Zhourui Wu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 920 citations indexed

About

Zhourui Wu is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhourui Wu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 920 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zhourui Wu's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers). Zhourui Wu is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers). Zhourui Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhourui Wu's co-authors include Rongrong Zhu, Qian Cheng, Yanjing Zhu, Ruiqi Huang, Simin Song, Keqiang Ye, Xia Liu, Wei Xu, Liming Cheng and Yilong Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhourui Wu

32 papers receiving 913 citations

Hit Papers

Temporal and spatial cellular and molecular pathological ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Temporal and spatial cellular and molecular pathological alterations with single-cell resolution in the adult spinal cord after injury
    2022 148 citations Chen Li, Zhourui Wu et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhourui Wu China 16 363 218 187 117 114 34 920
Ernest J. Freeman United States 19 464 1.3× 135 0.6× 129 0.7× 94 0.8× 94 0.8× 28 1.1k
Ananth K. Vellimana United States 24 195 0.5× 207 0.9× 161 0.9× 212 1.8× 84 0.7× 65 1.4k
Jun Gao China 18 250 0.7× 130 0.6× 191 1.0× 55 0.5× 65 0.6× 78 913
Bin Yao United States 17 323 0.9× 243 1.1× 300 1.6× 153 1.3× 54 0.5× 40 1.0k
Nan Xia China 17 335 0.9× 108 0.5× 145 0.8× 138 1.2× 73 0.6× 66 950
Abhay Varma United States 24 399 1.1× 580 2.7× 247 1.3× 98 0.8× 171 1.5× 55 1.5k
Hideaki Imai Japan 21 320 0.9× 72 0.3× 122 0.7× 184 1.6× 55 0.5× 75 1.6k
Pía M. Vidal Chile 17 278 0.8× 254 1.2× 227 1.2× 147 1.3× 20 0.2× 29 940
Xinguang Yu China 22 474 1.3× 183 0.8× 103 0.6× 124 1.1× 121 1.1× 96 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhourui Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhourui Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhourui Wu

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

All Works

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Zhang, Jun, et al.. (2025). Neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation therapy for chronic spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurorestoratology. 13(5). 100223–100223.
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Xu, Wei, Xiao Hu, Zhourui Wu, et al.. (2025). Neurotrophin-3/chitosan inhibits cuproptosis-related genes to enable functional recovery after spinal cord injury. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 2). 143403–143403. 1 indexed citations
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Gu, Xiaochuan, Chenggang Wang, Chen Li, et al.. (2024). ARRB1 inhibits extracellular matrix degradation and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells by promoting autophagy and attenuates intervertebral disc degeneration. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1871(7). 119769–119769. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Xiao Hu, Jingwei Zhao, et al.. (2024). A novel online calculator based on inflammation-related endotypes and clinical features to predict postoperative pulmonary infection in patients with cervical spinal cord injury. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113246–113246. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Chenggang, Jingwei Zhao, Wei Xu, et al.. (2024). Compensatory upregulation of MT2A alleviates neurogenic intermittent claudication through inhibiting activated p38 MAPK-mediated neuronal apoptosis. Human Cell. 37(3). 675–688. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujin, et al.. (2023). TrkB/BDNF signaling pathway and its small molecular agonists in CNS injury. Life Sciences. 336. 122282–122282. 53 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhourui, Ran Zhu, Yan Yu, et al.. (2023). Spinal cord injury-activated C/EBPβ-AEP axis mediates cognitive impairment through APP C586/Tau N368 fragments spreading. Progress in Neurobiology. 227. 102467–102467. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Chen, Zhourui Wu, Liqiang Zhou, et al.. (2022). Temporal and spatial cellular and molecular pathological alterations with single-cell resolution in the adult spinal cord after injury. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 65–65. 148 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Ruixin, et al.. (2021). A narrative review of the research progress and clinical application of platelet-rich plasma. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 10(4). 4823–4829. 24 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhi-Hao, Yiyuan Xia, Zhourui Wu, et al.. (2021). Neuronal ApoE4 stimulates C/EBPβ activation, promoting Alzheimer’s disease pathology in a mouse model. Progress in Neurobiology. 209. 102212–102212. 29 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhourui, Yiyuan Xia, Zhihao Wang, et al.. (2020). C/EBPβ/δ-secretase signaling mediates Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis via regulating transcription and proteolytic cleavage of α-synuclein and MAOB. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(2). 568–585. 33 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiao, et al.. (2020). A Selective P2Y Purinergic Receptor Agonist 2-MesADP Enhances Locomotor Recovery after Acute Spinal Cord Injury. European Neurology. 83(2). 195–212. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Kevin, Zhourui Wu, Zhenshan Liu, et al.. (2014). Selective demethylation and altered gene expression are associated with ICF syndrome in human-induced pluripotent stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(24). 6448–6457. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Xiaoyan Cui, Zhourui Wu, et al.. (2014). Transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells pretreated with valproic acid in rats with an acute spinal cord injury. BioScience Trends. 8(2). 111–119. 19 indexed citations
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Jin, Lingjing, Zhourui Wu, Wei Xu, et al.. (2014). Identifying gene expression profile of spinal cord injury in rat by bioinformatics strategy. Molecular Biology Reports. 41(5). 3169–3177. 20 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhourui, Kevin Huang, Juehua Yu, et al.. (2012). Dnmt3a regulates both proliferation and differentiation of mouse neural stem cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 90(10). 1883–1891. 53 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhourui, Weiming Yan, Wei Guo, et al.. (2010). Telbivudine preserves Th1 cytokine response and down regulates PD-L1 in MHV-3–induced viral hepatitis model. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 14. e340–e340. 1 indexed citations

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