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D-Index
57
Citations
9552
World Ranking
14036
National Ranking
426

Tao Zhu 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 Tao Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 188 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tao Zhu 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 Tao Zhu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tao Zhu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research spans multiple areas including medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on oncology and cancer research.

The main fields of study for Tao Zhu encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in the following subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Their research topics explore diverse areas related to cancer and molecular biology, such as:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Tao Zhu has contributed to various research venues with repeated publications in:

  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Cancer Letters
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Cancer Research

Recent scholarly publications showcase Tao Zhu's collaborations and research focus areas:

  • Cancer stem cell regulated phenotypic plasticity protects metastasized cancer cells from ferroptosis, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mitochondria: The metabolic switch of cellular oncogenic transformation, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer
  • A Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Novel Patterns of Gene Expression During 3T3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • CPSF6 links alternative polyadenylation to metabolism adaption in hepatocellular carcinoma progression, 2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Breast Cancer Stem Cells Secrete MIF to Mediate Tumor Metabolic Reprogramming That Drives Immune Evasion, 2024, Cancer Research

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Tao Zhu include:

  • Peter E. Lobie
  • Vijay Pandey
  • Basappa Basappa
  • Mingming Wu
  • Xi Zhang

Best Publications

  • Signal transduction via the growth hormone receptor.

    Tao Zhu;Eyleen L.K Goh;Ralph Graichen;Ling Ling

  • RUNX3 Is Frequently Inactivated by Dual Mechanisms of Protein Mislocalization and Promoter Hypermethylation in Breast Cancer

    Quek Choon Lau;Erna Raja;Manuel Salto-Tellez;Qiang Liu

  • HOXB7, a homeodomain protein, is overexpressed in breast cancer and confers epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

    Xinyan Wu;Hexin Chen;Belinda Parker;Belinda Parker;Ethel Rubin

  • MicroRNA-7 Inhibits Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis of Breast Cancer Cells via Targeting FAK Expression

    Xiangjun Kong;Gaopeng Li;Yan Yuan;Yan He

  • Gd-metallofullerenol nanomaterial as non-toxic breast cancer stem cell-specific inhibitor

    Ying Liu;Chunying Chen;Pengxu Qian;Xuefei Lu

  • Lymphoma endothelium preferentially expresses Tim-3 and facilitates the progression of lymphoma by mediating immune evasion

    Xiaoyuan Huang;Xiangyang Bai;Yang Cao;Jingyi Wu

  • Human growth hormone-regulated HOXA1 is a human mammary epithelial oncogene.

    Xin Zhang;Tao Zhu;Yong Chen;Hichem C. Mertani

  • Comprehensive elaboration of the cGAS-STING signaling axis in cancer development and immunotherapy

    Juyan Zheng;Junluan Mo;Tao Zhu;Wei Zhuo

  • c-MYC-regulated miR-23a/24-2/27a Cluster Promotes Mammary Carcinoma Cell Invasion and Hepatic Metastasis by Targeting Sprouty2

    Xiaoni Li;Xin Liu;Weiyi Xu;Peng Zhou

  • Pivotal Role of Reduced let-7g Expression in Breast Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

    Pengxu Qian;Zehua Zuo;Zhengsheng Wu;Xianyi Meng

  • Long-term pulmonary exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes promotes breast cancer metastatic cascades

    Xuefei Lu;Yong Zhu;Ru Bai;Zhengsheng Wu

  • Oncogenic Transformation of Human Mammary Epithelial Cells by Autocrine Human Growth Hormone

    Tao Zhu;B. Starling-Emerald;Xin Zhang;Kok-Onn Lee

  • DEAD-box helicase DP103 defines metastatic potential of human breast cancers

    Eun Myoung Shin;Hui Sin Hay;Moon Hee Lee;Jen Nee Goh

  • Activation of fibronectin/PI-3K/Akt2 leads to chemoresistance to docetaxel by regulating survivin protein expression in ovarian and breast cancer cells.

    Hui Xing;Danhui Weng;Gang Chen;Wenming Tao

  • The HOXB7 protein renders breast cancer cells resistant to tamoxifen through activation of the EGFR pathway

    Kideok Jin;Xiangjun Kong;Tariq Shah;Marie-France Penet

  • miR-198 inhibits migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by targeting the HGF/c-MET pathway.

    Sheng Tan;Rui Li;Keshuo Ding;Peter E. Lobie

  • The Effects of Autocrine Human Growth Hormone (hGH) on Human Mammary Carcinoma Cell Behavior Are Mediated via the hGH Receptor1

    Karmal K. Kaulsay;Tao Zhu;William F. Bennett;Kok-Onn Lee

  • Identification of miR-26 as a key mediator of estrogen stimulated cell proliferation by targeting CHD1, GREB1 and KPNA2.

    Sheng Tan;Keshuo Ding;Rui Li;Weijie Zhang

  • Janus kinase 2-dependent activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase by growth hormone. Resultant transcriptional activation of ATF-2 and CHOP, cytoskeletal re-organization and mitogenesis.

    Tao Zhu;Peter E. Lobie

  • Gd-metallofullerenol nanomaterial as non-toxic breast cancer stem cell-specific inhibitor

    Ying Liu;Chunying Chen;Pengxu Qian;Tao Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter E. Lobie
Peter E. Lobie Tsinghua University
Saraswati Sukumar
Saraswati Sukumar Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chunying Chen
Chunying Chen National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Alan Prem Kumar
Alan Prem Kumar National University of Singapore
Lance D. Miller
Lance D. Miller Wake Forest University
Murray D. Mitchell
Murray D. Mitchell Queensland University of Technology
Suling Liu
Suling Liu Fudan University
Edison T. Liu
Edison T. Liu The Jackson Laboratory
Bingya Liu
Bingya Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Nancy E. Davidson
Nancy E. Davidson University of Washington

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