Ran Wei

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ran Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Wei has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ran Wei's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (5 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Ran Wei is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (5 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Ran Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Ran Wei's co-authors include Sylvia Christakos, Kexiang Liu, Zhicheng Zhu, Jia Liu, Dongdong Zheng, Hulin Piao, Vaishali Veldurthy, Puneet Dhawan, Leyla Öz and Yong Heui Jeon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Ran Wei

36 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

ROS-triggered endothelial cell death mechanisms: Focus on pyroptosis, parthanatos, and ferroptosis

2022 351 citations Dongdong Zheng, Jia Liu et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Wei United States	15	418	346	184	157	148	39	1.3k
Muhammad Yaqoob United Kingdom	26	486 1.2×	172 0.5×	248 1.3×	202 1.3×	160 1.1×	79	2.1k
Wenjie Wang China	19	493 1.2×	147 0.4×	128 0.7×	115 0.7×	59 0.4×	58	1.5k
Ming Bai China	17	555 1.3×	121 0.3×	115 0.6×	108 0.7×	170 1.1×	39	1.2k
Anqi Zhang China	20	306 0.7×	325 0.9×	49 0.3×	111 0.7×	122 0.8×	54	1.9k
Xin Wei China	26	540 1.3×	84 0.2×	157 0.9×	156 1.0×	113 0.8×	91	1.7k
Ting He China	23	675 1.6×	118 0.3×	134 0.7×	227 1.4×	161 1.1×	65	1.8k
Fiona Ginty United States	22	429 1.0×	321 0.9×	351 1.9×	495 3.2×	93 0.6×	65	1.8k
Ke Yang China	23	631 1.5×	117 0.3×	97 0.5×	202 1.3×	143 1.0×	57	1.8k
Marcell Alysson Batisti Lozovoy Brazil	25	488 1.2×	301 0.9×	209 1.1×	319 2.0×	47 0.3×	72	1.5k
Huimin Zhang China	28	611 1.5×	263 0.8×	225 1.2×	269 1.7×	186 1.3×	89	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ran Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ran Wei 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 Ran Wei. Ran Wei 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

Li, Wenhao, et al.. (2025). Effect of Sequential Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation With Bilateral Arm Training on the Brain Effective Connectivity in Chronic Stroke. Journal of Biophotonics. 18(5). e202400508–e202400508. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Ran, et al.. (2025). High-amylose diet ameliorates LPS-induced cognitive impairment and depression-like phenotype. Neuroscience Letters. 862. 138295–138295.

Long, Tengfei, Shiying Zhou, Xiaojing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Innovative Delivery System Combining CRISPR-Cas12f for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(6). 1831–1841. 11 indexed citations

Wei, Ran, et al.. (2023). Case report: Successful treatment of mediastinal unicentric castleman disease using cardiopulmonary bypass. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1130237–1130237.

Wu, Dandan, Jiali Wei, Jing Hu, et al.. (2023). A Naïve Phage Display Library-Derived Nanobody Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and Three Variants of Concern. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 18. 5781–5795. 5 indexed citations

Zheng, Dongdong, Jia Liu, Hulin Piao, et al.. (2022). ROS-triggered endothelial cell death mechanisms: Focus on pyroptosis, parthanatos, and ferroptosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1039241–1039241. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhu, Cuilin, Qing Liu, Xin Li, et al.. (2022). Hydrogen sulfide: A new therapeutic target in vascular diseases. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 934231–934231. 18 indexed citations

Takahashi, Miyuki, et al.. (2022). Valproic Acid-Induced Anxiety and Depression Behaviors are Ameliorated in p39 Cdk5 Activator-Deficient Mice. Neurochemical Research. 47(9). 2773–2779. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xu, Yuru Wang, Pengtao Gong, et al.. (2022). Neospora caninum Evades Immunity via Inducing Host Cell Mitophagy to Inhibit Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines in a ROS-Dependent Manner. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 827004–827004. 4 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Miyuki, Ran Wei, Shizuka Kobayashi, et al.. (2020). Hyperactive and impulsive behaviors of LMTK1 knockout mice. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 15461–15461. 6 indexed citations

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Ke, Wujian, Lai Sze Tso, Ran Wei, et al.. (2020). Macrolide and fluoroquinolone associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in a retrospective study of male and female patients seeking care at a STI Clinic in Guangzhou, China, 2016-2018. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 950–950. 21 indexed citations

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Saito, Taro, Ran Wei, Tetsuya Takano, et al.. (2019). The LMTK1-TBC1D9B-Rab11A Cascade Regulates Dendritic Spine Formation via Endosome Trafficking. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(48). 9491–9502. 26 indexed citations

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Wei, Ran, et al.. (2018). Vasoconstrictor stimulus determines the functional contribution of myoendothelial feedback to mesenteric arterial tone. The Journal of Physiology. 596(7). 1181–1197. 21 indexed citations

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Christakos, Sylvia, et al.. (2017). Intestinal Regulation of Calcium: Vitamin D and Bone Physiology. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1033. 3–12. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Shuo, Ran Wei, Jingzhi Guo, & Lida Xu. (2017). Semantic Inference on Clinical Documents: Combining Machine Learning Algorithms With an Inference Engine for Effective Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment. IEEE Access. 5. 3529–3546. 25 indexed citations

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Veldurthy, Vaishali, et al.. (2016). 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase. Vitamins and hormones. 100. 137–150. 38 indexed citations

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Veldurthy, Vaishali, Ran Wei, Leyla Öz, et al.. (2016). Vitamin D, calcium homeostasis and aging. Bone Research. 4(1). 16041–16041. 251 indexed citations

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Kerr, Paul M., Ran Wei, Shaun L. Sandow, et al.. (2015). Activation of endothelial IK Ca channels underlies NO-dependent myoendothelial feedback. Vascular Pharmacology. 74. 130–138. 26 indexed citations

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Christakos, Sylvia, Ran Wei, Vaishali Veldurthy, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D and health: beyond bone.. PubMed. 7(3). 28–32. 4 indexed citations

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Dhawan, Puneet, Ran Wei, Cheng Sun, et al.. (2014). C/EBPα and the Vitamin D Receptor Cooperate in the Regulation of Cathelicidin in Lung Epithelial Cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 230(2). 464–472. 26 indexed citations

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