W. Venus So

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

W. Venus So is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Venus So has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in W. Venus So's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (6 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (6 papers) and Light effects on plants (4 papers). W. Venus So is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (6 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (6 papers) and Light effects on plants (4 papers). W. Venus So collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. W. Venus So's co-authors include Michael Rosbash, Jeffrey C. Hall, Maki Kaneko, Patrick Emery, Ravi Allada, Joan E. Rutila, Vipin Suri, Lea Sarov‐Blat, Li Liu and Jerrold M. Olefsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

W. Venus So

21 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CRY, a Drosophila Clock and Light-Regulated Cryptochrome, Is a Major Contributor to Circadian Rhythm Resetting and Photosensitivity

1998 718 citations Patrick Emery, W. Venus So et al. Cell profile →
A Mutant Drosophila Homolog of Mammalian Clock Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Transcription of period and timeless

1998 608 citations Ravi Allada, W. Venus So et al. Cell profile →
CYCLE Is a Second bHLH-PAS Clock Protein Essential for Circadian Rhythmicity and Transcription of Drosophila period and timeless

1998 538 citations Joan E. Rutila, Vipin Suri et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Venus So United States	12	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	955	586	21	3.4k
Stephan Schneuwly Germany	32	609 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	485 0.4×	2.3k 2.4×	481 0.8×	52	4.0k
Adrian Rothenfluh United States	21	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	707 0.7×	235 0.4×	44	3.2k
Lino Sáez United States	26	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	940 1.0×	236 0.4×	36	3.5k
Karen Wager‐Smith United States	16	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	839 0.9×	413 0.7×	19	3.3k
Eric Erquan Zhang China	29	2.5k 1.4×	712 0.5×	914 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	212 0.4×	67	4.5k
Masashi Takao Japan	30	1.1k 0.6×	707 0.5×	1000 0.7×	2.5k 2.6×	243 0.4×	48	4.0k
Michael R. Koelle United States	27	927 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	167 0.1×	1.6k 1.7×	402 0.7×	44	3.4k
Nicholas Gekakis United States	17	2.7k 1.4×	852 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	880 0.9×	344 0.6×	21	3.7k
Sriram Sathyanarayanan United States	17	2.6k 1.4×	836 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	803 0.8×	107 0.2×	32	3.6k

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Rodriguez‐Esteban, Raul, et al.. (2022). Prediction of standard cell types and functional markers from textual descriptions of flow cytometry gating definitions using machine learning. Cytometry Part B Clinical Cytometry. 102(3). 220–227. 1 indexed citations

Becker, Tim, Janick Weberpals, W. Venus So, et al.. (2020). An enhanced prognostic score for overall survival of patients with cancer derived from a large real-world cohort. Annals of Oncology. 31(11). 1561–1568. 18 indexed citations

So, W. Venus, Tai-Hsien Ou Yang, Xing Yang, & Jianguo Zhi. (2018). Lack of UGT polymorphism association with idasanutlin pharmacokinetics in solid tumor patients. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 83(1). 209–213. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Zhengwei, Paul Gillespie, Martin Weisel, et al.. (2013). A Crowd‐Based Process and Tool for HTS Hit Triage. Molecular Informatics. 32(4). 337–345. 4 indexed citations

Weisel, Martin, et al.. (2012). PROLIX: Rapid Mining of Protein–Ligand Interactions in Large Crystal Structure Databases. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 52(6). 1450–1461. 20 indexed citations

Deng, Wei, Eric Scott, Steven J. Berthel, & W. Venus So. (2012). Deconvoluting complex patent Markush structures: A novel R-group numbering system. World Patent Information. 34(2). 128–133. 3 indexed citations

Deng, Wei, Steven J. Berthel, & W. Venus So. (2011). Intuitive Patent Markush Structure Visualization Tool for Medicinal Chemists. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 51(3). 511–520. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Xin, Ann F. Hoffman, Shannon Hamilton, et al.. (2011). A simple statistical test to infer the causality of target/phenotype correlation from small molecule phenotypic screens. Bioinformatics. 28(3). 301–305. 3 indexed citations

Tanrıkulu, Yusuf, et al.. (2010). Missing Value Estimation for Compound‐Target Activity Data. Molecular Informatics. 29(10). 678–684. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoyong, Pat P. Ongusaha, Philip D.G. Miles, et al.. (2008). Phosphoinositide signalling links O-GlcNAc transferase to insulin resistance. Nature. 451(7181). 964–969. 484 indexed citations

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Marshall, Jan D., Gayle B. Collin, Sebastian Beck, et al.. (2007). Spectrum ofALMS1variants and evaluation of genotype-phenotype correlations in Alström syndrome. Human Mutation. 28(11). 1114–1123. 110 indexed citations

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Wu, Xuxia, Jelai Wang, Xiangqin Cui, et al.. (2007). The effect of insulin on expression of genes and biochemical pathways in human skeletal muscle. Endocrine. 31(1). 5–17. 61 indexed citations

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Wu, Xuxia, Jelai Wang, Xiangqin Cui, et al.. (2007). The effect of insulin on expression of genes and biochemical pathways in human skeletal muscle. Endocrine. 32(3). 356–356. 3 indexed citations

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Collin, Gayle B., Jan D. Marshall, Akihiro Ikeda, et al.. (2002). Mutations in ALMS1 cause obesity, type 2 diabetes and neurosensory degeneration in Alström syndrome. Nature Genetics. 31(1). 74–78. 277 indexed citations

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So, W. Venus, et al.. (2000). takeout, a Novel DrosophilaGene under Circadian Clock Transcriptional Regulation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(18). 6935–6944. 116 indexed citations

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Sarov‐Blat, Lea, W. Venus So, Li Liu, & Michael Rosbash. (2000). The Drosophila takeout Gene Is a Novel Molecular Link between Circadian Rhythms and Feeding Behavior. Cell. 101(6). 647–656. 211 indexed citations

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Rutila, Joan E., et al.. (1998). CYCLE Is a Second bHLH-PAS Clock Protein Essential for Circadian Rhythmicity and Transcription of Drosophila period and timeless. Cell. 93(5). 805–814. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emery, Patrick, W. Venus So, Maki Kaneko, Jeffrey C. Hall, & Michael Rosbash. (1998). CRY, a Drosophila Clock and Light-Regulated Cryptochrome, Is a Major Contributor to Circadian Rhythm Resetting and Photosensitivity. Cell. 95(5). 669–679. 718 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allada, Ravi, et al.. (1998). A Mutant Drosophila Homolog of Mammalian Clock Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Transcription of period and timeless. Cell. 93(5). 791–804. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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So, W. Venus. (1997). Post-transcriptional regulation contributes to Drosophila clock gene mRNA cycling. The EMBO Journal. 16(23). 7146–7155. 221 indexed citations

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