Weili Yang

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Weili Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Weili Yang has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Weili Yang's work include Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (6 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (5 papers). Weili Yang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (6 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (5 papers). Weili Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Weili Yang's co-authors include John B. Ohlrogge, Mike Pollard, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Xiao‐Jiang Li, Fred Beisson, Shihua Li, Mark A. Bernards, Jeffrey P. Simpson, Peng Yin and Michael Feig and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Weili Yang

37 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

PINK1-PRKN mediated mitophagy: differences between in vitro and in vivo models

2022 113 citations Shihua Li, Xiao‐Jiang Li et al. profile →
The future of sustainable farming: An evolutionary game framework for the promotion of agricultural green production technologies

2024 29 citations Weili Yang, Ye Ma et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weili Yang China	20	641	541	251	147	106	40	1.3k
Zhaojie Zhang United States	23	892 1.4×	184 0.3×	61 0.2×	153 1.0×	157 1.5×	62	1.6k
Yasuko Hayashi Japan	19	1.1k 1.6×	526 1.0×	194 0.8×	342 2.3×	172 1.6×	39	1.5k
Su Melser France	19	834 1.3×	288 0.5×	91 0.4×	111 0.8×	60 0.6×	25	1.3k
Hongge Li China	23	611 1.0×	541 1.0×	41 0.2×	77 0.5×	42 0.4×	116	1.5k
T. P. Reddy India	17	1.1k 1.7×	463 0.9×	88 0.4×	171 1.2×	107 1.0×	42	2.2k
Feifei Guan China	23	577 0.9×	98 0.2×	81 0.3×	99 0.7×	52 0.5×	64	1.6k
Jingwen Yu China	25	795 1.2×	353 0.7×	32 0.1×	77 0.5×	33 0.3×	53	1.6k
Hirokazu Fukui Japan	20	1.1k 1.7×	743 1.4×	50 0.2×	162 1.1×	86 0.8×	88	1.8k
Lingling Shi China	18	481 0.8×	147 0.3×	53 0.2×	117 0.8×	34 0.3×	58	974

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weili Yang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Weili, et al.. (2025). Developmental and neurotoxic effects of dimethyl phthalate on zebrafish embryos and larvae. Aquatic Toxicology. 279. 107241–107241. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xuemei, Yuxin Cao, Xin Wang, et al.. (2025). Homologous tumor cell exosome-based drug delivery system co-delivering temozolomide and resveratrol for orthotopic glioblastoma therapy. PubMed. 3. 100075–100075.

Zhang, Yongjia, Xiaoli Zhou, Weili Yang, et al.. (2025). Bifunctional sodium hyaluronate microneedle patches integrating 5α-reductase and ROS regulation for boosted hair regeneration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 321(Pt 2). 146316–146316.

Yang, Weili, et al.. (2024). The future of sustainable farming: An evolutionary game framework for the promotion of agricultural green production technologies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 460. 142606–142606. 29 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Chen, Xiang Wang, Dandan Li, et al.. (2024). Suppressing UBE2N ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology through the clearance of amyloid beta. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(9). 6287–6304. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaowei, Chunjing Guo, Weili Yang, et al.. (2024). Composite microneedles loaded with Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharide nanoparticles promote wound healing by curbing the ROS/NF-κB pathway to regulate macrophage polarization. Carbohydrate Polymers. 345. 122574–122574. 41 indexed citations

Luo, Siyuan, Perumal Ramesh Kannan, Weili Yang, et al.. (2024). Outer membrane vesicle-wrapped manganese nanoreactor for augmenting cancer metalloimmunotherapy through hypoxia attenuation and immune stimulation. Acta Biomaterialia. 181. 402–414. 9 indexed citations

Li, Ruijing, et al.. (2024). Folic acid mitigates the developmental and neurotoxic effects of bisphenol A in zebrafish by inhibiting the oxidative stress/JNK signaling pathway. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 288. 117363–117363. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Ye, et al.. (2024). Seeds of Cross-Sector Collaboration: A Multi-Agent Evolutionary Game Theoretical Framework Illustrated by the Breeding of Salt-Tolerant Rice. Agriculture. 14(2). 300–300. 2 indexed citations

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Yin, Peng, Shihua Li, Xiao‐Jiang Li, & Weili Yang. (2022). New pathogenic insights from large animal models of neurodegenerative diseases. Protein & Cell. 13(10). 707–720. 42 indexed citations

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Chen, Xing‐Xing, Yiran Zhang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2022). Differential expression and roles of Huntingtin and Huntingtin-associated protein 1 in the mouse and primate brains. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(11). 554–554. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuanying, Qiqing Sun, Chanjuan Hao, et al.. (2022). Identification of a novel variant in N-cadherin associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 944950–944950. 3 indexed citations

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Liang, Jing, Yongcheng Pan, Qiong Liu, et al.. (2021). Accumulation of Endogenous Mutant Huntingtin in Astrocytes Exacerbates Neuropathology of Huntington Disease in Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 58(10). 5112–5126. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Huiming, Su Yang, Jing Liang, et al.. (2020). Truncation of mutant huntingtin in knock-in mice demonstrates exon1 huntingtin is a key pathogenic form. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2582–2582. 55 indexed citations

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Yin, Peng, Qiong Liu, Yongcheng Pan, et al.. (2020). Phosphorylation of myelin regulatory factor by PRKG 2 mediates demyelination in Huntington's disease. EMBO Reports. 21(6). e49783–e49783. 21 indexed citations

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Yin, Peng, Xiangyu Guo, Weili Yang, et al.. (2019). Caspase-4 mediates cytoplasmic accumulation of TDP-43 in the primate brains. Acta Neuropathologica. 137(6). 919–937. 46 indexed citations

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Yang, Su, Huiming Yang, Renbao Chang, et al.. (2017). MANF regulates hypothalamic control of food intake and body weight. Nature Communications. 8(1). 579–579. 51 indexed citations

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Shaw, Vincent, Meng Zhang, Weili Yang, et al.. (2014). An annotated database of Arabidopsis mutants of acyl lipid metabolism. Plant Cell Reports. 34(4). 519–532. 45 indexed citations

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Yang, Weili, Mike Pollard, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, et al.. (2010). A distinct type of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase with sn -2 preference and phosphatase activity producing 2-monoacylglycerol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(26). 12040–12045. 158 indexed citations

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Yang, Weili & Mark A. Bernards. (2007). Metabolite profiling of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers during wound-induced suberization. Metabolomics. 3(2). 147–159. 57 indexed citations

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