Wei Wang

40.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
476 papers, 33.1k citations indexed

About

Wei Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Wang has authored 476 papers receiving a total of 33.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 203 papers in Molecular Biology, 128 papers in Materials Chemistry and 74 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wei Wang's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (102 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (45 papers). Wei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (102 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (45 papers). Wei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wei Wang's co-authors include Robert D. Skeel, Klaus Schulten, Laxmikant V. Kalé, Christophe Chipot, Rosemary Braun, James C. Gumbart, Emad Tajkhorshid, Elizabeth Villa, J. C. Phillips and Junmei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wei Wang

450 papers receiving 32.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD

2005 13.9k citations Wei Wang et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
Assessing the Performance of the MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA Methods. 1. The Accuracy of Binding Free Energy Calculations Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulations

2010 2.1k citations Wei Wang et al. profile →
Use of MM-PBSA in Reproducing the Binding Free Energies to HIV-1 RT of TIBO Derivatives and Predicting the Binding Mode to HIV-1 RT of Efavirenz by Docking and MM-PBSA

2001 628 citations Wei Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nano-structured smart hydrogels with rapid response and high elasticity

2013 602 citations Wei Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ and CO to multi-carbon compounds over Cu-based catalysts

2021 528 citations Wenchao Ma, Xiaoyang He et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Photocatalytic C–C Coupling from Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Oxide with Mixed-Valence Copper(I)/Copper(II)

2021 408 citations Wei Wang, Chaoyuan Deng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Hydrogel tapes for fault-tolerant strong wet adhesion

2021 238 citations Bin Xue, Wenting Yu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Azobenzene as a photoswitchable mechanophore

2023 89 citations Yiran Li, Bin Xue et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Wang China	65	16.8k	6.7k	4.6k	3.2k	3.0k	476	33.1k
Giovanni Bussi Italy	38	13.5k 0.8×	6.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	4.5k 1.4×	1.4k 0.5×	102	25.2k
Jeremy C. Smith United States	92	32.0k 1.9×	7.8k 1.2×	5.5k 1.2×	5.7k 1.8×	2.5k 0.8×	848	58.8k
Darrin M. York United States	52	20.8k 1.2×	6.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	6.0k 1.9×	1.3k 0.4×	251	35.4k
Andrew Dalke United States	9	26.7k 1.6×	13.0k 1.9×	5.9k 1.3×	5.1k 1.6×	2.5k 0.8×	13	56.0k
Roland Schulz United States	13	13.0k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	23	24.7k
Alan E. Mark Australia	74	26.8k 1.6×	8.1k 1.2×	4.7k 1.0×	7.6k 2.3×	2.4k 0.8×	242	44.1k
Julian Tirado‐Rives United States	46	12.9k 0.8×	7.5k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	6.1k 1.9×	1.0k 0.3×	100	31.2k
Szilárd Páll Sweden	6	13.3k 0.8×	4.0k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	15	24.9k
Ruhong Zhou China	78	8.9k 0.5×	11.8k 1.8×	7.3k 1.6×	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	452	25.4k
Davide Donadio United States	45	7.6k 0.5×	8.1k 1.2×	2.7k 0.6×	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	152	21.5k

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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

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Xue, Bin, Xu Han, Qian Li, et al.. (2025). Hydrogels with prestressed tensegrity structures. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3637–3637. 11 indexed citations

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Zhan, Yu, Yi-Ting Wu, Dongxu Gao, et al.. (2024). Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α as a biomarker for individuals under hypoxia duration and pattern in fat greenling Hexagrammos otakii. Aquaculture Reports. 39. 102459–102459. 1 indexed citations

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Bai, Ming, Yanru Chen, Liu Zhu, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired adaptive lipid-integrated bilayer coating for enhancing dynamic water retention in hydrogel-based flexible sensors. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10569–10569. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Design of self-deployable origami utilizing rigid-elastic coupling spherical mechanism. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 201. 105749–105749. 4 indexed citations

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Du, Mingyang, Rihao Cong, Ao Li, et al.. (2024). Genotype‐by‐Environment Effects of Cis‐Variations in the Atgl Promoter Mediate the Divergent Pattern of Phenotypic Plasticity for Temperature Adaptation in Two Congeneric Oyster Species. Molecular Ecology. 34(3). e17623–e17623. 3 indexed citations

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Jia, Xiaofang, Wei Wang, Min Wu, et al.. (2024). Empirical assessment of the enrichment-based metagenomic methods in identifying diverse respiratory pathogens. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24493–24493.

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Chen, Yixiang, et al.. (2023). Highly sensitive and durable MXene/SBS nanofiber-based multifunctional sensors via thiol-ene click chemistry. Chemical Engineering Journal. 467. 143408–143408. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuqin, et al.. (2023). Collective motions of fish originate from balanced local perceptual interactions and individual stochastics. Physical review. E. 107(2). 24411–24411. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Song, Li Wang, G. Lanzi, et al.. (2022). Hibifolin, a Natural Sortase A Inhibitor, Attenuates the Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus and Enhances the Antibacterial Activity of Cefotaxime. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(4). e0095022–e0095022. 28 indexed citations

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Ji, Wei, Hui Yuan, Bin Xue, et al.. (2022). Co‐Assembly Induced Solid‐State Stacking Transformation in Amino Acid‐Based Crystals with Enhanced Physical Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(17). e202201234–e202201234. 46 indexed citations

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Ji, Wei, Hui Yuan, Bin Xue, et al.. (2022). Co‐Assembly Induced Solid‐State Stacking Transformation in Amino Acid‐Based Crystals with Enhanced Physical Properties. Angewandte Chemie. 134(17). 6 indexed citations

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Tan, Cheng, et al.. (2022). Role of water-bridged interactions in metal ion coupled protein allostery. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(6). e1010195–e1010195. 8 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qin, Liuzhou Gao, Linlin Yang, et al.. (2021). Rational design of the nickel‐borane complex for efficient hydrogenation of styrene. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 42(8). 545–551. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Wenchao, Xiaoyang He, Wei Wang, et al.. (2021). Electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ and CO to multi-carbon compounds over Cu-based catalysts. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(23). 12897–12914. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Wei, Chaoyuan Deng, Shijie Xie, et al.. (2021). Photocatalytic C–C Coupling from Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Oxide with Mixed-Valence Copper(I)/Copper(II). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(7). 2984–2993. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Wenmao, Xin Wu, Xiang Gao, et al.. (2019). Maleimide–thiol adducts stabilized through stretching. Nature Chemistry. 11(4). 310–319. 221 indexed citations

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Yu, Wenting, Wenxu Sun, Bin Xue, et al.. (2019). Tuning of the dynamics of metal ion crosslinked hydrogels by network structures. Soft Matter. 15(22). 4423–4427. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Yiran, Tiankuo Wang, L. Xia, et al.. (2017). Single-molecule study of the synergistic effects of positive charges and Dopa for wet adhesion. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 5(23). 4416–4420. 60 indexed citations

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Xu, Chengcheng, et al.. (2015). Analyzing Travel Time and Frequency of E-bike Trips by Men and Women Using Hazard-Based Duration and Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Models. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Chia‐en A., William A. McLaughlin, Riccardo Baron, Wei Wang, & J. Andrew McCammon. (2008). Entropic contributions and the influence of the hydrophobic environment in promiscuous protein–protein association. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7456–7461. 66 indexed citations

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