Zongmin Zhao

5.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
71 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Zongmin Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongmin Zhao has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zongmin Zhao's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers). Zongmin Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers). Zongmin Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Zongmin Zhao's co-authors include Samir Mitragotri, Anvay Ukidve, Jayoung Kim, Yongsheng Gao, Vinu Krishnan, Liwen Wang, Daniel C. Pan, Aaron C. Anselmo, Chenming Zhang and Yun Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zongmin Zhao

69 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Targeting Strategies for Tissue-Specific Drug Delivery

2020 751 citations Zongmin Zhao, Anvay Ukidve et al. profile →
Effect of physicochemical and surface properties on in vivo fate of drug nanocarriers

2019 340 citations Zongmin Zhao, Anvay Ukidve et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Cellular backpacks for macrophage immunotherapy

2020 319 citations C. Wyatt Shields, Zongmin Zhao et al. Science Advances profile →
Strategies to improve the EPR effect: A mechanistic perspective and clinical translation

2022 217 citations Mayumi Ikeda, Zongmin Zhao et al. profile →
PEGylated therapeutics in the clinic

2023 112 citations Yongsheng Gao, Zongmin Zhao et al. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine profile →
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease therapies in the clinic

2022 106 citations Zongmin Zhao, Samir Mitragotri et al. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine profile →
Hydrogels in the clinic: An update

2024 62 citations Zongmin Zhao, Samir Mitragotri et al. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zongmin Zhao United States	33	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	732	433	71	4.3k
Yuanyuan Guo China	32	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	537 0.7×	446 1.0×	136	4.4k
Huan Wang China	37	1.7k 1.0×	912 0.6×	753 0.6×	607 0.8×	304 0.7×	208	4.4k
Jee‐Heon Jeong South Korea	43	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	826 1.1×	748 1.7×	180	5.5k
Hao Cheng United States	39	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	672 0.9×	542 1.3×	92	5.0k
Sherry Y. Wu United States	29	2.6k 1.5×	829 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	537 0.7×	464 1.1×	66	4.4k
Xiaoli Wei China	34	2.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	488 0.7×	333 0.8×	88	4.3k
Rebecca M. Haley United States	12	2.3k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	588 0.8×	425 1.0×	21	5.8k
Chen Jiang China	41	3.2k 1.9×	1.9k 1.3×	2.3k 2.0×	450 0.6×	490 1.1×	78	5.8k
Aude Le Breton Belgium	3	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	365 0.5×	337 0.8×	3	3.8k
Chun Gwon Park South Korea	32	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	933 0.8×	804 1.1×	462 1.1×	126	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongmin Zhao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Endong, Shan He, Shubhi Srivastava, et al.. (2025). Nanoparticle-boosted myeloid-derived suppressor cell therapy for immune reprogramming in multiple sclerosis. Science Advances. 11(42). eady4135–eady4135.

Magar, Kosheli Thapa, Hamza Boucetta, Zongmin Zhao, et al.. (2024). Injectable long-acting formulations (ILAFs) and manufacturing techniques. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 21(6). 881–904. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Zongmin, et al.. (2024). Phalloidin-PAINT: Enhanced quantitative nanoscale imaging of F-actin. Biophysical Journal. 123(18). 3051–3064. 3 indexed citations

Goetz, Morgan, et al.. (2024). Vaccine adjuvants for infectious disease in the clinic. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 9(4). e10663–e10663. 22 indexed citations

Zhao, Zongmin, et al.. (2024). Genetically engineered cell-derived nanovesicles for cancer immunotherapy. Nanoscale. 16(17). 8317–8334. 5 indexed citations

Li, Jiawen, Guidong Gong, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2024). Polyphenol‐Nanoengineered Monocyte Biohybrids for Targeted Cardiac Repair and Immunomodulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(2). e2403595–e2403595. 2 indexed citations

Mitragotri, Samir, et al.. (2024). Antibody drug conjugates in the clinic. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 9(6). e10677–e10677. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Zongmin, et al.. (2024). Hemostats in the clinic. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 9(6). e10673–e10673. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Yongsheng, et al.. (2023). A polymer‐based systemic hemostat for managing uncontrolled bleeding. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(3). e10516–e10516. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zongmin, et al.. (2023). In situ cellular hitchhiking of nanoparticles for drug delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 204. 115143–115143. 39 indexed citations

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Curreri, Alexander M., et al.. (2022). RNA therapeutics in the clinic. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(1). e10374–e10374. 68 indexed citations

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Rozenski, Jef, Stefaan J. Soenen, Zongmin Zhao, et al.. (2022). Modularity of RBC hitchhiking with polymeric nanoparticles: testing the limits of non-covalent adsorption. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 333–333. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Endong, et al.. (2022). Red Blood Cell Inspired Strategies for Drug Delivery: Emerging Concepts and New Advances. Pharmaceutical Research. 39(11). 2673–2698. 31 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zongmin, Eden E. L. Tanner, Jayoung Kim, et al.. (2021). Ionic Liquid-Enabled Topical Delivery of Immunomodulators. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 7(6). 2783–2790. 17 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Vinu, Kevin Peng, Apoorva Sarode, et al.. (2021). Hyaluronic acid conjugates for topical treatment of skin cancer lesions. Science Advances. 7(24). 27 indexed citations

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Gao, Yongsheng, Apoorva Sarode, Anvay Ukidve, et al.. (2020). A polymer-based systemic hemostatic agent. Science Advances. 6(31). eaba0588–eaba0588. 99 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zongmin, Yun Hu, Theresa Harmon, et al.. (2019). Effect of Adjuvant Release Rate on the Immunogenicity of Nanoparticle-Based Vaccines: A Case Study with a Nanoparticle-Based Nicotine Vaccine. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 16(6). 2766–2775. 7 indexed citations

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Lou, Song, et al.. (2018). Multifunctional Nanosystem for Targeted and Controlled Delivery of Multiple Chemotherapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer. ACS Omega. 3(8). 9210–9219. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zongmin, Yun Hu, Theresa Harmon, et al.. (2017). Rationalization of a nanoparticle-based nicotine nanovaccine as an effective next-generation nicotine vaccine: A focus on hapten localization. Biomaterials. 138. 46–56. 27 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zongmin, Brian Harris, Yun Hu, et al.. (2017). Rational incorporation of molecular adjuvants into a hybrid nanoparticle-based nicotine vaccine for immunotherapy against nicotine addiction. Biomaterials. 155. 165–175. 41 indexed citations

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