Liguo Wang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Liguo Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Liguo Wang has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Liguo Wang's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (4 papers). Liguo Wang is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (4 papers). Liguo Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Liguo Wang's co-authors include Fred J. Sigworth, Yu Rao, Lige Tonggu, Chao-Guo Cao, Xinglin Yang, Ming He, Gang Shan, Tianlong Lan, Puey Ounjai and Xinyi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Liguo Wang

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders
    2022 187 citations Chao-Guo Cao, Ming He et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liguo Wang China 15 757 265 143 132 115 22 1.1k
Margarete Neu United Kingdom 19 531 0.7× 221 0.8× 125 0.9× 60 0.5× 37 0.3× 28 1.0k
Xia Yao China 13 475 0.6× 100 0.4× 62 0.4× 25 0.2× 63 0.5× 22 756
Stefan Geschwindner Sweden 23 960 1.3× 173 0.7× 81 0.6× 36 0.3× 60 0.5× 40 1.4k
Giray Enkavi Finland 19 861 1.1× 49 0.2× 80 0.6× 129 1.0× 145 1.3× 33 1.3k
Edward T. Petri Serbia 20 495 0.7× 178 0.7× 277 1.9× 105 0.8× 50 0.4× 47 1.1k
Joseph C. Genereux United States 22 1.7k 2.3× 216 0.8× 154 1.1× 158 1.2× 77 0.7× 41 2.5k
Agnieszka K. Bronowska United Kingdom 21 913 1.2× 140 0.5× 67 0.5× 118 0.9× 92 0.8× 42 1.5k
Sadamu Kurono Japan 17 670 0.9× 350 1.3× 75 0.5× 64 0.5× 94 0.8× 47 1.3k
Zaiguo Li United States 20 1.1k 1.4× 326 1.2× 46 0.3× 119 0.9× 36 0.3× 37 1.6k
Juha‐Matti Alakoskela Finland 20 544 0.7× 92 0.3× 87 0.6× 115 0.9× 75 0.7× 31 921

Countries citing papers authored by Liguo Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liguo Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liguo Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liguo Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liguo 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 Liguo Wang. Liguo 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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Wang, Liguo, et al.. (2023). Discovery of small molecule degraders for modulating cell cycle. Frontiers of Medicine. 17(5). 823–854. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu, Chaohu Pan, Lili Li, et al.. (2022). CDK2 Inhibition Enhances Antitumor Immunity by Increasing IFN Response to Endogenous Retroviruses. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(4). 525–539. 19 indexed citations
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Cao, Chao-Guo, et al.. (2022). Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders. Chemical Society Reviews. 51(16). 7066–7114. 187 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tonggu, Lige & Liguo Wang. (2022). Structure of the Human BK Ion Channel in Lipid Environment. Membranes. 12(8). 758–758. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiqing, Xiaolu Li, Thomas Michel, et al.. (2021). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of multiple targeting antimalarials. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 11(9). 2900–2913. 7 indexed citations
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Zong, Yu, Fang Fang, Kirsten J. Meyer, et al.. (2019). Gram-scale total synthesis of teixobactin promoting binding mode study and discovery of more potent antibiotics. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3268–3268. 33 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiuyun, Jun Wang, Xia Yao, et al.. (2019). A chemical approach for global protein knockdown from mice to non-human primates. Cell Discovery. 5(1). 10–10. 86 indexed citations
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Tonggu, Lige & Liguo Wang. (2019). Cryo-EM sample preparation method for extremely low concentration liposomes. Ultramicroscopy. 208. 112849–112849. 42 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinglin, Xiangjun Chen, Zimo Yang, et al.. (2018). Synthesis, Evaluation, and Structure–Activity Relationship Study of Lanosterol Derivatives To Reverse Mutant-Crystallin-Induced Protein Aggregation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61(19). 8693–8706. 25 indexed citations
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Lan, Tianlong, Liguo Wang, & Yu Rao. (2017). Regioselective Annulation of Aryl Sulfonamides with Allenes through Cobalt-Promoted C–H Functionalization. Organic Letters. 19(5). 972–975. 66 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinglin, Gang Shan, Liguo Wang, & Yu Rao. (2016). Recent advances in transition metal (Pd, Ni)-catalyzed C(sp 3 ) H bond activation with bidentate directing groups. Tetrahedron Letters. 57(8). 819–836. 126 indexed citations
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Wang, Liguo & Lige Tonggu. (2015). Membrane protein reconstitution for functional and structural studies. Science China Life Sciences. 58(1). 66–74. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Mo, Lige Tonggu, Lan Tang, & Liguo Wang. (2014). Effects of N-glycosylation on hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels. Biochemical Journal. 466(1). 77–84. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Liguo. (2012). Measurements and Implications of the Membrane Dipole Potential. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 81(1). 615–635. 138 indexed citations
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Wang, Liguo & Fred J. Sigworth. (2009). Structure of the BK potassium channel in a lipid membrane from electron cryomicroscopy. Nature. 461(7261). 292–295. 169 indexed citations
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Wang, Liguo, Puey Ounjai, & Fred J. Sigworth. (2008). Streptavidin crystals as nanostructured supports and image-calibration references for cryo-EM data collection. Journal of Structural Biology. 164(2). 190–198. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Liguo, et al.. (2006). Using cryo-EM to measure the dipole potential of a lipid membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(49). 18528–18533. 99 indexed citations

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