Kevin Wang

49.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
515 papers, 29.6k citations indexed

About

Kevin Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Wang has authored 515 papers receiving a total of 29.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Molecular Biology, 178 papers in Neurology and 130 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Wang's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (168 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (94 papers) and S100 Proteins and Annexins (89 papers). Kevin Wang is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (168 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (94 papers) and S100 Proteins and Annexins (89 papers). Kevin Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Kevin Wang's co-authors include Ronald L. Hayes, George N. Wong, Félix Gutiérrez, Theodore S. Rappaport, Yaniv Azar, Shu Sun, Mathew K. Samimi, Hang Zhao, Zhihui Yang and Rathna Nath and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Wang

501 papers receiving 28.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work!

2013 5.3k citations Theodore S. Rappaport, Yaniv Azar et al. profile →
Calpain and caspase: can you tell the difference?

2000 791 citations Kevin Wang profile →
Glial fibrillary acidic protein: from intermediate filament assembly and gliosis to neurobiomarker

2015 711 citations Kevin Wang et al. profile →
An update on diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for traumatic brain injury

2018 350 citations Kevin Wang, Zhihui Yang et al. profile →
Posttranslational Modifications Mediate the Structural Diversity of Tauopathy Strains

2020 293 citations Kevin Wang et al. profile →
Prognostic value of day-of-injury plasma GFAP and UCH-L1 concentrations for predicting functional recovery after traumatic brain injury in patients from the US TRACK-TBI cohort: an observational cohort study

2022 107 citations Kevin Wang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Wang United States	85	11.8k	6.7k	6.6k	5.2k	4.5k	515	29.6k
John H. Zhang United States	94	11.8k 1.0×	607 0.1×	14.0k 2.1×	6.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k	42.3k
Jonathan M. Cooper United Kingdom	81	12.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.6×	6.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	573	29.1k
Matthias Schwab Germany	95	8.6k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	575 0.1×	3.2k 0.6×	338 0.1×	792	45.9k
Sung‐Hoon Kim South Korea	83	17.9k 1.5×	2.4k 0.4×	790 0.1×	1.7k 0.3×	1.5k 0.3×	1.4k	36.3k
Ludwig Kappos Switzerland	108	11.2k 0.9×	443 0.1×	16.0k 2.4×	2.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	818	55.7k
Norihiro Suzuki Japan	66	4.8k 0.4×	364 0.1×	4.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	643 0.1×	749	17.7k
Masaru Ishii Japan	60	4.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.2×	952 0.1×	780 0.2×	863 0.2×	649	14.9k
Nitish V. Thakor United States	83	1.8k 0.2×	3.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.3×	548 0.1×	234 0.1×	891	25.1k
Mingjie Zhang China	73	11.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.2×	352 0.1×	1.5k 0.3×	4.5k 1.0×	932	23.0k
Jonathan D. Smith United States	71	9.9k 0.8×	602 0.1×	327 0.0×	2.7k 0.5×	896 0.2×	272	25.2k

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Abdelhady, Samar, Abdullah Shaito, Ali H. Eid, et al.. (2025). Edaravone: Advances on cytoprotective effects, pharmacological properties, and mechanisms of action. Pharmacological Reviews. 78(1). 100101–100101.

Vaccari, Juan Pablo de Rivero, Andrew Reisner, Laura S. Blackwell, et al.. (2024). Inflammasome links traumatic brain injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Alzheimer’s disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 20(6). 1644–1664. 3 indexed citations

Bhomia, Manish, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic Signatures of Neuronally Derived Extracellular Vesicles Reveal the Presence of Olfactory Receptors in Clinical Samples from Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2777–2777.

Rocca, James R., Shuichi Hoshika, Zunyi Yang, et al.. (2024). A folding motif formed with an expanded genetic alphabet. Nature Chemistry. 16(10). 1715–1722. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Photo-Imageable Dielectrics Enabling Structured MEMS and 2.5D / 3D Bonding Systems. IMAPSource Proceedings. 2022(DPC). 1 indexed citations

Engel-Nitz, Nicole, et al.. (2023). Iron Deficiency Anemia: The Impact of Intravenous Iron Replacement Treatment on Health Care Costs. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 3697–3697. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Tian, et al.. (2023). [Effects of neonatal stimulator of interferon genes innate immune signaling pathway of HBsAg-positive mothers on non/hypo-response to hepatitis B vaccine in infants].. PubMed. 44(9). 1447–1453. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kevin, et al.. (2022). A Reverse Genetic Approach for Studying sRNAs in Chlamydia trachomatis. mBio. 13(4). e0086422–e0086422. 3 indexed citations

Robicsek, Steven A., Ronald L. Hayes, Kevin Wang, et al.. (2022). Predicting Clinical Outcomes 7–10 Years after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Exploring the Prognostic Utility of the IMPACT Lab Model and Cerebrospinal Fluid UCH-L1 and MAP-2. Neurocritical Care. 37(1). 172–183. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhihui, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Sarah Gul, et al.. (2021). Ultra-early serum concentrations of neuronal and astroglial biomarkers predict poor neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest—a pilot neuroprognostic study. Resuscitation Plus. 7. 100133–100133. 9 indexed citations

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Whitehouse, Daniel, Miguel Monteiro, Endre Czeiter, et al.. (2021). Relationship of admission blood proteomic biomarkers levels to lesion type and lesion burden in traumatic brain injury: A CENTER-TBI study. EBioMedicine. 75. 103777–103777. 30 indexed citations

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Shakkour, Zaynab, Karl J. Habashy, Samar Abdelhady, et al.. (2020). Drug Repurposing in Neurological Disorders: Implications for Neurotherapy in Traumatic Brain Injury. The Neuroscientist. 27(6). 620–649. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zeyu, et al.. (2019). A multivariable model of BRAFV600E and ultrasonographic features for predicting the risk of central lymph node metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Hirohito, Adam D. Langenbacher, Kevin Wang, et al.. (2017). The Calcineurin-FoxO-MuRF1 signaling pathway regulates myofibril integrity in cardiomyocytes. eLife. 6. 31 indexed citations

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Berchtold, Martin W., Katarzyna Kulej, Kevin Wang, et al.. (2016). The Arrhythmogenic Calmodulin Mutation D129G Dysregulates Cell Growth, Calmodulin-dependent Kinase II Activity, and Cardiac Function in Zebrafish. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(52). 26636–26646. 27 indexed citations

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So, Po-Lin, et al.. (2014). PI3K-AKT Signaling Is a Downstream Effector of Retinoid Prevention of Murine Basal Cell Carcinogenesis. Cancer Prevention Research. 7(4). 407–417. 15 indexed citations

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Geng, Bob, et al.. (2014). Successful stem cell transplantation in Chediak-Higashi syndrome. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 3(2). 271–272. 1 indexed citations

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Azar, Yaniv, George N. Wong, Kevin Wang, et al.. (2013). 28 GHz propagation measurements for outdoor cellular communications using steerable beam antennas in New York city. 5143–5147. 310 indexed citations

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Ottens, Andrew K. & Kevin Wang. (2009). Neuroproteomics. Methods in molecular biology. 2 indexed citations

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Hays, Sheryl J., John L. Gilmore, Mark R. Emmerling, et al.. (1999). Benzenesulfonamide derivatives of 2-substituted 4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones and benzthiazin-4-ones as inhibitors of complement C1r protease. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(6). 815–820. 16 indexed citations

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