Dong Wei

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Dong Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dong Wei has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dong Wei's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (36 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Dong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (36 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Dong Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Dong Wei's co-authors include Feng Chen, Gu Chen, Xuewu Zhang, Guanhua Huang, Junhui Chen, Georg Pohnert, Shang‐Tian Yang, Lu Liu, Jun Xie and Phaik-Eem Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Dong Wei

51 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Biodiesel production by microalgal biotechnology

2009 799 citations Feng Chen, Dong Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dong Wei China	28	1.6k	1.0k	739	214	177	55	2.6k
Song Xue China	28	1.4k 0.9×	904 0.9×	570 0.8×	159 0.7×	212 1.2×	104	2.4k
Eduardo Jacob‐Lopes Brazil	35	2.7k 1.7×	984 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	325 1.5×	238 1.3×	146	4.2k
Quanyu Zhao China	26	1.6k 1.0×	845 0.8×	409 0.6×	251 1.2×	107 0.6×	67	2.5k
Olimpio Montero Spain	27	935 0.6×	551 0.5×	319 0.4×	206 1.0×	259 1.5×	75	2.2k
Patrick J. McGinn Canada	27	1.8k 1.1×	684 0.7×	460 0.6×	220 1.0×	96 0.5×	53	2.5k
Xiaoling Miao China	25	3.6k 2.2×	1.5k 1.5×	2.5k 3.4×	293 1.4×	179 1.0×	48	5.1k
Yuanguang Li China	30	2.0k 1.2×	788 0.8×	448 0.6×	431 2.0×	149 0.8×	86	2.5k
Tonmoy Ghosh India	18	1.5k 0.9×	470 0.5×	463 0.6×	261 1.2×	73 0.4×	34	1.9k
Yanqun Li China	20	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	342 1.6×	990 5.6×	48	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Dong Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dong Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dong Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dong Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dong 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 Dong Wei. Dong Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Dong, Bin Du, Ran Zhang, et al.. (2025). Effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus microenvironment on osteogenic capacity of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. International Immunopharmacology. 157. 114724–114724. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wen, et al.. (2025). Astrocytic Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a Contributes to the Development of Epileptic Cognitive Impairment. Biomolecules. 15(1). 142–142. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yu‐Chuan, et al.. (2025). Insights from an integrated multi-omics analysis: The synergistic effect of arginine and urea in marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 167926–167926. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Fan, Shizhu Gao, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Bronze and Iron Age genomes reveal the integration of diverse ancestries in the Tarim Basin. Current Biology. 35(15). 3759–3766.e4.

Shi, Xiangru, Yunzi Feng, Xiaohong Chen, & Dong Wei. (2024). Metabolome and ROAV analysis reveal the effective flavor improvement in the golden biomass of chlorophyll-deficient mutant of Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa. Food Bioscience. 59. 103891–103891. 10 indexed citations

Wei, Xi, et al.. (2024). Comparative transcriptomics and weighted gene co-expression correlation network analysis (WGCNA) identified genes associated with fruit shape in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima). Scientia Horticulturae. 338. 113803–113803.

Wei, Dong, et al.. (2019). A novel alkalophilic Trebouxiophyte: Identification and its capability for CO2 capture and biomass production in high bicarbonate-based cultivation. Bioresource Technology. 292. 121952–121952. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Junhui, Lu Liu, Phaik‐Eem Lim, & Dong Wei. (2019). Effects of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate (SCBH) on cell growth and fatty acid accumulation of heterotrophic Chlorella protothecoides. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 42(7). 1129–1142. 15 indexed citations

Qin, Lei, Dong Wei, Zhongming Wang, & Md. Asraful Alam. (2018). Advantage Assessment of Mixed Culture of Chlorella vulgaris and Yarrowia lipolytica for Treatment of Liquid Digestate of Yeast Industry and Cogeneration of Biofuel Feedstock. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 187(3). 856–869. 35 indexed citations

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Liu, Lu, et al.. (2018). Effect of crude glycerol on heterotrophic growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C-169. Journal of Applied Phycology. 30(6). 2989–2996. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Junhui, Lu Liu, & Dong Wei. (2017). Enhanced production of astaxanthin by Chromochloris zofingiensis in a microplate-based culture system under high light irradiation. Bioresource Technology. 245(Pt A). 518–529. 59 indexed citations

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Yang, Feng, Xiaolong Sun, Yue Ma, et al.. (2016). Astrocytic Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a Contributes to the Development of Chronic Epileptogenesis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31581–31581. 35 indexed citations

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Wei, Dong, et al.. (2016). Transcriptome analysis reveals global regulation in response to CO2 supplementation in oleaginous microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C-169. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 151–151. 57 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhiyong, Dong Wei, Meng Wang, & Simeng Wang. (2010). Determination of Six Phthalic Acid Esters in Orange Juice Packaged by PVC Bottle Using SPE and HPLC-UV: Application to the Migration Study. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 48(9). 760–765. 38 indexed citations

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Wei, Aili, Xuewu Zhang, Dong Wei, et al.. (2009). Effects of cassava starch hydrolysate on cell growth and lipid accumulation of the heterotrophic microalgae Chlorella protothecoides. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 36(11). 1383–1389. 96 indexed citations

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Wei, Dong, et al.. (2008). Enhanced production of lutein in heterotrophic Chlorella protothecoides by oxidative stress. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 51(12). 1088–1093. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan‐Hsiung, Dong Wei, Haopeng Yang, et al.. (2008). Development of a highly sensitive and specific monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of Sudan I in food samples. Talanta. 77(5). 1783–1789. 105 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuewu, et al.. (2007). Mass spectrometry‐based “omics” technologies in cancer diagnostics. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 26(3). 403–431. 66 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuewu, et al.. (2007). Novel omics technologies in nutrition research. Biotechnology Advances. 26(2). 169–176. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuewu, et al.. (2007). Moving cancer diagnostics from bench to bedside. Trends in biotechnology. 25(4). 166–173. 36 indexed citations

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