Wei Liu

56.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
1.1k papers, 24.3k citations indexed

About

Wei Liu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liu has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 24.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 320 papers in Infectious Diseases, 226 papers in Molecular Biology and 210 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Wei Liu's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (125 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (48 papers). Wei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (125 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (48 papers). Wei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belarus. Wei Liu's co-authors include Wu‐Chun Cao, Kui Liu, Huiguo Liu, Yan Deng, Xiao‐Ai Zhang, Hao Li, Qing‐Bin Lu, Ning Cui, Li‐Qun Fang and Ling Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liu

1.0k papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

Clinical characteristics of novel coronavirus c... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2020 2020 2020 2020 2015 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Clinical characteristics of novel coronavirus cases in tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province
    2020 1.0k citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  2. Analysis of factors associated with disease outcomes in hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus disease
    2020 759 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  3. [Analysis of clinical features of 29 patients with 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia].
    2020 533 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  4. Clinical characteristics of fatal and recovered cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study
    2020 501 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  5. Nanozyme-strip for rapid local diagnosis of Ebola
    2015 314 citations Pan‐He Zhang, Wei Liu et al. profile →
  6. National and subnational trends in cancer burden in China, 2005–20: an analysis of national mortality surveillance data
    2023 249 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  7. Calcium channel blocker amlodipine besylate therapy is associated with reduced case fatality rate of COVID-19 patients with hypertension
    2020 233 citations Wei Liu, Hao Li et al. profile →
  8. Mapping ticks and tick-borne pathogens in China
    2021 156 citations Hao Li, Wei Liu et al. profile →
  9. Infection and co-infection patterns of community-acquired pneumonia in patients of different ages in China from 2009 to 2020: a national surveillance study
    2023 120 citations Xiao‐Ai Zhang, Chen‐Long Lv et al. profile →
  10. National incidence and mortality of hospitalized sepsis in China
    2023 81 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
  11. Akkermansia muciniphila protects mice against an emerging tick-borne viral pathogen
    2023 72 citations Hao Li, Xiao‐Ai Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Liu China 67 9.6k 5.1k 3.4k 2.3k 1.9k 1.1k 24.3k
Kuldeep Dhama India 83 8.6k 0.9× 5.4k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 923 28.6k
Andreas Nitsche Germany 49 12.8k 1.3× 5.5k 1.1× 3.2k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 252 22.0k
Margaret Johnson United Kingdom 108 15.5k 1.6× 5.1k 1.0× 11.7k 3.4× 1.4k 0.6× 4.0k 2.1× 1.0k 48.9k
Zheng‐Li Shi China 53 17.7k 1.8× 3.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 246 23.8k
Christian Drosten Germany 91 39.8k 4.1× 7.4k 1.4× 6.4k 1.8× 6.1k 2.6× 4.8k 2.5× 419 53.2k
Leo L. M. Poon Hong Kong 93 27.8k 2.9× 5.9k 1.1× 10.7k 3.1× 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 303 41.1k
Peter G. Smith United Kingdom 75 4.0k 0.4× 5.8k 1.1× 5.6k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 4.5k 2.3× 524 32.6k
Dong‐Yan Jin Hong Kong 65 6.4k 0.7× 7.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 980 0.5× 298 18.9k
Li Liu China 60 3.6k 0.4× 5.3k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 715 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 586 20.5k
Marcel A. Müller Germany 58 23.9k 2.5× 4.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 4.6k 2.0× 1.2k 0.6× 140 31.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Liu

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wei Liu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wei Liu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wei Liu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Liu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Liu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Liu. The network helps show where Wei Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Liu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Huang, Fei, Jing Tu, Yi Wang, et al.. (2025). Soil health assessment of urban forests in Nanchang, China: Establishing a minimum data set model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 206. 109795–109795. 4 indexed citations
2.
Lv, Chen‐Long, Jinjin Chen, Yanqun Sun, et al.. (2024). The global distribution and diversity of wild-bird-associated pathogens: An integrated data analysis and modeling study. Med. 6(4). 100553–100553. 8 indexed citations
3.
Zhang, Zhengqi, Shuzhuang Feng, Wei Liu, et al.. (2024). Development of a regional carbon assimilation system and its application for estimating fossil fuel carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177720–177720. 1 indexed citations
4.
Ren, Lei, Gang Liu, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Intelligent generation method of infection risk map and management system in hospital waiting room for respiratory infectious diseases. Journal of Building Engineering. 96. 110571–110571. 5 indexed citations
5.
Liu, Wei, Leiming Zhang, Jie Mei, et al.. (2024). Pathogen identification and epidemic factor analysis of yellow catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, red lower jaw disease. Aquaculture. 590. 741078–741078. 2 indexed citations
6.
Wang, Zhijun, Lin Sun, Wei Liu, et al.. (2024). Insights into the microbiome and metabolome assembly during short-term storage of native grass hay. Journal of Stored Products Research. 106. 102283–102283. 2 indexed citations
7.
Zhang, Shuo, Jiachen Li, Yong‐Xiang Wu, et al.. (2024). Discovery and characterization of potent broadly neutralizing antibodies from human survivors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. EBioMedicine. 111. 105481–105481. 4 indexed citations
8.
Wei, Wenqi, et al.. (2023). Ancient dog DNA reveals the human livelihood mode transitions during the late Neolithic in Northeastern China. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 53. 104349–104349. 1 indexed citations
9.
Wu, Jian, Feng Zhao, Chi‐Wai Wong, et al.. (2023). Correlation between spherical equivalent and biometry parameters in adult Cynomolgus macaque. Experimental Eye Research. 233. 109545–109545. 1 indexed citations
10.
Liu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Transcoronary Radiofrequency Ablation. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(6). 727–729. 1 indexed citations
11.
Wang, Gang, Ruiqiu Zhao, Yunfa Zhang, et al.. (2022). Age‐specific spectrum of etiological pathogens for viral diarrhea among children in twelve consecutive winter‐spring seasons (2009–2021) in China. Journal of Medical Virology. 94(8). 3840–3846. 16 indexed citations
12.
Shang, Yu, Li Li, Tengfei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Quantitative regulation of the thermal stability of enveloped virus vaccines by surface charge engineering to prevent the self-aggregation of attachment glycoproteins. PLoS Pathogens. 18(6). e1010564–e1010564. 12 indexed citations
13.
Wang, Yuna, Rui-Ruo Jiang, Heng Ding, et al.. (2022). First Detection of Mukawa Virus in Ixodes persulcatus and Haemaphysalis concinna in China. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 791563–791563. 10 indexed citations
14.
Li, Yue, Yuna Wang, Feng Tian, et al.. (2022). First report of Karimabad virus in Rhombomys opimus in China. One Health. 15. 100437–100437. 2 indexed citations
15.
Chen, Chuanwu, Wei Liu, Wenyan Xu, et al.. (2021). Ecological correlates of extinction risk in Chinese terrestrial mammals. Diversity and Distributions. 27(7). 1294–1307. 16 indexed citations
16.
17.
Ran, Liuyi, Ming Ai, Wo Wang, et al.. (2019). Rare variants in SLC6A4 cause susceptibility to major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation in Han Chinese adolescents and young adults. Gene. 726. 144147–144147. 9 indexed citations
18.
Chen, Cunrong, Jingjing Wang, Lili Zhou, et al.. (2019). Morusin alleviates mycoplasma pneumonia via the inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin and NF-κB signaling. Bioscience Reports. 39(6). 23 indexed citations
19.
Wu, Zhihao, Nan Liu, Chaojie Yang, et al.. (2014). Human Adenovirus Type 7 Infection Associated with Severe and Fatal Acute Lower Respiratory Illness and Nosocomial Transmission. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53(2). 746–749. 34 indexed citations
20.
Liu, Wei, Yi Sun, Wei Chen, et al.. (2012). The T788G Mutation in the cyp51C Gene Confers Voriconazole Resistance in Aspergillus flavus Causing Aspergillosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(5). 2598–2603. 57 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kuldeep Dhama Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andreas Nitsche Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Margaret Johnson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Zheng‐Li Shi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christian Drosten Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Leo L. M. Poon Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter G. Smith Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dong‐Yan Jin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Li Liu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marcel A. Müller
Rankless by CCL
2026