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Sheng Zhang

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12669
World Ranking
11394
National Ranking
4928

Sheng Zhang 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 Sheng Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 154 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sheng Zhang 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 Sheng Zhang 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: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sheng Zhang is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and primarily conducts research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Genetics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics of Sheng Zhang's research include:

  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Sheng Zhang are:

  • Proinflammatory IgG Fc structures in patients with severe COVID-19, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Early non-neutralizing, afucosylated antibody responses are associated with COVID-19 severity, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Recent advances in proteomics and metabolomics in plants, 2022, Molecular Horticulture
  • Altered succinylation of mitochondrial proteins, APP and tau in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mucin O-glycan-microbiota axis orchestrates gut homeostasis in a diarrheal pig model, 2022, Microbiome

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sheng Zhang include:

  • Ruchika Bhawal
  • Qin Fu
  • Elizabeth T. Anderson
  • Hongfu Zhang
  • Robert Sherwood

The venues where Sheng Zhang has published most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Sirt5 is a NAD-dependent protein lysine demalonylase and desuccinylase.

    Jintang Du;Yeyun Zhou;Xiaoyang Su;Jiu Jiu Yu

  • ER Stress Sensor XBP1 Controls Anti-tumor Immunity by Disrupting Dendritic Cell Homeostasis

    Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz;Pedro C. Silberman;Melanie R. Rutkowski;Sahil Chopra

  • IRE1α–XBP1 controls T cell function in ovarian cancer by regulating mitochondrial activity

    Minkyung Song;Tito A. Sandoval;Chang-Suk Chae;Sahil Chopra

  • A fully integrated monolithic microchip electrospray device for mass spectrometry

    Gary A. Schultz;Thomas N. Corso;Simon J. Prosser;Sheng Zhang

  • Metabolomics-assisted proteomics identifies succinylation and SIRT5 as important regulators of cardiac function.

    Sushabhan Sadhukhan;Xiaojing Liu;Dongryeol Ryu;Ornella D. Nelson

  • Roles of the Catalytic Domain and Two Cellulose Binding Domains of Thermomonospora fusca E4 in Cellulose Hydrolysis

    D. Irwin;D.-H. Shin;Sheng Zhang;B. K. Barr

  • The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants.

    Chen Jiao;Iben Sørensen;Xuepeng Sun;Honghe Sun

  • Peptidylarginine deiminase 2-catalyzed histone H3 arginine 26 citrullination facilitates estrogen receptor α target gene activation

    Xuesen Zhang;Michael Bolt;Michael J. Guertin;Wei Chen

  • Quantitative determination of noncovalent binding interactions using automated nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry.

    Sheng Zhang;Colleen K Van Pelt;David B Wilson

  • Cloning, expression and characterization of a family 48 exocellulase, Cel48A, from Thermobifida fusca.

    Diana C. Irwin;Sheng Zhang;David B. Wilson

  • Production of secretory and extracellular N-linked glycoproteins in Escherichia coli.

    Adam C. Fisher;Charles H. Haitjema;Cassandra Guarino;Eda Çelik

  • Comparative proteomics of Dehalococcoides spp. reveals strain-specific peptides associated with activity.

    R. M. Morris;J. M. Fung;B. G. Rahm;S. Zhang

  • Substrate heterogeneity causes the nonlinear kinetics of insoluble cellulose hydrolysis.

    Sheng Zhang;David E. Wolfgang;David B. Wilson

  • Evaluation of different multidimensional LC-MS/MS pipelines for isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based proteomic analysis of potato tubers in response to cold storage.

    Yong Yang;Xu Qiang;Xu Qiang;Katherine Owsiany;Sheng Zhang

  • Comparative transcriptomics analysis reveals difference of key gene expression between banana and plantain in response to cold stress

    Qiao-Song Yang;Jie Gao;Wei-Di He;Tong-Xin Dou

  • Alpha‐ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex‐dependent succinylation of proteins in neurons and neuronal cell lines

    Gary E. Gibson;Hui Xu;Huan-Lian Chen;Wei Chen

  • Synthesis of amino acid cofactor in cysteine dioxygenase is regulated by substrate and represents a novel post-translational regulation of activity.

    John E. Dominy;Jesse Hwang;Stephanie Guo;Lawrence L. Hirschberger

  • Flavin reduction activates Drosophila cryptochrome

    Anand T. Vaidya;Deniz Top;Craig C. Manahan;Joshua M. Tokuda

  • Surface-alkylated polystyrene monolithic columns for peptide analysis in capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Xian Huang;Sheng Zhang;Gary A. Schultz;Jack Henion

  • Detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms

    Gary A. Schultz;Sheng Zhang;Pelt Colleen K. Van

Frequent Co-Authors

David Wilson
David Wilson Binghamton University
Hening Lin
Hening Lin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jocelyn K. C. Rose
Jocelyn K. C. Rose Cornell University
Bruce Ganem
Bruce Ganem Cornell University
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Costantino Iadecola
Costantino Iadecola Cornell University
Ann L. Oberg
Ann L. Oberg Mayo Clinic
Quan Hao
Quan Hao University of Hong Kong
Brian R. Crane
Brian R. Crane Cornell University
Hong Jiang
Hong Jiang Nanjing Tech University

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