2026 Heng Zhu: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	71	1346	1199	683	595	203	27710

Overview

Heng Zhu is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside medicine. Their work has notably contributed to molecular biology, ecology, epidemiology, immunology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their recent publications cover a range of subjects primarily focused on proteogenomics and protein characterization. These include:

Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy, 2020, Cell
Integrated Proteomic and Glycoproteomic Characterization of Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma, 2020, Cell Reports
Developments and Applications of Functional Protein Microarrays, 2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
Fluorescent dissolved organic matter facilitates the phytoavailability of copper in the coastal wetlands influenced by artificial topography, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, 2025, Cell

The primary topics of Heng Zhu's work focus on:

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
Alcohol consumption and health effects

Heng Zhu frequently publishes in prominent scientific venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
Cell
Nature Communications
eLife

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors including Jiang Qian, Guang Song, Cedric Moore, Jianbo Pan, and Hongjun Song. These collaborative efforts contribute to the depth and breadth in their research outputs across multiple complex biochemical and medical topics.

Best Publications

Global analysis of protein activities using proteome chips

Michael Snyder;Heng Zhu;Paul Bertone;Scott M. Bidlingmaier

2967
Citations
Proteogenomic characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

Bing Zhang;Jing Wang;Xiaojing Wang;Jing Zhu

1431
Citations
Protein chip technology

Heng Zhu;Michael Snyder

1310
Citations
Global Analysis of Protein Phosphorylation in Yeast

Jason Ptacek;Geeta Devgan;Gregory Michaud;Heng Zhu

1234
Citations
Analysis of yeast protein kinases using protein chips.

Heng Zhu;James F. Klemic;Swan Chang;Paul Bertone

1208
Citations
Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Hui Zhang;Tao Liu;Zhen Zhang;Samuel H. Payne

991
Citations
Protein analysis on a proteomic scale.

Eric Phizicky;Philippe I. H. Bastiaens;Heng Zhu;Michael Snyder

917
Citations
Distribution, recognition and regulation of non-CpG methylation in the adult mammalian brain

Junjie U. Guo;Yijing Su;Joo Heon Shin;Jaehoon Shin

797
Citations
Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

David J. Clark;Saravana M. Dhanasekaran;Francesca Petralia;Jianbo Pan

729
Citations
Isolation of genomic DNAs from plants, fungi and bacteria using benzyl chloride.

Heng Zhu;Feng Qu;Li huang Zhu

649
Citations
Proteogenomic Analysis of Human Colon Cancer Reveals New Therapeutic Opportunities.

Suhas Vasaikar;Chen Huang;Xiaojing Wang;Vladislav A. Petyuk

614
Citations
Protein arrays and microarrays

Heng Zhu;Michael Snyder

572
Citations
Transcription factors as readers and effectors of DNA methylation

Heng Zhu;Guohua Wang;Jiang Qian

571
Citations
Lysine Acetylation Is a Highly Abundant and Evolutionarily Conserved Modification in Escherichia Coli

Junmei Zhang;Robert Sprung;Jimin Pei;Xiaohong Tan

524
Citations
TiGER: a database for tissue-specific gene expression and regulation.

Xiong Liu;Xueping Yu;Donald J Zack;Heng Zhu

451
Citations
Profiling the human protein-DNA interactome reveals ERK2 as a transcriptional repressor of interferon signaling.

Shaohui Hu;Zhi Xie;Akishi Onishi;Xueping Yu

450
Citations
A nuclease that mediates cell death induced by DNA damage and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1

Yingfei Wang;Ran An;Ran An;George K. Umanah;Hyejin Park

398
Citations
DNA methylation presents distinct binding sites for human transcription factors

Shaohui Hu;Jun Wan;Yijing Su;Qifeng Song

373
Citations
Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy.

Karsten Krug;Eric J. Jaehnig;Shankha Satpathy;Lili Blumenberg

371
Citations
Protein acetylation microarray reveals that NuA4 controls key metabolic target regulating gluconeogenesis.

Yu yi Lin;Jin ying Lu;Junmei Zhang;Wendy Walter

345
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiang Qian Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Michael Snyder Stanford University

Seth Blackshaw Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania

Guo Li Ming University of Pennsylvania

David Fenyö New York University

S. Diane Hayward Johns Hopkins University

Yingming Zhao University of Chicago

Jef D. Boeke New York University

Mark Gerstein Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Heng Zhu

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