Zizhen Yao

24.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Zizhen Yao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zizhen Yao has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zizhen Yao's work include RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Zizhen Yao is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Zizhen Yao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and South Africa. Zizhen Yao's co-authors include Walter L. Ruzzo, Stephen J. Tapscott, Zasha Weinberg, Bosiljka Tasic, Hongkui Zeng, Lucas T. Graybuck, Robert Gentleman, Rabi Tawil, Silvère M. van der Maarel and Lauren Snider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zizhen Yao

56 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Single-cell profiling of the developing mouse brain and spinal cord with split-pool barcoding

2018 877 citations Alexander Rosenberg, Charles M. Roco et al. Science profile →
Spatially resolved cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex by MERFISH

2021 235 citations Zizhen Yao, Hongkui Zeng et al. Nature profile →
Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

2023 148 citations Bosiljka Tasic, Zizhen Yao et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zizhen Yao United States	38	4.4k	575	570	547	448	58	5.5k
J. Gray Camp Switzerland	34	3.6k 0.8×	441 0.8×	536 0.9×	410 0.7×	221 0.5×	51	4.8k
Maximilian Haeussler United States	26	5.1k 1.2×	1.2k 2.0×	321 0.6×	569 1.0×	281 0.6×	45	6.3k
Qiaolin Deng Sweden	28	4.2k 1.0×	670 1.2×	648 1.1×	1.0k 1.9×	180 0.4×	56	5.5k
Bosiljka Tasic United States	28	4.7k 1.1×	931 1.6×	1.5k 2.7×	538 1.0×	781 1.7×	49	7.4k
Tamily A. Weissman United States	17	2.6k 0.6×	462 0.8×	1.6k 2.9×	502 0.9×	339 0.8×	23	4.8k
In‐Hyun Park United States	35	5.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	854 1.5×	495 0.9×	314 0.7×	89	7.1k
Itaru Imayoshi Japan	35	3.2k 0.7×	597 1.0×	1.3k 2.2×	573 1.0×	384 0.9×	66	5.3k
Niels Galjart Netherlands	57	7.1k 1.6×	976 1.7×	976 1.7×	364 0.7×	211 0.5×	113	10.8k
Toshiyuki Ohtsuka Japan	42	6.3k 1.4×	1.0k 1.8×	1.4k 2.5×	939 1.7×	260 0.6×	60	8.5k
Fumio Matsuzaki Japan	41	4.7k 1.1×	689 1.2×	1.5k 2.6×	391 0.7×	152 0.3×	107	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zizhen Yao

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Kwon, O‐Sung, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional determinants of goal-directed learning and representational drift in the parahippocampal cortex. Cell Reports. 44(1). 115175–115175.

You, Yanwei, Jinwei Li, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Exploring the role of β2-microglobulin in the relationship between physical activity and DNAm-predicted PhenoAge: Evidence from a population-based and mice single-cell RNA-sequencing study. Journal of Advanced Research.

Bistrong, Karina, Shenqin Yao, Zizhen Yao, et al.. (2022). Dense functional and molecular readout of a circuit hub in sensory cortex. Science. 375(6576). eabl5981–eabl5981. 35 indexed citations

Scala, Federico, Dmitry Kobak, Matteo Bernabucci, et al.. (2020). Phenotypic variation of transcriptomic cell types in mouse motor cortex. Nature. 598(7879). 144–150. 173 indexed citations

Smith, Stephen J, Uygar Sümbül, Lucas T. Graybuck, et al.. (2019). Single-cell transcriptomic evidence for dense intracortical neuropeptide networks. eLife. 8. 90 indexed citations

Rosenberg, Alexander, Charles M. Roco, Richard A. Muscat, et al.. (2018). Single-cell profiling of the developing mouse brain and spinal cord with split-pool barcoding. Science. 360(6385). 176–182. 877 indexed citations breakdown →

Slieker, Roderick C., Judit Balog, Richard J.L.F. Lemmers, et al.. (2017). SMCHD1 regulates a limited set of gene clusters on autosomal chromosomes. Skeletal Muscle. 7(1). 12–12. 25 indexed citations

Conerly, Melissa, Zizhen Yao, Jun Zhong, Mark Groudine, & Stephen J. Tapscott. (2016). Distinct Activities of Myf5 and MyoD Indicate Separate Roles in Skeletal Muscle Lineage Specification and Differentiation. Developmental Cell. 36(4). 375–385. 86 indexed citations

Snider, Lauren, Zizhen Yao, Rabi Tawil, et al.. (2015). DICER/AGO-dependent epigenetic silencing of D4Z4 repeats enhanced by exogenous siRNA suggests mechanisms and therapies for FSHD. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(17). 4817–4828. 40 indexed citations

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Zalc, Antoine, Shinichiro Hayashi, Frédéric Aurade, et al.. (2014). Antagonistic regulation of p57kip2 by Hes/Hey downstream of Notch signaling and muscle regulatory factors regulates skeletal muscle growth arrest. Development. 141(14). 2780–2790. 40 indexed citations

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Yao, Zizhen, Lauren Snider, Judit Balog, et al.. (2014). DUX4-induced gene expression is the major molecular signature in FSHD skeletal muscle. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(20). 5342–5352. 161 indexed citations

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Thijssen, Peter, Judit Balog, Zizhen Yao, et al.. (2014). DUX4 promotes transcription of FRG2 by directly activating its promoter in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Skeletal Muscle. 4(1). 19–19. 21 indexed citations

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Yao, Zizhen, Gist H. Farr, Stephen J. Tapscott, & Lisa Maves. (2013). Pbx and Prdm1a transcription factors differentially regulate subsets of the fast skeletal muscle program in zebrafish. Biology Open. 2(6). 546–555. 24 indexed citations

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Young, Janet M., Zizhen Yao, Lauren Snider, et al.. (2013). DUX4 Binding to Retroelements Creates Promoters That Are Active in FSHD Muscle and Testis. PLoS Genetics. 9(11). e1003947–e1003947. 128 indexed citations

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MacQuarrie, Kyle L., Zizhen Yao, Abraham Fong, & Stephen J. Tapscott. (2013). Genome-wide binding of the basic helix-loop-helix myogenic inhibitor musculin has substantial overlap with MyoD: implications for buffering activity. Skeletal Muscle. 3(1). 26–26. 13 indexed citations

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Yao, Zizhen, Abraham Fong, Yi Cao, et al.. (2013). Comparison of endogenous and overexpressed MyoD shows enhanced binding of physiologically bound sites. Skeletal Muscle. 3(1). 8–8. 20 indexed citations

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Fong, Abraham, Zizhen Yao, Jun Zhong, et al.. (2012). Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Neurogenesis and Myogenesis. Developmental Cell. 22(4). 721–735. 87 indexed citations

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Palii, Carmen G., Carolina Perez‐Iratxeta, Zizhen Yao, et al.. (2010). Differential genomic targeting of the transcription factor TAL1 in alternate haematopoietic lineages. The EMBO Journal. 30(3). 494–509. 108 indexed citations

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Cao, Yi, Zizhen Yao, Deepayan Sarkar, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide MyoD Binding in Skeletal Muscle Cells: A Potential for Broad Cellular Reprogramming. Developmental Cell. 18(4). 662–674. 385 indexed citations

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Torarinsson, Elfar, Zizhen Yao, Jesper B. Bramsen, et al.. (2007). Comparative genomics beyond sequence-based alignments: RNA structures in the ENCODE regions. Genome Research. 18(2). 242–251. 73 indexed citations

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