Fei Mao

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
170 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Fei Mao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fei Mao has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Organic Chemistry and 25 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Fei Mao's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (19 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (11 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers). Fei Mao is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (19 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (11 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers). Fei Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Fei Mao's co-authors include Adam Heller, Nicolas Mano, Wai‐Yee Leung, Yinuo Wu, Guy S. Bewick, Fuk Yee Kwong, William J. Betz, Corey Smith, Jian Li and Ling Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Fei Mao

159 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fei Mao China	40	2.5k	1.7k	1.2k	819	702	170	7.1k
Bernd Jastorff Germany	47	3.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	563 0.5×	777 0.9×	378 0.5×	167	9.3k
Xiaohua Li China	60	5.0k 2.0×	2.1k 1.2×	918 0.8×	744 0.9×	668 1.0×	340	13.9k
Jeffrey R. Deschamps United States	50	4.5k 1.8×	2.5k 1.5×	923 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	767 1.1×	287	9.3k
Andrea Mattevi Italy	69	10.0k 4.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	947 1.2×	1.6k 2.3×	236	15.4k
Marco d’Ischia Italy	53	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	744 0.9×	381 0.5×	307	13.2k
Ming Wang China	59	6.2k 2.5×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	257 0.3×	257 0.4×	364	14.0k
Richard P. Haugland United States	45	6.5k 2.6×	1.4k 0.8×	748 0.6×	771 0.9×	248 0.4×	88	12.5k
Lixia Zhao China	53	2.4k 0.9×	475 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	305 0.4×	301 0.4×	271	9.8k
Yoshitsugu Shiro Japan	51	4.6k 1.8×	634 0.4×	354 0.3×	541 0.7×	425 0.6×	232	8.4k
Hiroshi Yamaguchi Japan	46	7.2k 2.9×	489 0.3×	601 0.5×	903 1.1×	176 0.3×	178	10.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Fei Mao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fei Mao

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fei Mao. 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 Fei Mao. The network helps show where Fei Mao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fei Mao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fei Mao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fei Mao 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 Fei Mao. Fei Mao 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

Mao, Fei, Shihui Xing, Yang Liu, et al.. (2025). Characteristic of motor-related cortical network during stimulating at the affected or bilateral limbs of stroke patients by acupuncture. Brain Research Bulletin. 227. 111393–111393.

Zhang, Chunxue, Ting Ni, Xiaoyan Gao, et al.. (2024). Developing patient-derived organoids to demonstrate JX24120 inhibits SAMe synthesis in endometrial cancer by targeting MAT2B. Pharmacological Research. 209. 107420–107420. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ruoxi, Zhenghui Huang, Xicheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis and therapeutic evaluation of novel antimalarial derivatives based on the clinical antitumor candidate drug Quisinostat. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 115. 117985–117985.

Song, Xiaohui, Xiaojing Lv, Fei Mao, et al.. (2024). Artificial optoelectronic synapse based on CdSe nanobelt photosensitized MoS ₂ transistor with long retention time for neuromorphic application. Nanophotonics. 13(22). 4211–4224. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Jinlian, Yongyun Li, Ruoxi Li, et al.. (2023). Drug repurposing of propafenone to discover novel anti-tumor agents by impairing homologous recombination to delay DNA damage recovery of rare disease conjunctival melanoma. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 250. 115238–115238. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Jialing, et al.. (2023). Long non-coding RNA signature for predicting gastric cancer survival based on genomic instability. Aging. 15(24). 15114–15133. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Xin, Lele Ding, Xi Wang, et al.. (2023). Trilogy of drug repurposing for developing cancer and chemotherapy-induced heart failure co-therapy agent. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 14(2). 729–750. 6 indexed citations

Wei, Jinlian, Xin Chen, Yongyun Li, et al.. (2022). Cucurbitacin B-induced G2/M cell cycle arrest of conjunctival melanoma cells mediated by GRP78–FOXM1–KIF20A pathway. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(10). 3861–3876. 26 indexed citations

Li, Xiaokang, Qi Gong, Yan Fu, et al.. (2021). The novel therapeutic strategy of vilazodone-donepezil chimeras as potent triple-target ligands for the potential treatment of Alzheimer's disease with comorbid depression. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 229. 114045–114045. 13 indexed citations

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Qiu, Wenjing, Xiaokang Li, Donglei Shi, et al.. (2020). A rapid-response near-infrared fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift for senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity detection and imaging of senescent cells. Dyes and Pigments. 182. 108657–108657. 20 indexed citations

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Feng, Hongxuan, Hongguang Zhang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2020). Development of Novel N-hydroxypyridone Derivatives as Potential Anti-Ischemic Stroke Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(3). 1051–1067. 18 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiangde, Xueliang Guo, Tianliang Zhao, et al.. (2017). Are precipitation anomalies associated with aerosol variations over eastern China?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(12). 8011–8019. 20 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneous cobalt catalysts for selective oxygenation of alcohols to aldehydes, esters and nitriles. RSC Advances. 7(3). 1498–1503. 39 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei, et al.. (2016). The research of hyaluronic acid transdermal release and moisturizing properties. 45(11). 2020. 1 indexed citations

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Weinger, Jason G., et al.. (2016). Regulation of structural and functional synapse density by L-threonate through modulation of intraneuronal magnesium concentration. Neuropharmacology. 108. 426–439. 35 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei. (2011). Trends of Tibet's Dry-Wet Condition under Future Climate Scenario. Zhongguo nongye qixiang. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Jianping, et al.. (2010). Trends of Chinese dry-wet condition based on wetness index.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 26(8). 18–24. 8 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei. (2010). A Study on Model of Geomagnetic Normal Field of China Region. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 1 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei. (2010). Determination of formaldehyde in room air by pinkish red sulfitation process. Chinese Journal of Health Laboratory Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Mao, Fei. (2007). Climate Change and Main Response to Agrometeorological Disasters in Hubei Province. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 2 indexed citations

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