Pengfei Wang

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Wang has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Infectious Diseases and 22 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Wang's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (24 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (19 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Pengfei Wang is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (24 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (19 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Pengfei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Pengfei Wang's co-authors include Huanzhang Zhu, David D. Ho, Yaoxing Huang, Qingwu Yang, Fang Huang, Yanchun Wang, Jian Yu, Manoj S. Nair, Xiaoyu Zhao and Lihong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Pengfei Wang

133 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Increased resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 to antibod... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 100 200 300
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. Increased resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 to antibody neutralization
    2021 390 citations Pengfei Wang, Manoj S. Nair et al. profile →
  2. Broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses
    2022 195 citations Yanjia Chen, Xiaoyu Zhao et al. profile →

Peers

Pengfei Wang
Xing Li China
Nouara Yahi France
Pasquale Ferrante Italy
You Zhou United States
Shun‐Hua Chen Taiwan
Mark S. Ladinsky United States
Ling Zhao China
John D. Morrey United States
Tibor Vályi-Nagy United States
Xing Li China
Pengfei Wang
Citations per year, relative to Pengfei Wang Pengfei Wang (= 1×) peers Xing Li

Countries citing papers authored by Pengfei Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pengfei Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pengfei Wang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Pengfei Wang. The network helps show where Pengfei Wang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengfei Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pengfei Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pengfei 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 Pengfei Wang. Pengfei Wang 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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Xu, Ping, et al.. (2025). Soft graph clustering for single-cell RNA sequencing data. BMC Bioinformatics. 26(1). 195–195. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qianli, Wei Wang, Xiaoyu Zhou, et al.. (2025). Measles Population Immunity in Hunan, China: A Serological Assessment. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(5). ofaf216–ofaf216.
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Xu, Zhihao, et al.. (2025). Visual Detection and Identification of Influenza A Viruses by Nucleic Acid Probe‐Enabled Lateral Flow Assay. ChemBioChem. 26(12). e202500216–e202500216.
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Wang, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). CaCO3-encircled hollow CuS nanovehicles to suppress cervical cancer through enhanced calcium overload-triggered mitochondria damage. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 19(6). 100989–100989. 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Shuai, Chen Li, Xinyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Broad‐spectrum coronavirus neutralization induced by hetero RBD‐Fc protein vaccine. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(9). e29917–e29917. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengfei, Bing Zhao, Jiaqi Li, et al.. (2023). Metavirome Analysis Reveals a High Prevalence of Porcine Hemagglutination Encephalomyelitis Virus in Clinically Healthy Pigs in China. Pathogens. 12(4). 510–510. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengfei, Wenxue Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Combined Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Phytochemicals as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy against Cancer. Journal of Cancer. 14(12). 2315–2328. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiaxing, Mo Zhang, Rui Zhu, et al.. (2023). Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica as a Nanoadjuvant for Subunit Vaccines Elicits Potent Antigen-Specific Germinal Center Responses by Activating Naive B Cells. ACS Nano. 17(16). 15424–15440. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Linqing, Xiaoli Wu, Jingyi Ding, et al.. (2023). Recent Progress in Source/Drain Ohmic Contact with β-Ga2O3. Inorganics. 11(10). 397–397. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengfei, Chenglong Li, Yanfeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Sodium Butyrate Induces Mitophagy and Apoptosis of Bovine Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells through the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(17). 13474–13474. 10 indexed citations
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Wan, Lili, Qiang Xin, Xiaohui Zhang, et al.. (2021). Optimizing glyphosate tolerance in rapeseed by CRISPR/Cas9-based geminiviral donor DNA replicon system with Csy4-based single-guide RNA processing. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(13). 4796–4808. 22 indexed citations
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Duan, Xiaohua, Xuming Tang, Manoj S. Nair, et al.. (2021). An airway organoid-based screen identifies a role for the HIF1α-glycolysis axis in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cell Reports. 37(6). 109920–109920. 41 indexed citations
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Cerutti, Gabriele, Yicheng Guo, Pengfei Wang, et al.. (2021). Neutralizing antibody 5-7 defines a distinct site of vulnerability in SARS-CoV-2 spike N-terminal domain. Cell Reports. 37(5). 109928–109928. 42 indexed citations
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Annavajhala, Medini K., Hiroshi Mohri, Pengfei Wang, et al.. (2021). Emergence and expansion of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.526 after identification in New York. Nature. 597(7878). 703–708. 80 indexed citations
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Cerutti, Gabriele, Micah Rapp, Yicheng Guo, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for accommodation of emerging B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 variants by two potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies. Structure. 29(7). 655–663.e4. 40 indexed citations
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Yang, Ping, et al.. (2020). A retrospective study on the epidemiological characteristics and establishment of an early warning system of severe COVID‐19 patients. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(10). 2173–2180. 19 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiuyang, Wenxu Jia, Pengfei Wang, et al.. (2019). Antibodies and vaccines against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 841–856. 60 indexed citations
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