Wei Hong

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Wei Hong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Hong has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wei Hong's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers) and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (6 papers). Wei Hong is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers) and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (6 papers). Wei Hong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Wei Hong's co-authors include Dominic M. Walsh, Matthew P. Frosch, Zhijian Cao, Manuel Simon, Felix Unger, Benedikt Zott, Arthur Konnerth, Bert Sakmann, Wenxin Li and Zhengyang Zeng 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 Hong

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation

2019 433 citations Benedikt Zott, Manuel Simon et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Hong China	25	1.0k	749	380	315	287	43	2.2k
Seigo Tanaka Japan	23	3.3k 3.2×	633 0.8×	412 1.1×	717 2.3×	407 1.4×	45	4.2k
Steve Bourgault Canada	29	1.6k 1.6×	548 0.7×	1.3k 3.5×	74 0.2×	119 0.4×	91	3.1k
F. Van Leuven Belgium	27	1.5k 1.5×	654 0.9×	358 0.9×	169 0.5×	501 1.7×	54	2.9k
Fumitaka Oyama Japan	37	2.4k 2.4×	985 1.3×	1.0k 2.7×	284 0.9×	48 0.2×	98	3.9k
Jeff Zhiqiang Lu United States	32	838 0.8×	479 0.6×	141 0.4×	159 0.5×	31 0.1×	53	2.0k
Gunnar P.H. Dietz Germany	27	1.6k 1.6×	204 0.3×	536 1.4×	291 0.9×	75 0.3×	48	2.3k
Xiaoli Zhang China	38	2.2k 2.2×	489 0.7×	312 0.8×	175 0.6×	29 0.1×	98	5.1k
J.E. Maggio United States	23	1.8k 1.8×	959 1.3×	1.6k 4.2×	272 0.9×	196 0.7×	29	3.1k
Frederik Vilhardt Denmark	24	1.3k 1.3×	448 0.6×	338 0.9×	103 0.3×	28 0.1×	39	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Hong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Hong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Hong

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

All Works

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Zhang, Wenchang, Ping Chen, Siyao Li, et al.. (2025). Amyloid-β oligomers drive amyloid deposit and cascaded tau pathology of Alzheimer's disease in aged brains of non-human primates. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(11). 1367–1375. 4 indexed citations

Song, Simin, Qing Liu, Ruixiang Chen, et al.. (2025). Experimental evidence that readily diffusible forms of Aβ from Alzheimer’s disease brain have seeding activity. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 112–112.

Li, Siyao, Yan Liu, Xianyang Luo, & Wei Hong. (2024). Systematic Evaluation of Extracellular Coating Matrix on the Differentiation of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Cortical Neurons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(1). 230–230. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zemin, Ming Jin, Wei Hong, et al.. (2023). Learnings about Aβ from human brain recommend the use of a live-neuron bioassay for the discovery of next generation Alzheimer’s disease immunotherapeutics. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 39–39. 8 indexed citations

Hong, Wei, et al.. (2023). Methods for the isolation and analysis of Aβ from postmortem brain. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1108715–1108715. 5 indexed citations

Ahn, Eun Hee, Kecheng Lei, Seong Su Kang, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial dysfunction triggers the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease in neuronal C/EBPβ transgenic mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(12). 7838–7850. 38 indexed citations

Hong, Wei, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide analysis revisits incipient sympatric and allopatric speciation in a beetle. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 67(1-2). 69–80. 3 indexed citations

Zott, Benedikt, Manuel Simon, Wei Hong, et al.. (2019). A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation. Science. 365(6453). 559–565. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

Shen, Bingzheng, et al.. (2019). ImKTx96, a peptide blocker of the Kv1.2 ion channel from the venom of the scorpion Isometrus maculates. Peptides. 123. 170172–170172. 1 indexed citations

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Mengel, David, Wei Hong, Grant T. Corbett, et al.. (2018). PrP-grafted antibodies bind certain amyloid β-protein aggregates, but do not prevent toxicity. Brain Research. 1710. 125–135. 14 indexed citations

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Hong, Wei, Zemin Wang, Wen Liu, et al.. (2018). Diffusible, highly bioactive oligomers represent a critical minority of soluble Aβ in Alzheimer’s disease brain. Acta Neuropathologica. 136(1). 19–40. 105 indexed citations

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Jin, Ming, Brian O’Nuallain, Wei Hong, et al.. (2018). An in vitro paradigm to assess potential anti-Aβ antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2676–2676. 48 indexed citations

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Ondrejčák, Tomáš, Igor Klyubin, Grant T. Corbett, et al.. (2018). Cellular Prion Protein Mediates the Disruption of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity by Soluble TauIn Vivo. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(50). 10595–10606. 71 indexed citations

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Hong, Wei, et al.. (2017). Transcriptome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of four species of luminescent beetles. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1814–1814. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Zemin, Rosemary J. Jackson, Wei Hong, et al.. (2017). Human Brain-Derived Aβ Oligomers Bind to Synapses and Disrupt Synaptic Activity in a Manner That Requires APP. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(49). 11947–11966. 103 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenhuan, Wei Hong, Zhengyang Zeng, et al.. (2012). Mucroporin-M1 Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Replication by Activating the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Pathway and Down-regulating HNF4α in Vitro and in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(36). 30181–30190. 66 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaoli, Zhenhuan Zhao, Dihan Zhou, et al.. (2011). Virucidal activity of a scorpion venom peptide variant mucroporin-M1 against measles, SARS-CoV and influenza H5N1 viruses. Peptides. 32(7). 1518–1525. 117 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, Zhenhuan Zhao, Yawen He, et al.. (2010). A new natural α-helical peptide from the venom of the scorpion Heterometrus petersii kills HCV. Peptides. 32(1). 11–19. 68 indexed citations

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Urano, Fumihiko, Akihiro Umezawa, Hiroki Yabe, et al.. (1998). Molecular Analysis of Ewing's Sarcoma: Another Fusion Gene, EWS‐E1AF, Available for Diagnosis. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 89(7). 703–711. 57 indexed citations

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Urano, Fumihiko, Akihiro Umezawa, Wei Hong, Haruhito Kikuchi, & Junichi Hata. (1996). A Novel Chimera Gene betweenEWSandE1A-F, Encoding the Adenovirus E1A Enhancer-Binding Protein, in Extraosseous Ewing's Sarcoma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 219(2). 608–612. 138 indexed citations

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