代表性论文（*通讯作者）：

1. Chen YM, Sadiq S, Tian JH, Chen X, Lin XD, Shen JJ, Chen H, Hao ZY, Yang WD, Wille M, Zhou ZC, Wu J, Li F, Wang HW, Xu QY, Wang W, Gao WH, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmental viral diversity. Nat Microbiol. 2022 7(8):1312-1323.

2. Shi M, Zhao S, Yu B, Wu WC, Hu Y, Tian JH, Yin W, Ni F, Hu HL, Geng S, Tan L, Peng Y, Song ZG, Wang W, Chen YM, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. Total infectome characterization of respiratory infections in pre-COVID-19 Wuhan, China. PLoS Pathog. 2022; 18(2): e1010259.

3. Zhang YZ, Koopmans M, Yuen KY, Andersen K, Perlman S, Hogue B, Eckerle I. 2020. The novel coronavirus outbreak: What we know and what we don’t. Cell. 2020; 180:1034-1036 (Voice).

4. Zhang YZ, Holmes EC*. A genomic perspective on the origin and emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Cell. 2020; 181:223-227 (Commentary).

5. Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, Hu Y, Tao ZW, Tian JH, Pei YY, Yuan ML, Zhang YL, Dai FH, Liu Y, Wang QM, Zheng JJ, Xu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China. Nature. 2020; 579:265-269 (Research Article).

6. Chen YM, Zhen Y, Yu Y, Wang Y, Huang Q, Qian F, Sun L, Song ZG, Chen Z, Feng J, An Y, Yang J, Su Z, Sun S, Dai F, Chen Q, Lu Q, Li P, Ling Y, Yang Z, Tang H, Shi L, Jin L, Holmes EC, Ding C*, Zhu TY*, Zhang YZ*. Blood molecular markers associated with COVID-19 immunopathology and multi-organ damage. EMBO J. 2020; 39: e105896.

7. Zhang YZ*, Chen YM, Wang W, Qin XC, Holmes EC. Expanding the RNA virosphere by unbiased metagenomics. Annu Rev Virol. 2019; 6:119-139 (Review).

8. Kuhn JH*, Wolf YI, Krupovic M, Zhang YZ, Maes P, Dolja VV, Koonin EV. Classify viruses - the gain is worth the pain. Nature. 2019; 566:318-320 (Comment).

9. Zhang YZ*, Shi M, Holmes EC. Using metagenomics to characterize an expanding virosphere. Cell. 2018; 172:1168-1172 (Commentary).

10. Shi M, Lin XD, Chen X, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Li K, Wang W, Eden JS, Shen JJ, Liu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses. Nature. 2018; 556:197-202 (Research Article).

11. Shi M, Lin XD, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Chen X, Li CX, Qin XC, Li J, Cao JP, Eden JS, Buchmann J, Wang W, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere. Nature. 2016; 540:539-543 (Research Article).

12. Li CX, Shi M, Tian JH, Lin XD, Kang YJ, Chen LJ, Qin XC, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. Unprecedented genomic diversity of RNA viruses in arthropods reveals the ancestry of negative-sense RNA viruses. eLife. 2015; e05378.

13. Shi M, Lin XD, Vasilakis N, Tian JH, Li CX, Chen LJ, Eastwood G, Diao XN, Chen MH, Chen X, Qin XC, Widen SG, Wood TG, Tesh RB, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. Divergent Viruses Discovered in Arthropods and Vertebrates Revise the Evolutionary History of the Flaviviridae and Related Viruses. J Virology. 2015; 90(2):659-69 (Spotlight paper).

14. Qin XC, Shi M, Tian JH, Lin XD, Gao DY, He JR, Wang JB, Li CX, Kang YJ, Yu B, Zhou DJ, Xu J, Plyusnin A, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. A tick-borne segmented RNA virus contains genome segments derived from unsegmented viral ancestors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014; 111:6744-6749.

15. Guo WP, Lin XD, Wang W, Tian JH, Cong ML, Zhang HL, Wang MR, Zhou RH, Wang JB, Li MH, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*. Phylogeny and origins of hantaviruses harbored by bats, insec  tivores, and rodents. PLoS Pathogens; 2013; 9:e1003159 (Cover paper).

16. Zhang YZ, He YW, Dai YA, Xiong Y, Zheng H, Zhou DJ, Li J, Sun Q, Luo XL, Cheng YL, Qin XC, Tian JH, Chen XP, Yu B, Jin D, Guo WP, Li W, Wang W, Peng JS, Zhang GB, Zhang S, Chen XM, Wang Y, Li MH, Li ZJ, Lu S, Ye C, de Jong MD, Xu J*. Hemorrhagic fever caused by a novel bunyavirus in china: pathogenesis and correlates of fatal outcome. Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54:527-33.

17. Zhang YZ*, Zhou DJ, Qin XC, Tian JH, Xiong Y, Wang JB, Chen XP, Gao DY, He YW, Jin D, Sun Q, Guo WP, Wang W, Yu B, Li J, Dai YA, Li W, Peng JS, Zhang GB, Zhang S, Chen XM, Wang Y, Li MH, Lu X, Ye C, de Jong MD, Xu J*. The ecology, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of Huaiyangshan virus in China. J Virology. 2012; 86(5):2864-8.

18. Lin XD, Guo WP, Wang W, Zou Y, Hao ZY, Zhou DJ, Dong X, Qu YG, Li MH, Tian HF, Wen JF, Plyusnin A, Xu J, Zhang YZ*. Migration of Norway rats resulted in the worldwide distribution of Seoul hantavirus today. J Virology. 2012, 86(2):972-81 (Spotlight paper).

19. Zhang YZ*, Zou Y, Fu ZF, Plyusnin A. Hantavirus infections in humans and animals, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010; 16(8):1195-203.

已发表论文得到国际科学界的高度评价：

1. 2020年发表在《Nature》上的论文，获《Nat Rev Microbiol》配文评价；

2. 2020年发表在《EMBO J》上的论文，获《EMBO J》同期配文评价；

3. 2019年发表在《Annul Rev Virol》上的论文，获F1000高度评论；

4. 2018年发表在《Nature》上的论文，《Nature》同期邀请国际顶尖病毒学家发表评论文章，《Nat Rev Microbiol》与《Trends Microbiol》又先后邀请国际顶尖病毒学家发表评论文章；同时美国国际病毒学节目This week of virology报导，并一邀请两位国际顶尖病毒学家进行评价；均高度评价研究的科学意义；

5. 2017年发表在《J Virology》上的论文，获选当期热点论文（spotlight）;

6. 2016年发表《Nature》上的论文，获《Nat Rev Microbiol》配文评价；

7. 2016年发表在《J Virology》上的论文，获选当期热点论文（spotlight）;

8. 2015年发表在《eLife》上的论文，获《Nat Rev Microbiol》配文高度评价、《eLife》同期配发国际顶尖病毒学家的评论文章，高度评价研究的科学意义；

9. 2014年发表在《PNAS》上的论文，获《Nat Rev Microbiol》配文评价；该研究成果被国际著名病毒学教科书《Principle of Virology》第四版（2015）与第五版（2020）连续图文重点讲解，并给予了高度评价；

10. 2013年发表在《PLoS Pathogen》上的论文，被选为当期《PLoS Pathogen》封面论文，评价中国发现的汉坦病毒挑战了汉坦病毒起源于啮齿类动物的传统观念；

11. 2008年发表在《Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis》上的论文，在医学1000上获牛津大学著名教授Mary Warrell高度评价。