Wei Sheng

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Wei Sheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sheng has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Wei Sheng's work include Congenital heart defects research (26 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (20 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers). Wei Sheng is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (26 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (20 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers). Wei Sheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wei Sheng's co-authors include Tianhong Wang, Drew M. Pardoll, Shumin Zhang, Guilian Niu, Marcin Kortylewski, Maciej Kujawski, Hua Yu, H. David Kay, Richard Jove and Long‐Sheng Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sheng

75 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Inhibiting Stat3 signaling in the hematopoietic system el... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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. Inhibiting Stat3 signaling in the hematopoietic system elicits multicomponent antitumor immunity
    2005 813 citations Marcin Kortylewski, Maciej Kujawski 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 Sheng China 22 1.3k 735 687 575 330 81 2.5k
Aleksandar Ívetic United Kingdom 23 1.2k 0.9× 951 1.3× 353 0.5× 391 0.7× 214 0.6× 41 2.5k
Mathias H. Konstandin Germany 28 1.1k 0.9× 401 0.5× 317 0.5× 461 0.8× 336 1.0× 64 2.3k
Rostic Gorbatov United States 15 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 460 0.7× 617 1.1× 476 1.4× 18 3.4k
Hans‐Günter Zerwes Switzerland 27 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 242 0.4× 630 1.9× 58 3.8k
Mohamed H. Abdel‐Rahman United States 24 943 0.8× 406 0.6× 637 0.9× 437 0.8× 153 0.5× 81 2.4k
Susanna Scarpa Italy 30 1.1k 0.9× 451 0.6× 765 1.1× 174 0.3× 206 0.6× 113 2.9k
David R. Soto‐Pantoja United States 28 1.0k 0.8× 862 1.2× 494 0.7× 215 0.4× 197 0.6× 58 2.3k
Susan W. Sunnarborg United States 18 1.4k 1.1× 500 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 190 0.3× 198 0.6× 23 3.1k
Ken Kataoka Japan 28 1.1k 0.9× 286 0.4× 291 0.4× 229 0.4× 255 0.8× 49 2.3k
Hui‐Ming Chang United States 21 1.0k 0.8× 531 0.7× 362 0.5× 486 0.8× 106 0.3× 49 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Sheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Sheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Sheng 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 Sheng. Wei Sheng 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
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Ji, Shuaifei, Yingying Li, Lei Xiang, et al.. (2024). Cell-reprogrammed three lineage-driven biomimetic devices yielding multiple skin appendage regeneration. Nano Today. 57. 102376–102376.
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Zhu, Hongtao, Jing Cheng, Wei Sheng, et al.. (2024). How Do Butterflies Use Silk to Attach their Pupae to Trees?. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(8). 4855–4864. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ting, et al.. (2022). X‐linked BCOR variants identified in Chinese Han patients with congenital heart disease. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 25(1). 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Huifang, Wei-Cheng Chen, Wei Sheng, & Guoying Huang. (2021). High Familial Recurrence of Congenital Heart Defects in Laterality Defects Patients: An Evaluation of 184 Families. Pediatric Cardiology. 42(8). 1722–1729. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Ming, et al.. (2020). DNA methylation at CpG island shore and RXRα regulate NR2F2 in heart tissues of tetralogy of Fallot patients. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 529(4). 1209–1215. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Jing, Shiyu Chen, Lili Hao, et al.. (2020). Long non-coding RNA SAP30-2:1 is downregulated in congenital heart disease and regulates cell proliferation by targeting HAND2. Frontiers of Medicine. 15(1). 91–100. 12 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhengshan, et al.. (2019). Functional analysis of rare variants of GATA4 identified in Chinese patients with congenital heart defect. genesis. 57(11-12). e23333–e23333. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei-Cheng, Zhiyu Feng, Mengru Li, et al.. (2019). A novel de novo PDE4D gene mutation identified in a Chinese patient with acrodysostosis. genesis. 57(11-12). e23336–e23336. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiaobo, Liping Yang, Haiyan Luo, et al.. (2019). Association of functional variant in GDF1 promoter with risk of congenital heart disease and its regulation by Nkx2.5. Clinical Science. 133(12). 1281–1295. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Pingyan, Erika A. Eksioglu, Xianghong Chen, et al.. (2019). S100A9-induced overexpression of PD-1/PD-L1 contributes to ineffective hematopoiesis in myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia. 33(8). 2034–2046. 64 indexed citations
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Xiao, Deyong, Huijun Wang, Lili Hao, et al.. (2018). The roles of SMYD4 in epigenetic regulation of cardiac development in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007578–e1007578. 20 indexed citations
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Xia, Xinxin, et al.. (2017). Elastosonography and two-dimensional ultrasonography in diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. Clinical Radiology. 73(3). 312–318. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Bin, Hui Yang, Xiaochen Wang, et al.. (2017). Engineering human ventricular heart muscles based on a highly efficient system for purification of human pluripotent stem cell-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 8(1). 202–202. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Jing Ping, Alex Pui‐Wai Lee, Wei Sheng, et al.. (2013). Feasibility of single-beat full-volume capture real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for quantification of right ventricular volume: Validation by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. International Journal of Cardiology. 168(4). 3991–3995. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Yueyun, Li Li, Wei Sheng, et al.. (2013). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Women Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening from 2006 to 2010 in Shenzhen City, South China. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 14(12). 7483–7487. 26 indexed citations
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Sheng, Wei, Ang Guo, Biyi Chen, et al.. (2010). T-Tubule Remodeling During Transition From Hypertrophy to Heart Failure. Circulation Research. 107(4). 520–531. 302 indexed citations
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Huang, Huarong, Wei Sheng, Long‐Sheng Song, et al.. (2008). A Comparison of Murine Smooth Muscle Cells Generated from Embryonic versus Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 18(5). 741–748. 57 indexed citations
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Burdelya, Lyudmila G., Maciej Kujawski, Guilian Niu, et al.. (2005). Stat3 Activity in Melanoma Cells Affects Migration of Immune Effector Cells and Nitric Oxide-Mediated Antitumor Effects. The Journal of Immunology. 174(7). 3925–3931. 114 indexed citations

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