Wei Yan

13.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
209 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yan has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cancer Research and 46 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Yan's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (42 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (34 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (29 papers). Wei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (42 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (34 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (29 papers). Wei Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Finland. Wei Yan's co-authors include Huili Zheng, Seungil Ro, Kenton M. Sanders, Chanjae Park, Martin M. Matzuk, Chong Tang, Shuiqiao Yuan, Jianqiang Bao, Kathleen H. Burns and Jorma Toppari and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yan

199 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

ALKBH5-dependent m6A demethylation controls splicing and stability of long 3′-UTR mRNAs in male germ cells

2017 412 citations Chong Tang, Rachel Klukovich et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Yan United States	57	5.8k	2.7k	2.6k	2.3k	1.9k	209	9.8k
Jiahao Sha China	47	5.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	234	8.6k
John R. McCarrey United States	51	6.8k 1.2×	980 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	4.5k 1.9×	1.9k 1.0×	154	9.5k
Liying Yan China	45	4.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	849 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	189	7.8k
Robert Sullivan Canada	52	5.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	128	9.5k
Mitinori Saitou Japan	67	15.0k 2.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	4.1k 1.8×	3.7k 2.0×	158	19.0k
Michael D. Griswold United States	62	5.8k 1.0×	856 0.3×	6.8k 2.6×	4.1k 1.8×	4.1k 2.2×	156	12.6k
Qing‐Yuan Sun China	60	7.9k 1.4×	717 0.3×	3.5k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	7.4k 4.0×	467	13.7k
Tomohiro Kono Japan	45	6.8k 1.2×	838 0.3×	801 0.3×	3.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	182	9.2k
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Switzerland	52	13.6k 2.3×	1.2k 0.4×	826 0.3×	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	95	15.6k
Berenice B. Mendonça Brazil	65	8.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	5.6k 2.4×	1.4k 0.7×	533	15.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yan

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

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Sun, Qiu, Yan Deng, Yuying Feng, et al.. (2025). Multiscale biased chemical space remodeling for developing APLNR agonists with anti-HFpEF efficacy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2423432122–e2423432122.

Magalhães, Rubens Daniel Miserani, Eliciane Cevolani Mattos, Mohammad Abdul Mannan, et al.. (2025). A spatial transcriptomic atlas of the host response to oropharyngeal candidiasis. mBio. 16(8). e0084925–e0084925.

Liu, Zhiyu, et al.. (2025). Pharmacological Characterization of Dopamine Receptor DRD1 Variants and Exploration of Their Allosteric Activation. Biochemistry. 64(10). 2200–2211.

Yang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Expression and Correlation Research of MicroRNA10a-5p and PIK3CA in Middle Ear Cholesteatoma. The Journal of International Advanced Otology. 19(3). 212–216. 4 indexed citations

Li, Congxin, Wenting Wu, Wei Yan, et al.. (2023). Berberine attenuates sunitinib-induced cardiac dysfunction by normalizing calcium regulation disorder via SGK1 activation. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 175. 113743–113743. 8 indexed citations

Xie, Jiaheng, et al.. (2023). Advances in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management. Volume 19. 361–368. 9 indexed citations

Li, Han, Jianping Huang, Xinbo Lian, et al.. (2023). Impact of human mobility on the epidemic spread during holidays. Infectious Disease Modelling. 8(4). 1108–1116. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Wei, Guangyu Li, Xitian Peng, et al.. (2023). Molecular Mechanisms of Tebuconazole Affecting the Social Behavior and Reproduction of Zebrafish. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(5). 3928–3928. 18 indexed citations

Tang, Chong, Yeming Xie, Mei Guo, & Wei Yan. (2021). AASRA: an anchor alignment-based small RNA annotation pipeline†. Biology of Reproduction. 105(1). 267–277. 23 indexed citations

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Sadler‐Riggleman, Ingrid, Rachel Klukovich, Eric Nilsson, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of testis pathology and Sertoli cell epimutations: generational origins of male infertility. Current Zoology. 5(3). dvz013–dvz013. 34 indexed citations

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Klukovich, Rachel, Eric Nilsson, Ingrid Sadler‐Riggleman, et al.. (2019). Environmental Toxicant Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Prostate Pathology and Stromal-Epithelial Cell Epigenome and Transcriptome Alterations: Ancestral Origins of Prostate Disease. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2209–2209. 26 indexed citations

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Maamar, Millissia Ben, Ingrid Sadler‐Riggleman, Daniel Beck, et al.. (2018). Alterations in sperm DNA methylation, non-coding RNA expression, and histone retention mediate vinclozolin-induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease. Current Zoology. 4(2). dvy010–dvy010. 103 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Eric, Rachel Klukovich, Ingrid Sadler‐Riggleman, et al.. (2018). Environmental toxicant induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian pathology and granulosa cell epigenome and transcriptome alterations: ancestral origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome and primary ovarian insufficiency. Epigenetics. 13(8). 875–895. 51 indexed citations

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Sha, Yan-Wei, Xiong Wang, Zhiying Su, et al.. (2018). TDRD6 is associated with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia by sequencing the patient from a consanguineous family. Gene. 659. 84–88. 28 indexed citations

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Fededa, Juan Pablo, Christopher Esk, Beata E. Mierzwa, et al.. (2016). Micro RNA ‐34/449 controls mitotic spindle orientation during mammalian cortex development. The EMBO Journal. 35(22). 2386–2398. 47 indexed citations

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Ma, Lang, Gregory M. Buchold, Michael P. Greenbaum, et al.. (2009). Correction: GASZ Is Essential for Male Meiosis and Suppression of Retrotransposon Expression in the Male Germline. PLoS Genetics. 5(12). 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Wei, Kazuto Morozumi, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2008). Birth of Mice after Intracytoplasmic Injection of Single Purified Sperm Nuclei and Detection of Messenger RNAs and MicroRNAs in the Sperm Nuclei1. Biology of Reproduction. 78(5). 896–902. 70 indexed citations

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Lin, Yi‐Nan, Angshumoy Roy, Wei Yan, Kathleen H. Burns, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2007). Loss of Zona Pellucida Binding Proteins in the Acrosomal Matrix Disrupts Acrosome Biogenesis and Sperm Morphogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(19). 6794–6805. 194 indexed citations

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Greenbaum, Michael P., Wei Yan, Yi‐Nan Lin, et al.. (2006). TEX14 is essential for intercellular bridges and fertility in male mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(13). 4982–4987. 204 indexed citations

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Yatsenko, Alexander N., Angshumoy Roy, Ruihong Chen, et al.. (2006). Non-invasive genetic diagnosis of male infertility using spermatozoal RNA: KLHL10mutations in oligozoospermic patients impair homodimerization. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(23). 3411–3419. 103 indexed citations

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