Wei Wang

75.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
1.6k papers, 36.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Wang has authored 1.6k papers receiving a total of 36.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 419 papers in Molecular Biology, 222 papers in Epidemiology and 182 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Wang's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (78 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (74 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (46 papers). Wei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (78 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (74 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (46 papers). Wei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Wang's co-authors include Robert W. Schrier, Youxin Wang, Xiuhua Guo, Haifeng Hou, Manshu Song, Brian D. Poole, Yuxiang Yan, Amit Mitra, Irving H. Zucker and Jun Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Wei Wang

1.5k papers receiving 36.0k citations

Hit Papers

Acute Renal Failure and Sepsis 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2012 2013 2004 2017 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. Acute Renal Failure and Sepsis
    2004 888 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  2. Hepatogastroenterology
    2012 582 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  3. Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in China, 1990–2010: a systematic review and analysis
    2013 537 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  4. Acute renal failure: definitions, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and therapy
    2004 505 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  5. Runx3 programs CD8+ T cell residency in non-lymphoid tissues and tumours
    2017 446 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  6. Medicine in the early twenty-first century: paradigm and anticipation - EPMA position paper 2016
    2016 287 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  7. Association of Depressive Symptoms With Incident Cardiovascular Diseases in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults
    2019 233 citations Zhiwei Li, Zhiyuan Wu et al. profile →
  8. Many brains are better than one: the importance of interdisciplinary studies on COVID-19 in and beyond tourism
    2020 148 citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
  9. Tourism as a dementia treatment based on positive psychology
    2022 74 citations Wei Wang 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 Wang China 82 10.4k 5.0k 4.1k 3.8k 3.6k 1.6k 36.6k
Xiang Gao China 88 10.1k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 779 29.5k
Chen Chen China 88 19.5k 1.9× 3.7k 0.7× 4.2k 1.0× 1.9k 0.5× 3.7k 1.0× 2.5k 51.4k
Gideon Koren Canada 116 5.6k 0.5× 6.4k 1.3× 2.8k 0.7× 4.7k 1.2× 6.9k 1.9× 1.8k 64.7k
Hui Chen China 83 10.6k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 1.4k 31.6k
André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands 92 12.1k 1.2× 3.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 4.2k 1.2× 673 44.7k
Rudi G. J. Westendorp Netherlands 92 4.0k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 577 30.7k
Debbie A. Lawlor United Kingdom 119 6.6k 0.6× 7.2k 1.4× 2.4k 0.6× 5.2k 1.4× 4.0k 1.1× 1.1k 65.4k
John Danesh United Kingdom 59 3.9k 0.4× 5.7k 1.1× 2.8k 0.7× 5.5k 1.4× 5.8k 1.6× 129 29.9k
Ning Wang China 84 15.3k 1.5× 3.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 34.9k
Rui Wang China 103 18.1k 1.7× 2.6k 0.5× 4.3k 1.1× 2.5k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 1.4k 54.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Wang 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 Wang. Wei Wang 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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Zhang, Lifang, Qingchao Zhang, Jiahui Chang, et al.. (2025). Lung-specific CRBN knockout attenuates influenza a virus-induced acute lung injury in mice: a potential therapeutic approach. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 83–83.
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Jin, Wang, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for the dual roles of DPW in lipid and UDP-sugar metabolism during rice anther development. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 222. 109762–109762.
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Dai, Bing, Liang Zhang, Jie Liu, et al.. (2025). Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease. 19. 2703902810–2703902810. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiaying, Yuan Gao, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Severe metabolic accumulation of VV116 in kidney transplant patients with impaired renal function: a case series report. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1501813–1501813. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Fei Yan, Xueqin Xie, et al.. (2025). Related factors of turnover intention among general practitioners: a cross-sectional study in 6 provinces of China. BMC Primary Care. 26(1). 37–37.
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Zhou, Lin, Yuli Zhou, Yunfang Ding, et al.. (2024). Digital tool assessment for the community management of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Yiwu city, China: evidence from real world data in 2020. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1320904–1320904. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Kai Lü, Qianqian Du, et al.. (2024). Association between depressive duration and cognitive decline in middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study 2010–2018. Journal of Affective Disorders. 364. 286–294. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Social insurance contributions and labor income share—Evidence from China's Social Insurance Law. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 97. 102103–102103.
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Zhu, Lifang, Luyang Zhang, Yun‐Hui Chu, et al.. (2024). Causal association between the peripheral immunity and the risk and disease severity of multiple sclerosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1325938–1325938. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhiyuan, Jinqi Wang, Haiping Zhang, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal association of remnant cholesterol with joint arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis progression beyond LDL cholesterol. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 42–42. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2023). The mechanism of simultaneous intake of Jujuboside A and B in the regulation of sleep at the hypothalamic level. Aging. 15(18). 9426–9437. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Lin, et al.. (2023). Serum CA724 has no diagnostic value for gastrointestinal tumors. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 23(6). 2433–2442. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Yalin, Tianyi Wang, Xuechun Fan, et al.. (2021). Maternal genetic history of southern East Asians over the past 12,000 years. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(10). 899–907. 8 indexed citations
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Chu, Qiaoyun, et al.. (2013). Overexpression of hCLP46 enhances Notch activation and regulates cell proliferation in a cell type‐dependent manner. Cell Proliferation. 46(3). 254–262. 18 indexed citations
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Du, Jie, Qiaoyun Chu, Youxin Wang, et al.. (2011). hCLP46 regulates U937 cell proliferation via Notch signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 408(1). 84–88. 26 indexed citations
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Peng, Xiaoxia, Shige Song, Sheena G. Sullivan, Jingjun Qiu, & Wei Wang. (2010). Ageing, the Urban-Rural Gap and Disability Trends: 19 Years of Experience in China - 1987 to 2006. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12129–e12129. 44 indexed citations
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Hao, Jing, Kuncheng Li, Yanhui Yang, et al.. (2005). A voxel-based MRI morphometric study of Alzheimer's disease. Zhonghua fangshexian yixue zazhi. 39(10). 1028–1033. 1 indexed citations

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