Wei Tang

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Tang is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Tang has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Wei Tang's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (12 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (8 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (7 papers). Wei Tang is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (12 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (8 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (7 papers). Wei Tang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Tang's co-authors include Jonathan M. Graff, Jae Myoung Suh, Daniel Zeve, Darko Bosnakovski, Michael Kyba, Robert E. Hammer, Michelle D. Tallquist, Jin Ho Seo, Daniel C. Berry and Yuwei Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei Tang

67 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

White Fat Progenitor Cells Reside in the Adipose Vasculature

2008 866 citations Wei Tang, Daniel Zeve 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 Tang China	23	797	792	709	574	430	78	2.6k
Reid Huber United States	19	1.5k 1.9×	671 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	370 0.6×	453 1.1×	50	3.5k
AnneMarie Gagnon Canada	29	866 1.1×	781 1.0×	579 0.8×	327 0.6×	796 1.9×	66	2.5k
Fahumiya Samad United States	25	1.1k 1.3×	864 1.1×	1.3k 1.9×	314 0.5×	309 0.7×	49	3.1k
Lixin Li China	32	1.9k 2.4×	737 0.9×	350 0.5×	781 1.4×	683 1.6×	118	4.1k
Timothy J. Stalker United States	34	1.0k 1.3×	542 0.7×	439 0.6×	501 0.9×	185 0.4×	73	3.7k
Lars Muhl Sweden	21	1.1k 1.3×	384 0.5×	310 0.4×	288 0.5×	128 0.3×	38	2.3k
Thomas Ebert Germany	34	1.2k 1.6×	657 0.8×	529 0.7×	714 1.2×	367 0.9×	191	3.5k
José J. Fuster Spain	31	1.6k 2.1×	960 1.2×	798 1.1×	440 0.8×	193 0.4×	65	4.7k
Christine Kim Garcia United States	33	1.5k 1.9×	1.8k 2.3×	419 0.6×	1.6k 2.9×	327 0.8×	70	6.6k
Élisabeth Marcos France	28	917 1.2×	639 0.8×	198 0.3×	318 0.6×	190 0.4×	51	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Tang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Tang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Tang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lu, Hong, et al.. (2025). Impact of subcutaneous tunnel length on infection risk in tunneled PICCs: a study in cancer patient. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5430–5430.

Lv, Tingting, Lu He, Wei Tang, et al.. (2025). Endocrine-exocrine miR-503-322 drives aging-associated pancreatitis via targeting MKNK1 in acinar cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2613–2613. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Dietary butyric acid intake, kidney function, and survival: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2005–2018. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 67. 453–462.

Chen, Yue, Jin Gong, Ruotong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Identification, structural features, and potential functional significance of the myodural Bridge in African clawed frog, the Xenopus laevis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 35144–35144.

Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2025). Global burdens and causes of blindness and vision loss in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2021 and forecast for the next decade. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 110(4). 386–392.

Yin, Congbin, et al.. (2025). Research on CPO-ICEEMDAN-WTD Signal Processing Method for Enhanced Magnetic Memory Detection. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–13.

Tang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Persistent effects of universities on local industrial growth: Evidence from China's policy-induced college relocation in the 1950s. Journal of Development Economics. 179. 103628–103628.

Zhang, Mingliang, Xinguo Li, Hui Li, et al.. (2025). Interactions between Gut Microbiota, Host Circadian Rhythms, and Metabolic Diseases. Advances in Nutrition. 16(6). 100416–100416. 14 indexed citations

He, Haiqing, et al.. (2024). Association of blood trihalomethane concentrations with diabetes mellitus in older adults in the US: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2013–2018. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1401131–1401131.

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Song, Yang, Jin Gong, Bo Liu, et al.. (2023). The growth and developmental of the myodural bridge and its associated structures in the human fetus. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13421–13421.

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Tang, Wei, et al.. (2023). Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 984675–984675. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuncai, Wei Tang, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2023). β-Cell miRNA-503-5p Induced by Hypomethylation and Inflammation Promotes Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Decompensation. Diabetes. 73(1). 57–74. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenglin, et al.. (2023). Association of socioeconomic status with metabolic syndrome and its components among adult population: a community-based cross-sectional study in Nanjing Municipality of China. BMJ Open. 13(10). e074059–e074059. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Yun, Kaipeng Xie, Qinglin Lou, et al.. (2022). The clinical characteristics of Chinese elderly patients with different durations of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 904347–904347. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, et al.. (2020). Development of myodural bridge located within the atlanto‐occipital interspace of rats. The Anatomical Record. 304(7). 1541–1550. 4 indexed citations

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He, Xiaowei, Dan Wu, Ting Xu, et al.. (2018). Role of Metformin in the Treatment of Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thyroid. 29(3). 359–367. 27 indexed citations

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Tang, Wei, Qingxin Yuan, Bo Xu, Kwame Osei, & Jie Wang. (2016). Exenatide substantially improves proinsulin conversion and cell survival that augment Ins2 +/Akita beta cell function. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 439. 297–307. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Kuanfeng, Xiaoyun Liu, Fan Yang, et al.. (2013). PAI-1 -675 4G/5G Polymorphism in Association with Diabetes and Diabetic Complications Susceptibility: a Meta-Analysis Study. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79150–e79150. 20 indexed citations

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Tang, Wei, Daniel Zeve, Jae Myoung Suh, et al.. (2008). White Fat Progenitor Cells Reside in the Adipose Vasculature. Science. 322(5901). 583–586. 866 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Wei, Cuiping Liu, Cuiping Liu, et al.. (2007). Effect of IL-10 gene transmission on the PTg-stimulated splenocytes proliferation and Th1 cytokines production from experimental autoimminue thyroiditis rats. 21(1). 55–58. 1 indexed citations

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