Weidong Yang

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Weidong Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weidong Yang has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weidong Yang's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (38 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (14 papers). Weidong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (38 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (14 papers). Weidong Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Weidong Yang's co-authors include A. Paul Alivisatos, Liang‐shi Li, Jiangtao Hu, Lin‐Wang Wang, Liberato Manna, Siegfried M. Musser, Peter C. Sercel, Hao Lee, Jiong Ma and R. Lowe-Webb and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Weidong Yang

90 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Linearly Polarized Emission from Colloidal Semiconductor ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 250 500 750 1000
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. Linearly Polarized Emission from Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Rods
    2001 1.0k citations Weidong Yang et al. profile →
  2. Band Gap Variation of Size- and Shape-Controlled Colloidal CdSe Quantum Rods
    2001 521 citations Weidong Yang et al. profile →

Peers

Weidong Yang
Erik Schäffer Germany
Thorsten Hugel Germany
Iddo Heller Netherlands
Wei Cheng United States
Rasmus R. Schröder Germany
Valentina Tozzini Italy
Jun‐ichi Hotta Japan
Gil U. Lee United States
Christoph Gerber Switzerland
Christian Kaiser United States
Erik Schäffer Germany
Weidong Yang
Citations per year, relative to Weidong Yang Weidong Yang (= 1×) peers Erik Schäffer

Countries citing papers authored by Weidong Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weidong Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Weidong Yang. 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 Weidong Yang. The network helps show where Weidong Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weidong Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weidong Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weidong 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 Weidong Yang. Weidong 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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Moore, Terry W., et al.. (2024). Flexible fluorine-thiol displacement stapled peptides with enhanced membrane penetration for the estrogen receptor/coactivator interaction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(12). 107991–107991. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2023). High-SPEED super-resolution SPEED microscopy to study primary cilium signaling in vivo. Methods in cell biology. 176. 181–197. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the complexity: assessing models describing the structure and function of the nuclear pore complex. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1245939–1245939. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2022). Speed Microscopy: High-Speed Single Molecule Tracking and Mapping of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport. Methods in molecular biology. 2502. 353–371. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Si, et al.. (2022). Unprotected peptide macrocyclization and stapling via a fluorine-thiol displacement reaction. Nature Communications. 13(1). 350–350. 20 indexed citations
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Malik, Poonam, Jose I. de las Heras, Flávia de Lima Alves, et al.. (2021). STING nuclear partners contribute to innate immune signaling responses. iScience. 24(9). 103055–103055. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2020). Numerical Solutions of Unsteady Boundary Layer Flow with a Time-Space Fractional Constitutive Relationship. Symmetry. 12(9). 1446–1446. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yichen, et al.. (2020). High-speed super-resolution imaging of rotationally symmetric structures using SPEED microscopy and 2D-to-3D transformation. Nature Protocols. 16(1). 532–560. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2019). Flow and heat transfer of double fractional Maxwell fluids over a stretching sheet with variable thickness. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 80. 204–216. 38 indexed citations
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Li, Yichen, Wangxi Luo, & Weidong Yang. (2018). Nuclear Transport and Accumulation of Smad Proteins Studied by Single-Molecule Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 114(9). 2243–2251. 12 indexed citations
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Luo, Wangxi, et al.. (2018). Application of High-speed Super-resolution SPEED Microscopy in Live Primary Cilium. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiong, Alexander Goryaynov, & Weidong Yang. (2016). Super-resolution 3D tomography of interactions and competition in the nuclear pore complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(3). 239–247. 48 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2016). O-GlcNAc-ylation in the Nuclear Pore Complex. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 9(2). 227–233. 18 indexed citations
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Verhey, Kristen J. & Weidong Yang. (2016). Permeability barriers for generating a unique ciliary protein and lipid composition. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 41. 109–116. 25 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiong, Biao Dong, Qizhao Wang, et al.. (2015). Super-resolution imaging of nuclear import of adeno-associated virus in live cells. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 2. 15047–15047. 52 indexed citations
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Goryaynov, Alexander & Weidong Yang. (2014). Role of Molecular Charge in Nucleocytoplasmic Transport. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88792–e88792. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong. (2013). Distinct, but not completely separate spatial transport routes in the nuclear pore complex. Nucleus. 4(3). 166–175. 25 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, et al.. (2007). Detection of Tobacco ringspot virus by RT-Realtime PCR. Acta Phytophylacica Sinica. 34(2). 157–160. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Weidong, Jeff Gelles, & Siegfried M. Musser. (2004). Imaging of single-molecule translocation through nuclear pore complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(35). 12887–12892. 214 indexed citations

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