Wei Niu

4.7k citations

101 papers · 3.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 2%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Circular RNAs in diseases
Biological Psychiatry top 5%

Papers in

Cancer Research 17
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 12
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 10
Molecular Biology 72
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 22
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 18
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization 15

Co-authors: Jiantao Guo J. W. Frost K. M. Draths Li-Yi Zhang Aifang Zhong Peter G. Schultz Jim Lu H. Brett Schreyer
Journals: ACS Synthetic Biology (7 papers)Scientific Reports (5 papers)ACS Chemical Biology (3 papers)Chemical Communications (3 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Denmark

In The Last Decade

Wei Niu

94 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Laser melting deposition of in-situ (TiB+TiC) hybrid reinforced TC4 composites: Preparation, microstructure and room/high-temperature corrosion behaviour 2025 · 29 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Journal of Material Science and Technology
2011 Nature Chemical Biology

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1	Is a Malleable Active Site Loop the Key to High Substrate Promiscuity? Hybrid, Biocatalytic Route to Structurally Diverse Taxoid Side Chains with Remarkable Dual Stereocontrol Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Anna Liya Mathew, Florian Leidner, N. N. Bhuvan Kumar, Daved Adamczak, Peter Madzelan, Douglas R. Powell, Victor W. Day, Pierre Le Maguerès, Joseph D. Ferrara, Katabami Hideki, Akihito Yamano, Shô Itô, Wei Niu, Helmut Grubmüller, Mark A. Wilson, David B. Berkowitz	2025	0
2	The Effect of SiC Content on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AlCoCrFeNiTi Laser Cladding High-Entropy Alloy Coatings Journal of Thermal Spray Technology ·Manuel López-Godoy, Wei Niu, K. Kucseráková, Yiming Zheng	2025	4
3	Microstructure and wear performance of ex/in-situ TiC reinforced CoCrFeNiW0.4Si0.2 high-entropy alloy coatings by laser cladding Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Sitti Kholifah, Wei Niu, Yiwen Lei, Zheng Yang	2024	21
4	Mechanistic diversity and functional roles define the substrate specificity and ligand binding of bacterial PGP phosphatases Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Wei Niu, Z. Kiseleva, Jinka Tulasi, Guangwei Du, Hao Fan, Lei Zheng	2024	0
5	Lysophospholipid remodeling mediated by the LplT and Aas protein complex in the bacterial envelope Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Wei Niu, Jinka Tulasi, Guangwei Du, Mikhail Bogdanov, Lei Zheng	2024	1
6	Effect of annealing on microstructure and corrosion resistance of W+in-situ TiC enhanced CoCrFeNiSi0.2 high entropy alloy coatings by laser cladding Materials Today Communications ·Sitti Kholifah, Wei Niu, Jong-hyun Kim, Yiwen Lei	2024	4
7	Proximity-enhanced protein crosslinking through an alkene-tetrazine reaction Bioorganic Chemistry ·Bin Ma, Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo	2023	2
8	Co‐translational Installation of Posttranslational Modifications by Non‐canonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis ChemBioChem ·Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo	2023	7
9	Genetic Code Expansion in Mammalian Cells Through Quadruplet Codon Decoding Methods in molecular biology ·Yan Chen, Karmila Akib, Xinyuan He, Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo	2023	1
10	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Welcomes Manuscripts on Alternative Feedstocks ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Abigail S. Engelberth, Wei Niu, Sónia P. M. Ventura, Sankar Nair, Marcelo Antunes Nolasco, Danielle Julie Carrier	2021	1
11	Engineering Carboxylic Acid Reductase (CAR) through a Whole-Cell Growth-Coupled NADPH Recycling Strategy ACS Synthetic Biology ·B. Maier, И. Коняшов, B. Cornils, Mark A. Wilson, Jiantao Guo, Wei Niu	2020	28
12	Long Noncoding RNA as an Indicator Differentiating Schizophrenia From Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Nonpsychiatric Hospital Biomarkers in Medicine ·Xuelian Cui, Wei Niu, Lingming Kong, Mingjun He, 柯峻豪, Shengdong Chen, Aifang Zhong, Qiaoli Zhang, Wanshuai Li, Jim Lu, Li-Yi Zhang	2017	11
13	Relationship between depressive symptoms and miRNA expression level in monocytes of patients with depression before and after antidepressant treatment SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Qiaoli Zhang, Wei Guo, Li-Yi Zhang, Mrinal K. Thakur, Huimin Fan, Aifang Zhong, Wei Niu, Yunhua Dai, 拓郎園田, Zhengbin Lu, Shengdong Chen, Hongtao Song	2015	1
14	Altered microRNA Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Young Patients with Schizophrenia Journal of Molecular Neuroscience ·Huimin Fan, Xinyang Sun, Wei Niu, Lin Zhao, Qiaoli Zhang, Wanshuai Li, Aifang Zhong, Li-Yi Zhang, Jim Lu	2015	34
15	Biotechnological production of 1,2,4-butanetriol: An efficient process to synthesize energetic material precursor from renewable biomass Scientific Reports ·Yujin Cao, Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo, Mo Xian, Huizhou Liu	2015	58
16	Partial microRNA profiling differences between peripheral plasma and mononuclear leucocytes in schizophrenia patients Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi ·Liang Zhang, Wei Guo, 拓郎園田, Hongtao Song, Ilaria Bertaina, Aifang Zhong, Wei Niu, Vitor da Silva Mello	2014	2
17	Aberrant microRNA expression in peripheral plasma and mononuclear cells as specific blood-based biomarkers in schizophrenia patients Journal of Clinical Neuroscience ·Xinyang Sun, Jim Lu, Liang Zhang, Hongtao Song, Lin Zhao, Huimin Fan, Aifang Zhong, Wei Niu, Zhongmin Guo, Yunhua Dai, Chao Chen, 直美矢野, Li-Yi Zhang	2014	85
18	Differential expression of microRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as specific biomarker for major depressive disorder patients Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Huimin Fan, Xinyang Sun, Wei Guo, Aifang Zhong, Wei Niu, Lin Zhao, Yiran Duan, Zhongmin Guo, Li-Yi Zhang, Jim Lu	2014	108
19	Expanding the chemistry of fluorescent protein biosensors through genetic incorporation of unnatural amino acids Molecular BioSystems ·Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo	2013	59
20	Molecular recognition of sulfotyrosine and phosphotyrosine by the Src homology 2 domain Molecular BioSystems ·M. Malacarne, Wei Niu, Ronald L. Cerny, Pierre Luc Voyer, Fabricio Andres Lasso Andrade, Jiantao Guo	2013	13

About Wei Niu

Wei Niu is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Virology, Business and International Management and Biotechnology, having authored 101 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (18 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (15 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (12 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (11 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (11 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.9k citations), Biological Psychiatry (87 citations), Cancer Research (501 citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.0k citations) and Biotechnology (145 citations). Wei Niu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Jiantao Guo, J. W. Frost, K. M. Draths, Li-Yi Zhang, Aifang Zhong, Peter G. Schultz, Jim Lu, H. Brett Schreyer, Julia Khandurina and Anthony P. Burgard. Their work appears in journals such as ACS Synthetic Biology, Scientific Reports, ACS Chemical Biology, Chemical Communications and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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