Bryan Wei

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Bryan Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Wei has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bryan Wei's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (40 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers). Bryan Wei is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (40 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (25 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers). Bryan Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Bryan Wei's co-authors include Peng Yin, Mingjie Dai, Yongli Mi, Kathy Qian Luo, Tianqing Zhang, Xiaojin He, Luvena L. Ong, Ralf Jungmann, Jeanette Nangreave and Zhe Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Wei

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Complex shapes self-assembled from single-stranded DNA tiles 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Complex shapes self-assembled from single-stranded DNA tiles
    2012 771 citations Bryan Wei, Mingjie Dai et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bryan Wei China 15 1.4k 434 318 135 105 41 1.6k
Luvena L. Ong United States 11 1.5k 1.0× 476 1.1× 345 1.1× 176 1.3× 168 1.6× 12 1.8k
Boxuan Shen Finland 22 1.4k 1.0× 708 1.6× 182 0.6× 110 0.8× 98 0.9× 42 1.6k
Mark R. Hartman United States 13 752 0.5× 368 0.8× 82 0.3× 88 0.7× 200 1.9× 16 1.1k
Thomas Gerling Germany 11 1.4k 1.0× 467 1.1× 329 1.0× 81 0.6× 83 0.8× 13 1.5k
Thomas G. W. Edwardson Canada 17 1.3k 0.9× 236 0.5× 297 0.9× 220 1.6× 194 1.8× 23 1.6k
Xiuhai Mao China 22 1.5k 1.1× 732 1.7× 93 0.3× 111 0.8× 262 2.5× 50 1.8k
Alexander E. Marras United States 15 891 0.6× 354 0.8× 221 0.7× 62 0.5× 59 0.6× 31 1.2k
Jonathan R. Burns United Kingdom 21 1.7k 1.2× 933 2.1× 165 0.5× 173 1.3× 174 1.7× 33 2.0k
Enjun Cheng China 9 742 0.5× 232 0.5× 72 0.2× 216 1.6× 140 1.3× 10 941
Graham D. Hamblin Canada 14 1.1k 0.8× 182 0.4× 174 0.5× 170 1.3× 115 1.1× 18 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bryan Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bryan Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bryan Wei. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bryan Wei. The network helps show where Bryan Wei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bryan Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bryan Wei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bryan Wei. Bryan Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Jiayi, Xuan Wang, Zhiguang Wu, et al.. (2025). Custom‐Primed Rolling Circle Amplicons for Highly Accurate Nanopore Sequencing. Small Methods. 9(6). e2401416–e2401416.
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2024). Synthetic molecular switches driven by DNA-modifying enzymes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3781–3781. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianqi, Zhenyu Tan, Yoel P. Ohayon, et al.. (2023). Mesojunction-Based Design Paradigm of Structural DNA Nanotechnology. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(4). 2455–2460. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Wen, et al.. (2023). Controllable dynamics of complex DNA nanostructures. Nanoscale. 15(10). 4795–4800. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianqing, et al.. (2023). Custom folding of double-stranded DNA directed by triplex formation. Chem. 9(6). 1505–1517. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Wen, et al.. (2023). Golden Gate Assembly of DNA Nanostructures. ACS Materials Letters. 5(12). 3316–3320. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianqing & Bryan Wei. (2022). Design of Orthogonal DNA Sticky-End Cohesion Based on Configuration-Specific Molecular Recognition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(40). 18479–18484. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Kai, Wen Wang, Bowen Chen, et al.. (2022). Reconfiguration of DNA nanostructures induced by enzymatic ligation treatment. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(14). 8392–8398. 4 indexed citations
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Tong, Lin, Jun Yan, Luvena L. Ong, et al.. (2018). Hierarchical Assembly of DNA Nanostructures Based on Four-Way Toehold-Mediated Strand Displacement. Nano Letters. 18(8). 4791–4795. 10 indexed citations
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Cui, Yan, et al.. (2017). Versatile DNA Origami Nanostructures in Simplified and Modular Designing Framework. ACS Nano. 11(8). 8199–8206. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Wen, et al.. (2016). Self-assembly of fully addressable DNA nanostructures from double crossover tiles. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(16). 7989–7996. 27 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2015). Self-assembly of Complex Two-dimensional Shapes from Single-stranded DNA Tiles. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e52486–e52486. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2015). Self-assembly of Complex Two-dimensional Shapes from Single-stranded DNA Tiles. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2014). Complex Reconfiguration of DNA Nanostructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(29). 7475–7479. 23 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2014). Complex Reconfiguration of DNA Nanostructures. Angewandte Chemie. 126(29). 7605–7609. 13 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, Mingjie Dai, & Peng Yin. (2012). Complex shapes self-assembled from single-stranded DNA tiles. Nature. 485(7400). 623–626. 771 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Xiaojin, Bryan Wei, & Yongli Mi. (2010). Aptamer based reversible DNA induced hydrogel system for molecular recognition and separation. Chemical Communications. 46(34). 6308–6308. 56 indexed citations
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Li, Zhe, Bryan Wei, Jeanette Nangreave, et al.. (2009). A Replicable Tetrahedral Nanostructure Self-Assembled from a Single DNA Strand. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(36). 13093–13098. 87 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, Zhenyu Wang, & Yongli Mi. (2007). Uniquimer: Software of de novo DNA sequence generation for DNA self-assembly - An introduction and the related applications in DNA self-assembly. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. 4(1). 133–141. 23 indexed citations
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Wei, Bryan, et al.. (2007). Capture and Release of Protein by a Reversible DNA‐Induced Sol–Gel Transition System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(2). 331–333. 102 indexed citations

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