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Zhuxian Zhou

Zhuxian Zhou

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 51 9815 9476 2776 2763 156 11073

Zhuxian Zhou publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhuxian Zhou between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhuxian Zhou published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2021. 29 of the 197 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2021. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 1 publication 2011: 2 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 20 publications
1998 2025

197 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhuxian Zhou: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 1
2006 2
2007 0
2008 0
2009 1
2010 1
2011 2
2012 0
2013 10
2014 5
2015 6
2016 15
2017 12
2018 13
2019 16
2020 14
2021 28
2022 16
2023 25
2024 9
2025 20
Total 197
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Zhuxian Zhou publications per year - data summary

  • Zhuxian Zhou, a Materials Science scholar from Zhejiang University, has 197 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 28 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998, 2005, 2009 and 2010, with 1 publication each.
  • 9 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.4 per year counting only the 19 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 98 publications, 50% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 4 publications (0.4 per year); 2008-2017: 52 publications (5.2 per year); 2018-2025: 141 publications (17.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Zhuxian Zhou publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhuxian Zhou sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 150–169 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 156 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835 156
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Zhuxian Zhou publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Zhuxian Zhou, a Materials Science scholar from Zhejiang University, records 156 publications - the 16th percentile of the discipline.
  • 16% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Zhuxian Zhou, and about 84% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Zhuxian Zhou ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Zhuxian Zhou D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhuxian Zhou sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50–51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657 51
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Zhuxian Zhou D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Zhuxian Zhou, a Materials Science scholar from Zhejiang University, records 51 D-Index - the 24th percentile of the discipline.
  • 24% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Zhuxian Zhou, and about 76% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Zhuxian Zhou ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Zhuxian Zhou is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China, focusing on research within the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, and Immunology.

Zhou's research is centered primarily on topics such as Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and the synthesis and applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks.

The scientist has published extensively in several frequent venues, which include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Zhuxian Zhou has collaborated repeatedly with a group of close coauthors, featuring Youqing Shen, Jianbin Tang, Ying Piao, Jiajia Xiang, and Shiqun Shao, with collaboration counts ranging from several dozen to nearly a hundred joint works.

Among recent notable publications by Zhou are:

  • Enhanced tumour penetration and prolonged circulation in blood of polyzwitterion-drug conjugates with cell-membrane affinity, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • The tumor EPR effect for cancer drug delivery: Current status, limitations, and alternatives, 2022, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Advanced functional polymer materials, 2020, Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • Enzyme-Triggered Transcytosis of Dendrimer-Drug Conjugate for Deep Penetration into Pancreatic Tumors, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Co-delivery of IOX1 and doxorubicin for antibody-independent cancer chemo-immunotherapy, 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Rational Design of Cancer Nanomedicine: Nanoproperty Integration and Synchronization.

    Qihang Sun;Zhuxian Zhou;Nasha Qiu;Youqing Shen

  • Enzyme-activatable polymer–drug conjugate augments tumour penetration and treatment efficacy

    Quan Zhou;Shiqun Shao;Jinqiang Wang;Changhuo Xu

  • Gadolinium-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance cancer imaging.

    Zhuxian Zhou;Zheng Rong Lu

  • Integration of nanoassembly functions for an effective delivery cascade for cancer drugs.

    Qihang Sun;Qihang Sun;Xuanrong Sun;Xinpeng Ma;Zhuxian Zhou

  • Nonviral cancer gene therapy: Delivery cascade and vector nanoproperty integration.

    Zhuxian Zhou;Xiangrui Liu;Dingcheng Zhu;Yue Wang

  • Acid-Active Cell-Penetrating Peptides for in Vivo Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery

    Erlei Jin;Bo Zhang;Xuanrong Sun;Zhuxian Zhou

  • Fusogenic Reactive Oxygen Species Triggered Charge-Reversal Vector for Effective Gene Delivery

    Xin Liu;Jiajia Xiang;Dingcheng Zhu;Liming Jiang

  • A Tumor-Specific Cascade Amplification Drug Release Nanoparticle for Overcoming Multidrug Resistance in Cancers.

    Mingzhou Ye;Yuxin Han;Jianbin Tang;Ying Piao

  • Charge-Reversal Drug Conjugate for Targeted Cancer Cell Nuclear Drug Delivery

    Zhuxian Zhou;Youqing Shen;Youqing Shen;Jianbin Tang;Maohong Fan

  • The tumor EPR effect for cancer drug delivery: Current status, limitations, and alternatives

    Unknown

  • Enhanced tumour penetration and prolonged circulation in blood of polyzwitterion–drug conjugates with cell-membrane affinity

    Siqin Chen;Yin Zhong;Wufa Fan;Jiajia Xiang

  • Esterase-Activated Charge-Reversal Polymer for Fibroblast-Exempt Cancer Gene Therapy.

    Nasha Qiu;Xiangrui Liu;Yin Zhong;Zhuxian Zhou

  • Molecular imaging of the tumor microenvironment

    Zhuxian Zhou;Zheng-Rong Lu

  • Advanced functional polymer materials

    Kaojin Wang;Kamran Amin;Zesheng An;Zhengxu Cai

  • Mucus Penetrating and Cell‐Binding Polyzwitterionic Micelles as Potent Oral Nanomedicine for Cancer Drug Delivery

    Unknown

  • Linear-dendritic drug conjugates forming long-circulating nanorods for cancer-drug delivery.

    Zhuxian Zhou;Xinpeng Ma;Erlei Jin;Jianbin Tang

  • Enzyme-Triggered Transcytosis of Dendrimer-Drug Conjugate for Deep Penetration into Pancreatic Tumors.

    Guowei Wang;Zhuxian Zhou;Zhihao Zhao;Qunying Li

  • Tumor Abnormality-Oriented Nanomedicine Design

    Unknown

  • Active Transportation of Liposome Enhances Tumor Accumulation, Penetration, and Therapeutic Efficacy.

    Guowei Wang;Bihan Wu;Qunying Li;Siqin Chen

  • Progress and perspective of microneedle system for anti-cancer drug delivery.

    Dongdong Li;Doudou Hu;Hongxia Xu;Hirak K. Patra

  • Charge-reversal polyamidoamine dendrimer for cascade nuclear drug delivery

    Youqing Shen;Zhuxian Zhou;Meihua Sui;Jianbin Tang

  • Molecularly Precise Dendrimer–Drug Conjugates with Tunable Drug Release for Cancer Therapy

    Zhuxian Zhou;Xinpeng Ma;Caitlin J. Murphy;Erlei Jin

  • Peptide targeted tripod macrocyclic Gd(III) chelates for cancer molecular MRI.

    Zhuxian Zhou;Xueming Wu;Adam Kresak;Mark Alan Griswold

  • CelluMOFs: Green, Facile, and Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks for Versatile Applications

    Bo Zhang;Hongwen Chen;Qiuhui Hu;Liming Jiang

  • Intracellularly Disintegratable Polysulfoniums for Efficient Gene Delivery

    Dingcheng Zhu;Huijie Yan;Xin Liu;Jiajia Xiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Youqing Shen
Youqing Shen Zhejiang University
David L. Wilson
David L. Wilson Case Western Reserve University
Maciej Radosz
Maciej Radosz University of Wyoming
Dongdong Li
Dongdong Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dan Zhao
Dan Zhao National University of Singapore
Maohong Fan
Maohong Fan University of Wyoming
Wolfgang J. Parak
Wolfgang J. Parak Universität Hamburg
Tao Xie
Tao Xie Zhejiang University
Zhen Gu
Zhen Gu Zhejiang University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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