Wei Yang

19.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
225 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Wei Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yang has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Yang's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (44 papers). Wei Yang is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (44 papers). Wei Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Wei Yang's co-authors include Marcin Nowotny, Roger Woodgate, Robert J. Crouch, Hong Ling, Changill Ban, François Boudsocq, Yang Gao, Thomas A. Steitz, Peggy Hsieh and Galina Obmolova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yang

220 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal Structure of a Y-Family DNA Polymerase in Action 2000 2026 2008 2017 2001 2000 2010 2013 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Crystal Structure of a Y-Family DNA Polymerase in Action
    2001 528 citations Roger Woodgate, Wei Yang et al. profile →
  2. Crystal structures of mismatch repair protein MutS and its complex with a substrate DNA
    2000 523 citations Wei Yang et al. Nature profile →
  3. Nucleases: diversity of structure, function and mechanism
    2010 515 citations Wei Yang profile →
  4. The Histone Mark H3K36me3 Regulates Human DNA Mismatch Repair through Its Interaction with MutSα
    2013 435 citations Wei Yang et al. profile →
  5. SARS-CoV-2: from its discovery to genome structure, transcription, and replication
    2021 175 citations Wei Yang 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 Yang United States 60 12.6k 2.4k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 225 14.9k
Ulrich Hübscher Switzerland 60 10.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 555 0.4× 1.7k 1.2× 898 0.7× 224 12.1k
Gregory L. Verdine United States 74 18.2k 1.4× 2.1k 0.9× 401 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 208 21.3k
Peter Burgers United States 77 14.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 988 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 370 0.3× 191 16.0k
Anastassis Perrakis Netherlands 59 12.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 435 0.3× 734 0.5× 622 0.5× 157 15.9k
C.H. Arrowsmith Canada 83 19.9k 1.6× 2.0k 0.8× 553 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 534 0.4× 363 23.7k
Samuel H. Wilson United States 93 25.2k 2.0× 3.2k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 4.0k 2.8× 2.9k 2.3× 500 29.3k
Janusz M. Bujnicki Poland 61 13.4k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 270 0.2× 1.9k 1.3× 535 0.4× 322 15.3k
Mike O’Donnell United States 82 19.0k 1.5× 8.3k 3.5× 829 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 368 0.3× 300 21.5k
Julian Adams United States 69 14.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 2.4k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 168 21.4k
Roger Woodgate United States 68 12.3k 1.0× 5.0k 2.1× 399 0.3× 2.7k 1.8× 354 0.3× 187 13.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Yang 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 Yang. Wei Yang 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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Yang, Xi, Xuemin Chen, Wei Yang, & Yves Pommier. (2025). Structural insights into human topoisomerase 3β DNA and RNA catalysis and nucleic acid gate dynamics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 834–834. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Lan, et al.. (2025). Dynamic assemblies and coordinated reactions of non-homologous end joining. Nature. 643(8072). 847–854. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Xin, Ziang Lu, Yafen Wang, et al.. (2024). Exonuclease-assisted enrichment and base resolution analysis of pseudouridine in single-stranded RNA. Chemical Science. 15(45). 19022–19028. 1 indexed citations
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Hamazaki, Nobuhiko, Wei Yang, Chengxiang Qiu, et al.. (2024). Retinoic acid induces human gastruloids with posterior embryo-like structures. Nature Cell Biology. 26(10). 1790–1803. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Wei, Jin Seok Kim, Xuemin Chen, et al.. (2023). Lesion recognition by XPC, TFIIH and XPA in DNA excision repair. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 79(a1). a328–a328. 1 indexed citations
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Wald‐Dickler, Noah, et al.. (2021). A Comparison of Methylprednisolone and Dexamethasone in Intensive Care Patients With COVID-19. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 36(6). 673–680. 61 indexed citations
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Vaisman, Alexandra, Martin A.M. Reijns, Erin Walsh, et al.. (2021). Novel Escherichia coli active site dnaE alleles with altered base and sugar selectivity. Molecular Microbiology. 116(3). 909–925. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Lan, Xuemin Chen, Huaibin Wang, et al.. (2021). Autophosphorylation transforms DNA-PK from protecting to processing DNA ends. Molecular Cell. 82(1). 177–189.e4. 54 indexed citations
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Xiao, Baichun & Wei Yang. (2020). A Bayesian learning model for estimating unknown demand parameter in revenue management. European Journal of Operational Research. 293(1). 248–262. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Yang, Yanxiang Cui, Tara Fox, et al.. (2019). Structures and operating principles of the replisome. Science. 363(6429). 107 indexed citations
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Yang, Wei, Michael M. Seidman, W. Dean Rupp, & Yang Gao. (2019). Replisome structure suggests mechanism for continuous fork progression and post-replication repair. DNA repair. 81. 102658–102658. 16 indexed citations
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Hu, Jingtao, Shaokang Chen, Yue Sun, et al.. (2019). Characterization of Embryonic Skin Transcriptome in Anser cygnoides at Three Feather Follicles Developmental Stages. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(2). 443–454. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Feiran, Yunhee Kang, Mengli Wang, et al.. (2018). Fragile X mental retardation protein modulates the stability of its m6A-marked messenger RNA targets. Human Molecular Genetics. 27(22). 3936–3950. 182 indexed citations
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Bourillon, Agnès, Wei Yang, Caroline Pouvelle, et al.. (2013). Correlation of Phenotype/Genotype in a Cohort of 23 Xeroderma Pigmentosum-Variant Patients Reveals 12 New Disease-CausingPOLHMutations. Human Mutation. 35(1). 117–128. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Wei, Lirong Tan, Shimo Li, et al.. (2011). Sensitive and specific detection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in soil using a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR). African Journal of Microbiology Research. 5(6). 708–713. 5 indexed citations
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Ramón‐Maiques, Santiago, Alex Kuo, Adam G. W. Matthews, et al.. (2007). The plant homeodomain finger of RAG2 recognizes histone H3 methylated at both lysine-4 and arginine-2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(48). 18993–18998. 162 indexed citations
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Nowotny, Marcin & Wei Yang. (2006). Stepwise analyses of metal ions in RNase H catalysis from substrate destabilization to product release. The EMBO Journal. 25(9). 1924–1933. 197 indexed citations
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Yang, Wei. (2003). Damage repair DNA polymerases Y. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 13(1). 23–30. 121 indexed citations

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