Wei Dai

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
280 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Dai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Dai has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Cell Biology and 51 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Wei Dai's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (60 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (27 papers). Wei Dai is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (60 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (27 papers). Wei Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Wei Dai's co-authors include Zbigniew Darżynkiewicz, Luo Lu, Suqing Xie, Frank Traganos, Da-Zhong Xu, Chinthalapally V. Rao, Meena Jhanwar‐Uniyal, Xuan Huang, Qi Cheng and Fuquan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wei Dai

274 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Ferroptosis as a target for protection against cardiomyopathy

2019 1.6k citations Wei Dai et al. profile →
Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer

2016 466 citations Wei Dai et al. profile →
Intestinal Akkermansia muciniphila complements the efficacy of PD1 therapy in MAFLD-related hepatocellular carcinoma

2025 18 citations Wei Dai et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Wei Dai	5.9k	2.2k	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	280	10.4k
Yibin Wang	13.7k 2.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	999 0.8×	551	23.0k
Fuquan Yang	4.7k 0.8×	574 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	173	7.9k
Keith A. Houck	8.2k 1.4×	810 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	890 0.7×	111	17.0k
Roger R. Reddel	13.6k 2.3×	773 0.3×	3.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	238	20.9k
Dongmei Gao	3.0k 0.5×	627 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	644 0.5×	217	6.8k
Tomi P. Mäkelä	7.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	398 0.3×	190	12.9k
Yan Liu	4.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	954 0.5×	977 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	400	11.4k
Shuli Li	2.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	657 0.4×	746 0.6×	239	6.9k
Veli‐Matti Kosma	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	842 0.7×	200	9.0k
J. Carl Barrett	10.7k 1.8×	742 0.3×	6.8k 3.5×	5.3k 3.4×	4.6k 3.6×	313	21.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Dai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Dai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Dai

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Kuang, Yaoyun, Hengxu Mao, Minshan Chen, et al.. (2024). α-Synuclein seeding amplification assays for diagnosing synucleinopathies: an innovative tool in clinical implementation. Translational Neurodegeneration. 13(1). 56–56. 5 indexed citations

Dai, Wei, Zhe Fang, Yiming Jiang, et al.. (2023). Toward High-Pitting Resistance and Low-Cost Austenitic Stainless Steel: The Role of Carbon Alloying. CORROSION. 79(11). 1297–1308. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yongshu, Jia Song, & Wei Dai. (2020). Fisetin Modulates Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Proliferation by Blocking PAK4 Signaling Pathways. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Feikun, et al.. (2017). Arsenic-induced sumoylation of Mus81 is involved in regulating genomic stability. Cell Cycle. 16(8). 802–811. 17 indexed citations

Wu, Liang, Jianbing Jiang, Yi Jin, et al.. (2017). Activity-based probes for functional interrogation of retaining β-glucuronidases. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(8). 867–873. 84 indexed citations

Rao, Chinthalapally V., Yuting Zhang, Laura Biddick, et al.. (2016). Systemic Chromosome Instability Resulted in Colonic Transcriptomic Changes in Metabolic, Proliferation, and Stem Cell Regulators in Sgo1 −/+ Mice. Cancer Research. 76(3). 630–642. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Ling, Wei Dai, & Luo Lu. (2014). Osmotic Stress-induced Phosphorylation of H2AX by Polo-like Kinase 3 Affects Cell Cycle Progression in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(43). 29827–29835. 17 indexed citations

Xu, Da-Zhong, Jing Zhou, Yupo Ma, et al.. (2013). Differential responses to genotoxic agents between induced pluripotent stem cells and tumor cell lines. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 71–71. 11 indexed citations

Dai, Wei. (2013). A Method Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Solar Radiation Error Correction of Sounding Temperature Sensors. Chuangan jishu xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Yixin & Wei Dai. (2012). Shugoshins function as a guardian for chromosomal stability in nuclear division. Cell Cycle. 11(14). 2631–2642. 18 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei, Jiaqi Gao, Gang Cao, & Feng Ouyang. (2012). [Characterization of atmospheric PM2.5 in the suburb of Shenzhen].. PubMed. 33(6). 1952–7. 2 indexed citations

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Naik, Meghna U., Ngoc Trinh Thi Pham, Kristin Beebe, Wei Dai, & Ulhas P. Naik. (2010). Calcium‐dependent inhibition of polo‐like kinase 3 activity by CIB1 in breast cancer cells. International Journal of Cancer. 128(3). 587–596. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Yali, Jingxiang Bai, Rulong Shen, et al.. (2008). Polo-like Kinase 3 Functions as a Tumor Suppressor and Is a Negative Regulator of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α under Hypoxic Conditions. Cancer Research. 68(11). 4077–4085. 99 indexed citations

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Zhou, Heng, Jing Gao, Zhanjun Lu, et al.. (2007). Role of c‐Fos/JunD in protecting stress‐induced cell death. Cell Proliferation. 40(3). 431–444. 47 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toshiki, Akira Kurose, Xuan Huang, Wei Dai, & Zbigniew Darżynkiewicz. (2006). ATM activation and histone H2AX phosphorylation as indicators of DNA damage by DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor topotecan and during apoptosis. Cell Proliferation. 39(1). 49–60. 52 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei & John Cogswell. (2003). Polo-like kinases and the microtubule organization center: targets for cancer therapies.. PubMed. 5. 327–34. 26 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei, et al.. (2001). Expression of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Gene in Cyanobacteria. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 43(12). 1260–1264. 2 indexed citations

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Hennigan, Robert F., et al.. (2000). Incomplete cytokinesis and induction of apoptosis by overexpression of the mammalian polo-like kinase, Plk3.. PubMed. 60(24). 6826–31. 72 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei, et al.. (1994). Human Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Inhibits Toxoplasma gondii Growth in Fibroblast Cells. Journal of Interferon Research. 14(6). 313–317. 46 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei. (1993). The Development and Present Situation of Brown Earth and Drab Soil in the Mountain Regions of Beijing. Beijing Linye Daxue xuebao. 15(2). 125–128. 4 indexed citations

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