Meng‐Ping Tu

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Meng‐Ping Tu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng‐Ping Tu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Insect Science and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Meng‐Ping Tu's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (9 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers). Meng‐Ping Tu is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (9 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers). Meng‐Ping Tu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Meng‐Ping Tu's co-authors include Marc Tatar, C.‐M. Yin, Robert S. Garofalo, Michael R. Palmer, Dae‐Sung Hwangbo, Thomas Flatt, Chih‐Ming Yin, Rong Kou, John G. Stoffolano and Chia-Wei Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Meng‐Ping Tu

12 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

A Mutant Drosophila Insulin Receptor Homolog That Extends Life-Span and Impairs Neuroendocrine Function

2001 1.2k citations Marc Tatar, Meng‐Ping Tu et al. Science profile →
Drosophila dFOXO controls lifespan and regulates insulin signalling in brain and fat body

2004 747 citations Dae‐Sung Hwangbo, Meng‐Ping Tu et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Meng‐Ping Tu	1.6k	1.1k	878	656	635	13	3.0k
C.‐M. Yin	942 0.6×	864 0.8×	487 0.6×	441 0.7×	492 0.8×	33	2.0k
David J. Clancy	1.3k 0.8×	412 0.4×	765 0.9×	424 0.6×	836 1.3×	26	2.7k
Tomoatsu Ikeya	896 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	897 1.0×	500 0.8×	561 0.9×	9	2.7k
Susan Broughton	875 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	486 0.6×	313 0.5×	432 0.7×	23	2.0k
Michael R. Koelle	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.8×	402 0.6×	339 0.5×	44	3.4k
Michael J. Pankratz	466 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	791 1.2×	476 0.7×	59	3.3k
Ronald P. Kühnlein	476 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.3×	516 0.8×	505 0.8×	43	3.8k
Aylin R. Rodan	1.1k 0.7×	657 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	204 0.3×	156 0.2×	60	2.5k
Maria E. Giannakou	885 0.6×	402 0.4×	760 0.9×	152 0.2×	198 0.3×	17	1.8k
Rafael Fernández	367 0.2×	1000 0.9×	940 1.1×	374 0.6×	248 0.4×	26	2.3k

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13 of 13 papers shown

Tu, Meng‐Ping. (2023). The roles of midgut hormone and allatotropin in the adult black blow fly, Phormia regina meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae).. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst).

Tu, Meng‐Ping, Chih‐Ming Yin, & Marc Tatar. (2005). Mutations in insulin signaling pathway alter juvenile hormone synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 142(3). 347–356. 183 indexed citations

Flatt, Thomas, Meng‐Ping Tu, & Marc Tatar. (2005). Hormonal pleiotropy and the juvenile hormone regulation ofDrosophila development and life history. BioEssays. 27(10). 999–1010. 374 indexed citations

Hwangbo, Dae‐Sung, et al.. (2004). Drosophila dFOXO controls lifespan and regulates insulin signalling in brain and fat body. Nature. 429(6991). 562–566. 747 indexed citations breakdown →

Tu, Meng‐Ping & Marc Tatar. (2003). Juvenile diet restriction and the aging and reproduction of adult Drosophila melanogaster. Aging Cell. 2(6). 327–333. 143 indexed citations

Tu, Meng‐Ping, et al.. (2002). The demography of slow aging in male and female Drosophila mutant for the insulin‐receptor substrate homologue chico. Aging Cell. 1(1). 75–80. 94 indexed citations

Tu, Meng‐Ping, Chih‐Ming Yin, & Marc Tatar. (2002). Impaired ovarian ecdysone synthesis of Drosophila melanogaster insulin receptor mutants. Aging Cell. 1(2). 158–160. 98 indexed citations

Tu, Meng‐Ping, et al.. (2002). Allatotropic activity in the brain of female Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 48(7). 733–741. 11 indexed citations

Tatar, Marc, et al.. (2001). A Mutant Drosophila Insulin Receptor Homolog That Extends Life-Span and Impairs Neuroendocrine Function. Science. 292(5514). 107–110. 1248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tu, Meng‐Ping, et al.. (2001). Immunolocalization and possible effect of a moth allatotropin-like substance in a fly, Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 47(3). 233–244. 28 indexed citations

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Kou, Rong & Meng‐Ping Tu. (1998). Juvenoid biosynthesis by the corpora allata of adult female and male loreyi leafworm, Mythimna loreyi Duponchel (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae). Zoological studies. 37(2). 119–125. 8 indexed citations

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Kou, Rong, Meng‐Ping Tu, Chia-Wei Chang, & C.‐M. Yin. (1995). Isolated cell type corpora allata in adults of the loreyi leafworm, Leucania loreyi duponchel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Morphology. 225(3). 369–376. 9 indexed citations

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Tu, Meng‐Ping, et al.. (1995). Identification of in vitro release products of corpora allata in female and male loreyi leafworms,Leucania loreyi. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 51(6). 601–605. 14 indexed citations

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