Weihong Xu

20.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Weihong Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihong Xu has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Weihong Xu's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Weihong Xu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Weihong Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Weihong Xu's co-authors include Scott A. Oakes, Alana G. Lerner, Bradley J. Backes, Dan Han, Andrew Hagen, Feroz R. Papa, Lieselotte Vande Walle, John-Paul Upton, Jennifer G. Aparicio and Simon Tavaré and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Weihong Xu

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

IRE1α Kinase Activation Modes Control Alternate Endoribonuclease Outputs to Determine Divergent Cell Fates

2009 654 citations Dan Han, Alana G. Lerner et al. Cell profile →
A long noncoding RNA protects the heart from pathological hypertrophy

2014 572 citations Pei Han, Wei Li et al. Nature profile →
Genome-wide inactivation of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs)

2015 410 citations Weihong Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weihong Xu United States	20	1.6k	628	586	420	378	39	2.6k
Jianping Zhang China	28	3.0k 1.9×	312 0.5×	437 0.7×	245 0.6×	244 0.6×	63	3.7k
Feng Gu China	28	2.6k 1.6×	430 0.7×	169 0.3×	565 1.3×	345 0.9×	123	4.0k
Olivier Donzé Switzerland	25	2.3k 1.4×	301 0.5×	236 0.4×	253 0.6×	289 0.8×	35	3.5k
Tao Zhou China	30	2.0k 1.3×	269 0.4×	557 1.0×	184 0.4×	250 0.7×	99	2.8k
Chloé C. Féral France	27	1.6k 1.0×	472 0.8×	546 0.9×	166 0.4×	197 0.5×	59	2.9k
Eugene W. Krueger United States	27	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 2.9×	216 0.4×	258 0.6×	650 1.7×	42	4.2k
David E. Solow-Cordero United States	18	1.6k 1.0×	473 0.8×	418 0.7×	152 0.4×	298 0.8×	30	2.3k
Ansgar Santel Germany	27	3.5k 2.2×	270 0.4×	534 0.9×	94 0.2×	481 1.3×	38	4.1k
James F. Crish United States	29	1.4k 0.9×	817 1.3×	283 0.5×	123 0.3×	140 0.4×	50	2.7k
Michael E. Rothenberg United States	19	1.4k 0.9×	294 0.5×	249 0.4×	314 0.7×	108 0.3×	35	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weihong Xu

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

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Liu, An‐Bang, Ting-Ting Meng, Jianlin Chen, et al.. (2024). Global prevalence and disability-adjusted life years of hypertensive heart disease: A trend analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Journal of Global Health. 14. 4172–4172. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Weihong, Sundari Suresh, Michael A. Jensen, et al.. (2019). Community members in activated sludge as determined by molecular probe technology. Water Research. 168. 115104–115104. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Justin, Ulrich Schlecht, Weihong Xu, et al.. (2017). A method for high‐throughput production of sequence‐verified DNA libraries and strain collections. Molecular Systems Biology. 13(2). 913–913. 33 indexed citations

Suresh, Sundari, Ulrich Schlecht, Weihong Xu, et al.. (2016). Systematic Mapping of Chemical–Genetic Interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2016(9). pdb.top077701–pdb.top077701. 5 indexed citations

Suresh, Sundari, Ulrich Schlecht, Weihong Xu, et al.. (2016). Identification of Chemical–Genetic Interactions via Parallel Analysis of Barcoded Yeast Strains. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2016(9). pdb.prot088054–pdb.prot088054. 4 indexed citations

Seok, Junhee, Weihong Xu, Ronald W. Davis, & Wenzhong Xiao. (2015). RASA: Robust Alternative Splicing Analysis for Human Transcriptome Arrays. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11917–11917. 9 indexed citations

Lin, Xiaojie, Liming Yin, Qinghua Liu, et al.. (2015). The effects of panaxadiol saponins on megakaryocytic maturation and immune function in a mouse model of immune thrombocytopenia. Experimental Hematology. 43(5). 364–373. 16 indexed citations

Fu, Glenn K., Weihong Xu, Julie Wilhelmy, et al.. (2014). Molecular indexing enables quantitative targeted RNA sequencing and reveals poor efficiencies in standard library preparations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(5). 1891–1896. 68 indexed citations

Han, Pei, Wei Li, Jin Yang, et al.. (2014). A long non-coding RNA protects the heart from pathological hypertrophy. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Weihong, Sujatha Krishnakumar, Molly Miranda, et al.. (2014). Targeted and Highly Multiplexed Detection of Microorganisms by Employing an Ensemble of Molecular Probes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(14). 4153–4161. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Pei, Wei Li, Jin Yang, et al.. (2014). A long noncoding RNA protects the heart from pathological hypertrophy. Nature. 514(7520). 102–106. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlecht, Ulrich, Sundari Suresh, Weihong Xu, et al.. (2014). A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 263–263. 22 indexed citations

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Chiorazzi, Michael, Lixin Rui, Yandan Yang, et al.. (2013). Related F-box proteins control cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans and human lymphoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(10). 3943–3948. 51 indexed citations

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Han, Dan, Alana G. Lerner, Lieselotte Vande Walle, et al.. (2009). IRE1α Kinase Activation Modes Control Alternate Endoribonuclease Outputs to Determine Divergent Cell Fates. Cell. 138(3). 562–575. 654 indexed citations breakdown →

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Szyjka, Shawn J., Jennifer G. Aparicio, Christopher J. Viggiani, et al.. (2008). Rad53 regulates replication fork restart after DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes & Development. 22(14). 1906–1920. 74 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaohong, et al.. (2007). Effects of notoginosides on proliferation and upregulation of GR nuclear transcription factor in hematopoietic cells. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 28(5). 703–711. 18 indexed citations

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Lu, Yizhong, Weihong Xu, Fengguang Guo, et al.. (2007). Prokaryotic Expression and Allergenicity Assessment of Hygromycin B Phosphotransferase Protein Derived from Genetically Modified Plants. Journal of Food Science. 72(7). M228–32. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Huaqing Cai, Weihong Xu, Yuanlei Hu, & Zhongping Lin. (2002). CaMV 35S Promoter Directs β-Glucuronidase Expression in Ganoderma lucidum and Pleurotus citrinopileatus. Molecular Biotechnology. 20(3). 239–244. 20 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Weihong Xu, Huaqing Cai, Yuanlei Hu, & Zhongping Lin. (2001). PEG-mediated Transformation of Lentinus edodes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 43(10). 1089–1092. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Min, Hong‐Yan Bi, Wenwen Dong, et al.. (1999). A recombinant multi-epitope, multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate expressed in Escherichia coli.. PubMed. 112(8). 691–7. 3 indexed citations

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