Ping-Wu Zhang

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ping-Wu Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping-Wu Zhang has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Neurology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ping-Wu Zhang's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (4 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Ping-Wu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (4 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Ping-Wu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Ping-Wu Zhang's co-authors include Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Lin Jin, Luc Pellerin, Youngjin Lee, Yun Li, Akivaga Tsingalia, Mohamed H. Farah, Pierre J. Magistretti, Sylvain Lengacher and Brett M. Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ping-Wu Zhang

14 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Oligodendroglia metabolically support axons and contribute to neurodegeneration

2012 1.2k citations Youngjin Lee, Brett M. Morrison et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ping-Wu Zhang United States	13	912	650	519	434	288	14	1.9k
Pablo M. Paez United States	28	805 0.9×	623 1.0×	771 1.5×	555 1.3×	159 0.6×	55	2.2k
Celia M. Kassmann Germany	11	842 0.9×	500 0.8×	626 1.2×	538 1.2×	143 0.5×	12	1.9k
Miroslava Anděrová Czechia	28	1.1k 1.2×	891 1.4×	468 0.9×	750 1.7×	200 0.7×	83	2.4k
Jürgen Engele Germany	32	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 2.0×	628 1.2×	370 0.9×	169 0.6×	71	2.6k
Rugao Liu United States	24	744 0.8×	433 0.7×	403 0.8×	244 0.6×	436 1.5×	28	2.0k
Iva D. Tzvetanova United States	10	645 0.7×	559 0.9×	720 1.4×	527 1.2×	134 0.5×	11	1.7k
M. Saïd Ghandour France	28	1.3k 1.4×	541 0.8×	708 1.4×	443 1.0×	174 0.6×	65	2.7k
Anke Meyer‐Franke United States	12	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	616 1.2×	341 0.8×	142 0.5×	14	2.2k
Kevin C. Kanning United States	12	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	447 0.9×	146 0.3×	355 1.2×	13	1.9k
Zu‐Cheng Ye United States	19	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	284 0.5×	623 1.4×	155 0.5×	42	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping-Wu Zhang

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

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Eldred, Kiara C., Sarah E. Hadyniak, Katarzyna A. Hussey, et al.. (2018). Thyroid hormone signaling specifies cone subtypes in human retinal organoids. Science. 362(6411). 185 indexed citations

Miller, Sean, Ping-Wu Zhang, Jenna Glatzer, & Jeffrey D. Rothstein. (2016). Astroglial transcriptome dysregulation in early disease of an ALS mutant SOD1 mouse model. Journal of Neurogenetics. 31(1-2). 37–48. 15 indexed citations

Li, Ying, et al.. (2015). A Comprehensive Library of Familial Human Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118266–e0118266. 35 indexed citations

Donnelly, Christopher J., Ping-Wu Zhang, Jacqueline T. Pham, et al.. (2013). RNA Toxicity from the ALS/FTD C9ORF72 Expansion Is Mitigated by Antisense Intervention. Neuron. 80(4). 1102–1102. 25 indexed citations

Lee, Youngjin, Brett M. Morrison, Yun Li, et al.. (2012). Oligodendroglia metabolically support axons and contribute to neurodegeneration. Nature. 487(7408). 443–448. 1221 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Linlin, Paul J. Kammermeier, Chester G. Moore, et al.. (2012). Preso1 dynamically regulates group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 15(6). 836–844. 71 indexed citations

Li, Chuan‐Yun, et al.. (2011). Meta-analysis and genome-wide interpretation of genetic susceptibility to drug addiction. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 508–508. 30 indexed citations

Li, Yun, Rita Sattler, Eun Ju Yang, et al.. (2010). Harmine, a natural beta-carboline alkaloid, upregulates astroglial glutamate transporter expression. Neuropharmacology. 60(7-8). 1168–1175. 74 indexed citations

Zhang, Yong, Zhanbo Wang, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2010). A Human-Specific De Novo Protein-Coding Gene Associated with Human Brain Functions. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(3). e1000734–e1000734. 99 indexed citations

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Drgon, Tomás, Ping-Wu Zhang, Catherine A Johnson, et al.. (2010). Genome Wide Association for Addiction: Replicated Results and Comparisons of Two Analytic Approaches. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8832–e8832. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, Catherine, Tomás Drgon, Qing‐Rong Liu, et al.. (2008). Genome wide association for substance dependence: convergent results from epidemiologic and research volunteer samples. BMC Medical Genetics. 9(1). 113–113. 34 indexed citations

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Uhl, George R., Hiroki Ishiguro, Emmanuel S. Onaivi, et al.. (2006). Molecular Neurobiological Methods in Marijuana-Cannabinoid Research. Humana Press eBooks. 123. 1–17. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Qing‐Rong, Ping-Wu Zhang, Zhicheng Lin, et al.. (2004). GBPI, a novel gastrointestinal- and brain-specific PP1-inhibitory protein, is activated by PKC and inactivated by PKA. Biochemical Journal. 377(1). 171–181. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Qing‐Rong, et al.. (2002). KEPI, a PKC-dependent Protein Phosphatase 1 Inhibitor Regulated by Morphine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(15). 13312–13320. 60 indexed citations

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