Ping Wu

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ping Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Wu has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ping Wu's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Ping Wu is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Ping Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Ping Wu's co-authors include Junling Gao, Yongjia Yu, Jason R. Thonhoff, Gwen V. Childs, Paivi M. Jordan, M. Ian Phillips, Richard E. Coggeshall, Geda Unabia, Tiffany Dunn and Erica L. McGrath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ping Wu

78 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

A Screen of FDA-Approved Drugs for Inhibitors of Zika Virus Infection

2016 370 citations Nicholas J. Barrows, Rafael K. Campos et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Global burden of chronic kidney disease due to dietary factors

2025 14 citations Lan Yin, Binbin Zou et al. Frontiers in Nutrition 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	28	1.1k	556	515	455	434	78	2.8k
William R. Tyor United States	37	844 0.8×	374 0.7×	489 0.9×	650 1.4×	197 0.5×	90	4.2k
Tommy Regen Germany	26	1.3k 1.2×	384 0.7×	354 0.7×	203 0.4×	229 0.5×	44	4.1k
Pia Kivisäkk United States	42	1.8k 1.6×	167 0.3×	429 0.8×	239 0.5×	469 1.1×	117	7.6k
Jianguo Hu China	38	2.4k 2.1×	182 0.3×	677 1.3×	169 0.4×	452 1.0×	219	5.1k
Abdolmohamad Rostami United States	51	1.9k 1.7×	154 0.3×	520 1.0×	210 0.5×	398 0.9×	185	9.4k
Anuja Ghorpade United States	41	1.3k 1.1×	243 0.4×	551 1.1×	491 1.1×	182 0.4×	85	4.8k
Sunhee C. Lee United States	50	2.0k 1.8×	286 0.5×	936 1.8×	622 1.4×	676 1.6×	92	7.2k
Bert A. ‘t Hart Netherlands	46	1.3k 1.2×	145 0.3×	343 0.7×	195 0.4×	266 0.6×	160	6.4k
Robert Weissert Germany	38	1.4k 1.2×	109 0.2×	510 1.0×	398 0.9×	645 1.5×	116	5.6k
Nathalie Arbour Canada	39	1.2k 1.0×	124 0.2×	379 0.7×	779 1.7×	295 0.7×	97	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ping Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ping Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Wu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yin, Lan, et al.. (2025). Global burden of chronic kidney disease due to dietary factors. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1522555–1522555. 14 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Jiayuan, Mengmeng Yang, Ping Wu, et al.. (2024). Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Small Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment by Rejuvenating Senescence of Neural Stem Cells. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 74(1). 29–29. 6 indexed citations

Carvalho, Deyse Cristina Madruga, Tiffany Dunn, Rafael K. Campos, et al.. (2024). Antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of ouabain against congenital Zika syndrome model. Molecular Therapy. 33(2). 465–470. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Pei, Yongjia Yu, & Ping Wu. (2024). Role of microglia in brain development after viral infection. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1340308–1340308. 8 indexed citations

Wu, Ping, et al.. (2022). P2X7 Receptor-Induced Bone Cancer Pain by Regulating Microglial Activity via NLRP3/IL-1beta Signaling.. PubMed. 25(8). E1199–E1210. 16 indexed citations

Xu, Pei, Junling Gao, Chao Shan, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of innate immune response ameliorates Zika virus-induced neurogenesis deficit in human neural stem cells. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(3). e0009183–e0009183. 8 indexed citations

Shavkunov, Alexander S., Bridget E. Hawkins, Ping Wu, et al.. (2021). Traumatic brain injury induces region-specific glutamate metabolism changes as measured by multiple mass spectrometry methods. iScience. 24(10). 103108–103108. 25 indexed citations

Dunn, Tiffany, Pei Xu, Robert G. Fox, et al.. (2021). Maternal Opioid Exposure Culminates in Perturbed Murine Neurodevelopment and Hyperactive Phenotype in Adolescence. Neuroscience. 463. 272–287. 17 indexed citations

Wu, Ping, et al.. (2020). Alcohol and Cocaine Combined Substance Use on Adult Hypothalamic Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis. PubMed. 6(1). 41–46. 3 indexed citations

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Mitra, Joy, Erika N. Guerrero, Pavana M. Hegde, et al.. (2019). Motor neuron disease-associated loss of nuclear TDP-43 is linked to DNA double-strand break repair defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4696–4705. 208 indexed citations

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McGrath, Erica L., Tiffany Dunn, Junling Gao, et al.. (2019). Chronic poly-drug administration damages adult mouse brain neural stem cells. Brain Research. 1723. 146425–146425. 6 indexed citations

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McGrath, Erica L., Junling Gao, & Ping Wu. (2018). Zika Virus Infection of Cultured Human Fetal Brain Neural Stem Cells for Immunocytochemical Analysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Dawes, Brian E., Junling Gao, Colm Atkins, et al.. (2018). Human neural stem cell-derived neuron/astrocyte co-cultures respond to La Crosse virus infection with proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 315–315. 21 indexed citations

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Barrows, Nicholas J., Rafael K. Campos, K. Reddisiva Prasanth, et al.. (2016). A Screen of FDA-Approved Drugs for Inhibitors of Zika Virus Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 20(2). 259–270. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Guorui, Bei Li, Thomas Welte, et al.. (2013). A Hamster-Derived West Nile Virus Isolate Induces Persistent Renal Infection in Mice. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(6). e2275–e2275. 31 indexed citations

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Jordan, Paivi M., Jason R. Thonhoff, Junling Gao, et al.. (2008). Generation of spinal motor neurons from human fetal brain‐derived neural stem cells: Role of basic fibroblast growth factor. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 87(2). 318–332. 40 indexed citations

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Gao, Junling, Richard E. Coggeshall, Jin Mo Chung, Jigong Wang, & Ping Wu. (2007). Functional motoneurons develop from human neural stem cell transplants in adult rats. Neuroreport. 18(6). 565–569. 26 indexed citations

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Gao, Junling, Kathia M. Johnson, James J. Grady, et al.. (2006). Human fetal neural stem cells grafted into contusion‐injured rat spinal cords improve behavior. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(1). 47–57. 83 indexed citations

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Childs, Gwen V., et al.. (1991). Epidermal growth factor enhances ACTH secretion and expression of POMC mRNA by corticotropes in mixed and enriched cultures. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2(3). 235–243. 27 indexed citations

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Wu, Ping & Gwen V. Childs. (1991). Changes in rat pituitary POMC mRNA after exposure to cold or a novel environment, detected by in situ hybridization.. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 39(6). 843–852. 18 indexed citations

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