Wei Kong

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 914 citations indexed

About

Wei Kong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Kong has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 914 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Wei Kong's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers) and Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys (2 papers). Wei Kong is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers) and Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys (2 papers). Wei Kong collaborates with scholars based in China, Malaysia and United States. Wei Kong's co-authors include Joanne Wang, Karen Engel, Hong Qing, Junjun Ni, Fei Lan, Amber Dahlin, Robert F. Hevner, Jue Wang, Xia Li and Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Langmuir and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Wei Kong

35 papers receiving 904 citations

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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.

Cathepsin B in programmed cell death machinery: mechanisms of execution and regulatory pathways

2023 103 citations Zhen Xie, Mengyuan Zhao et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Kong China	14	316	127	115	113	92	36	914
Sergiy Kyrylenko Ukraine	22	675 2.1×	107 0.8×	237 2.1×	125 1.1×	218 2.4×	50	1.7k
Rong Liang China	18	399 1.3×	457 3.6×	70 0.6×	95 0.8×	158 1.7×	59	1.3k
Sook-Jeong Lee South Korea	19	447 1.4×	100 0.8×	154 1.3×	73 0.6×	87 0.9×	70	1.3k
Jianxiong Liu China	27	920 2.9×	81 0.6×	81 0.7×	61 0.5×	167 1.8×	79	1.8k
Yulin Jiang China	23	619 2.0×	108 0.9×	54 0.5×	19 0.2×	118 1.3×	104	1.5k
Xinmin Zheng China	20	329 1.0×	89 0.7×	66 0.6×	20 0.2×	120 1.3×	49	1.2k
Stephanie Tran United States	11	454 1.4×	97 0.8×	75 0.7×	46 0.4×	128 1.4×	29	1.3k
Yu Xiao China	20	460 1.5×	36 0.3×	106 0.9×	48 0.4×	80 0.9×	37	915
Chunxia Luo China	24	350 1.1×	85 0.7×	60 0.5×	20 0.2×	227 2.5×	56	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Kong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Kong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Kong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Kong 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 Kong. Wei Kong 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, Hongbo, et al.. (2025). A highly sensitive HPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of difenidol in human plasma. Discover Applied Sciences. 7(3).

Zhao, Dan, Yue Zhou, Wei Kong, et al.. (2024). Cathepsin B modulates microglial migration and phagocytosis of amyloid β in Alzheimer’s disease through PI3K-Akt signaling. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(4). 640–650. 4 indexed citations

Xie, Zhen, Mengyuan Zhao, Wei Kong, et al.. (2023). Cathepsin B in programmed cell death machinery: mechanisms of execution and regulatory pathways. Cell Death and Disease. 14(4). 255–255. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Kong, Wei, Zhen Xie, Yoshinori Hayashi, et al.. (2023). Zinc finger protein 335 mediates lipopolysaccharide‐induced neurodegeneration and memory loss as a transcriptional factor in microglia. Glia. 71(12). 2720–2734. 3 indexed citations

Xie, Zhen, Jie Meng, Zhou Wu, et al.. (2022). The Dual Nature of Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Microglia-Neuron Crosstalk Perspective. The Neuroscientist. 29(5). 616–638. 15 indexed citations

Kong, Wei, et al.. (2021). The Oral-Gut-Brain AXIS: The Influence of Microbes in Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 633735–633735. 86 indexed citations

Liu, Dongni, Wei Li, Xiaoyu Jiang, et al.. (2019). Using near-infrared enhanced thermozyme and scFv dual-conjugated Au nanorods for detection and targeted photothermal treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Theranostics. 9(8). 2268–2281. 44 indexed citations

Kong, Wei, et al.. (2017). Microwave Absorption Properties of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-Graphene Nanohybrids. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 268. 297–301. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Sunxiao, Hongli Yan, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2015). Cryptococcus Neoformans Infection and Immune Cell Regulation in Human Monocytes. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 37(2). 537–547. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Tingting Liu, Wei Kong, et al.. (2015). Decreased TLR2 signal expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cell from patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Microbiology and Immunology. 59(6). 357–364. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuan, et al.. (2015). LYATK1 potently inhibits LPS-mediated pro-inflammatory response. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 470(1). 1–8. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiaxin, Weiran Wang, Hui Wu, et al.. (2014). Role of cullin-elonginB-elonginC E3 complex in bovine immunodeficiency virus and maedi-visna virus Vif-mediated degradation of host A3Z2-Z3 proteins. Retrovirology. 11(1). 77–77. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Juan, et al.. (2013). The urotensin II receptor antagonist, urantide, protects against atherosclerosis in rats. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 5(6). 1765–1769. 22 indexed citations

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Kong, Wei, Le Wang, Haixia Ren, et al.. (2013). Simultaneous Determination of Rutin and Quercetin at a Graphite Oxide and Ionic Liquid Modified Electrode by Square Wave Voltammetry. Sensor Letters. 11(3). 603–606. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Bin, Chun Li, Xianghui Yu, et al.. (2010). development and validation of a reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography method for determination of exenatide in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 26(1). 33–37. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xianfeng, Xizhen Zhang, Xianghui Yu, et al.. (2007). The effect of conjugation to gold nanoparticles on the ability of low molecular weight chitosan to transfer DNA vaccine. Biomaterials. 29(1). 111–117. 95 indexed citations

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Dahlin, Amber, Xia Li, Wei Kong, Robert F. Hevner, & Jue Wang. (2007). Expression and immunolocalization of the plasma membrane monoamine transporter in the brain. Neuroscience. 146(3). 1193–1211. 99 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, Gail D. Anderson, Brian Phillips, et al.. (2006). INTERACTIONS OF AMOXICILLIN AND CEFACLOR WITH HUMAN RENAL ORGANIC ANION AND PEPTIDE TRANSPORTERS. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 34(4). 547–555. 40 indexed citations

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Kong, Wei, Karen Engel, & Joanne Wang. (2004). (Section A: Molecular, Structural, and Cellular Biology of Drug Transporters) Mammalian Nucleoside Transporters. Current Drug Metabolism. 5(1). 63–84. 196 indexed citations

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Kong, Wei & Joanne Wang. (2003). Hypoxanthine Transport in Human Glioblastoma Cells and Effect on Cell Susceptibility to Methotrexate. Pharmaceutical Research. 20(11). 1804–1811. 3 indexed citations

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