Wei Chen

26.4k citations

489 papers · 21.4k · 4 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- RNA modifications and cancer
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
Cancer Research top 1%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Papers in

Molecular Biology 315
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics 108
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 108
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 107
- RNA modifications and cancer 44
- RNA Research and Splicing 17
Cancer Research 30
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 24

Co-authors: Hao Lin (102 shared papers)Kuo‐Chen Chou (22 shared papers)Hui Ding (47 shared papers)Pengmian Feng (46 shared papers)Hua Tang (26 shared papers)Hui Qiong Yang (14 shared papers)En-Ze Deng (10 shared papers)Hao Lv (11 shared papers)
Journals: Bioinformatics (14 papers)Scientific Reports (14 papers)Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids (11 papers)Briefings in Bioinformatics (9 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (8 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Türkiye

In The Last Decade

Wei Chen

470 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Wei Chen's Hit Papers

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Artificial intelligence for drug discovery: Resources, methods, and applications 2023 · 175 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2023 Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids
2019 Nature
2013 Nucleic Acids Research
2012 Nature

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1	Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres Nature ·Andrew H. Paterson, Jonathan F. Wendel, Heidrun Gundlach, Hui Guo, Jerry W. Jenkins, Dianchuan Jin, Danny J Llewellyn, Kurt C. Showmaker Hit paper breakdown →	2012	1053
2	iRSpot-PseDNC: identify recombination spots with pseudo dinucleotide composition Nucleic Acids Research ·Wei Chen, Pengmian Feng, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou Hit paper breakdown →	2013	571
3	Formation of MacroH2A-Containing Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci and Senescence Driven by ASF1a and HIRA Developmental Cell ·Rugang Zhang, Maxim Poustovoitov, Xiaofen Ye, Hidelita Santos, Wei Chen, Sally M. Daganzo, Jan Peter Erzberger, Ilya G. Serebriiskii	2005	550
4	iPro54-PseKNC: a sequence-based predictor for identifying sigma-54 promoters in prokaryote with pseudo k-tuple nucleotide composition Nucleic Acids Research ·Hao Lin, En-Ze Deng, Hui Ding, Wei Chen, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2014	471
5	Sequence and analysis of rice chromosome 4 Nature ·Qi Feng, Yujun Zhang, Pei Hao, Shengyue Wang, Gang Fu, Yucheng Huang, Ying Li, Jingjie Zhu	2002	421
6	iACP: a sequence-based tool for identifying anticancer peptides Oncotarget ·Wei Chen, Hui Ding, Pengmian Feng, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2016	397
7	PseKNC: A flexible web server for generating pseudo K-tuple nucleotide composition Analytical Biochemistry ·Wei Chen, Tianyu Lei, Dianchuan Jin, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2014	382
8	iNuc-PseKNC: a sequence-based predictor for predicting nucleosome positioning in genomes with pseudo k-tuple nucleotide composition Bioinformatics ·Shou-Hui Guo, En-Ze Deng, Liqin Xu, Hui Ding, Hao Lin, Wei Chen, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2014	341
9	Molecular Dissection of Formation of Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Rugang Zhang, Wei Chen, Peter D. Adams	2007	334
10	iRNA-Methyl: Identifying N6-methyladenosine sites using pseudo nucleotide composition Analytical Biochemistry ·Wei Chen, Pengmian Feng, Hui Ding, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2015	319
11	A Redox-Dependent Pathway for Regulating Class II HDACs and Cardiac Hypertrophy Cell ·Tetsuro Ago, Tong Liu, Peiyong Zhai, Wei Chen, Hong Li, Jeffery D. Molkentin, Stephen F. Vatner, Junichi Sadoshima	2008	316
12	The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants Nature ·Liangsheng Zhang, Fei Chen, Xingtan Zhang, Zhen Li, Yiyong Zhao, Rolf Lohaus, Xiaojun Chang, Wei Dong Hit paper breakdown →	2019	315
13	Pseudo nucleotide composition or PseKNC: an effective formulation for analyzing genomic sequences Molecular BioSystems ·Wei Chen, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2015	281
14	iHSP-PseRAAAC: Identifying the heat shock protein families using pseudo reduced amino acid alphabet composition Analytical Biochemistry ·Pengmian Feng, Wei Chen, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2013	276
15	iRNA-PseColl: Identifying the Occurrence Sites of Different RNA Modifications by Incorporating Collective Effects of Nucleotides into PseKNC Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·Pengmian Feng, Hui Ding, Hui Qiong Yang, Wei Chen, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2017	269
16	iRNA-PseU: Identifying RNA pseudouridine sites Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·Wei Chen, Hua Tang, Jing Ye, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2016	268
17	iDNA6mA-PseKNC: Identifying DNA N6-methyladenosine sites by incorporating nucleotide physicochemical properties into PseKNC Genomics ·Pengmian Feng, Hui Qiong Yang, Hui Ding, Hao Lin, Wei Chen, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2018	268
18	iDNA4mC: identifying DNA N4-methylcytosine sites based on nucleotide chemical properties Bioinformatics ·Wei Chen, Hui Qiong Yang, Pengmian Feng, Hui Ding, Hao Lin	2017	256
19	iLoc-lncRNA: predict the subcellular location of lncRNAs by incorporating octamer composition into general PseKNC Bioinformatics ·Zhendong Su, Yan Huang, Zhao‐Yue Zhang, Ya-Wei Zhao, Dong Wang, Wei Chen, Kuo‐Chen Chou, Hao Lin	2018	248
20	iTIS-PseTNC: A sequence-based predictor for identifying translation initiation site in human genes using pseudo trinucleotide composition Analytical Biochemistry ·Wei Chen, Pengmian Feng, En-Ze Deng, Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou	2014	236

About Wei Chen

Wei Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Pharmacology and Microbiology, having authored 489 papers that have together received 21.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (108 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (108 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (107 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (44 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (24 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (16.2k citations), Cancer Research (1.8k citations), Microbiology (668 citations), Plant Science (2.9k citations) and Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.3k citations). Wei Chen has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include Hao Lin, Kuo‐Chen Chou, Hui Ding, Pengmian Feng, Hua Tang, Hui Qiong Yang, En-Ze Deng, Hao Lv, Rugang Zhang and Peter D. Adams. Their work appears in journals such as Bioinformatics, Scientific Reports, Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids, Briefings in Bioinformatics and Nucleic Acids Research.

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