Wei Chen

26.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
483 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Chen has authored 483 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 330 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Plant Science and 37 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Wei Chen's work include Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (120 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (118 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (115 papers). Wei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (120 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (118 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (115 papers). Wei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Türkiye. Wei Chen's co-authors include Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou, Pengmian Feng, Hui Ding, Hua Tang, Hui Yang, En-Ze Deng, Hao Lv, Peter D. Adams and Rugang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wei Chen

449 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

iRSpot-PseDNC: identify recombination spots with pseudo dinucleotide composition

2013 568 citations Wei Chen, Pengmian Feng et al. profile →
Formation of MacroH2A-Containing Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci and Senescence Driven by ASF1a and HIRA

2005 530 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
iPro54-PseKNC: a sequence-based predictor for identifying sigma-54 promoters in prokaryote with pseudo k-tuple nucleotide composition

2014 463 citations Hao Lin, En-Ze Deng et al. profile →
iACP: a sequence-based tool for identifying anticancer peptides

2016 381 citations Wei Chen, Hui Ding et al. profile →
Artificial intelligence for drug discovery: Resources, methods, and applications

2023 126 citations Wei Chen et al. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Chen China	72	15.5k	1.8k	1.3k	1.3k	771	483	18.4k
Yu‐Dong Cai China	64	11.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.8×	702 0.5×	287 0.4×	491	15.6k
Henning Hermjakob United Kingdom	54	12.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	754 0.6×	945 0.7×	237 0.3×	213	17.4k
Vladimir B. Bajić Saudi Arabia	57	7.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.1×	875 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	181 0.2×	278	11.7k
Thomas Dandekar Germany	61	8.6k 0.6×	608 0.3×	523 0.4×	1.8k 1.4×	364 0.5×	369	14.8k
Hans‐Werner Mewes Germany	44	11.2k 0.7×	515 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	255 0.3×	124	13.9k
Miguel A. Andrade‐Navarro Germany	60	11.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	521 0.4×	849 0.7×	130 0.2×	268	15.3k
Yixue Li China	57	8.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	904 0.7×	731 0.6×	113 0.1×	443	11.9k
Andrea Franceschini Switzerland	8	9.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	146 0.2×	11	14.7k
Vineet Bafna United States	54	7.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	388 0.3×	917 0.7×	473 0.6×	199	10.4k
Rolf Apweiler United Kingdom	48	19.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	995 0.8×	3.8k 2.9×	465 0.6×	167	25.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Feng, Mingyi Zhou, Wei Chen, et al.. (2025). N6-methyladenosine modification of host Hsc70 attenuates nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in the lepidopteran model insect Bombyx mori. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 298. 139869–139869. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yifan, et al.. (2025). Eosinophil extracellular traps formation is correlated with cancer prognosis by tumor microenvironment remodeling. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 40209–40209.

Chen, Wei, Chongxin Xu, Ofentse Jacob Pooe, et al.. (2024). Rational design and application of broad-spectrum antibodies for Bt Cry toxins determination. Analytical Biochemistry. 693. 115584–115584. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Shengxiang, Xiaoli Hu, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide Analysis of Nuclear factor-YC Genes in the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) and Functional Identification of CsNF-YC6. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 836–836. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yuansheng, Jinfeng Liu, Yeqiang Xia, et al.. (2024). Structure‐based virtual screening of novel chitin synthase inhibitors for the control of Phytophthora sojae. Pest Management Science. 81(2). 777–785. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of STM2457, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of METTL3. Tetrahedron Letters. 141. 155077–155077. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Lihua, Chao He, Yuting Lai, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric gene expression and cell-type-specific regulatory networks in the root of bread wheat revealed by single-cell multiomics analysis. Genome biology. 24(1). 65–65. 53 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengqing, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the mechanisms of nephrotoxicity caused by nephrotoxic compounds using toxicological network analysis. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 34. 102075–102075. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). GASZ self-interaction clusters mitochondria into the intermitochondrial cement for proper germ cell development. PNAS Nexus. 3(1).

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Tian, Simon Zhongyuan, Guoliang Li, Yang Yang, et al.. (2022). MCIBox: a toolkit for single-molecule multi-way chromatin interaction visualization and micro-domains identification. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(6). 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Pengmian Feng, Hui Yang, et al.. (2018). iRNA-3typeA: Identifying Three Types of Modification at RNA’s Adenosine Sites. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 11. 468–474. 161 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yingying Cao, Shi Cheng, et al.. (2018). Simplex Search-Based Brain Storm Optimization. IEEE Access. 6. 75997–76006. 8 indexed citations

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Feng, Pengmian, Hui Ding, Wei Chen, & Hao Lin. (2016). Identifying RNA 5-methylcytosine sites via pseudo nucleotide compositions. Molecular BioSystems. 12(11). 3307–3311. 49 indexed citations

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Dong, Chuan, Hong‐Li Hua, Yuan‐Nong Ye, et al.. (2016). Combining pseudo dinucleotide composition with the Z curve method to improve the accuracy of predicting DNA elements: a case study in recombination spots. Molecular BioSystems. 12(9). 2893–2900. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Hao Lin, & Kuo‐Chen Chou. (2015). Pseudo nucleotide composition or PseKNC: an effective formulation for analyzing genomic sequences. Molecular BioSystems. 11(10). 2620–2634. 278 indexed citations

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Zhu, Panpan, Wenchao Li, En-Ze Deng, et al.. (2014). Predicting the subcellular localization of mycobacterial proteins by incorporating the optimal tripeptides into the general form of pseudo amino acid composition. Molecular BioSystems. 11(2). 558–563. 103 indexed citations

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Ding, Hui, Pengmian Feng, Wei Chen, & Hao Lin. (2014). Identification of bacteriophage virion proteins by the ANOVA feature selection and analysis. Molecular BioSystems. 10(8). 2229–2235. 156 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yin Zhang, Xinxue Li, Guoyan Yang, & Jianping Liu. (2013). Chinese herbal medicine for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013(10). CD007796–CD007796. 35 indexed citations

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Peng, Fangyu, et al.. (2012). Anisotropic force ellipsoid based multi-axis motion optimization of machine tools. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 25(5). 960–967. 8 indexed citations

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Song, Lirong, Li Lin, Wei Chen, & Nanqin Gan. (2004). RESEARCH PROGRESS ON THE OFF-FLAVOURS AND SECONDARY METABOLITES OF ALGAE IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 28(4). 434–439. 5 indexed citations

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