Wei-Dong Chen

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Wei-Dong Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei-Dong Chen has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Wei-Dong Chen's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers). Wei-Dong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers). Wei-Dong Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Wei-Dong Chen's co-authors include Yan‐Dong Wang, Qingqing Feng, Sanford D. Markowitz, Joseph Willis, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Frank Diehl, Niko Beerenwinkel and Siân Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Wei-Dong Chen

16 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

  1. Comparative lesion sequencing provides insights into tumor evolution
    2008 596 citations Siân Jones, Wei-Dong Chen 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei-Dong Chen United States 12 1.1k 715 615 447 237 16 1.9k
Toshio Seyama Japan 24 1.1k 0.9× 717 1.0× 355 0.6× 247 0.6× 188 0.8× 86 2.1k
Jaudah Al‐Maghrabi Saudi Arabia 27 851 0.8× 574 0.8× 374 0.6× 334 0.7× 355 1.5× 177 2.2k
William McCulloch United States 21 1.4k 1.2× 484 0.7× 512 0.8× 271 0.6× 226 1.0× 87 2.5k
Luca Bottiglieri Italy 19 571 0.5× 806 1.1× 907 1.5× 565 1.3× 275 1.2× 35 2.0k
Garth R. Anderson United States 26 866 0.8× 593 0.8× 612 1.0× 558 1.2× 110 0.5× 74 1.9k
Sina Dorudi United Kingdom 27 895 0.8× 946 1.3× 357 0.6× 566 1.3× 241 1.0× 55 2.2k
Marios Giannakis United States 20 1.0k 0.9× 981 1.4× 415 0.7× 448 1.0× 275 1.2× 60 2.2k
Rosa Ana Risques United States 26 966 0.9× 544 0.8× 534 0.9× 443 1.0× 183 0.8× 48 2.1k
M. Kay Washington United States 20 738 0.7× 556 0.8× 284 0.5× 232 0.5× 168 0.7× 34 1.6k
Paulo Pimentel de Assumpção Brazil 30 1.6k 1.4× 597 0.8× 924 1.5× 402 0.9× 435 1.8× 170 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei-Dong Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei-Dong Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei-Dong Chen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei-Dong Chen. The network helps show where Wei-Dong Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei-Dong Chen

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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So, Jae Young, Nicolas Skrypek, Howard H. Yang, et al.. (2020). Induction of DNMT3B by PGE2 and IL6 at Distant Metastatic Sites Promotes Epigenetic Modification and Breast Cancer Colonization. Cancer Research. 80(12). 2612–2627. 40 indexed citations
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Feng, Qingqing, Wei-Dong Chen, & Yan‐Dong Wang. (2018). Gut Microbiota: An Integral Moderator in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 151–151. 313 indexed citations
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Demchenko, Yulia N., Anna V. Roschke, Wei-Dong Chen, et al.. (2016). Frequent occurrence of large duplications at reciprocal genomic rearrangement breakpoints in multiple myeloma and other tumors. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(17). 8189–8198. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Chunmei, Xiuming Cui, Lei Lan, et al.. (2015). Research on output and quality of Panax notoginseng and annual change characteristics of N, P and K nutrients of planting soil under stereo-cultivation. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica. 40(15). 2930–6. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Xiuming, et al.. (2015). Light and temperature and their effects on photosynthesis characteristics of stereoscopic cultivation in Panax notoginseng. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica. 40(15). 2921–9. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhuoming, Scott M. Reba, Wei-Dong Chen, et al.. (2014). Regulation of mammalian siderophore 2,5-DHBA in the innate immune response to infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 211(6). 1197–1213. 58 indexed citations
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Ellis, Rodney J., Esther H. Zhou, Pingfu Fu, et al.. (2010). Ten-Year Outcomes: The Clinical Utility of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography Capromab Pendetide (Prostascint) in a Cohort Diagnosed With Localized Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 81(1). 29–34. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Meng, Wei-Dong Chen, Nickolas Papadopoulos, et al.. (2009). Sensitive digital quantification of DNA methylation in clinical samples. Nature Biotechnology. 27(9). 858–863. 265 indexed citations
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Jones, Siân, Wei-Dong Chen, Giovanni Parmigiani, et al.. (2008). Comparative lesion sequencing provides insights into tumor evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(11). 4283–4288. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Esther H., Rodney J. Ellis, Edward E. Cherullo, et al.. (2008). Radiotherapy and Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 73(1). 15–23. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei-Dong, Zhifen Han, Joel Skoletsky, et al.. (2005). Detection in Fecal DNA of Colon Cancer–Specific Methylation of the Nonexpressed Vimentin Gene. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 97(15). 1124–1132. 283 indexed citations
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Moinova, Helen, Wei-Dong Chen, Lanlan Shen, et al.. (2002). HLTF gene silencing in human colon cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(7). 4562–4567. 131 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei-Dong, Xiusheng Qin, Keunmyoung Lee, et al.. (2001). MMTV promoter hypomethylation is linked to spontaneous and MNU associated c-neu expression and mammary carcinogenesis in MMTV c-neu transgenic mice. Oncogene. 20(42). 6009–6017. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei-Dong, Gregory A. Otterson, Stan Lipkowitz, et al.. (1997). Apoptosis is associated with cleavage of a 5 kDa fragment from RB which mimics dephosphorylation and modulates E2F binding. Oncogene. 14(10). 1243–1248. 69 indexed citations
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Otterson, Gregory A., Wei-Dong Chen, Amy Coxon, Samir N. Khleif, & Frederic J. Kaye. (1997). Incomplete penetrance of familial retinoblastoma linked to germ-line mutations that result in partial loss of RB function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(22). 12036–12040. 77 indexed citations

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