Zihao Ou

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zihao Ou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Zihao Ou has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Microbiology and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Zihao Ou's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Zihao Ou is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Zihao Ou collaborates with scholars based in China, Greece and United Kingdom. Zihao Ou's co-authors include Feifan Wu, Yongzheng Peng, Xianfeng Guo, Jiachun Zhang, Min Zhang, Zhi Lü, Wanting Liu, Bo Situ, Lei Zheng and Shenghui Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zihao Ou

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Phascolarctobacterium faecium abundant colonization in human gastrointestinal tract

2017 300 citations Feifan Wu, Xianfeng Guo et al. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine profile →
Protective effects of Akkermansia muciniphila on cognitive deficits and amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

2020 245 citations Zihao Ou, Zhi Lü et al. Nutrition and Diabetes profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zihao Ou China	13	796	257	177	161	130	27	1.1k
Wenly Ruan United States	14	753 0.9×	152 0.6×	194 1.1×	227 1.4×	86 0.7×	43	1.2k
Fatemeh Ashrafian Iran	13	716 0.9×	186 0.7×	163 0.9×	98 0.6×	73 0.6×	22	913
Chelsi D. Cassilly United States	12	969 1.2×	272 1.1×	153 0.9×	245 1.5×	109 0.8×	17	1.4k
Kaisa Hiippala Finland	8	798 1.0×	248 1.0×	208 1.2×	180 1.1×	67 0.5×	14	1.1k
Ava Behrouzi Iran	16	679 0.9×	171 0.7×	123 0.7×	147 0.9×	70 0.5×	47	949
Zhifeng Fang China	18	644 0.8×	248 1.0×	332 1.9×	104 0.6×	65 0.5×	49	1.1k
Jagadish Koya United States	6	1.2k 1.5×	436 1.7×	227 1.3×	253 1.6×	110 0.8×	11	1.9k
Аlmagul Kushugulova Kazakhstan	14	815 1.0×	414 1.6×	198 1.1×	170 1.1×	192 1.5×	78	1.3k
Alexandra L. Chang‐Graham United States	15	644 0.8×	127 0.5×	158 0.9×	290 1.8×	86 0.7×	18	1.1k
Giorgio Gargari Italy	24	835 1.0×	387 1.5×	240 1.4×	114 0.7×	82 0.6×	64	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zihao Ou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zihao Ou

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Wu, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2025). Reducing severity of inflammatory bowel disease through colonization of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and its extracellular vesicles release. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 23(1). 227–227. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Yudi, et al.. (2025). Akkermansia muciniphila extracellular vesicles: Function and theranostic potential in disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 100060–100060. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Shiqi, Yudi Wang, Qing Lin, et al.. (2025). Extracellular vesicles in pregnancy-related disorders: from mechanisms to clinical implications. Science China Life Sciences.

Ou, Zihao, Jinduan Lin, Bairong He, et al.. (2025). Specific labeling of outer membrane vesicles with antibiotic-conjugated probe reveals early bacterial infections in blood. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3535–3535. 11 indexed citations

Shen, Chen, Xinhang Jiang, Wenxue Li, et al.. (2025). Subchronic ozone exposure leads to multi-organ injuries with differential reversibility in male C57BL/6 J mice. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138049–138049.

Chen, Yun, Zihao Ou, Peng Chen, et al.. (2023). Extracellular vesicles derived from Akkermansia muciniphila promote placentation and mitigate preeclampsia in a mouse model. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(5). e12328–e12328. 38 indexed citations

Ou, Zihao, et al.. (2023). Isolation and Purification of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles from Human Feces Using Density Gradient Centrifugation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Yan, et al.. (2023). Advances in AI‐based cancer cytopathology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 21 indexed citations

Ou, Zihao, Bo Situ, Xiaojing He, et al.. (2023). Single‐particle analysis of circulating bacterial extracellular vesicles reveals their biogenesis, changes in blood and links to intestinal barrier. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(12). e12395–e12395. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyu, Mei Huang, Yuqi Du, et al.. (2023). Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Regulates Host IFN-I Through the RIG-I Signalling Pathway to Inhibit Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 16(6). 1966–1978. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, et al.. (2023). Advances in AI‐based Cancer Cytopathology (3/2023). 1(3). 8 indexed citations

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Luo, Shihua, Bo Situ, Yuan Wu, et al.. (2022). Tetrahedral framework nucleic acids linked CRISPR/Cas13a signal amplification system for rare tumor cell detection. Talanta. 247. 123531–123531. 11 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiumei, Ruyi Zhang, Taixue An, et al.. (2020). Impact of heat-inactivation on the detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibody by ELISA. Clinica Chimica Acta. 509. 288–292. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiumei, Taixue An, Bo Situ, et al.. (2020). Heat inactivation of serum interferes with the immunoanalysis of antibodies to SARS‐CoV‐2. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 34(9). e23411–e23411. 47 indexed citations

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Gao, Meng, Bo Situ, Weiwei Feng, et al.. (2020). One-step, rapid fluorescence sensing of fungal viability based on a bioprobe with aggregation-induced emission characteristics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 4(3). 957–964. 15 indexed citations

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Ou, Zihao, Rong Xia, Weiwei Deng, et al.. (2020). [XBP1 modulates hypoxia/reoxygenation injury in mouse renal tubular epithelial cells through TXNIP-NLRP3 signaling pathway].. PubMed. 100(48). 3863–3869.

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Ou, Zihao, Chong Li, Zhi Lü, et al.. (2020). Diverse effects of different Akkermansia muciniphila genotypes on Brown adipose tissue inflammation and whitening in a high-fat-diet murine model. Microbial Pathogenesis. 147. 104353–104353. 42 indexed citations

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Ou, Zihao, et al.. (2020). Protective effects of Akkermansia muciniphila on cognitive deficits and amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nutrition and Diabetes. 10(1). 12–12. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Feifan, Xianfeng Guo, Min Zhang, et al.. (2019). An Akkermansia muciniphila subtype alleviates high-fat diet-induced metabolic disorders and inhibits the neurodegenerative process in mice. Anaerobe. 61. 102138–102138. 75 indexed citations

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Wu, Feifan, Xianfeng Guo, Jiachun Zhang, et al.. (2017). Phascolarctobacterium faecium abundant colonization in human gastrointestinal tract. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 14(4). 3122–3126. 300 indexed citations breakdown →

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