Wei V. Chen

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 791 citations indexed

About

Wei V. Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei V. Chen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 791 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Wei V. Chen's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (4 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers) and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (3 papers). Wei V. Chen is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (4 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers) and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (3 papers). Wei V. Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Wei V. Chen's co-authors include Peter K. Gregersen, Christopher I. Amos, Lynn Petukhova, David A. Norris, Maria Hordinsky, Vera H. Price, Hyunmi Kim, Colin A.B. Jahoda, Ralf Paus and Katja C. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, International Journal of Cancer and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Wei V. Chen

15 papers receiving 776 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.

Genome-wide association study in alopecia areata implicates both innate and adaptive immunity

2010 538 citations Lynn Petukhova, Madeleine Duvic et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei V. Chen United States	11	385	257	250	200	156	15	791
Jonghyeob Lee United States	10	86 0.2×	110 0.4×	351 1.4×	68 0.3×	115 0.7×	11	699
Charles H. W. Horne United Kingdom	12	54 0.1×	60 0.2×	201 0.8×	58 0.3×	52 0.3×	24	613
Silvia Majore Italy	16	85 0.2×	16 0.1×	427 1.7×	59 0.3×	26 0.2×	48	808
Kuniko Inoue Japan	13	15 0.0×	56 0.2×	210 0.8×	93 0.5×	37 0.2×	21	393
Mari Higashiyama Japan	13	11 0.0×	94 0.4×	91 0.4×	149 0.7×	68 0.4×	35	481
Tatiana M. Grzeszkiewicz United States	7	20 0.1×	28 0.1×	600 2.4×	112 0.6×	41 0.3×	8	704
David Grote Canada	9	128 0.3×	15 0.1×	693 2.8×	39 0.2×	30 0.2×	12	856
Andrew Thomas United States	9	320 0.8×	11 0.0×	200 0.8×	41 0.2×	102 0.7×	14	645
Hyun‐Tae Shin South Korea	13	24 0.1×	87 0.3×	168 0.7×	20 0.1×	20 0.1×	37	506
D W Pennington United States	7	14 0.0×	67 0.3×	213 0.9×	117 0.6×	26 0.2×	10	420

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei V. Chen

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Vaysse, Amaury, Shenying Fang, Myriam Brossard, et al.. (2016). A comprehensive genome‐wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants. International Journal of Cancer. 139(9). 2012–2020. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Chongjuan, Bo Peng, Younghun Han, et al.. (2015). Mutations of HNRNPA0 and WIF1 predispose members of a large family to multiple cancers. Familial Cancer. 14(2). 297–306. 27 indexed citations

Brossard, Myriam, Shenying Fang, Amaury Vaysse, et al.. (2015). Integrated pathway and epistasis analysis reveals interactive effect of genetic variants at TERF1 and AFAP1L2 loci on melanoma risk. International Journal of Cancer. 137(8). 1901–1909. 12 indexed citations

Yin, Jieyun, Hongliang Liu, Zhensheng Liu, et al.. (2014). Genetic Variants in Fanconi Anemia Pathway Genes BRCA2 and FANCA Predict Melanoma Survival. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 135(2). 542–550. 29 indexed citations

Liu, Hongliang, Li‐E Wang, Zhensheng Liu, et al.. (2013). Association between functional polymorphisms in genes involved in the MAPK signaling pathways and cutaneous melanoma risk. Carcinogenesis. 34(4). 885–892. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Jinyun, Mala Pande, Chongjuan Wei, et al.. (2012). Cell cycle–related genes as modifiers of age of onset of colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome: a large-scale study in non-Hispanic white patients. Carcinogenesis. 34(2). 299–306. 9 indexed citations

Yu, Hongping, Hui Zhao, Li‐E Wang, et al.. (2011). An analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms of 125 DNA repair genes in the Texas genome-wide association study of lung cancer with a replication for the XRCC4 SNPs. DNA repair. 10(4). 398–407. 19 indexed citations

Pande, Mala, Margaret R. Spitz, Xifeng Wu, et al.. (2011). Novel genetic variants in the chromosome 5p15.33 region associate with lung cancer risk. Carcinogenesis. 32(10). 1493–1499. 53 indexed citations

Petukhova, Lynn, Madeleine Duvic, Maria Hordinsky, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide association study in alopecia areata implicates both innate and adaptive immunity. Nature. 466(7302). 113–117. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Chih‐Chieh, Sanjay Shete, Wei V. Chen, et al.. (2009). Detection of disease-associated deletions in case–control studies using SNP genotypes with application to rheumatoid arthritis. Human Genetics. 126(2). 303–315. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei V., Christopher I. Amos, Carol J. Etzel, Sanjay Shete, & Peter K. Gregersen. (2007). Comparison of genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism linkage analyses in Caucasian and Hispanic NARAC families. BMC Proceedings. 1(S1). S97–S97. 3 indexed citations

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Etzel, Carol J., Wei V. Chen, Damini Jawaheer, et al.. (2006). Genome-wide meta-analysis for rheumatoid arthritis. Human Genetics. 119(6). 634–641. 29 indexed citations

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Criswell, Lindsey A., Wei V. Chen, Damini Jawaheer, et al.. (2006). Dissecting the heterogeneity of rheumatoid arthritis through linkage analysis of quantitative traits. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 56(1). 58–68. 15 indexed citations

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Derom, Cathérine, Damini Jawaheer, Wei V. Chen, et al.. (2005). Genome-wide linkage scan for spontaneous DZ twinning. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(1). 117–122. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei V., J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Joram Piatigorsky, & Melinda K. Duncan. (2001). The mouse βB1-crystallin promoter: strict regulation of lens fiber cell specificity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1519(1-2). 30–38. 15 indexed citations

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