Wei Yu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Yu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Wei Yu's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (27 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (9 papers). Wei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (27 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (9 papers). Wei Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Yu's co-authors include Yao Zhu, Junlong Wu, Jian Pan, Stephen J. Freedland, Dingwei Ye, Dingwei Ye, Ying Zheng, Miao Mo, Yiu‐fai Cheung and Sophia J. Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yu

88 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Epidemiology and genomics of prostate cancer in Asian men

2021 174 citations Yao Zhu, Wei Yu 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 Yu China	18	577	359	359	309	219	96	1.4k
Kirtee Raparia United States	22	755 1.3×	288 0.8×	483 1.3×	243 0.8×	193 0.9×	58	1.7k
Hongjie Deng United States	16	401 0.7×	373 1.0×	389 1.1×	173 0.6×	154 0.7×	32	1.3k
Lucia Anemona Italy	21	285 0.5×	271 0.8×	302 0.8×	187 0.6×	222 1.0×	73	1.3k
Zoltàn Sápi Hungary	21	595 1.0×	457 1.3×	430 1.2×	227 0.7×	180 0.8×	116	1.6k
Ying Huang China	27	575 1.0×	259 0.7×	632 1.8×	275 0.9×	195 0.9×	101	2.0k
Soichiro Funaki Japan	22	683 1.2×	346 1.0×	616 1.7×	212 0.7×	192 0.9×	146	1.7k
Xiaoli Zhu China	17	379 0.7×	325 0.9×	392 1.1×	252 0.8×	87 0.4×	104	1.2k
Shanqing Li China	22	510 0.9×	467 1.3×	365 1.0×	419 1.4×	57 0.3×	115	1.3k
Moritz von Winterfeld Germany	16	378 0.7×	286 0.8×	577 1.6×	359 1.2×	99 0.5×	38	1.1k
Xiaodong Yang China	23	760 1.3×	534 1.5×	578 1.6×	398 1.3×	166 0.8×	102	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Yu 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 Yu. Wei Yu 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

He, Ying, Siying Xiang, Wei Yu, et al.. (2025). Development of sodium alginate–gelatin films containing Toona sinensis extract for extending the shelf life of strawberries. LWT. 238. 118878–118878.

Yu, Wei, Lei Lei, Lu Chen, et al.. (2025). Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities and mechanisms of Toona sinensis extracts against Bacillus cereus and its application in milk. Current Research in Food Science. 10. 101045–101045. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Complete duodenal disruption from blunt abdominal trauma successfully managed with multistage surgical and endoscopic interventions: a case report. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2025(11). rjaf955–rjaf955.

Pan, Jian, Junlong Wu, Bin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Interlesional response heterogeneity is associated with the prognosis of abiraterone treatment in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Med. 5(12). 1475–1484.e3. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinyu, Wenting Liu, Xiaojuan Hou, et al.. (2024). CD34+CLDN5+ tumor associated senescent endothelial cells through IGF2-IGF2R signaling increased cholangiocellular phenotype in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Advanced Research. 76. 511–528. 4 indexed citations

Su, Lili, Yiming Zhang, Wei Yu, et al.. (2024). A novel broadband underwater sound absorption metastructure with multi-oscillators. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 271. 109137–109137. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunyi, Pan Tian, Wei Yu, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic reader ZMYND11 noncanonical function restricts HNRNPA1-mediated stress granule formation and oncogenic activity. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 258–258. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Junlong, Jian Pan, Xiaomeng Li, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneity of Radiological Progression Patterns and Association with Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer. European Urology Oncology. 7(4). 897–905. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, Jian Pan, Shengming Jin, et al.. (2023). Prospective clinical sequencing of 1016 Chinese prostate cancer patients: uncovering genomic characterization and race disparity. Molecular Oncology. 17(10). 2183–2199. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Ulcerative Colitis Concomitant with Cytomegalovirus Infection, Bullous Sweet’s Syndrome, and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report and Literature Review. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 16. 3715–3723. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, Yingjian Zhang, Xiaoping Xu, et al.. (2020). A Prospective Trial of 68Ga-PSMA and 18F-FDG PET/CT in Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Patients with an Early PSA Progression During Castration. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(17). 4551–4558. 49 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Wenhao Xu, Mierxiati Abudurexiti, et al.. (2019). Low‐serum prostate‐specific antigen level predicts poor outcomes in patients with primary neuroendocrine prostate cancer. The Prostate. 79(13). 1563–1571. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, Junlong Wu, Weijie Gu, et al.. (2019). Germline DNA Repair Gene Mutation Landscape in Chinese Prostate Cancer Patients. European Urology. 76(3). 280–283. 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinyong, Wei Yu, Xiaoxi Fan, et al.. (2019). P1.14-10 The Landscape of RET Genomic Alterations in Chinese Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(10). S556–S556. 1 indexed citations

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Pacella, Ilenia, Claudio Procaccini, Chiara Focaccetti, et al.. (2018). Fatty acid metabolism complements glycolysis in the selective regulatory T cell expansion during tumor growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). E6546–E6555. 253 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huijuan, Baolin Qu, Lingling Meng, Wei Yu, & Lin Ma. (2018). Clinical observation of short-term efficacies of different hypofractionated radiation therapies after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 39(4). 524–532. 2 indexed citations

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Tao, Hongwei, et al.. (2017). Developmental dislocation of the hip in infants: the hip′s ultrasound quantitative analysis. 14(3). 210–219. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, et al.. (2016). Equol protects PC12 neuronal cells against hypoxia/reoxygenation injury in vitro by reducing reactive oxygen species production.. PubMed. 36(1). 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, et al.. (2013). NEW 3D SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES GLOBAL IMPAIRMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MECHANICS WITH A HIGH SENSITIVITY IN CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E859–E859. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, et al.. (2013). New Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Identifies Global Impairment of Left Ventricular Mechanics with a High Sensitivity in Childhood Cancer Survivors. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 26(8). 846–852. 52 indexed citations

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