211-01 (NCT04503278), an ongoing, first-in-human, phase I study evaluating safety and efficacy of CLDN6 CAR T cells and a CLDN6-encoding mRNA vaccine in patients with relapsed/refractory CLDN6+ solid tumors 2024 ·Annals of Oncology ·(unknown), Andréas Mackensen, (unknown), Winfried Alsdorf, (unknown), Daniel Heudobler, (unknown), Antonia Busse, Stephan Mielke, Sander Bins, Guy Ungerechts, Carsten Bokemeyer, Sebastian Klobuch, Nadine Kutsch, Fabian Müller, (unknown), Zhong Wei, (unknown), (unknown), Uğur Şahin	7
5	Protist predation promotes antimicrobial resistance spread through antagonistic microbiome interactions 2024 ·The ISME Journal ·Chen Liu, Yijin Wang, (unknown), Shimei Wang, Zhong Wei, Mohammadhossein Ravanbakhsh, Qirong Shen, Wu Xiong, George A. Kowalchuk, Alexandre Jousset	9
6	Investigating protistan predators and bacteria within soil microbiomes in agricultural ecosystems under organic and chemical fertilizer applications 2024 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Chen Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shiqi Sun, (unknown), Mohammadhossein Ravanbakhsh, Zhong Wei, Rong Li, Shimei Wang, (unknown), George A. Kowalchuk, Qirong Shen	3
7	Volatile-mediated interspecific plant interaction promotes root colonization by beneficial bacteria via induced shifts in root exudation 2024 ·Microbiome ·Xingang Zhou, Jingyu Zhang, (unknown), Muhammad Khashi u Rahman, Hongwei Liu, Zhong Wei, Fengzhi Wu, Francisco Dini‐Andreote	15
8	Impacts of large-scale suspended mussel farm on seston depletion 2024 ·Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·Zhong Wei, (unknown), Qingping Zou, Hidekatsu Yamazaki, Wei Yang, Guanlin Yang	3
9	Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Hanpeng Liao, Chen Liu, Shungui Zhou, Chunqin Liu, David J. Eldridge, (unknown), Steven W. Wilhelm, Brajesh K. Singh, Xiaolong Liang, Mark Radosevich, Qiue Yang, Xiang Tang, Zhong Wei, Ville‐Petri Friman, Michael R. Gillings, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Yong‐Guan Zhu	36
10	Phage selection drives resistance–virulence trade-offs in Ralstonia solanacearum plant-pathogenic bacterium irrespective of the growth temperature 2023 ·Evolution Letters ·Jianing Wang, Xiaofang Wang, Keming Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Zhong Wei, Ville‐Petri Friman	9
11	Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes breakdown → 2023 ·Molecular Plant ·Xingang Zhou, Jingyu Zhang, Muhammad Khashi u Rahman, Danmei Gao, Zhong Wei, Fengzhi Wu, Francisco Dini‐Andreote	223
12	Engineering multifunctional rhizosphere probiotics using consortia of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens transposon insertion mutants 2023 ·eLife ·Jingxuan Li, Chunlan Yang, Alexandre Jousset, Keming Yang, Xiaofang Wang, Zhihui Xu, Tianjie Yang, Xinlan Mei, Zengtao Zhong, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Ville‐Petri Friman, Zhong Wei	3
13	Investigating Chlorination and Migration Mechanism of NaCl on C−S−H: DFT and AIMD Study** 2023 ·ChemistrySelect ·(unknown), (unknown), Zhong Wei, Tianshui Liang	1
14	Small changes in rhizosphere microbiome composition predict disease outcomes earlier than pathogen density variations 2022 ·The ISME Journal ·Yian Gu, Samiran Banerjee, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Alexandre Jousset, Zhong Wei	93
15	Investigation for Carbonation Mechanism of Tobermorite 9 Å: A Combination of DFT and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study 2022 ·Advanced Theory and Simulations ·(unknown), Xiaolin Bai, Zhong Wei, (unknown), Tianshui Liang	2
16	Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome breakdown → 2021 ·New Phytologist ·Yong‐Guan Zhu, Chao Xiong, Zhong Wei, Qing‐Lin Chen, Bin Ma, Shu‐Yi‐Dan Zhou, Jiaqi Tan, Limei Zhang, Huiling Cui, Guilan Duan	166
17	Bacterial community richness shifts the balance between volatile organic compound-mediated microbe–pathogen and microbe–plant interactions 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Waseem Raza, Jianing Wang, Alexandre Jousset, Ville‐Petri Friman, Xinlan Mei, Shimei Wang, Zhong Wei, Qirong Shen	36
18	Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health breakdown → 2020 ·Microbiome ·Wu Xiong, (unknown), Keming Yang, Yian Gu, Zhong Wei, George A. Kowalchuk, Yangchun Xu, Alexandre Jousset, Qirong Shen, Stefan Geisen	233
19	POLLEN ULTRASTRUCTURE OF LIRIODENDRON AND ITS SYSTEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE 1993 ·Acta Botanica Yunnanica ·Zhong Wei	1
20	POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND WALL ULTRASTRUCTURE OF PROTEACEAE IN CHINA 1993 ·Acta Botanica Yunnanica ·Zhong Wei	1

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