Ning Wang

20.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
115 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Ning Wang is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Wang has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cell Biology, 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ning Wang's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (96 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (30 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (29 papers). Ning Wang is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (96 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (30 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (29 papers). Ning Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Croatia. Ning Wang's co-authors include Donald E. Ingber, James P. Butler, Dimitrije Stamenović, Jessica Tytell, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Farhan Chowdhury, Iva M. Tolić, Jianxin Chen, Sungsoo Na and Deborah Leckband and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ning Wang

108 papers receiving 14.9k 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.

Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton

1993 2.3k citations Ning Wang, Donald E. Ingber et al. profile →
Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

2008 1.3k citations Ning Wang, Donald E. Ingber et al. profile →
Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model

2001 556 citations Ning Wang, Dimitrije Stamenović et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cell prestress. I. Stiffness and prestress are closely associated in adherent contractile cells

2002 534 citations Ning Wang, Jianxin Chen et al. profile →
Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems

2014 334 citations Donald E. Ingber, Ning Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Wang United States	60	9.9k	5.5k	4.6k	2.0k	1.6k	115	15.3k
Xavier Trepat Spain	65	11.1k 1.1×	6.7k 1.2×	4.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	136	16.1k
Ben Fabry Germany	69	8.1k 0.8×	5.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	186	14.3k
Alexander D. Bershadsky Israel	61	13.0k 1.3×	5.0k 0.9×	5.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	135	18.0k
Micah Dembo United States	53	10.2k 1.0×	6.6k 1.2×	3.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	977 0.6×	103	17.0k
Pere Roca‐Cusachs Spain	42	7.5k 0.8×	3.2k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	81	10.8k
Clare M. Waterman United States	79	13.7k 1.4×	3.8k 0.7×	8.0k 1.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	149	20.3k
Viola Vogel Switzerland	75	7.6k 0.8×	5.2k 1.0×	6.3k 1.4×	3.8k 1.9×	724 0.4×	264	19.0k
Guillaume Charras United Kingdom	54	7.6k 0.8×	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	902 0.6×	118	12.1k
Cynthia A. Reinhart‐King United States	55	6.7k 0.7×	5.1k 0.9×	3.5k 0.7×	642 0.3×	820 0.5×	142	12.5k
Yu‐li Wang United States	41	8.2k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	486 0.3×	66	10.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Ning, et al.. (2025). Strong Bioadhesives from Helical Polypeptides. ACS Macro Letters. 14(3). 299–305.

Chen, Xinman, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional traction technology and its application in mechanomedicine. PubMed. 3(3). 100131–100131.

Wang, Ning, Liqi Chen, Shiqi Wang, et al.. (2025). Marine-inspired self-assembled peptide hydrogel spatiotemporal treatment of bacterial-infected wounds. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165573–165573. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ning, Shu Chien, & Martin A. Schwartz. (2025). Mechanomedicine: Present state and future promise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(46). e2509566122–e2509566122.

Di, Guilan, et al.. (2023). Molecular characterization of Rab5A, and involvement in innate immunity in Yellow River Carp Cyprinus carpio. Aquaculture International. 32(2). 1427–1451. 2 indexed citations

Yavitt, F. Max, Bruce E. Kirkpatrick, Michael R. Blatchley, et al.. (2023). In situ modulation of intestinal organoid epithelial curvature through photoinduced viscoelasticity directs crypt morphogenesis. Science Advances. 9(3). eadd5668–eadd5668. 59 indexed citations

Mohagheghian, Erfan, Junyu Luo, F. Max Yavitt, et al.. (2023). Quantifying stiffness and forces of tumor colonies and embryos using a magnetic microrobot. Science Robotics. 8(74). eadc9800–eadc9800. 33 indexed citations

Sun, Zhaojun, et al.. (2023). Effects of CAR-T Cell Therapy on Immune Cells and Related Toxic Side Effect Analysis in Patients with Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Mediators of Inflammation. 2023. 1–7.

Liu, Yuying, Tianzhen Zhang, Haizeng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Cell Softness Prevents Cytolytic T-cell Killing of Tumor-Repopulating Cells. Cancer Research. 81(2). 476–488. 88 indexed citations

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Wei, Fuxiang, et al.. (2020). Stress fiber anisotropy contributes to force-mode dependent chromatin stretching and gene upregulation in living cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4902–4902. 46 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, Hui Hu, Qiong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Regulatory networks in mechanotransduction reveal key genes in promoting cancer cell stemness and proliferation. Oncogene. 38(42). 6818–6834. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuying, Jiadi Lv, Xiaoyu Liang, et al.. (2018). Fibrin Stiffness Mediates Dormancy of Tumor-Repopulating Cells via a Cdc42-Driven Tet2 Epigenetic Program. Cancer Research. 78(14). 3926–3937. 88 indexed citations

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Chen, Junwei, Xin Cao, Quanlin An, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of cancer stem cell like cells by a synthetic retinoid. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1406–1406. 56 indexed citations

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Muhamed, Ismaeel, Jun Wu, Xinyu Kong, et al.. (2016). E-cadherin-mediated force transduction signals regulate global cell mechanics. Journal of Cell Science. 129(9). 1843–1854. 75 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Youhua Tan, Huafeng Zhang, et al.. (2012). Soft fibrin gels promote selection and growth of tumorigenic cells. Nature Materials. 11(8). 734–741. 384 indexed citations

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Uda, Yuhei, Yeh-Chuin Poh, Farhan Chowdhury, et al.. (2011). Force via integrins but not E-cadherin decreases Oct3/4 expression in embryonic stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 415(2). 396–400. 30 indexed citations

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Na, Sungsoo, Olivier Collin, Farhan Chowdhury, et al.. (2008). Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(18). 6626–6631. 344 indexed citations

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Lele, Tanmay P., Julia Sero, Benjamin D. Matthews, et al.. (2007). Tools to Study Cell Mechanics and Mechanotransduction. Methods in cell biology. 83. 441–472. 46 indexed citations

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Rosenblatt, Noah J., Shaohua Hu, Jianxin Chen, Ning Wang, & Dimitrije Stamenović. (2004). Distending stress of the cytoskeleton is a key determinant of cell rheological behavior. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 321(3). 617–622. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Ning. (1998). Mechanical Interactions Among Cytoskeletal Filaments. Hypertension. 32(1). 162–165. 121 indexed citations

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