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D-Index
106
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42518
World Ranking
1149
National Ranking
683

Yi Zheng 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 Yi Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 473 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yi Zheng 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 Yi Zheng 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: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yi Zheng is affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans a range of specialized subfields including molecular biology, oncology, immunology, hematology, and genetics.

Their scientific output includes focused research on topics such as acute myeloid leukemia, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer cells and metastasis, immune cells in cancer, RNA modifications and cancer, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, and RNA research and splicing.

Yi Zheng has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including José A. Cancelas, Hartmut Geiger, Fukun Guo, Ashley Kuenzi Davis, and Maria Carolina Florian. These collaborations have contributed to their investigations in hematopoiesis, stem cell biology, and cancer mechanisms.

Their recent publications include investigations into inflammation and hematopoietic stem cells, aging, and genetic mutations related to myelodysplasia. Notable papers are:

  • Adaptive response to inflammation contributes to sustained myelopoiesis and confers a competitive advantage in myelodysplastic syndrome HSCs, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Germline DDX41 mutations cause ineffective hematopoiesis and myelodysplasia, 2021, Cell Stem Cell
  • Inhibition of Cdc42 activity extends lifespan and decreases circulating inflammatory cytokines in aged female C57BL/6 mice, 2020, Aging Cell
  • Aging of intestinal stem cells, 2022, Stem Cell Reports
  • Aging of human hematopoietic stem cells is linked to changes in Cdc42 activity, 2021, Haematologica

Yi Zheng's work has been featured primarily in journals such as Blood, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Cancer Research, and Annals of Oncology. These venues reflect a consistent contribution to the fields of hematology and oncology.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Rational design and characterization of a Rac GTPase-specific small molecule inhibitor

    Yuan Gao;J. Bradley Dickerson;Fukun Guo;Jie Zheng

  • Rho GTPase-activating proteins in cell regulation

    Sun Young Moon;Yi Zheng

  • Inhibition of RhoA by p120 catenin

    Panos Z. Anastasiadis;Sun Y. Moon;Molly A. Thoreson;Debbie J. Mariner

  • CDC42 ACTIVITY REGULATES HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL AGING AND REJUVENATION

    Maria Carolina Florian;Karin Dörr;Anja Niebel;Deidre Daria

  • Crystal structure of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 in complex with a viral chemokine

    Ling Qin;Irina Kufareva;Lauren G. Holden;Chong Wang

  • Rac1 GTPase: A “Rac” of All Trades

    E. E. Bosco;J. C. Mulloy;Y. Zheng

  • Genetic deletion of the Pten tumor suppressor gene promotes cell motility by activation of Rac1 and Cdc42 GTPases.

    Joanna Liliental;Sun Young Moon;Ralf Lesche;Ramanaiah Mamillapalli

  • Rac GTPases differentially integrate signals regulating hematopoietic stem cell localization

    Jose A Cancelas;Andrew W Lee;Rethinasamy Prabhakar;Keith F Stringer

  • Intestinal Microbiota Distinguish Gout Patients from Healthy Humans

    Zhuang Guo;Jiachao Zhang;Zhanli Wang;Kay Ying Ang

  • Microenvironment Determines Lineage Fate in a Human Model of MLL-AF9 Leukemia

    Junping Wei;Mark Wunderlich;Catherine Fox;Sara Alvarez

  • Direct Desktop Printed-Circuits-on-Paper Flexible Electronics

    Yi Zheng;Zhizhu He;Yunxia Gao;Jing Liu;Jing Liu

  • A canonical to non-canonical Wnt signalling switch in haematopoietic stem-cell ageing

    Maria Carolina Florian;Kalpana J. Nattamai;Karin Dörr;Gina Marka

  • Structure of CC chemokine receptor 2 with orthosteric and allosteric antagonists

    Yi Zheng;Ling Qin;Natalia V. Ortiz Zacarías;Henk de Vries

  • An essential role for Rac1 in endothelial cell function and vascular development

    Wenfu Tan;Todd R. Palmby;Julie Gavard;Panomwat Amornphimoltham

  • Cdc42 in oncogenic transformation, invasion, and tumorigenesis

    Kristy Stengel;Yi Zheng

  • Interactions among Proteins Involved in Bud-site Selection and Bud-site Assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Yi Zheng;Alan Bender;Richard A. Cerione

  • Saccharina genomes provide novel insight into kelp biology

    Naihao Ye;Xiaowen Zhang;Miao Miao;Xiao Fan

  • Comprehensive identification of internal structure and alternative splicing events in circular RNAs

    Yuan Gao;Jinfeng Wang;Yi Zheng;Jinyang Zhang

  • Interactions between the bud emergence proteins Bem1p and Bem2p and Rho-type GTPases in yeast.

    J Peterson;Y Zheng;L Bender;A Myers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose A. Cancelas
Jose A. Cancelas Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Hartmut Geiger
Hartmut Geiger University of Ulm
David A. Williams
David A. Williams Boston Children's Hospital
James C. Mulloy
James C. Mulloy Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Richard A. Lang
Richard A. Lang Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
R. Michael Garavito
R. Michael Garavito Michigan State University
Nancy Ratner
Nancy Ratner Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Tracy M. Handel
Tracy M. Handel University of Montana
Fangqing Zhao
Fangqing Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing Liu
Jing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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