Ping Wu

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ping Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Wu has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cell Biology and 29 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Ping Wu's work include Skin and Cellular Biology Research (35 papers), Hair Growth and Disorders (26 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers). Ping Wu is often cited by papers focused on Skin and Cellular Biology Research (35 papers), Hair Growth and Disorders (26 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers). Ping Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Ping Wu's co-authors include Randall B. Widelitz, Cheng‐Ming Chuong, Ting‐Xin Jiang, Cheng‐Ming Chuong, Ang Li, Sanong Suksaweang, Qing Nie, Michael W. Hughes, Zhicao Yue and Maksim V. Plikus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ping Wu

81 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diverse feather shape evolution enabled by coupling anisotropic signalling modules with self-organizing branching programme

2017 411 citations Ang Li, Ting‐Xin Jiang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ping Wu United States	32	1.7k	1.2k	697	637	406	85	3.7k
Ting‐Xin Jiang United States	29	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	811 1.2×	556 0.9×	283 0.7×	52	3.2k
Randall B. Widelitz United States	47	3.3k 1.9×	2.3k 1.9×	1.8k 2.6×	948 1.5×	552 1.4×	97	6.2k
Cheng‐Ming Chuong United States	34	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	406 0.6×	254 0.6×	81	3.4k
Cheng‐Ming Chuong United States	55	4.7k 2.7×	3.0k 2.5×	2.2k 3.1×	1.2k 1.8×	614 1.5×	139	8.9k
Roger H. Sawyer United States	32	894 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	255 0.4×	346 0.5×	1.0k 2.5×	76	2.4k
Hideyo Ohuchi Japan	49	7.1k 4.2×	1.0k 0.9×	334 0.5×	2.1k 3.3×	187 0.5×	175	9.0k
Jean‐Yves Sire France	39	1.9k 1.1×	403 0.3×	320 0.5×	442 0.7×	297 0.7×	96	4.2k
Thomas J. Koob United States	43	601 0.4×	630 0.5×	310 0.4×	362 0.6×	876 2.2×	98	5.1k
Josephine C. Adams United Kingdom	54	4.9k 2.9×	4.1k 3.4×	178 0.3×	606 1.0×	453 1.1×	116	10.3k
John F. Fallon United States	45	5.9k 3.5×	819 0.7×	192 0.3×	1.8k 2.9×	217 0.5×	108	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ping Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Wu

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Wu, Ping, Mingxing Lei, Randall B. Widelitz, & Cheng‐Ming Chuong. (2025). Cyclic renewal in three ectodermal appendage follicles: Hairs, feathers and teeth. Developmental Biology. 522. 76–90. 3 indexed citations

Chuong, Cheng‐Ming, et al.. (2025). Organizational principles of integumentary organs: Maximizing variations for effective adaptation. Developmental Biology. 522. 171–195. 4 indexed citations

Tang, Pin‐Chi, Hsu‐Chen Cheng, Gee‐Way Lin, et al.. (2025). Sexually dimorphic sail feathers in the Mandarin duck as a model for lifelong developmental modulation. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 36593–36593.

Jiang, Ting-Xin, Ping Wu, Ang Li, Randall B. Widelitz, & Cheng‐Ming Chuong. (2025). Wound-Induced Regeneration in Feather Follicles: A Stepwise Strategy to Regenerate Stem Cells. Journal of Developmental Biology. 13(2). 10–10.

Chen, Chih-Kuan, Yao‐Ming Chang, Ting‐Xin Jiang, et al.. (2024). Conserved regulatory switches for the transition from natal down to juvenile feather in birds. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4174–4174. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Tzu‐Yu, Michael W. Hughes, Hao‐Ven Wang, et al.. (2023). Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Avian Reticulate Scales Implies the Evo–Devo Novelty of Skin Appendages in Foot Sole. Journal of Developmental Biology. 11(3). 30–30. 4 indexed citations

Rashid, Dana J., Roger Bradley, Alida M. Bailleul, et al.. (2020). Distal spinal nerve development and divergence of avian groups. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6303–6303. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yingying, Haixia Li, Bing Li, et al.. (2019). Genome Analysis Reveals a Synergistic Mechanism of Ursodeoxycholic Acid and Jasminoidin in Mice Brain Repair After Ischemia/Reperfusion: Crosstalk Among Muti-Pathways. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 1383–1383. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Xiaoli, Guofu Qiu, Juan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Contraction of basal filopodia controls periodic feather branching via Notch and FGF signaling. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1345–1345. 27 indexed citations

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Wu, Ping, Yung‐Chih Lai, Randall B. Widelitz, & Cheng‐Ming Chuong. (2018). Comprehensive molecular and cellular studies suggest avian scutate scales are secondarily derived from feathers, and more distant from reptilian scales. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16766–16766. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuanhang, Ping Wu, Jingqi Zhou, et al.. (2017). XBSeq2: a fast and accurate quantification of differential expression and differential polyadenylation. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(S11). 384–384. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinying, Yanan Yu, Yingying Zhang, et al.. (2016). Quantitative Determination of Flexible Pharmacological Mechanisms Based On Topological Variation in Mice Anti-Ischemic Modular Networks. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0158379–e0158379. 9 indexed citations

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Ng, Chen Siang, Chih-Kuan Chen, Wen‐Lang Fan, et al.. (2015). Transcriptomic analyses of regenerating adult feathers in chicken. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 756–756. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Ping, Xiaoshan Wu, Ting‐Xin Jiang, et al.. (2013). Specialized stem cell niche enables repetitive renewal of alligator teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(22). E2009–18. 97 indexed citations

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Yue, Zhicao, Ting Jiang, Ping Wu, Randall B. Widelitz, & Cheng‐Ming Chuong. (2012). Sprouty/FGF signaling regulates the proximal–distal feather morphology and the size of dermal papillae. Developmental Biology. 372(1). 45–54. 39 indexed citations

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Ng, Chen Siang, Ping Wu, John Foley, et al.. (2012). The Chicken Frizzle Feather Is Due to an α-Keratin (KRT75) Mutation That Causes a Defective Rachis. PLoS Genetics. 8(7). e1002748–e1002748. 75 indexed citations

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Yue, Zhicao, Ping Wu, Da-Yu Wu, et al.. (2004). The biology of feather follicles.. PubMed. 48(2-3). 181–91. 124 indexed citations

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Wu, Ping, Lianhai Hou, Maksim V. Plikus, et al.. (2004). Evo-Devo of amniote integuments and appendages.. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 48(2-3). 249–270. 164 indexed citations

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Yue, Zhicao, Ping Wu, Dayu Wu, et al.. (2004). The biology of feather follicles.. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 48(2-3). 181–191. 135 indexed citations

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Fiebre, Christopher M. de, et al.. (1994). Differential adenoassociated virus vector-driven expression of a neuropeptide Y gene in primary rat brain astroglial cultures after transfection with sendai virosomes versus LipofectinTM. Neurochemical Research. 19(6). 643–648. 4 indexed citations

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