Wei Yang

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yang has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Sensory Systems and 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wei Yang's work include Ion Channels and Receptors (37 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Wei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Ion Channels and Receptors (37 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Wei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Wei Yang's co-authors include Yulong Ding, Chunqing Tan, Haisheng Chen, Yongliang Li, Lin‐Hua Jiang, Peilin Yu, Jianhong Luo, Fan Yang, David J. Beech and Jie Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yang

125 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Progress in electrical energy storage system: A critical review

2009 2.8k citations Haisheng Chen, Wei Yang et al. Progress in Natural Science Materials International profile →
Baicalein ameliorates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting ferroptosis via regulating GPX4/ACSL4/ACSL3 axis

2022 146 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						Papers	Cites
Wei Yang China	34	1.9k	1.3k	874	751	695	132	6.0k
Yang Pu China	37	2.0k 1.1×	599 0.5×	252 0.3×	623 0.8×	99 0.1×	222	5.4k
Wei Chen China	47	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	221 0.3×	146 0.2×	73 0.1×	336	8.9k
Yonghong Chen China	45	2.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	36 0.0×	62 0.1×	382 0.5×	376	9.0k
Yue Wang China	39	3.7k 2.0×	570 0.4×	13 0.0×	782 1.0×	1.5k 2.2×	462	6.5k
Hiroshi Takahashi Japan	30	449 0.2×	690 0.5×	75 0.1×	133 0.2×	320 0.5×	263	3.5k
Na Qin China	56	1000 0.5×	4.1k 3.1×	1.6k 1.9×	96 0.1×	760 1.1×	465	12.5k
Tae Hwan Oh South Korea	49	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.7×	56 0.1×	209 0.3×	26 0.0×	432	8.9k
Yankun Li China	37	677 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	30 0.0×	357 0.5×	132 0.2×	173	6.0k
Kôji Yamada Japan	51	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	45 0.1×	50 0.1×	161 0.2×	427	9.2k
Bei Wang China	42	945 0.5×	2.5k 1.9×	76 0.1×	51 0.1×	60 0.1×	272	8.7k

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xia, Bin, Wei Yang, Junwei Shi, Li‐Chen Wang, & Zeang Zhao. (2025). The impact attenuation behavior of three-dimensional soft elastomeric lattices. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters. 15(3). 100579–100579. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Kai, et al.. (2025). Research Progress on the Association Between Sarcopenic Obesity and Atherosclerosis: Current Status and Challenges. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(22). 8148–8148.

Jiang, Peiran, Longfei Ye, Min Liu, et al.. (2025). PRAG1 Condensation Drives Cell Contraction Under Stress. Biomolecules. 15(3). 379–379. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Zijing, Fei Dai, Yifan Ge, et al.. (2024). Mechanical activation opens a lipid-lined pore in OSCA ion channels. Nature. 628(8009). 910–918. 43 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoxiao, Xiaoyu Zhou, Zhenni Yang, et al.. (2023). Ligand activation mechanisms of human KCNQ2 channel. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6632–6632. 21 indexed citations

Cai, Xiaobo, Jiawen Yang, Lin Lu, et al.. (2023). TRPM2 regulates cell cycle through the Ca2+-CaM-CaMKII signaling pathway to promote HCC. Hepatology Communications. 7(5). 10 indexed citations

Zhu, Kaiyi, Lu Chen, Shiqi Liu, et al.. (2023). Effects of HMGB1/RAGE/cathespin B inhibitors on alleviating hippocampal injury by regulating microglial pyroptosis and caspase activation in neonatal hypoxic–ischemic brain damage. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(3). 410–426. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Han‐Wei, Xiafei Yu, Zhen-Qi Liu, et al.. (2023). Bilirubin gates the TRPM2 channel as a direct agonist to exacerbate ischemic brain damage. Neuron. 111(10). 1609–1625.e6. 25 indexed citations

Su, Nannan, Heng Zhang, Lingyi Xu, et al.. (2022). Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands. Nature Chemical Biology. 19(1). 72–80. 28 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ling, Zhenzhen Yan, Jing Yao, et al.. (2022). Structural mechanisms for the activation of human cardiac KCNQ1 channel by electro-mechanical coupling enhancers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(45). e2207067119–e2207067119. 30 indexed citations

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Zhao, Cheng, Yuan Xie, Lizhen Xu, et al.. (2022). Structures of a mammalian TRPM8 in closed state. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3113–3113. 34 indexed citations

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Wu, Lijuan, Xingyu Liu, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2021). Deficiency of ROS‐Activated TRPM2 Channel Protects Neurons from Cerebral Ischemia‐Reperfusion Injury through Upregulating Autophagy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 7356266–7356266. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Han, Hongwei Jin, Xiaobo Cai, et al.. (2021). Design, synthesis and biological activities of benzo[d]imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole derivatives as TRPM2-specfic inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 225. 113750–113750. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, Jiaqi Su, Mingjing Li, et al.. (2021). Myricetin Induces Autophagy and Cell Cycle Arrest of HCC by Inhibiting MARCH1-Regulated Stat3 and p38 MAPK Signaling Pathways. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 709526–709526. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Si, Shenghai Chang, Lingyi Xu, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structures of the human cation-chloride cotransporter KCC1. Science. 366(6464). 505–508. 60 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Xian Xiao, Bo Hyun Lee, et al.. (2018). The conformational wave in capsaicin activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 ion channel. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2879–2879. 74 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, et al.. (2017). The role of brain-gut peptides in mood disorders. Biomedical Research-tokyo. 28(13). 5793–5804. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, Wen Lu, Lin Peng, et al.. (2016). Increased Src Family Kinase Activity Disrupts Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Impairs Remote Fear Memory in Forebrain Shp2-Deficient Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 54(9). 7235–7250. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Haisheng, et al.. (2009). Progress in electrical energy storage system: A critical review. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 19(3). 291–312. 2796 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiaodong, Wei Zhang, Jun Zhou, et al.. (2009). Modeling and simulation of ion channels and action potentials in taste receptor cells. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 52(11). 1036–1047. 6 indexed citations

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