2026 Zhaolei Zhang: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	14826	13616	521	477	195	15329

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Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

14826

13616

521

477

195

15329

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

15329

World Ranking

14826

National Ranking

521

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

1413
Citations
Electron transfer by domain movement in cytochrome bc1.

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

1356
Citations
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

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

1331
Citations
N6-methyladenosine modification destabilizes developmental regulators in embryonic stem cells

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

1249
Citations
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

495
Citations
Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants

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

452
Citations
N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications.

Yang Wang;Yue Li;Minghui Yue;Jun Wang

369
Citations
Patterns of nucleotide substitution, insertion and deletion in the human genome inferred from pseudogenes

Zhaolei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

317
Citations
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

278
Citations
Identification and Analysis of Over 2000 Ribosomal Protein Pseudogenes in the Human Genome

Zhaolei Zhang;Paul Harrison;Mark Gerstein

258
Citations
Comparative analysis of processed pseudogenes in the mouse and human genomes.

Zhaolei Zhang;Nick Carriero;Mark Gerstein

255
Citations
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

233
Citations
PseudoPipe: an automated pseudogene identification pipeline

Zhaolei Zhang;Nicholas Carriero;Deyou Zheng;John Karro

212
Citations
Large-scale analysis of pseudogenes in the human genome.

ZhaoLei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

211
Citations
Pseudogene.org: a comprehensive database and comparison platform for pseudogene annotation

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

211
Citations
Comprehensive analysis of amino acid and nucleotide composition in eukaryotic genomes, comparing genes and pseudogenes

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

174
Citations
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

144
Citations
Of mice and men: phylogenetic footprinting aids the discovery of regulatory elements

Zhaolei Zhang;Mark Gerstein

136
Citations
The extensive and condition-dependent nature of epistasis among whole-genome duplicates in yeast

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

130
Citations
The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome [Correction]

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

12
Citations