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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 74 1244 1107 7 7 249 16320

Zhiyuan Gong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhiyuan Gong between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhiyuan Gong published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 10.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2017. 36 of the 352 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2017. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 5 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 5 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 6 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 17 publications
1991 2025

352 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhiyuan Gong: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 5
1993 1
1994 1
1995 5
1996 1
1997 6
1998 7
1999 12
2000 5
2001 7
2002 8
2003 6
2004 5
2005 7
2006 11
2007 4
2008 12
2009 7
2010 13
2011 18
2012 9
2013 14
2014 5
2015 9
2016 10
2017 27
2018 12
2019 13
2020 13
2021 20
2022 20
2023 22
2024 19
2025 17
Total 352
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Zhiyuan Gong publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiyuan Gong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 247–256 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 249 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63 249
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Zhiyuan Gong D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiyuan Gong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89 74
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Zhiyuan Gong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focused investigation into molecular biology, cell biology, cancer research, infectious diseases, and immunology as notable subfields.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Zhiyuan Gong has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Surface Science

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhiyuan Gong cover a range of topics and are published in relevant journals. These include:

  • Exosome-mediated metabolic reprogramming: the emerging role in tumor microenvironment remodeling and its influence on cancer progression, 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Barrier function of zebrafish embryonic chorions against microplastics and nanoplastics and its impact on embryo development, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Diet preference of zebrafish (Danio rerio) for bio-based polylactic acid microplastics and induced intestinal damage and microbiota dysbiosis, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Toxicities of microplastic fibers and granules on the development of zebrafish embryos and their combined effects with cadmium, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Zebrafish as the toxicant screening model: Transgenic and omics approaches, 2021, Aquatic Toxicology

Frequent collaborators with whom Zhiyuan Gong has co-authored multiple works include:

  • Hualei Wang
  • Malcolm Turk Hsern Tan
  • Dan Li
  • Hongli Jin
  • Yujie Bai

Best Publications

  • Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map.

    John H. Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael A. Gates;Sally Horne

  • Development and maturation of the immune system in zebrafish, Danio rerio: a gene expression profiling, in situ hybridization and immunological study.

    S.H Lam;H.L Chua;Z Gong;T.J Lam

  • Growth Enhancement in Transgenic Atlantic Salmon by the Use of an “All Fish” Chimeric Growth Hormone Gene Construct

    Shao Jun Du;Zhiyuan Gong;Garth L. Fletcher;Margaret A. Shears

  • Transcriptome analysis of zebrafish embryogenesis using microarrays.

    Sinnakaruppan Mathavan;Serene G. P Lee;Alicia Mak;Lance D Miller

  • Conservation of gene expression signatures between zebrafish and human liver tumors and tumor progression

    Siew Hong Lam;Yi Lian Wu;Vinsensius B Vega;Lance D Miller

  • Zebrafish mRNA sequencing deciphers novelties in transcriptome dynamics during maternal to zygotic transition

    Håvard Aanes;Cecilia L. Winata;Chi Ho Lin;Jieqi P. Chen

  • Expression of zebrafish bHLH genes ngn1 and nrd defines distinct stages of neural differentiation.

    Vladimir Korzh;Inna Sleptsova;Ji Liao;Jiangyan He

  • Hepatic and extrahepatic expression of vitellogenin genes in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

    Hai Wang;Jacqueline T.T. Tan;Alexander Emelyanov;Vladimir Korzh

  • Barrier function of zebrafish embryonic chorions against microplastics and nanoplastics and its impact on embryo development.

    Zhenghua Duan;Xinyue Duan;Shuang Zhao;Xiaoli Wang

  • Fgf10 regulates hepatopancreatic ductal system patterning and differentiation

    P Duc Si Dong;Chantilly A Munson;William Norton;Cecile Crosnier

  • Comparative Transcriptome Analyses Indicate Molecular Homology of Zebrafish Swimbladder and Mammalian Lung

    Weiling Zheng;Zhengyuan Wang;John E. Collins;Robert M. Andrews

  • Development of zebrafish swimbladder: The requirement of Hedgehog signaling in specification and organization of the three tissue layers.

    Cecilia Lanny Winata;Svetlana Korzh;Igor Kondrychyn;Weiling Zheng

  • Requirement of vasculogenesis and blood circulation in late stages of liver growth in zebrafish

    Svetlana Korzh;Xiufang Pan;Marta Garcia-Lecea;Cecilia Lanny Winata

  • Development of transgenic fish for ornamental and bioreactor by strong expression of fluorescent proteins in the skeletal muscle.

    Zhiyuan Gong;Haiyan Wan;Tuan Leng Tay;Hai Wang

  • The tcl-3 proto-oncogene altered by chromosomal translocation in T-cell leukemia codes for a homeobox protein.

    Ming Lu;Zhiyuan Gong;Weifang Shen;A. D. Ho

  • Morphological and molecular evidence for functional organization along the rostrocaudal axis of the adult zebrafish intestine

    Zhengyuan Wang;Zhengyuan Wang;Jianguo Du;Jianguo Du;Siew Hong Lam;Sinnakarupan Mathavan

  • An inducible krasV12 transgenic zebrafish model for liver tumorigenesis and chemical drug screening

    Anh Tuan Nguyen;Alexander Emelyanov;Chor Hui Vivien Koh;Jan M. Spitsbergen

  • Mercury-induced hepatotoxicity in zebrafish: in vivo mechanistic insights from transcriptome analysis, phenotype anchoring and targeted gene expression validation

    Choong Yong Ung;Siew Hong Lam;Mya Myintzu Hlaing;Cecilia Lanny Winata

  • A zebrafish vitellogenin gene (vg3) encodes a novel vitellogenin without a phosvitin domain and may represent a primitive vertebrate vitellogenin gene

    Hai Wang;Tie Yan;Jacqueline T.T. Tan;Zhiyuan Gong

  • Correction: Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map

    John Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael Gates;Sally Horne

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Korzh
Vladimir Korzh United Way
Choy L. Hew
Choy L. Hew National University of Singapore
Garth L. Fletcher
Garth L. Fletcher Memorial University of Newfoundland
Paul Matsudaira
Paul Matsudaira National University of Singapore
Qingsong Lin
Qingsong Lin National University of Singapore
Han-Ming Shen
Han-Ming Shen University of Macau
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Baowen Li
Baowen Li Southern University of Science and Technology
Guillaume Bourque
Guillaume Bourque McGill University

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