Kevin Wei

18.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Kevin Wei is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Wei has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Wei's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Kevin Wei is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Kevin Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Kevin Wei's co-authors include Michael B. Brenner, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Fan Zhang, Kamil Slowikowski, Jean Fan, Nghia Millard, Ilya Korsunsky, Yuriy Baglaenko, Po‐Ru Loh and Danielle Duquette and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Wei

22 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Fast, sensitive and accurate integration of single-cell data with Harmony

2019 4.1k citations Ilya Korsunsky, Nghia Millard et al. Nature Methods profile →
Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits antitumor responses

2018 448 citations Xavier Michelet, Lydia Dyck et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Wei United States	14	3.2k	2.0k	1.1k	857	486	23	5.6k
Christian F. Guerrero‐Juarez United States	22	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	743 0.9×	684 1.4×	32	6.2k
Suoqin Jin China	17	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	769 0.9×	696 1.4×	34	5.4k
Raúl Ramos United States	15	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	898 0.8×	692 0.8×	640 1.3×	32	5.1k
Peggy Myung United States	23	3.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	785 0.9×	687 1.4×	40	6.9k
Ivan Chang United States	9	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	844 0.8×	643 0.8×	609 1.3×	15	4.1k
Yuriy Baglaenko United States	12	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	747 0.7×	701 0.8×	418 0.9×	24	4.9k
Kamil Slowikowski United States	12	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	763 0.7×	771 0.9×	445 0.9×	17	5.0k
Ilya Korsunsky United States	12	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	747 0.7×	749 0.9×	434 0.9×	19	4.9k
Lihua Zhang China	8	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	852 0.8×	707 0.8×	614 1.3×	12	4.2k
Shuqiang Li United States	21	4.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	852 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	431 0.9×	44	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Wei

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Huan, Jack Nelson, Ce Gao, et al.. (2025). Systematic benchmarking of imaging spatial transcriptomics platforms in FFPE tissues. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10215–10215.

Burg, Nathalie, Linda Alex, Andrew Kuo, et al.. (2024). Endothelial cell sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 restrains VE-cadherin cleavage and attenuates experimental inflammatory arthritis. JCI Insight. 9(11). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yufei, Alicia Buck, Aedín C. Culhane, et al.. (2024). Immune-restoring CAR-T cells display antitumor activity and reverse immunosuppressive TME in a humanized ccRCC mouse model. iScience. 27(2). 108879–108879. 11 indexed citations

Ermann, Joerg, et al.. (2024). Understanding Spondyloarthritis Pathogenesis: The Promise of Single-Cell Profiling. Current Rheumatology Reports. 26(4). 144–154. 1 indexed citations

Gupta, Anika, Kathryn Weinand, Aparna Nathan, et al.. (2023). Dynamic regulatory elements in single-cell multimodal data implicate key immune cell states enriched for autoimmune disease heritability. Nature Genetics. 55(12). 2200–2210. 10 indexed citations

Liu, Heng-Jia, Heng Du, Damir Khabibullin, et al.. (2023). mTORC1 upregulates B7-H3/CD276 to inhibit antitumor T cells and drive tumor immune evasion. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1214–1214. 55 indexed citations

Weisenfeld, Dana, Fan Zhang, Laura T. Donlin, et al.. (2023). Associations Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Factors and Synovial Cell Types and States. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 76(3). 356–362. 8 indexed citations

Bhamidipati, Kartik & Kevin Wei. (2022). Precision medicine in rheumatoid arthritis. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 36(1). 101742–101742. 21 indexed citations

Jonsson, A. Helena, Fan Zhang, Garrett S. Dunlap, et al.. (2022). Granzyme K ⁺ CD8 T cells form a core population in inflamed human tissue. Science Translational Medicine. 14(649). eabo0686–eabo0686. 131 indexed citations

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Levescot, Anaïs, Margaret H. Chang, Nathan Nelson-Maney, et al.. (2021). IL-1β–driven osteoclastogenic Tregs accelerate bone erosion in arthritis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(18). 63 indexed citations

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Chang, Margaret H., Anaïs Levescot, Nathan Nelson-Maney, et al.. (2021). Arthritis flares mediated by tissue-resident memory T cells in the joint. Cell Reports. 37(4). 109902–109902. 68 indexed citations

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Wang, Yufei, Alicia Buck, Marion Grimaud, et al.. (2021). Anti-CAIX BBζ CAR4/8 T cells exhibit superior efficacy in a ccRCC mouse model. Molecular Therapy — Oncolytics. 24. 385–399. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Pui Y., Nathan Nelson-Maney, Yuelong Huang, et al.. (2019). High-dimensional analysis reveals a pathogenic role of inflammatory monocytes in experimental diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. JCI Insight. 4(15). 19 indexed citations

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Korsunsky, Ilya, Nghia Millard, Jean Fan, et al.. (2019). Fast, sensitive and accurate integration of single-cell data with Harmony. Nature Methods. 16(12). 1289–1296. 4105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kuo, David, Jennifer Ding, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2019). HBEGF ⁺ macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis induce fibroblast invasiveness. Science Translational Medicine. 11(491). 173 indexed citations

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Michelet, Xavier, Lydia Dyck, Andrew E. Hogan, et al.. (2018). Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits antitumor responses. Nature Immunology. 19(12). 1330–1340. 448 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nguyen, Hung, Erika H. Noss, Fumitaka Mizoguchi, et al.. (2017). Autocrine Loop Involving IL-6 Family Member LIF, LIF Receptor, and STAT4 Drives Sustained Fibroblast Production of Inflammatory Mediators. Immunity. 46(2). 220–232. 131 indexed citations

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Chang, Sook Kyung, Ayano C. Kohlgruber, Fumitaka Mizoguchi, et al.. (2017). Stromal cell cadherin-11 regulates adipose tissue inflammation and diabetes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(9). 3300–3312. 47 indexed citations

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Slowikowski, Kamil, Kevin Wei, Michael B. Brenner, & Soumya Raychaudhuri. (2017). Functional genomics of stromal cells in chronic inflammatory diseases. Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 30(1). 65–71. 9 indexed citations

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Hou, Shuang, Haichao Zhao, Libo Zhao, et al.. (2012). Capture and Stimulated Release of Circulating Tumor Cells on Polymer‐Grafted Silicon Nanostructures. Advanced Materials. 25(11). 1547–1551. 229 indexed citations

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