Zongyang Lu

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Zongyang Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongyang Lu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Zongyang Lu's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers). Zongyang Lu is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers). Zongyang Lu collaborates with scholars based in China. Zongyang Lu's co-authors include Xingxu Huang, Jia Chen, Yajing Liu, Shisheng Huang, Qiang Sun, Zhen Liu, Wenxia Yu, Yu Zhang, Jianan Li and Guang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology and Genome biology.

In The Last Decade

Zongyang Lu

17 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient generation of mouse models of human diseases vi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Efficient generation of mouse models of human diseases via ABE- and BE-mediated base editing
    2018 1.9k citations Zhen Liu, Zongyang Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Base editing with a Cpf1–cytidine deaminase fusion
    2018 322 citations Xiaosa Li, Ying Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zongyang Lu China 10 1.0k 427 421 280 267 19 2.5k
Songjie Feng China 8 974 1.0× 421 1.0× 421 1.0× 222 0.8× 265 1.0× 9 2.4k
Wenxia Yu China 18 1.2k 1.2× 433 1.0× 473 1.1× 279 1.0× 306 1.1× 32 2.9k
Jianan Li China 19 1.3k 1.2× 428 1.0× 435 1.0× 263 0.9× 279 1.0× 84 3.1k
Weiping J. Zhang China 24 918 0.9× 259 0.6× 343 0.8× 212 0.8× 226 0.8× 54 2.6k
Zhifang Xie China 20 744 0.7× 258 0.6× 342 0.8× 194 0.7× 223 0.8× 36 2.2k
Guillermo Boyra Spain 18 433 0.4× 316 0.7× 391 0.9× 114 0.4× 258 1.0× 50 2.9k
Chun‐Hong Chen Taiwan 37 1.5k 1.5× 238 0.6× 365 0.9× 241 0.9× 181 0.7× 160 3.7k
Charles Vadnais Canada 18 763 0.8× 258 0.6× 334 0.8× 163 0.6× 216 0.8× 27 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zongyang Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zongyang Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zongyang Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zongyang Lu. The network helps show where Zongyang Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongyang Lu

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Li, Li, Lanxin Li, Wencheng Zhu, et al.. (2025). Refined DNA repair manipulation enables a universal knock-in strategy in mouse embryos. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6502–6502.
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Ning, Chao, Xi Wu, Xudong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Epigenomic landscapes during prefrontal cortex development and aging in rhesus. National Science Review. 11(8). nwae213–nwae213. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Zongyang, et al.. (2024). Phenomenology of heavy neutral gauge boson at muon collider. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 67(3). 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Zongyang, Jie Li, Yong Lu, et al.. (2023). Cynomolgus-rhesus hybrid macaques serve as a platform for imprinting studies. The Innovation. 4(3). 100436–100436. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongyu, Lanxin Li, Shiyan Li, et al.. (2023). CATI: an efficient gene integration method for rodent and primate embryos by MMEJ suppression. Genome biology. 24(1). 146–146. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Zongyang, Lei Gao, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2022). Comparison of chromatin accessibility landscapes during early development of prefrontal cortex between rhesus macaque and human. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3883–3883. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Zongyang, Jian Jiang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2022). Base-edited cynomolgus monkeys mimic core symptoms of STXBP1 encephalopathy. Molecular Therapy. 30(6). 2163–2175. 11 indexed citations
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Jin, Y., et al.. (2022). Investigating the Z' gauge boson at future lepton colliders *. Chinese Physics C. 46(5). 53106–53106. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Xingchen, Zongyang Lu, Shisheng Huang, et al.. (2021). Modeling a cataract disorder in mice with prime editing. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 25. 494–501. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiao, Wenxia Yu, Ying Wang, et al.. (2020). Cas12a Base Editors Induce Efficient and Specific Editing with Low DNA Damage Response. Cell Reports. 31(9). 107723–107723. 77 indexed citations
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Lu, Zongyang, Zhen Liu, Wei Mao, et al.. (2020). Locus-specific DNA methylation of Mecp2 promoter leads to autism-like phenotypes in mice. Cell Death and Disease. 11(2). 85–85. 43 indexed citations
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Huang, Shisheng, Xiangyang Li, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2019). Developing ABEmax-NG with Precise Targeting and Expanded Editing Scope to Model Pathogenic Splice Site Mutations In Vivo. iScience. 15. 640–648. 26 indexed citations
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Yang, Guang, Changyang Zhou, Ran Wang, et al.. (2019). Base-Editing-Mediated R17H Substitution in Histone H3 Reveals Methylation-Dependent Regulation of Yap Signaling and Early Mouse Embryo Development. Cell Reports. 26(2). 302–312.e4. 27 indexed citations
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Liu, Yajing, Jianan Li, Changyang Zhou, et al.. (2019). Allele-specific genome editing of imprinting genes by preferentially targeting non-methylated loci using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9). Science Bulletin. 64(21). 1592–1600. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Guanglei, Xinyi Liu, Shisheng Huang, et al.. (2019). Efficient Generation of Pathogenic A-to-G Mutations in Human Tripronuclear Embryos via ABE-Mediated Base Editing. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 17. 289–296. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaosa, Ying Wang, Yajing Liu, et al.. (2018). Base editing with a Cpf1–cytidine deaminase fusion. Nature Biotechnology. 36(4). 324–327. 322 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Guang, Tianyu Zhu, Zongyang Lu, et al.. (2018). Generation of isogenic single and multiplex gene knockout mice by base editing-induced STOP. Science Bulletin. 63(17). 1101–1107. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhen, Zongyang Lu, Guang Yang, et al.. (2018). Efficient generation of mouse models of human diseases via ABE- and BE-mediated base editing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2338–2338. 1887 indexed citations breakdown →

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