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BIOLOGIST

Shi Zhengli

1964 - Today

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Shi Zhengli (simplified Chinese: 石正丽; traditional Chinese: 石正麗; born 26 May 1964) is a Chinese virologist who researches SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. Shi directs the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). In 2017, Shi and her colleague Cui Jie discovered that the SARS coronavirus likely originated in a population of cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shi Zhengli has received more than 685,247 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shi Zhengli is the 592nd most popular biologist (down from 583rd in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from China (down from 710th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Biologist.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Shi Zhengli ranks 592 out of 841Before her are Gerrit Smith Miller, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Fritz Schaudinn, Marie Jules César Savigny, Robert Swinhoe, and Volcher Coiter. After her are Roberto de Visiani, John Isaac Briquet, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Friedrich Reinitzer, Alfred Cogniaux, and Thomas Say.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Shi Zhengli ranks 177Before her are David Ellefson, Vreni Schneider, José Bordalás, Mark Addy, Yolanda Hadid, and Christopher Eccleston. After her are Elie Saab, Natacha Atlas, Michael Cudlitz, Nicola Larini, Martin Donnelly, and Penelope Ann Miller.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shi Zhengli ranks 801 out of 1,392Before her are Huang Ju (1938), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), Lang Ping (1960), Derek Parfit (1942), and Chang Wanquan (1949). After her are Wen Yiduo (1899), P. C. Chang (1892), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), and Yu Rongguang (1958).

Among BIOLOGISTS In China

Among biologists born in China, Shi Zhengli ranks 2Before her are Leizu (null). After her are Flossie Wong-Staal (1946) and Feng Zhang (1981).