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Zhaolei 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 Zhaolei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 195 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhaolei 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 Zhaolei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhaolei Zhang is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and primarily works in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research areas include Molecular Biology, Hematology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Traffic control and management
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Zhang has published frequently in several academic venues. Notably, these include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Advanced Science

Recent publications by Zhang showcase contributions across various aspects of molecular and computational biology. Selected papers include:

  • "A Survey on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Fighting Against COVID-19", 2021, ACM Computing Surveys
  • "SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein binds host mRNAs and attenuates stress granules to impair host stress response", 2021, iScience
  • "CRISPR-Net: A Recurrent Convolutional Network Quantifies CRISPR Off-Target Activities with Mismatches and Indels", 2020, Advanced Science
  • "A central chaperone-like role for 14-3-3 proteins in human cells", 2023, Molecular Cell
  • "Regulation of alternative polyadenylation by the C2H2-zinc-finger protein Sp1", 2022, Molecular Cell

Zhang collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors that include:

  • Dennis Dong Hwan Kim
  • Syed Nabeel-Shah
  • Hyunmin Lee
  • Shuye Pu
  • Jack Greenblatt

Best Publications

  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome

    Ruiqiang Li;Wei Fan;Geng Tian;Hongmei Zhu

  • Electron transfer by domain movement in cytochrome bc1.

    Zhaolei Zhang;Lishar Huang;Lishar Huang;Vladimir M. Shulmeister;Young In Chi

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • N6-methyladenosine modification destabilizes developmental regulators in embryonic stem cells

    Yang Wang;Yue Li;Julia I. Toth;Matthew D. Petroski

  • Millions of Years of Evolution Preserved: A Comprehensive Catalog of the Processed Pseudogenes in the Human Genome

    Zhaolei Zhang;Paul M. Harrison;Yin Liu;Mark Gerstein

  • Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants

    Zhijian Li;Franco J. Vizeacoumar;Sondra Bahr;Jingjing Li

  • N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications.

    Yang Wang;Yue Li;Minghui Yue;Jun Wang

  • Patterns of nucleotide substitution, insertion and deletion in the human genome inferred from pseudogenes

    Zhaolei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

  • An atlas of chaperone–protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: implications to protein folding pathways in the cell

    Yunchen Gong;Yoshito Kakihara;Nevan Krogan;Jack Greenblatt

  • Identification and Analysis of Over 2000 Ribosomal Protein Pseudogenes in the Human Genome

    Zhaolei Zhang;Paul Harrison;Mark Gerstein

  • Comparative analysis of processed pseudogenes in the mouse and human genomes.

    Zhaolei Zhang;Nick Carriero;Mark Gerstein

  • Transcribed processed pseudogenes in the human genome: an intermediate form of expressed retrosequence lacking protein-coding ability

    Paul M. Harrison;Deyou Zheng;Zhaolei Zhang;Nicholas Carriero

  • PseudoPipe: an automated pseudogene identification pipeline

    Zhaolei Zhang;Nicholas Carriero;Deyou Zheng;John Karro

  • Large-scale analysis of pseudogenes in the human genome.

    ZhaoLei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

  • Pseudogene.org: a comprehensive database and comparison platform for pseudogene annotation

    John E. Karro;Yangpan Yan;Deyou Zheng;Zhaolei Zhang

  • Comprehensive analysis of amino acid and nucleotide composition in eukaryotic genomes, comparing genes and pseudogenes

    Nathaniel Echols;Paul Harrison;Suganthi Balasubramanian;Nicholas M. Luscombe

  • The dominance of the population by a selected few: power-law behaviour applies to a wide variety of genomic properties

    Nicholas M Luscombe;Jiang Qian;Zhaolei Zhang;Ted Johnson

  • Of mice and men: phylogenetic footprinting aids the discovery of regulatory elements

    Zhaolei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

  • The extensive and condition-dependent nature of epistasis among whole-genome duplicates in yeast

    Gabriel Musso;Michael Costanzo;ManQin Huangfu;Andrew M. Smith

  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome [Correction]

    Ruiqiang Li;Ruiqiang Li;Wei Fan;Geng Tian;Geng Tian;Hongmei Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University
Andrew Emili
Andrew Emili Boston University
Jack Greenblatt
Jack Greenblatt University of Toronto
Grant W. Brown
Grant W. Brown University of Toronto
Deyou Zheng
Deyou Zheng Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Charles Boone
Charles Boone University of Toronto
Sung-Hou Kim
Sung-Hou Kim University of California, Berkeley
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
Nicholas M. Luscombe
Nicholas M. Luscombe The Francis Crick Institute
Brenda J. Andrews
Brenda J. Andrews University of Toronto

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