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D-Index
78
Citations
60460
World Ranking
4426
National Ranking
133

Feng Shao publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Feng Shao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 137 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Feng Shao D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Feng Shao sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Feng Shao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily covers the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work addresses core topics including:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Feng Shao has published extensively in several research venues. The most frequent platforms for their work include:

  • Nature
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Science
  • Cell
  • Annals of Translational Medicine

Some recent publications by Feng Shao demonstrate their focus on immune-related cellular processes and inflammatory pathways:

  • Granzyme A from cytotoxic lymphocytes cleaves GSDMB to trigger pyroptosis in target cells, 2020, Science
  • A bioorthogonal system reveals antitumour immune function of pyroptosis, 2020, Nature
  • Structural Mechanism for GSDMD Targeting by Autoprocessed Caspases in Pyroptosis, 2020, Cell
  • N-GSDMD trafficking to neutrophil organelles facilitates IL-1β release independently of plasma membrane pores and pyroptosis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Preliminary study to identify severe from moderate cases of COVID-19 using combined hematology parameters, 2020, Annals of Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Feng Shao include:

  • Jingjin Ding
  • Yue Xu
  • Huan Zeng
  • Yupeng Wang
  • Xuyan Shi

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Cleavage of GSDMD by inflammatory caspases determines pyroptotic cell death

    Jianjin Shi;Yue Zhao;Kun Wang;Xuyan Shi

  • Pyroptosis: Gasdermin-Mediated Programmed Necrotic Cell Death

    Jianjin Shi;Wenqing Gao;Feng Shao

  • Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3 cleavage of a gasdermin

    Yupeng Wang;Wenqing Gao;Xuyan Shi;Jingjin Ding

  • Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

    Jingjin Ding;Kun Wang;Wang Liu;Yang She

  • Inflammatory caspases are innate immune receptors for intracellular LPS

    Jianjin Shi;Yue Zhao;Yupeng Wang;Wenqing Gao

  • The NLRC4 inflammasome receptors for bacterial flagellin and type III secretion apparatus

    Yue Zhao;Jieling Yang;Jianjin Shi;Yi-Nan Gong

  • The gasdermins, a protein family executing cell death and inflammation

    Petr Broz;Pablo Pelegrín;Feng Shao

  • Granzyme A from cytotoxic lymphocytes cleaves GSDMB to trigger pyroptosis in target cells.

    Zhiwei Zhou;Huabin He;Kun Wang;Xuyan Shi

  • A Pseudomonas syringae effector inactivates MAPKs to suppress PAMP-induced immunity in plants.

    Jie Zhang;Feng Shao;Yan Li;Haitao Cui

  • Innate immune sensing of bacterial modifications of Rho GTPases by the Pyrin inflammasome

    Hao Xu;Jieling Yang;Wenqing Gao;Lin Li

  • A Bioorthogonal System Reveals Antitumour Immune Function of Pyroptosis

    Qinyang Wang;Yupeng Wang;Jingjin Ding;Chunhong Wang

  • Toll-like receptors activate programmed necrosis in macrophages through a receptor-interacting kinase-3–mediated pathway

    Sudan He;Yuqiong Liang;Feng Shao;Xiaodong Wang

  • Caspase-8 induces cleavage of gasdermin D to elicit pyroptosis during Yersinia infection.

    Joseph Sarhan;Beiyun C. Liu;Hayley I. Muendlein;Peng Li

  • Cleavage of Arabidopsis PBS1 by a bacterial type III effector.

    Feng Shao;Catherine Golstein;Jules Ade;Mark Stoutemyer

  • A Yersinia effector and a pseudomonas avirulence protein define a family of cysteine proteases functioning in bacterial pathogenesis

    Feng Shao;Peter M. Merritt;Zhaoqin Bao;Roger W. Innes

  • The phosphothreonine lyase activity of a bacterial type III effector family.

    Hongtao Li;Hao Xu;Yan Zhou;Jie Zhang

  • miR-29 Is a Major Regulator of Genes Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Leah Cushing;Ping Ping Kuang;Jun Qian;Fengzhi Shao

  • Structural Mechanism for GSDMD Targeting by Autoprocessed Caspases in Pyroptosis.

    Kun Wang;Qi Sun;Xiu Zhong;Mengxue Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack E. Dixon
Jack E. Dixon University of California, San Diego
John Silke
John Silke Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gyorgy Szabadkai
Gyorgy Szabadkai University College London
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
Sharad Kumar
Sharad Kumar University of Adelaide
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Junying Yuan
Junying Yuan Harvard University

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