Hongwei Wang

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
249 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Wang has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Wang's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). Hongwei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). Hongwei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Hongwei Wang's co-authors include Eva Nogales, Jia Wang, Sen‐Fang Sui, Li-An Yeh, Jillian Orans, Madhukumar Venkatesh, Ja Seol Koo, J. E. Scott, Christian Jobin and Matthew R. Redinbo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hongwei Wang

238 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacteria... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacterial Enzyme
    2010 811 citations Bret D. Wallace, Hongwei Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers

Hongwei Wang
Tristan I. Croll United Kingdom
Qun Liu China
Mark R. Chance United States
Stefan Tenzer Germany
Xing Chen China
Paul Walther Germany
Dong‐Eun Kim South Korea
Fei Wang China
Kouhei Tsumoto Japan
Alexander Schmidt Switzerland
Tristan I. Croll United Kingdom
Hongwei Wang
Citations per year, relative to Hongwei Wang Hongwei Wang (= 1×) peers Tristan I. Croll

Countries citing papers authored by Hongwei Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongwei Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Wang

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

All Works

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Lu, Yuangang, et al.. (2025). Third-order nonlinear optical behavior and optical limiting properties of thulium-doped zinc tungstate crystal. Optical Materials. 162. 116825–116825. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Lijun, Qi Liu, Hongwei Wang, et al.. (2024). Hollow MoS2@ZnIn2S4 nanoboxes for improving photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 62. 62–70. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongwei, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical activation induced V dissolution in V-doped Co3O4 for optimizing microstructure and composition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1009. 176945–176945. 2 indexed citations
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He, Chongjun, Fangzhou Chen, Hongwei Wang, et al.. (2024). Up-Conversion Luminescence and Optical Temperature-Sensing Properties of Yb3+ and Er3+ Co-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Phosphor. Journal of Electronic Materials. 53(11). 7013–7025. 3 indexed citations
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Duan, Haifeng, Ye Tian, Hui Wang, et al.. (2024). Biofunctionalized dissolvable hydrogel microbeads enable efficient characterization of native protein complexes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8633–8633. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Hong, Hongwei Wang, Jianjun Zheng, & Zhimin Wu. (2023). Residual fracture toughness and fracture energy of concrete with different strengths after fatigue loading. Construction and Building Materials. 408. 133563–133563. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongwei, et al.. (2022). HT Lyn and IR Lyn: Two Semi-detached-type Near-contact Binaries with Stable Orbital Period. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 22(11). 115015–115015. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, Yuanxun Wang, Qingcui Wu, et al.. (2021). Structure of PDE3A–SLFN12 complex and structure-based design for a potent apoptosis inducer of tumor cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6204–6204. 31 indexed citations
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Yuan, Daopeng, Zhongmin Liu, Jonas Kaindl, et al.. (2020). Activation of the α2B adrenoceptor by the sedative sympatholytic dexmedetomidine. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(5). 507–512. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Kefang, Shuguang Tan, Sheng Niu, et al.. (2020). Cross-species recognition of SARS-CoV-2 to bat ACE2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(1). 66 indexed citations
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Zhou, Niyun, Hongwei Wang, & Jiawei Wang. (2017). EMBuilder: A Template Matching-based Automatic Model-building Program for High-resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy Maps. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2664–2664. 36 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhengxin, Shuai Wang, Hongwei Wang, et al.. (2016). The Error-Prone DNA Polymerase κ Promotes Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma through Rad17-Dependent Activation of ATR-Chk1 Signaling. Cancer Research. 76(8). 2340–2353. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Ying, Jen Hsin, Lingyun Zhao, et al.. (2013). FtsZ Protofilaments Use a Hinge-Opening Mechanism for Constrictive Force Generation. Science. 341(6144). 392–395. 119 indexed citations
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Cheng, Fengdong, Hongwei Wang, Pedro Horna, et al.. (2012). Stat3 Inhibition Augments the Immunogenicity of B-cell Lymphoma Cells, Leading to Effective Antitumor Immunity. Cancer Research. 72(17). 4440–4448. 15 indexed citations
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Shi, Lei, Qing-Tao Shen, Alexander Kiel, et al.. (2012). SNARE Proteins: One to Fuse and Three to Keep the Nascent Fusion Pore Open. Science. 335(6074). 1355–1359. 204 indexed citations
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Wallace, Bret D., Hongwei Wang, J. E. Scott, et al.. (2010). Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacterial Enzyme. Science. 330(6005). 831–835. 811 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rhee, David K., José Roberto Marcelino, Patrick Smits, et al.. (2005). The secreted glycoprotein lubricin protects cartilage surfaces and inhibits synovial cell overgrowth. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(3). 622–631. 404 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongwei, Yong Chen, Hsiuchin Yang, et al.. (2003). Ring-like pore structures of SecA: Implication for bacterial protein-conducting channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(7). 4221–4226. 64 indexed citations

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