Ming‐Tzo Wei

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ming‐Tzo Wei is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming‐Tzo Wei has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ming‐Tzo Wei's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (15 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (11 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers). Ming‐Tzo Wei is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (15 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (11 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers). Ming‐Tzo Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and France. Ming‐Tzo Wei's co-authors include Clifford P. Brangwynne, H. Daniel Ou‐Yang, Mackenzie T. Walls, Martin J. Kurian, José L. Avalos‬, Dan Bracha, Lian Zhu, Jared E. Toettcher, Yongdae Shin and Yi-Che Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, PLoS ONE and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Tzo Wei

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mapping Local and Global Liquid Phase Behavior in Living ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Mapping Local and Global Liquid Phase Behavior in Living Cells Using Photo-Oligomerizable Seeds
    2018 338 citations Dan Bracha, Mackenzie T. Walls et al. Cell profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ming‐Tzo Wei United States 15 551 384 216 172 98 35 1.2k
William F. Heinz United States 14 369 0.7× 369 1.0× 601 2.8× 317 1.8× 90 0.9× 36 1.3k
Jenu V. Chacko United States 18 611 1.1× 262 0.7× 144 0.7× 99 0.6× 34 0.3× 38 1.1k
Margot M. E. Snel Netherlands 18 748 1.4× 305 0.8× 551 2.6× 120 0.7× 105 1.1× 30 1.3k
Cecile O. Mejean United States 8 344 0.6× 253 0.7× 150 0.7× 511 3.0× 143 1.5× 9 1.1k
Renat I. Zhdanov Russia 7 225 0.4× 301 0.8× 271 1.3× 322 1.9× 78 0.8× 11 844
Inna Székács Hungary 18 392 0.7× 428 1.1× 129 0.6× 147 0.9× 44 0.4× 64 930
М. Н. Стародубцева Belarus 10 214 0.4× 332 0.9× 312 1.4× 396 2.3× 66 0.7× 42 881
Philippe Carl France 12 267 0.5× 158 0.4× 319 1.5× 274 1.6× 240 2.4× 20 929
Guillaume Lamour France 15 400 0.7× 203 0.5× 123 0.6× 116 0.7× 179 1.8× 34 1.1k
Ann‐Sofie Andersson Sweden 11 482 0.9× 386 1.0× 108 0.5× 150 0.9× 63 0.6× 15 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming‐Tzo Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming‐Tzo Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming‐Tzo Wei

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yin‐Quan, et al.. (2024). High-viscosity driven modulation of biomechanical properties of human mesenchymal stem cells promotes osteogenic lineage. Materials Today Bio. 26. 101058–101058. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Yin‐Quan, Chen‐Yu Hung, Ming‐Tzo Wei, et al.. (2022). Snail Augments Nuclear Deformability to Promote Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 809738–809738. 7 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, Sabrina S. Jedlicka, & H. Daniel Ou‐Yang. (2020). Intracellular nonequilibrium fluctuating stresses indicate how nonlinear cellular mechanical properties adapt to microenvironmental rigidity. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5902–5902. 8 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, Yi-Che Chang, Shunsuke F. Shimobayashi, et al.. (2020). Nucleated transcriptional condensates amplify gene expression. Nature Cell Biology. 22(10). 1187–1196. 206 indexed citations
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Chuang, Ya‐Chen, Yingjie Yu, Ming‐Tzo Wei, et al.. (2019). Regulating substrate mechanics to achieve odontogenic differentiation for dental pulp stem cells on TiO2 filled and unfilled polyisoprene. Acta Biomaterialia. 89. 60–72. 16 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo & Clifford P. Brangwynne. (2019). Sequence Determination of Liquid-Liquid Phase-Separated Assemblies of Engineered Disordered Proteins in Living Cells. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 454a–454a. 2 indexed citations
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Bracha, Dan, Mackenzie T. Walls, Ming‐Tzo Wei, et al.. (2018). Mapping Local and Global Liquid Phase Behavior in Living Cells Using Photo-Oligomerizable Seeds. Cell. 175(6). 1467–1480.e13. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bracha, Dan, Mackenzie T. Walls, Ming‐Tzo Wei, et al.. (2018). Mapping Local and Global Liquid-liquid Phase Behavior in Living Cells Using Light-activated Multivalent Seeds. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Cohen, Joel A., Ming‐Tzo Wei, & H. Daniel Ou‐Yang. (2016). Theory for the Charge Dependence of POPG:POPC Liposome Repulsions in Deionized Water. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 412a–412a. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Ming‐Tzo Wei, H. Daniel Ou‐Yang, et al.. (2016). Exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles increases Staphylococcus aureus infection of HeLa cells. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 14(1). 34–34. 78 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, Jack Ng, C. T. Chan, & H. Daniel Ou‐Yang. (2016). Lateral optical binding between two colloidal particles. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38883–38883. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Yin‐Quan, Yu‐Hsuan Chen, Ming‐Tzo Wei, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Infection on the Cell Mechanics of Host Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112137–e112137. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Yin‐Quan, et al.. (2013). Intracellular viscoelasticity of HeLa cells during cell division studied by video particle-tracking microrheology. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 19(1). 11008–11008. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Yin‐Quan, et al.. (2012). Microrheology of human synovial fluid of arthritis patients studied by diffusing wave spectroscopy. Journal of Biophotonics. 5(10). 777–784. 36 indexed citations
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Chiang, Chia‐Chun, et al.. (2011). Optical tweezers based active microrheology of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS). Optics Express. 19(9). 8847–8847. 13 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, et al.. (2010). Dynamic deformation of red blood cell
in Dual-trap Optical Tweezers. Optics Express. 18(10). 10462–10462. 69 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, et al.. (2010). Improving fluorescence imaging of biological cells on biomedical polymers. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(4). 1588–1598. 35 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, et al.. (2009). Probing the dynamic differential stiffness of dsDNA interacting with RecA in the enthalpic regime. Optics Express. 17(22). 20376–20376. 6 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming‐Tzo, et al.. (2009). Direct measurements of the frequency-dependent dielectrophoresis force. Biomicrofluidics. 3(1). 12003–12003. 53 indexed citations
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