🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Zhijian Tu

Institut thématique Génétique, génomique et bioinformatique

ORCID: 0000-0003-4227-3819

Also affiliated with Virginia Tech

Agricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineNeuroscience

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 1%percentile
5.6Author DataRank

Indexed papers

6in pilot corpus
datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology
Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 6 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Top data-sharing exemplar

The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

Genome biology(2020)10.1186/s13059-020-02141-w
Top 8%
2.6DataRank
Top 8%142 citations

Reem A. Masri, Luciano V. Cosme, Sergey Koren, Françoise Thibaud‐Nissen, James K. Biedler +26 more

Papers

Driven by 28 papers — median percentile 68. Top paper: “Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus”.

Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

Genome biology(2020)10.1186/s13059-020-02141-w
Top 8%
2.6DataRank
Top 8%142 citations

Reem A. Masri, Luciano V. Cosme, Sergey Koren, Françoise Thibaud‐Nissen, James K. Biedler +26 more

Chromosome-level genome assemblies of the malaria vectors Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis

GigaScience(2021)10.1093/gigascience/giab017
Top 20%
1.0DataRank
Top 20%26 citations

Pavel Avdeyev, Jiangtao Liang, Atashi Sharma, Chujia Chen, Varvara Lukyanchikova +5 more

The Beginning of the End: A Chromosomal Assembly of the New World Malaria Mosquito Ends with a Novel Telomere

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2020)10.1534/g3.120.401654
Top 24%
0.830DataRank
Top 24%30 citations

Jiangtao Liang, Chujia Chen, Varvara Lukyanchikova, Yumin Qi, Mark Potters +8 more

Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.02.28.969527
Top 40%
0.477DataRank
Top 40%20 citations

Reem A. Masri, Luciano V. Cosme, Sergey Koren, Françoise Thibaud‐Nissen, James K. Biedler +25 more

Marker-assisted mapping enables forward genetic analysis in Aedes aegypti , an arboviral vector with vast recombination deserts

Genetics(2022)10.1093/genetics/iyac140
N/A
0.470DataRank · unranked
22 citations

Austin Compton, Katerina Nikolouli, Aihua Wang, Azadeh Aryan, Atashi Sharma +9 more

On the Origin and Evolution of the Mosquito Male-determining Factor Nix

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2023)10.1093/molbev/msad276
N/A
0.422DataRank · unranked
12 citations

Azadeh Aryan, Yumin Qi, Aihua Wang, Ellen O. Martinson, Daniel A. Hartman +13 more

The beginning of the end: a chromosomal assembly of the New World malaria mosquito ends with a novel telomere

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.04.17.047084
Top 49%
0.361DataRank
Top 49%7 citations

Jiangtao Liang, Chujia Chen, Varvara Lukyanchikova, Yumin Qi, Mark Potters +8 more

Characterization of a female germline and early zygote promoter from the transcription factor bZip1 in the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti

Parasites & Vectors(2020)10.1186/s13071-020-04216-w
N/A
0.360DataRank · unranked
10 citations

James K. Biedler, Zhijian Tu, Zach N. Adelman, Bianca Burini Kojin

A DBHS family member regulates male determination in the filariasis vector Armigeres subalbatus

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-37983-y
N/A
0.360DataRank · unranked
10 citations

Wenqiang Yang, Ling Kong, Siyu Zhao, Zhensheng Xie, Yijie Zhao +10 more

Chromosomal Inversions and Their Potential Impact on the Evolution of Arboviral Vector Aedes aegypti

Genome Biology and Evolution(2025)10.1093/gbe/evaf118
N/A
0.292DataRank · unranked
6 citations

Noah H. Rose, Ilya I. Brusentsov, Varvara Lukyanchikova, Dmitriy A. Karagodin, Yifan Feng +19 more

Chromosome-level genome assemblies of the malaria vectors Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.09.29.318477
Top 59%
0.256DataRank
Top 59%4 citations

Pavel Avdeyev, Jiangtao Liang, Atashi Sharma, Chujia Chen, Varvara Lukyanchikova +5 more

Selective targeting of biting females to control mosquito-borne infectious diseases

Trends in Parasitology(2022)10.1016/j.pt.2022.05.012
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
9 citations

Austin Compton, Zach N. Adelman, Zhijian Tu, Bianca Burini Kojin

On the origin and evolution of the mosquito male-determining factor Nix

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.12.07.519398
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Azadeh Aryan, Yumin Qi, Aihua Wang, Ellen O. Martinson, Daniel A. Hartman +13 more

The chromosome-scale genome assembly for the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus uncovers patterns of genome evolution in mosquitoes

BMC Biology(2024)10.1186/s12915-024-01825-0
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
31 citations

Chujia Chen, Mark Potters, Anastasia N. Naumenko, Varvara Lukyanchikova, Reem A. Masri +27 more

Rhythms in insect olfactory systems: underlying mechanisms and outstanding questions

Journal of Experimental Biology(2024)10.1242/jeb.244182
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
9 citations

Zhijian Tu, Chloé Lahondère, Clément Vinauger, Li Guang Lou

Differential elimination of marked sex chromosomes enables production of nontransgenic male mosquitoes in a single strain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2025)10.1073/pnas.2412149122
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
5 citations

Atashi Sharma, Melanie Hempel, Azadeh Aryan, James K. Biedler, Mark Potters +4 more

Leveraging sex determination systems for genetic biocontrol of dipteran pests

Current Opinion in Insect Science(2025)10.1016/j.cois.2025.101439
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Zhijian Tu, Maxwell J. Scott

Mosquito sex determination: recent advances and applications

Current Opinion in Insect Science(2025)10.1016/j.cois.2025.101385
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Joseph D. Warren, Jiangtao Liang, Christen Hughes, Zhijian Tu, Melanie Hempel

Nix alone is sufficient to convert female Aedes aegypti into fertile males and myo-sex is needed for male flight

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2001132117
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
87 citations

Michelle A. E. Anderson, James K. Biedler, Yumin Qi, Justin M. Overcash, Anastasia N. Naumenko +5 more

miRNA-1-3p is an early embryonic male sex-determining factor in the Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-14622-4
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
60 citations

Shuning Yu, Alfred M. Handler, Zhijian Tu, Giuseppe Saccone, Zhiyong Xi +2 more

Linked-read sequencing identifies abundant microinversions and introgression in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti

BMC Biology(2020)10.1186/s12915-020-0757-y
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
27 citations

Atashi Sharma, Igor V. Sharakhov, Zhijian Tu, Maria V. Sharakhova, Daniel E. Neafsey +1 more

Anopheles mosquitoes revealed new principles of 3D genome organization in insects

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.26.114017
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
12 citations

Miroslav Nuriddinov, Polina Belokopytova, Jiangtao Liang, Maarten Reijnders, Livio Ruzzante +5 more

Pleiotropic Odorant-Binding Proteins Promote Aedes aegypti Reproduction and Flavivirus Transmission

mBio(2021)10.1128/mbio.02531-21
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
33 citations

Zi Ye, Chinmay V. Tikhe, Zhijian Tu, Laurence J. Zwiebel, George Dimopoulos +1 more

Marker-assisted mapping enables effective forward genetic analysis in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti , a species with vast recombination deserts

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.04.29.442065
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Austin Compton, Katerina Nikolouli, Aihua Wang, Azadeh Aryan, Atashi Sharma +8 more

Anopheles mosquitoes reveal new principles of 3D genome organization in insects

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-29599-5
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
79 citations

Miroslav Nuriddinov, Polina Belokopytova, Alena Taskina, Jiangtao Liang, Maarten Reijnders +9 more

Natural and Engineered Sex Ratio Distortion in Insects

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution(2022)10.3389/fevo.2022.884159
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
22 citations

Zhijian Tu, Austin Compton

The AalNix3&4 isoform is required and sufficient to convert Aedes albopictus females into males

PLoS Genetics(2022)10.1371/journal.pgen.1010280
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
10 citations

Binbin Jin, Peiwen Liu, Xiaolin Xiao, Lijun Cai, Zhensheng Xie +9 more

Partial masculinization of Aedes aegypti females by conditional expression of Nix

PLoS neglected tropical diseases(2022)10.1371/journal.pntd.0010598
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
8 citations

Emma Jakes, James K. Biedler, Zhijian Tu, Zach N. Adelman, Bianca Burini Kojin