Zhongjun Zhou

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Zhongjun Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongjun Zhou has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhongjun Zhou's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (27 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers). Zhongjun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (27 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers). Zhongjun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Zhongjun Zhou's co-authors include Karl Tryggvason, Baohua Liu, Renhai Cao, Yihai Cao, Jianming Wang, Shrestha Ghosh, Raija Soininen, Suneel Apte, Zimei Wang and Richard W. Rauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhongjun Zhou

118 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Impaired endochondral ossification and angiogenesis in mice deficient in membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase I

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongjun Zhou Hong Kong	39	3.4k	1.1k	1.1k	666	594	121	5.7k
Susan E. Crawford United States	31	3.7k 1.1×	832 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	554 0.8×	442 0.7×	92	5.9k
Peggy Myung United States	23	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	785 0.7×	702 1.1×	323 0.5×	40	6.9k
Guillem Genové Sweden	27	3.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	868 0.8×	661 1.0×	689 1.2×	42	7.5k
Annika Armulik Sweden	19	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	846 0.8×	919 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	20	8.7k
Anna Dimberg Sweden	38	4.5k 1.3×	2.2k 2.0×	1.5k 1.4×	630 0.9×	281 0.5×	92	7.8k
Mats Hellström Sweden	24	4.6k 1.4×	978 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	937 1.4×	303 0.5×	42	7.2k
Yoshiaki Kubota Japan	42	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	817 1.2×	555 0.9×	110	6.7k
Friedemann Kiefer Germany	43	2.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	582 0.5×	999 1.5×	506 0.9×	98	5.9k
Stefania Mitola Italy	36	2.8k 0.8×	799 0.7×	729 0.7×	606 0.9×	253 0.4×	111	4.9k
Franklin Peale United States	36	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	395 0.6×	454 0.8×	70	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongjun Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongjun Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongjun Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Suter, Thomas, et al.. (2026). A Histone Code Functionally Linked to Replicative Senescence. Aging Cell. 25(1). e70343–e70343.

Fu, Tao & Zhongjun Zhou. (2025). Senescent cells as a target for anti-aging interventions: From senolytics to immune therapies. Journal of Translational Internal Medicine. 13(1). 33–47. 9 indexed citations

Jiang, Shaoshuai, Xinyi Liu, Yi He, et al.. (2024). Disorganized chromatin hierarchy and stem cell aging in a male patient of atypical laminopathy-based progeria mandibuloacral dysplasia type A. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10046–10046. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Longyue, Linlin Zhuo, Xiangzheng Fu, et al.. (2024). BloodPatrol: Revolutionizing Blood Cancer Diagnosis - Advanced Real-Time Detection Leveraging Deep Learning & Cloud Technologies. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. PP. 1–11. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Ge, Xiaoping Li, Zhixin Jiang, et al.. (2023). Isthmin-1 (Ism1) modulates renal branching morphogenesis and mesenchyme condensation during early kidney development. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2378–2378. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Lian, et al.. (2023). RAGA prevents tumor immune evasion of LUAD by promoting CD47 lysosome degradation. Communications Biology. 6(1). 211–211. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, Xiaoxu Liu, Ge Gao, et al.. (2022). ZFP281-BRCA2 prevents R-loop accumulation during DNA replication. Nature Communications. 13(1). 25 indexed citations

He, Yi, Li Tuo, Fei Long, et al.. (2022). Rapid and robust derivation of mesenchymal stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells via temporal induction of neuralized ectoderm. Cell & Bioscience. 12(1). 31–31. 8 indexed citations

Tuo, Li, et al.. (2020). Generation of PRMT6 homozygous knockout human embryonic stem cell lines. Stem Cell Research. 50. 102136–102136. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Xuewei, et al.. (2014). Distinct spatiotemporal expression ofISM1during mouse and chick development. Cell Cycle. 13(10). 1571–1582. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Jia, Baohua Liu, Huiling Zheng, et al.. (2014). HP1α mediates defective heterochromatin repair and accelerates senescence inZmpste24-deficient cells. Cell Cycle. 13(8). 1237–1247. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Baohua, et al.. (2012). Chromatin Remodeling, DNA Damage Repair and Aging. Current Genomics. 13(7). 533–547. 55 indexed citations

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Lau, Edward, Maggie P. Y. Lam, S. O. Siu, et al.. (2011). Combinatorial use of offline SCX and online RP–RP liquid chromatography for iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics applications. Molecular BioSystems. 7(5). 1399–1408. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Baohua, et al.. (2011). Quantitative nucleolar proteomics reveals nuclear re-organization during stress- induced senescence in mouse fibroblast. BMC Cell Biology. 12(1). 33–33. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Baohua & Zhongjun Zhou. (2008). Lamin A/C, laminopathies and premature ageing.. PubMed. 23(6). 747–63. 48 indexed citations

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Neumann, Sascha, Wenshu Lu, Martina Munck, et al.. (2007). Nesprin-2 giant safeguards nuclear envelope architecture in LMNA S143F progeria cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(23). 2944–2959. 58 indexed citations

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Religa, Piotr, Renhai Cao, Meit A. Björndahl, et al.. (2005). Presence of bone marrow–derived circulating progenitor endothelial cells in the newly formed lymphatic vessels. Blood. 106(13). 4184–4190. 108 indexed citations

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Varela, Ignacio, Juan Cadiñanos, Alberto M. Pendás, et al.. (2005). Accelerated ageing in mice deficient in Zmpste24 protease is linked to p53 signalling activation. Nature. 437(7058). 564–568. 367 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhongjun, Masayuki Doi, Jianming Wang, et al.. (2004). Deletion of Laminin-8 Results in Increased Tumor Neovascularization and Metastasis in Mice. Cancer Research. 64(12). 4059–4063. 31 indexed citations

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Oblander, Samantha A., Zhongjun Zhou, Beatriz G. Gálvez, et al.. (2004). Distinctive functions of membrane type 1 matrix-metalloprotease (MT1-MMP or MMP-14) in lung and submandibular gland development are independent of its role in pro-MMP-2 activation. Developmental Biology. 277(1). 255–269. 109 indexed citations

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