Qimin Gu

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Qimin Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Qimin Gu has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Qimin Gu's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (3 papers), Genetic and rare skin diseases. (2 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers). Qimin Gu is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (3 papers), Genetic and rare skin diseases. (2 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers). Qimin Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Qimin Gu's co-authors include Audrey D. Goddard, Arnon Rosenthal, Frédéric J. de Sauvage, Mary Hynes, Ervin H. Epstein, Donna M. Stone, Ching‐Wan Lam, Jeannette M. Bonifas, Jingwu Xie and Heidi Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Qimin Gu

8 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma

1998 1.1k citations Jingwu Xie, Maximilien Murone et al. Nature profile →
The tumour-suppressor gene patched encodes a candidate receptor for Sonic hedgehog

1996 908 citations Donna M. Stone, Mary Hynes 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
Qimin Gu United States	8	2.4k	659	360	307	299	8	2.8k
Maximilien Murone Switzerland	14	2.4k 1.0×	575 0.9×	429 1.2×	256 0.8×	113 0.4×	27	2.8k
Christopher A. Callahan United States	16	2.9k 1.2×	410 0.6×	816 2.3×	164 0.5×	574 1.9×	18	3.6k
Ruthild G. Weber Germany	33	2.0k 0.8×	859 1.3×	477 1.3×	102 0.3×	247 0.8×	72	3.7k
Baolin Wang United States	15	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	596 1.7×	66 0.2×	103 0.3×	18	3.4k
Xavier Warot France	12	1.6k 0.7×	623 0.9×	172 0.5×	93 0.3×	218 0.7×	15	2.2k
Amin Fazeli United States	10	2.7k 1.1×	493 0.7×	1.7k 4.6×	83 0.3×	926 3.1×	11	4.1k
Hilde Brems Belgium	28	1.3k 0.5×	487 0.7×	325 0.9×	50 0.2×	124 0.4×	74	3.4k
Violeta Silva-Vargas United States	16	2.0k 0.8×	208 0.3×	595 1.7×	202 0.7×	605 2.0×	17	3.7k
Deborah Lang United States	21	1.3k 0.5×	242 0.4×	381 1.1×	90 0.3×	116 0.4×	37	2.0k
Jennifer Brush United States	14	1.9k 0.8×	300 0.5×	394 1.1×	26 0.1×	159 0.5×	15	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Qimin Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qimin Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qimin Gu

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Renz, Mark, Elizabeth Tomlinson, Bruce D. Hultgren, et al.. (2000). Quantitative Expression Analysis of Genes Regulated by Both Obesity and Leptin Reveals a Regulatory Loop between Leptin and Pituitary-derived ACTH. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(14). 10429–10436. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Yan, Donald Dowbenko, Susan D. Spencer, et al.. (2000). Interaction of the Tumor Suppressor PTEN/MMAC with a PDZ Domain of MAGI3, a Novel Membrane-associated Guanylate Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(28). 21477–21485. 223 indexed citations

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Xie, Ming-Hong, Ilona N. Holcomb, Bethanne Deuel, et al.. (1999). FGF-19, A NOVEL FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR WITH UNIQUE SPECIFICITY FOR FGFR4. Cytokine. 11(10). 729–735. 243 indexed citations

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Stéphan, Jean-Philippe, et al.. (1999). Distribution and Function of the Adhesion Molecule BEN during Rat Development. Developmental Biology. 212(2). 264–277. 25 indexed citations

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Stéphan, Jean-Philippe, Laura Bald, James Lee, et al.. (1999). Selective Cloning of Cell Surface Proteins Involved in Organ Development: Epithelial Glycoprotein Is Involved in Normal Epithelial Differentiation. Endocrinology. 140(12). 5841–5854. 10 indexed citations

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Xie, Jingwu, Maximilien Murone, Anne Ryan, et al.. (1998). Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma. Nature. 391(6662). 90–92. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klein, Robert D., Daniel Sherman, Wei-Hsien Ho, et al.. (1997). A GPI-linked protein that interacts with Ret to form a candidate neurturin receptor. Nature. 387(6634). 717–721. 332 indexed citations

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Stone, Donna M., Mary Hynes, Mark Armanini, et al.. (1996). The tumour-suppressor gene patched encodes a candidate receptor for Sonic hedgehog. Nature. 384(6605). 129–134. 908 indexed citations breakdown →

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