Wei Gao

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Gao is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Gao has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 40 papers in General Health Professions and 36 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Wei Gao's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (75 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (28 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (26 papers). Wei Gao is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (75 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (28 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (26 papers). Wei Gao collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Wei Gao's co-authors include Irene J Higginson, Matthew Maddocks, Richard Harding, Julia Verne, Yuen K Ho, Diana Jackson, William D‐C Man, Nilay Hepgul, Joanna Murray and Richard J. Siegert and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei Gao

148 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

An integrated palliative and respiratory care service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness: a randomised controlled trial

2014 417 citations Irene J Higginson, Claudia Bausewein et al. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Gao United Kingdom	39	2.3k	1.0k	948	885	726	161	5.0k
Lara Traeger United States	39	2.1k 0.9×	927 0.9×	2.4k 2.6×	1.7k 1.9×	905 1.2×	196	5.3k
Andrés Azuero United States	32	2.0k 0.9×	685 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	444 0.6×	198	4.0k
Milada Cvancarova Småstuen Norway	37	859 0.4×	895 0.9×	866 0.9×	484 0.5×	502 0.7×	241	5.5k
Susan K. Parsons United States	43	1.8k 0.8×	522 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	2.5k 2.9×	493 0.7×	286	5.9k
Astrid Klopstad Wahl Norway	44	926 0.4×	2.1k 2.0×	469 0.5×	561 0.6×	672 0.9×	199	5.8k
Adam B. Smith United Kingdom	31	1.0k 0.4×	810 0.8×	1.9k 2.0×	989 1.1×	278 0.4×	117	4.5k
Julie K. Silver United States	39	2.0k 0.9×	847 0.8×	2.0k 2.1×	588 0.7×	250 0.3×	202	5.7k
Zeeshan Butt United States	36	882 0.4×	429 0.4×	744 0.8×	539 0.6×	481 0.7×	110	3.8k
Måns Rosén Sweden	36	731 0.3×	907 0.9×	482 0.5×	578 0.7×	499 0.7×	118	5.2k
Mildred Ramírez United States	36	1.1k 0.5×	1000 1.0×	399 0.4×	2.0k 2.2×	541 0.7×	144	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Gao

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

Yuan, Weiming, et al.. (2025). Nickel/Photoredox-Catalyzed Three-Component Dialkylation of Alkenes for the Synthesis of β-Amino Acid Derivatives. Synlett. 36(13). 1917–1922. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Wei, et al.. (2024). Progress of Chinese Medicine in Regulating Microglial Polarization against Alzheimer’s Disease. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 52(8). 2255–2275.

Nkhoma, Kennedy, Joy Hunter, Irene J Higginson, et al.. (2023). High Prevalence and Burden of Physical and Psychological Symptoms in a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Population in Primary Care Settings in South Africa. International Journal of COPD. Volume 18. 1665–1679. 3 indexed citations

Brighton, Lisa Jane, Claire M. Nolan, Ruth E Barker, et al.. (2023). Frailty and Mortality Risk in COPD: A Cohort Study Comparing the Fried Frailty Phenotype and Short Physical Performance Battery. International Journal of COPD. Volume 18. 57–67. 11 indexed citations

Fei, Fei, Jonathan Koffman, Xiaohan Zhang, & Wei Gao. (2022). Synergistic Impact of the Symptom Cluster on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Secondary Data Analysis. Clinical Nursing Research. 31(6). 991–999. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Shu‐Guang, et al.. (2022). Development and validation of an autophagy-related long non-coding RNA prognostic signature for cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 1049773–1049773. 2 indexed citations

Coombes, Lucy, Debbie Braybrook, Katherine Bristowe, et al.. (2022). COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 64(1). e1–e5. 8 indexed citations

Seward, Nadine, Jamie Murdoch, Charlotte Hanlon, et al.. (2021). Implementation science protocol for a participatory, theory-informed implementation research programme in the context of health system strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET-ImplementER). BMJ Open. 11(7). e048742–e048742. 8 indexed citations

Kraljević, Željko, Harold G. Parkes, Victoria Metaxa, et al.. (2021). Natural language word embeddings as a glimpse into healthcare language and associated mortality surrounding end of life. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 28(1). e100464–e100464. 4 indexed citations

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Brighton, Lisa Jane, Catherine Evans, Morag Farquhar, et al.. (2021). Integrating Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for people with COPD and frailty starting pulmonary rehabilitation: the Breathe Plus feasibility trial protocol. ERJ Open Research. 7(1). 717–2020. 8 indexed citations

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Nolan, Claire M., Jessica A. Walsh, Suhani Patel, et al.. (2021). Minimal versus specialist equipment in the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11(10). e047524–e047524.

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Evans, Catherine, Anna E Bone, Deokhee Yi, et al.. (2021). Community-based short-term integrated palliative and supportive care reduces symptom distress for older people with chronic noncancer conditions compared with usual care: A randomised controlled single-blind mixed method trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 120. 103978–103978. 32 indexed citations

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Hepgul, Nilay, Rebecca Wilson, Deokhee Yi, et al.. (2020). Immediate versus delayed short-term integrated palliative care for advanced long-term neurological conditions: the OPTCARE Neuro RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(36). 1–80. 4 indexed citations

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Patel, Suhani, Claire M. Nolan, Ruth E Barker, et al.. (2020). Supervised pulmonary rehabilitation using minimal or specialist exercise equipment in COPD: a propensity-matched analysis. Thorax. 76(3). 264–271. 17 indexed citations

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Gao, Wei, Sumaya Huque, Myfanwy Morgan, & Irene J Higginson. (2018). A Population-Based Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Role of Healthcare Services in Place of Death. Healthcare. 6(3). 107–107. 15 indexed citations

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Gao, Wei, et al.. (2018). Quality of life and its related factors in caregivers of patients with breast cancer. The Journal of practical nursing. 34(22). 1686–1691. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Mei‐Rong, Ying Guo, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2017). Treatment of infective endocarditis in 29 children with Linezolid. Zhonghua shiyong erke linchuang zazhi. 32(13). 982–985.

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Higginson, Irene J, Claudia Bausewein, Charles C. Reilly, et al.. (2014). An integrated palliative and respiratory care service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2(12). 979–987. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Wei. (2013). Numerical Simulation of Heat-Fluid-Solid Coupling in Steam Turbine. 1 indexed citations

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Higginson, Irene J, et al.. (2009). Does a social model of hospice day care affect advanced cancer patients’ use of other health and social services? A prospective quasi-experimental trial. Supportive Care in Cancer. 18(5). 627–637. 15 indexed citations

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