Wei Du

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Du has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 31 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Wei Du's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (28 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (24 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers). Wei Du is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (28 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (24 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers). Wei Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Wei Du's co-authors include Gaolin Liang, Lin Li, Wei Huang, Kajsa Uvdal, Zhangjun Hu, Liulin Wang, Yupeng Tian, Xiaohe Tian, Qiong Zhang and Jieying Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Du

135 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Hybrid Rhodamine Fluorophores in the Visible/NIR Region for Biological Imaging

2019 282 citations Wei Du, Lin Li et al. profile →
Smartphone-based platforms implementing microfluidic detection with image-based artificial intelligence

2023 143 citations Wei Du 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 Du China	35	1.6k	1.2k	1.2k	674	508	141	3.6k
Xiaochun Dong China	36	977 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	903 0.7×	650 1.0×	631 1.2×	119	3.8k
Ruiyuan Liu China	32	1.2k 0.7×	938 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	605 0.9×	601 1.2×	124	3.2k
Wenbin Zeng China	33	985 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	263 0.5×	166	3.5k
Seyoung Koo South Korea	30	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 1.5×	541 1.1×	55	5.2k
Jiangwei Tian China	32	2.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	2.5k 2.1×	492 0.7×	473 0.9×	91	4.2k
Jinyi Wang China	32	1.4k 0.9×	745 0.6×	965 0.8×	632 0.9×	222 0.4×	142	3.5k
Lanlan Chen China	33	1.1k 0.7×	986 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	588 0.9×	270 0.5×	105	4.1k
Yongdoo Choi South Korea	38	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	554 0.8×	917 1.8×	101	4.6k
Qian Cao China	40	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.4×	619 0.9×	370 0.7×	153	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Du

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Du. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Du 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 Du. Wei Du is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Du, Wei, et al.. (2025). Ca2+ cation-mediated microenvironment for electrochemical hydrodimerization of furfural. Science China Chemistry. 68(6). 2644–2651.

Li, Qingqing, Shuhan Wang, Qian Wang, et al.. (2025). A Salidroside‐Based Radiosensitizer Regulates the Nrf2/ROS Pathway for X‐Ray Activated Synergistic Cancer Precise Therapy. Advanced Materials. 37(24). e2413226–e2413226. 4 indexed citations

Du, Wei, et al.. (2025). SynGhost: Invisible and Universal Task-agnostic Backdoor Attack via Syntactic Transfer. 3530–3546. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Yu, et al.. (2025). Light-Assisted Activation Probes for Time-Controllable Monitoring of O ₂ ^•– in Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. ACS Sensors. 10(10). 7609–7617.

Li, Xiangnan, et al.. (2025). Piezoresistive behaviors of self-sensing cementitious composite with well-dispersed carbon nanotube. Construction and Building Materials. 474. 141123–141123. 2 indexed citations

Du, Wei, et al.. (2024). A highly sensitive and colorimetric fluorescent probe for visualizing hydroxylamine in immune cells. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1318. 342941–342941. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Dan, Zhen Tao, Jiangfei Chen, et al.. (2024). Environmentally relevant exposure to cotinine induces neurobehavioral toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A study using neurobehavioral and metabolomic approaches. Environmental Pollution. 348. 123826–123826. 6 indexed citations

Du, Wei, En Hu, Zhaoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Calycosin ameliorates osteoarthritis by regulating the imbalance between chondrocyte synthesis and catabolism. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 24(1). 48–48. 2 indexed citations

Mader, W. F., Q Zhang, Dongshan Xiang, et al.. (2024). Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF)‐Based Sensors for Mercury (Hg) Detection: Design Strategies and Recent Progress. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(7). e202403760–e202403760. 4 indexed citations

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Zheng, Liting, Ying Wu, Qian Wang, et al.. (2024). Quantitative Imaging of MicroRNA‐21 In Vivo for Real‐Time Monitoring of the Cancer Initiation and Progression. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(45). 6 indexed citations

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Ding, Haitao, Wei Du, Liping Su, et al.. (2023). Revealing the amyloid β-protein with zinc finger protein of micronucleus during Alzheimer's disease progress by a quaternary ammonium terpyridine probe. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 236. 115446–115446. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, Shubo Du, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2023). Biodegradable silica nanocapsules enable efficient nuclear-targeted delivery of native proteins for cancer therapy. Biomaterials. 294. 122000–122000. 35 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, et al.. (2023). Coumarin-Based Fluorescence Probe for Differentiated Detection of Biothiols and Its Bioimaging in Cells. Biosensors. 13(4). 447–447. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, et al.. (2023). MiR-10b-5p Impairs TET2-Mediated Inhibition of PD-L1 Transcription Thus Promoting Immune Evasion and Tumor Progression in Glioblastoma. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 260(3). 205–214. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jia, Lan Wang, Sijun Pan, et al.. (2023). A novel pyrimidine-based two-photon fluorogenic probe for rapidly visualizing nitroreductase activity in hypoxic cancer cells and in vivo. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 390. 134015–134015. 7 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qicai, Wei Du, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2021). Cell‐Penetrating Mitochondrion‐Targeting Ligands for the Universal Delivery of Small Molecules, Proteins and Nanomaterials. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(47). 12207–12214. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Shubo, Si Si Liew, Chengwu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Cell-Permeant Bioadaptors for Cytosolic Delivery of Native Antibodies: A “Mix-and-Go” Approach. ACS Central Science. 6(12). 2362–2376. 43 indexed citations

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Shao, Tao, Bin Fang, Wei Du, et al.. (2018). Visualization of mitochondrial DNA in living cells with super-resolution microscopy using thiophene-based terpyridine Zn(ii) complexes. Chemical Communications. 54(80). 11288–11291. 37 indexed citations

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Hu, Xuefeng, Wenjing Quan, Weiwei Qin, et al.. (2018). Nitric Oxide Detector Based on WO₃-1wt%In₂O₃-1wt%Nb₂O₅ with State-of-the-Art Selectivity and ppb-Level Sensitivity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(49). 42583–42592. 33 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, Tong‐Chuan He, Chun‐Su Yuan, et al.. (2007). Chemopreventive effects of Panax notoginseng and its major constituents on SW480 human colorectal cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology. 44 indexed citations

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