Ping‐Chieh Pao

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ping‐Chieh Pao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping‐Chieh Pao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Ping‐Chieh Pao's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers), Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (4 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Ping‐Chieh Pao is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers), Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (4 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Ping‐Chieh Pao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Ping‐Chieh Pao's co-authors include Li‐Huei Tsai, Fan Gao, Alexi Nott, Ling Pan, Elizabeta Gjoneska, Trongha Phan, Jinsoo Seo, Chinnakkaruppan Adaikkan, Li-Huei Tsai and Ryan Stott and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ping‐Chieh Pao

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Activity-Induced DNA Breaks Govern the Expression of Neur... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2019 100 200 300 400
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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. Activity-Induced DNA Breaks Govern the Expression of Neuronal Early-Response Genes
    2015 489 citations Ram Madabhushi, Fan Gao et al. Cell profile →
  2. Gamma Entrainment Binds Higher-Order Brain Regions and Offers Neuroprotection
    2019 293 citations Chinnakkaruppan Adaikkan, Steven J. Middleton et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ping‐Chieh Pao United States 14 795 293 220 201 175 18 1.3k
Diane Lucente United States 15 748 0.9× 361 1.2× 196 0.9× 132 0.7× 114 0.7× 29 1.2k
Alexi Nott United Kingdom 16 1.3k 1.6× 255 0.9× 287 1.3× 163 0.8× 131 0.7× 25 1.7k
Yun‐Sik Choi South Korea 20 496 0.6× 517 1.8× 130 0.6× 115 0.6× 242 1.4× 34 1.2k
A. Iván Hernández United States 19 615 0.8× 615 2.1× 230 1.0× 238 1.2× 109 0.6× 34 1.2k
Laura Micheli Italy 18 759 1.0× 227 0.8× 121 0.6× 81 0.4× 124 0.7× 33 1.3k
Mascia Amici United Kingdom 15 594 0.7× 662 2.3× 153 0.7× 170 0.8× 138 0.8× 20 1.2k
Shiu-Hwa Yeh Taiwan 15 616 0.8× 537 1.8× 90 0.4× 289 1.4× 169 1.0× 21 1.2k
Robert Waltereit Germany 13 464 0.6× 370 1.3× 201 0.9× 189 0.9× 69 0.4× 28 960
Yoshiaki Miyamoto Japan 24 674 0.8× 775 2.6× 175 0.8× 158 0.8× 170 1.0× 54 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ping‐Chieh Pao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ping‐Chieh Pao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ping‐Chieh Pao. 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 Ping‐Chieh Pao. The network helps show where Ping‐Chieh Pao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping‐Chieh Pao

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Leventhal, Matthew, Jiajie Peng, Zhixiang Liao, et al.. (2025). An integrative systems-biology approach defines mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4441–4441. 2 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh, Jinsoo Seo, Audrey Lee, et al.. (2023). A Cdk5-derived peptide inhibits Cdk5/p25 activity and improves neurodegenerative phenotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(16). e2217864120–e2217864120. 32 indexed citations
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Penney, Jay, William T. Ralvenius, Vishnu Dileep, et al.. (2023). iPSC‐derived microglia carrying the TREM2 R47H/+ mutation are proinflammatory and promote synapse loss. Glia. 72(2). 452–469. 23 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh, et al.. (2023). Ultrasound‐guided puncture into newborn rat brain. PubMed. 9(4). 359–368. 1 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh & Li‐Huei Tsai. (2022). Histone Deacetylases 1 and 2 in Memory Function. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13(7). 848–858. 16 indexed citations
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Patnaik, Debasis, Ping‐Chieh Pao, Wen‐Ning Zhao, et al.. (2021). Exifone Is a Potent HDAC1 Activator with Neuroprotective Activity in Human Neuronal Models of Neurodegeneration. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 12(2). 271–284. 19 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh & Li‐Huei Tsai. (2021). Three decades of Cdk5. Journal of Biomedical Science. 28(1). 79–79. 86 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh, Debasis Patnaik, L. Ashley Watson, et al.. (2020). HDAC1 modulates OGG1-initiated oxidative DNA damage repair in the aging brain and Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2484–2484. 157 indexed citations
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Xu, Shisan, Huan Zhang, Ping‐Chieh Pao, et al.. (2020). Exposure to phthalates impaired neurodevelopment through estrogenic effects and induced DNA damage in neurons. Aquatic Toxicology. 222. 105469–105469. 62 indexed citations
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Ralvenius, William T., Alexi Nott, L. Ashley Watson, et al.. (2020). Phosphoproteomics identifies microglial Siglec‐F inflammatory response during neurodegeneration. Molecular Systems Biology. 16(12). e9819–e9819. 24 indexed citations
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Lin, Hsin-Chuan, Chi‐Chen Huang, Ping‐Chieh Pao, et al.. (2019). Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger is involved in the formation of deep layer cortical neurons. Journal of Biomedical Science. 26(1). 30–30. 6 indexed citations
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Pao, Ping‐Chieh, Jay Penney, & Li‐Huei Tsai. (2019). Examining the Role of HDACs in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Neurons. Methods in molecular biology. 1983. 225–234. 2 indexed citations
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Adaikkan, Chinnakkaruppan, Steven J. Middleton, Asaf Marco, et al.. (2019). Gamma Entrainment Binds Higher-Order Brain Regions and Offers Neuroprotection. Neuron. 102(5). 929–943.e8. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tsai, Chen-Wei, Yujiao Wu, Ping‐Chieh Pao, et al.. (2017). Proteolytic control of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(17). 4388–4393. 66 indexed citations
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Penney, Jay, Jinsoo Seo, Oleg Kritskiy, et al.. (2017). Loss of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 8 Alters Synapse Composition and Function, Resulting in Behavioral Defects. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(36). 8655–8666. 31 indexed citations
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Yang, Ying-Chen, Ping‐Chieh Pao, Hui‐Ching Lin, et al.. (2016). Important Roles of Ring Finger Protein 112 in Embryonic Vascular Development and Brain Functions. Molecular Neurobiology. 54(3). 2286–2300. 17 indexed citations
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Madabhushi, Ram, Fan Gao, Andreas R. Pfenning, et al.. (2015). Activity-Induced DNA Breaks Govern the Expression of Neuronal Early-Response Genes. Cell. 161(7). 1592–1605. 489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Ding-Yen, Chi‐Chen Huang, Ya-Ting Hsieh, et al.. (2013). Analysis of the interaction between Zinc finger protein 179 (Znf179) and promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (Plzf). Journal of Biomedical Science. 20(1). 98–98. 22 indexed citations

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