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Yannan Zhao

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12156
World Ranking
8398
National Ranking
261

Yannan Zhao 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 Yannan Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 175 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yannan Zhao 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 Yannan Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yannan Zhao is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their primary field of study is medicine, with a focus on oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's research concentrates on key topics such as nerve injury and regeneration, spinal cord injury research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, cancer treatment and pharmacology, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and advanced breast cancer therapies.

Zhao has contributed to several notable publications, including:

  • Malate Circulation: Linking Chloroplast Metabolism to Mitochondrial ROS, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • Small molecules combined with collagen hydrogel direct neurogenesis and migration of neural stem cells after spinal cord injury, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Directed remodeling of the mouse gut microbiome inhibits the development of atherosclerosis, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • NSCs Migration Promoted and Drug Delivered Exosomes-Collagen Scaffold via a Bio-Specific Peptide for One-Step Spinal Cord Injury Repair, 2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Advances in Biomaterial-Based Spinal Cord Injury Repair, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

Frequent coauthors in Zhao's research include Jianwu Dai, Zhifeng Xiao, Biyun Wang, Bing Chen, and Chengcheng Gong.

Zhao's work has been published frequently in venues such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Biomaterials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Biomaterials Science, and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

Best Publications

  • The enhancement of cancer stem cell properties of MCF-7 cells in 3D collagen scaffolds for modeling of cancer and anti-cancer drugs.

    Lei Chen;Zhifeng Xiao;Yue Meng;Yannan Zhao

  • Oct4 pseudogenes are transcribed in cancers.

    Guangli Suo;Jin Han;Xia Wang;Jingyu Zhang

  • Homogeneous osteogenesis and bone regeneration by demineralized bone matrix loading with collagen-targeting bone morphogenetic protein-2.

    Bing Chen;Hang Lin;Jianhua Wang;Yannan Zhao

  • Myocardial-Infarction-Responsive Smart Hydrogels Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinase for On-Demand Growth Factor Delivery.

    Caixia Fan;Jiajia Shi;Jiajia Shi;Yan Zhuang;Lulu Zhang

  • Alternative Translation of OCT4 by an Internal Ribosome Entry Site and its Novel Function in Stress Response

    Xia Wang;Yannan Zhao;Zhifeng Xiao;Bing Chen

  • The promotion of neural regeneration in an extreme rat spinal cord injury model using a collagen scaffold containing a collagen binding neuroprotective protein and an EGFR neutralizing antibody

    Qianqian Han;Wei Jin;Zhifeng Xiao;Hongbin Ni

  • Transplantation of UC-MSCs on collagen scaffold activates follicles in dormant ovaries of POF patients with long history of infertility.

    Lijun Ding;Guijun Yan;Bin Wang;Lu Xu

  • Collagen-targeting vascular endothelial growth factor improves cardiac performance after myocardial infarction.

    Jing Zhang;Liang Ding;Yannan Zhao;Wenjie Sun

  • Moldable Hyaluronan Hydrogel Enabled by Dynamic Metal-Bisphosphonate Coordination Chemistry for Wound Healing.

    Liyang Shi;Yannan Zhao;Qifan Xie;Caixia Fan

  • Linear Ordered Collagen Scaffolds Loaded with Collagen-Binding Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Improve the Recovery of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Qianqian Han;Wenjie Sun;Hang Lin;Wenxue Zhao

  • Clinical Study of NeuroRegen Scaffold Combined With Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Repair of Chronic Complete Spinal Cord Injury.

    Yannan Zhao;Fengwu Tang;Zhifeng Xiao;Guang Han

  • Significant Improvement of Acute Complete Spinal Cord Injury Patients Diagnosed by a Combined Criteria Implanted with NeuroRegen Scaffolds and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Zhifeng Xiao;Fengwu Tang;Yannan Zhao;Guang Han

  • Malate transported from chloroplast to mitochondrion triggers production of ROS and PCD in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Yannan Zhao;Lilan Luo;Jiesi Xu;Peiyong Xin

  • A collagen microchannel scaffold carrying paclitaxel-liposomes induces neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling for spinal cord injury repair.

    Xiaoran Li;Caixia Fan;Zhifeng Xiao;Yannan Zhao

  • Stem-cell-capturing collagen scaffold promotes cardiac tissue regeneration.

    Chunying Shi;Qingguo Li;Yannan Zhao;Wei Chen

  • The effect of collagen-targeting platelet-derived growth factor on cellularization and vascularization of collagen scaffolds

    Hang Lin;Bing Chen;Wenjie Sun;Wenxue Zhao

  • The effect of crosslinking heparin to demineralized bone matrix on mechanical strength and specific binding to human bone morphogenetic protein-2

    Hang Lin;Yannan Zhao;Wenjie Sun;Bing Chen

  • A modified collagen scaffold facilitates endogenous neurogenesis for acute spinal cord injury repair

    Caixia Fan;Xing Li;Zhifeng Xiao;Yannan Zhao

  • Cetuximab modified collagen scaffold directs neurogenesis of injury-activated endogenous neural stem cells for acute spinal cord injury repair.

    Xing Li;Yannan Zhao;Shixiang Cheng;Sufang Han

  • Promotion of neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells by using EGFR antibody functionalized collagen scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair

    Xiaoran Li;Zhifeng Xiao;Jin Han;Lei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianwu Dai
Jianwu Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhifeng Xiao
Zhifeng Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bing Chen
Bing Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jiayang Li
Jiayang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianru Zuo
Jianru Zuo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianmin Zhou
Jianmin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith University of Tasmania
Wen Yang
Wen Yang Beijing Institute of Technology
Qiangbin Wang
Qiangbin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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