Wei Deng

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Deng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Deng has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Wei Deng's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (7 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers) and Genital Health and Disease (5 papers). Wei Deng is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (7 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers) and Genital Health and Disease (5 papers). Wei Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Wei Deng's co-authors include Haifan Lin, Anne‐Marie Zeeman, Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Dan Qiao, Naomi Iwai, Masaru Okabe, Toru Nakano, Masahito Ikawa, Satomi Kuramochi‐Miyagawa and Tohru Kimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei Deng

63 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

miwi, a Murine Homolog of piwi, Encodes a Cytoplasmic Protein Essential for Spermatogenesis

2002 700 citations Wei Deng, Haifan Lin profile →
Mili, a mammalian member ofpiwifamily gene, is essential for spermatogenesis

2004 621 citations Wei Deng, Haifan Lin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Deng China	23	2.0k	914	584	403	334	66	3.0k
Kirsten C. Sadler United States	35	2.6k 1.3×	453 0.5×	504 0.9×	319 0.8×	274 0.8×	76	4.6k
Rongjia Zhou China	30	1.3k 0.7×	254 0.3×	1.2k 2.1×	299 0.7×	165 0.5×	117	2.5k
Rafael Jiménez Spain	32	1.3k 0.6×	615 0.7×	968 1.7×	173 0.4×	172 0.5×	152	3.0k
Runsheng Li China	29	1.4k 0.7×	237 0.3×	303 0.5×	395 1.0×	485 1.5×	114	3.1k
Seiichi Matsui Japan	25	1.4k 0.7×	267 0.3×	573 1.0×	307 0.8×	134 0.4×	101	2.5k
Masami Nozaki Japan	28	3.3k 1.7×	287 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	250 0.6×	269 0.8×	93	4.2k
Hanhua Cheng China	27	1.2k 0.6×	220 0.2×	1.1k 1.9×	265 0.7×	153 0.5×	102	2.3k
Jie Mei China	28	732 0.4×	190 0.2×	1.0k 1.7×	302 0.7×	388 1.2×	93	2.2k
Frédéric Chalmel France	32	2.2k 1.1×	265 0.3×	964 1.7×	624 1.5×	216 0.6×	103	3.5k
Angélique Girard United States	9	4.4k 2.2×	2.7k 2.9×	872 1.5×	1.3k 3.2×	136 0.4×	10	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Deng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Deng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Deng

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

Chen, Xiaomei, et al.. (2025). HBX Multi‐Mutations Combined With Traditional Screening Indicators to Establish a Nomogram Contributes to Precisely Stratify the High‐Risk Population of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer Medicine. 14(5). e70748–e70748.

Meng, Xiangyu, et al.. (2024). LncRNA MEG3 Restrains Hepatic Lipogenesis via the FOXO1 Signaling Pathway in HepG2 Cells. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 82(2). 1253–1259. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Chaojun, Kezhi Li, Haizhou Liu, et al.. (2024). The dynamic variation position and predominant quasispecies of hepatitis B virus: Novel predictors of early hepatocarcinoma. Virus Research. 341. 199317–199317. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Chaojun, Chanchan Xiao, Long Long, et al.. (2021). C-terminal-truncated hepatitis B virus X protein promotes hepatocarcinogenesis by activating the MAPK pathway. Microbial Pathogenesis. 159. 105136–105136. 14 indexed citations

Ji, Hong, et al.. (2020). Effects of dietary fish oil replacements with three vegetable oils on growth, fatty acid composition, antioxidant capacity, serum parameters and expression of lipid metabolism related genes in juvenile Onychostoma macrolepis. Aquaculture Nutrition. 27(1). 163–175. 16 indexed citations

Deng, Wei, Hongliang Liu, Sheng Luo, et al.. (2020). APOBGenotypes andCDH13Haplotypes in the Cholesterol-Related Pathway Genes Predict Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Survival. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(6). 1204–1213. 10 indexed citations

Liu, Linlin, Huasong Wang, Peng Gong, et al.. (2020). Tet1 Deficiency Leads to Premature Reproductive Aging by Reducing Spermatogonia Stem Cells and Germ Cell Differentiation. iScience. 23(3). 100908–100908. 36 indexed citations

Deng, Wei, Jian Sun, Zhiguang Chang, et al.. (2020). Energy response and fatty acid metabolism in Onychostoma macrolepis exposed to low-temperature stress. Journal of Thermal Biology. 94. 102725–102725. 33 indexed citations

Tu, Chengyi, et al.. (2018). Commonly used thiol-containing antioxidants reduce cardiac differentiation and alter gene expression ratios of sarcomeric isoforms. Experimental Cell Research. 370(1). 150–159. 5 indexed citations

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Lan, Ling, Wei Deng, Hailing Chen, et al.. (2016). [Nuclear translocation of β-catenin represses membrane localization of NIS in human thyroid cancer cells].. PubMed. 96(11). 891–6. 7 indexed citations

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Lan, Ling, Dai Cui, Xuemei Zuo, et al.. (2016). Inhibiting β-catenin expression promotes efficiency of radioiodine treatment in aggressive follicular thyroid cancer cells probably through mediating NIS localization. Oncology Reports. 37(1). 426–434. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Dan, et al.. (2015). [Relationship between hepatitis B virus genotype, BCP/Pre-C region mutations and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region].. PubMed. 36(7). 725–9. 5 indexed citations

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Deng, Wei, Jian Wu, Feng Wang, et al.. (2015). Fission yeast telomere-binding protein Taz1 is a functional but not a structural counterpart of human TRF1 and TRF2. Cell Research. 25(7). 881–884. 16 indexed citations

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Deng, Wei. (2014). Retrospective analysis of adjuvant chemotherapy for curatively resected gastric cancer. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 20(12). 3356–3356.

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Gu, Peili, Wei Deng, Ming Lei, & Sandy Chang. (2013). Single strand DNA binding proteins 1 and 2 protect newly replicated telomeres. Cell Research. 23(5). 705–719. 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiegang, Junjun Jiang, Jonathan Z. Li, et al.. (2012). Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Drug Users in Western China: Implications for HIV Transmission. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 29(4). 673–680. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yanhe, Xianwu Guo, Xiaojuan Cao, et al.. (2012). Population Genetic Structure and Post-Establishment Dispersal Patterns of the Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus Clarkii in China. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40652–e40652. 72 indexed citations

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Wang, Jie, Yu Hu, Wei Deng, & Bing Sun. (2009). Negative regulation of Toll-like receptor signaling pathway. Microbes and Infection. 11(3). 321–327. 69 indexed citations

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Deng, Wei, Aoneng Cao, & Luhua Lai. (2008). Distinguishing the cross‐β spine arrangements in amyloid fibrils using FRET analysis. Protein Science. 17(6). 1102–1105. 11 indexed citations

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Deng, Wei & Haifan Lin. (1997). Spectrosomes and Fusomes Anchor Mitotic Spindles during Asymmetric Germ Cell Divisions and Facilitate the Formation of a Polarized Microtubule Array for Oocyte Specification inDrosophila. Developmental Biology. 189(1). 79–94. 212 indexed citations

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