Chung‐I Wu

18.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Chung‐I Wu is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Chung‐I Wu has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Genetics, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Chung‐I Wu's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (54 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers). Chung‐I Wu is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (54 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (40 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers). Chung‐I Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Chung‐I Wu's co-authors include Justin C. Fay, Chau‐Ti Ting, Wen‐Hsiung Li, Gerald J. Wyckoff, Shun-Chern Tsaur, Michael F Palopoli, Suhua Shi, Norman Johnson, Wen Wang and Jian Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chung‐I Wu

143 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hitchhiking Under Positive Darwinian Selection

2000 1.4k citations Chung‐I Wu et al. Genetics profile →
The genic view of the process of speciation

2001 984 citations Chung‐I Wu profile →
Evidence for higher rates of nucleotide substitution in rodents than in man.

1985 747 citations Chung‐I Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chung‐I Wu United States	53	8.1k	5.0k	3.0k	2.5k	1.5k	146	12.4k
Matthew W. Hahn United States	61	7.7k 1.0×	7.4k 1.5×	2.6k 0.9×	3.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	170	14.7k
Dmitri A. Petrov United States	69	6.8k 0.8×	8.2k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	4.1k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	193	14.4k
Christian Schlötterer Austria	65	9.7k 1.2×	6.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	3.5k 2.3×	240	16.7k
David L. Stern United States	51	4.3k 0.5×	4.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	901 0.6×	128	10.2k
Charles F. Aquadro United States	61	8.0k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	163	12.1k
Angel Amores United States	32	6.4k 0.8×	7.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	54	13.5k
Charles H. Langley United States	58	7.1k 0.9×	5.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	4.9k 2.0×	759 0.5×	140	12.3k
Laurence D. Hurst United Kingdom	69	7.0k 0.9×	12.5k 2.5×	1.9k 0.6×	3.8k 1.5×	945 0.6×	277	18.5k
Michael W. Nachman United States	63	6.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	137	10.7k
Martin Kreitman United States	54	7.2k 0.9×	6.9k 1.4×	1.9k 0.6×	4.7k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	101	14.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chung‐I Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chung‐I Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chung‐I Wu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Feng, Xiao, Guo-Hong Li, Shaohua Xu, et al.. (2024). Genomic evidence for rediploidization and adaptive evolution following the whole-genome triplication. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1635–1635. 25 indexed citations

Hu, Zheng, et al.. (2024). The theory of massively repeated evolution and full identifications of cancer-driving nucleotides (CDNs). eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Ruan, Yongsen, Xiaolu Tang, Xionglei He, et al.. (2022). The Runaway Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Leading to the Highly Evolved Delta Strain. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(3). 13 indexed citations

Yang, Hao, Xiao Feng, Qingjian Chen, et al.. (2021). Two decades of suspect evidence for adaptive molecular evolution—negative selection confounding positive-selection signals. National Science Review. 9(5). nwab217–nwab217. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Shilei, Tong Sha, Chung‐I Wu, Yongbiao Xue, & Hua Chen. (2021). Will the large‐scale vaccination succeed in containing the COVID‐19 pandemic and how soon?. Quantitative Biology. 9(3). 304–316. 1 indexed citations

Ruan, Yongsen, Haijun Wen, Ziwen He, et al.. (2021). The twin-beginnings of COVID-19 in Asia and Europe—one prevails quickly. National Science Review. 9(4). nwab223–nwab223. 14 indexed citations

Zhao, Shilei, Tong Sha, Yongbiao Xue, Chung‐I Wu, & Hua Chen. (2021). Will the Large-Scale Vaccination Succeed in Containing the COVID-19 Pandemic and How Soon?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Qingjian, et al.. (2019). Molecular Evolution in Large Steps—Codon Substitutions under Positive Selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(9). 1862–1873. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Qingjian, et al.. (2019). Molecular Evolution in Small Steps under Prevailing Negative Selection: A Nearly Universal Rule of Codon Substitution. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(10). 2702–2712. 9 indexed citations

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Ruan, Yongsen, Haiyu Wang, Bingjie Chen, Haijun Wen, & Chung‐I Wu. (2019). Mutations Beget More Mutations—Rapid Evolution of Mutation Rate in Response to the Risk of Runaway Accumulation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(4). 1007–1019. 8 indexed citations

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He, Ziwen, Xinnian Li, Ming Yang, et al.. (2018). Speciation with gene flow via cycles of isolation and migration: insights from multiple mangrove taxa. National Science Review. 6(2). 275–288. 95 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yixin, et al.. (2018). On the possibility of death of new genes – evidence from the deletion of de novo microRNAs. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 388–388. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yixin, Hao Yang, Suhua Shi, et al.. (2018). Death of new microRNA genes in Drosophila via gradual loss of fitness advantages. Genome Research. 28(9). 1309–1318. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Shaohua, Ziwen He, Zixiao Guo, et al.. (2017). Genome-Wide Convergence during Evolution of Mangroves from Woody Plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34(4). msw277–msw277. 56 indexed citations

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Lyu, Yang, Heng Li, Li Guo, et al.. (2014). New MicroRNAs in Drosophila—Birth, Death and Cycles of Adaptive Evolution. PLoS Genetics. 10(1). e1004096–e1004096. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Guodong, Weiwei Zhai, Hechuan Yang, et al.. (2013). The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1860–1860. 207 indexed citations

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Xu, Jin, Rui Zhang, Yang Shen, et al.. (2013). The evolution of evolvability in microRNA target sites in vertebrates. Genome Research. 23(11). 1810–1816. 46 indexed citations

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Alipaz, Julie, Shu Fang, Naoki Osada, & Chung‐I Wu. (2005). Evolution of Sexual Isolation during Secondary Contact: Genotypic versus Phenotypic Changes in Laboratory Populations. The American Naturalist. 165(4). 420–428. 16 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Anthony J., Jennifer Moran, Jerry A. Coyne, & Chung‐I Wu. (2003). Ecological Adaptation During Incipient Speciation Revealed by Precise Gene Replacement. Science. 302(5651). 1754–1757. 146 indexed citations

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Palopoli, Michael F, A. W. Davis, & Chung‐I Wu. (1996). Discord Between the Phylogenies Inferred From Molecular Versus Functional Data: Uneven Rates of Functional Evolution or Low Levels of Gene Flow?. Genetics. 144(3). 1321–1328. 28 indexed citations

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