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Ruhong Zhou

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
30851
World Ranking
2263
National Ranking
810

Ruhong Zhou publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ruhong Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 355 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ruhong Zhou D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ruhong Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding research on structure and biodynamics of proteins, particularly the hydrophobic effect and the role of water, using massively parallel molecular dynamics computations
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ruhong Zhou is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a concentration on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering. Additional subfields include Immunology and Plant Science.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Ruhong Zhou has published extensively in a range of journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Nature Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nanoscale

Frequent co-authors involved in their work are:

  • Damiano Buratto
  • Jianxiang Huang
  • Zaixing Yang
  • Dong Zhang
  • Chun Chan

Recent papers by Ruhong Zhou include:

  • "Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future" (2020, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • "A nitrogen-rich covalent organic framework for simultaneous dynamic capture of iodine and methyl iodide" (2020, Chem)
  • "99TcO4− removal from legacy defense nuclear waste by an alkaline-stable 2D cationic metal organic framework" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Electron Beam Irradiation as a General Approach for the Rapid Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks under Ambient Conditions" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Commensal bacteria stimulate antitumor responses via T cell cross-reactivity" (2020, JCI Insight)

Recognition for Ruhong Zhou's work includes fellowships awarded in 2011 from the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The APS fellowship citation notes research contributions on the structure and biodynamics of proteins, focusing on the hydrophobic effect and the role of water using massively parallel molecular dynamics computations.

Best Publications

  • Destructive extraction of phospholipids from Escherichia coli membranes by graphene nanosheets

    Yusong Tu;Min(吕敏）) Lv;Peng Xiu;Tien Huynh

  • Patient HLA class I genotype influences cancer response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

    Diego Chowell;Luc G. T. Morris;Claud M. Grigg;Jeffrey K. Weber

  • Binding of blood proteins to carbon nanotubes reduces cytotoxicity

    Cuicui Ge;Jiangfeng Du;Lina Zhao;Liming Wang

  • Hydrophobic collapse in multidomain protein folding.

    Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Xuhui Huang;Claudio J. Margulis;Bruce J. Berne;Bruce J. Berne

  • Urea denaturation by stronger dispersion interactions with proteins than water implies a 2-stage unfolding

    Lan Hua;Ruhong Zhou;D. Thirumalai;B. J. Berne

  • The free energy landscape for hairpin folding in explicit water

    Ruhong Zhou;Bruce J. Berne;Robert Germain

  • Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

    Pu Chun Ke;Pu Chun Ke;Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Louise C. Serpell;Roland Riek

  • Differential Pd-nanocrystal facets demonstrate distinct antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

    Ge Fang;Weifeng Li;Xiaomei Shen;Jose Manuel Perez-Aguilar

  • Dewetting and hydrophobic interaction in physical and biological systems.

    Bruce J. Berne;John D. Weeks;Ruhong Zhou

  • Highly Sensitive and Selective Uranium Detection in Natural Water Systems Using a Luminescent Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Equipped with Abundant Lewis Basic Sites: A Combined Batch, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, and First Principles Simulation Investigation.

    Wei Liu;Xing Dai;Zhuanling Bai;Yanlong Wang

  • Identifying the Recognition Site for Selective Trapping of 99TcO4– in a Hydrolytically Stable and Radiation Resistant Cationic Metal–Organic Framework

    Lin Zhu;Daopeng Sheng;Chao Xu;Xing Dai

  • Trp-cage: folding free energy landscape in explicit water.

    Ruhong Zhou

  • Observation of a dewetting transition in the collapse of the melittin tetramer

    Pu Liu;Xuhui Huang;Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Bruce J. Berne;Bruce J. Berne

  • Comprehensive interrogation of natural TALE DNA-binding modules and transcriptional repressor domains

    Le Cong;Ruhong Zhou;Yu-chi Kuo;Yu-chi Kuo;Margaret Cunniff;Margaret Cunniff

  • Overcoming the crystallization and designability issues in the ultrastable zirconium phosphonate framework system.

    Tao Zheng;Zaixing Yang;Daxiang Gui;Zhiyong Liu

  • A nitrogen-rich covalent organic framework for simultaneous dynamic capture of iodine and methyl iodide

    Linwei He;Long Chen;Xinglong Dong;Shitong Zhang

  • Can a continuum solvent model reproduce the free energy landscape of a β-hairpin folding in water?

    Ruhong Zhou;Bruce J. Berne

  • Urea’s Action on Hydrophobic Interactions

    Ronen Zangi;Ruhong Zhou;B J Berne

  • A mesoporous cationic thorium-organic framework that rapidly traps anionic persistent organic pollutants

    Yuxiang Li;Zaixing Yang;Yanlong Wang;Zhuanling Bai

  • Free energy landscape of protein folding in water: explicit vs. implicit solvent.

    Ruhong Zhou

  • Degradable Carbon Dots with Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity

    Hao Li;Jian Huang;Yuxiang Song;Mengling Zhang

  • Development of a polarizable force field for proteins via ab initio quantum chemistry: first generation model and gas phase tests.

    George A. Kaminski;Harry A. Stern;Bruce J. Berne;Richard A. Friesner

  • Blue Gene: a vision for protein science using a petaflop supercomputer

    F. Allen;G. Almasi;W. Andreoni;D. Beece

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce J. Berne
Bruce J. Berne Columbia University
Shuao Wang
Shuao Wang Soochow University
Xuhui Huang
Xuhui Huang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Chunying Chen
Chunying Chen National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Yuliang Zhao
Yuliang Zhao National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Juan Diwu
Juan Diwu Soochow University
Zhifang Chai
Zhifang Chai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard A. Friesner
Richard A. Friesner Columbia University
Marcus Altfeld
Marcus Altfeld University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt Florida State University

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