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Xiaowei Zhuang 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 Xiaowei Zhuang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 260 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaowei Zhuang 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 Xiaowei Zhuang 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: 116 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Xiaowei Zhuang is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the broad discipline of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Biophysics, Immunology, Neurology, and Cancer Research.

The main topics covered in Zhuang's research encompass Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Immune cells in cancer, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

Zhuang's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain, 2023, Nature
  • Deep learning and alignment of spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomes with Tangram, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Genome-Scale Imaging of the 3D Organization and Transcriptional Activity of Chromatin, 2020, Cell
  • A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex, 2021, Nature
  • Interactions between cancer cells and immune cells drive transitions to mesenchymal-like states in glioblastoma, 2021, Cancer Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhuang include:

  • Timothy R. Blosser
  • Meng Zhang
  • Aviv Regev
  • Catherine Dulac
  • Stephen W. Eichhorn

Zhuang has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Sub-diffraction-limit imaging by stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM).

    Michael J Rust;Mark Bates;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging by Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy

    Bo Huang;Wenqin Wang;Mark Bates;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Spatially resolved, highly multiplexed RNA profiling in single cells

    Kok Hao Chen;Alistair N. Boettiger;Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Siyuan Wang

  • Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

    Bo Huang;Mark Bates;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Electrical detection of single viruses

    Fernando Patolsky;Gengfeng Zheng;Oliver Hayden;Melike Lakadamyali

  • Evaluation of fluorophores for optimal performance in localization-based super-resolution imaging

    Graham T Dempsey;Joshua C Vaughan;Joshua C Vaughan;Kok Hao Chen;Mark Bates

  • Molecular, spatial, and functional single-cell profiling of the hypothalamic preoptic region.

    Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Stephen W. Eichhorn;Eric Vaughn;Eric Vaughn

  • Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

    Ke Xu;Guisheng Zhong;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Breaking the Diffraction Barrier: Super-Resolution Imaging of Cells

    Bo Huang;Hazen Babcock;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Mapping molecular orientation and conformation at interfaces by surface nonlinear optics

    X. Zhuang;X. Zhuang;P. B. Miranda;P. B. Miranda;D. Kim;D. Kim;Y. R. Shen;Y. R. Shen

  • A single-molecule study of RNA catalysis and folding.

    Xiaowei Zhuang;Laura E. Bartley;Hazen P. Babcock;Rick Russell

  • Fast, three-dimensional super-resolution imaging of live cells

    Sara A. Jones;Sang Hee Shim;Jiang-Tu He;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Visualizing infection of individual influenza viruses.

    Melike Lakadamyali;Michael J. Rust;Hazen P. Babcock;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Super-resolution imaging reveals distinct chromatin folding for different epigenetic states

    Alistair N. Boettiger;Bogdan Bintu;Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Siyuan Wang

  • Super-resolution chromatin tracing reveals domains and cooperative interactions in single cells

    Bogdan Bintu;Leslie J. Mateo;Jun-Han Su;Nicholas A. Sinnott-Armstrong

  • Superresolution Imaging of Chemical Synapses in the Brain

    Adish Dani;Bo Huang;Bo Huang;Joseph Bergan;Joseph Bergan;Catherine Dulac;Catherine Dulac

  • Whole cell 3D STORM reveals interactions between cellular structures with nanometer-scale resolution

    Bo Huang;Sara A Jones;Boerries Brandenburg;Boerries Brandenburg;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Ligands for Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis Are Differentially Sorted into Distinct Populations of Early Endosomes

    Melike Lakadamyali;Michael J. Rust;Michael J. Rust;Xiaowei Zhuang;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Correlating Structural Dynamics and Function in Single Ribozyme Molecules

    Xiaowei Zhuang;Harold Kim;Miguel J. B. Pereira;Hazen P. Babcock

  • Super-resolution imaging reveals distinct chromatin folding for different epigenetic states

    Alistair N. Boettiger;Bogdan Bintu;Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Siyuan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Steven Chu
Steven Chu Stanford University
David E. Clapham
David E. Clapham Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vann Bennett
Vann Bennett Duke University
Catherine Dulac
Catherine Dulac Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Taekjip Ha
Taekjip Ha Johns Hopkins University
Bing Ren
Bing Ren New York Genome Center
Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Stephen Z. D. Cheng University of Akron

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