Weiming Yu

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Weiming Yu is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiming Yu has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Weiming Yu's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (7 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers). Weiming Yu is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (7 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers). Weiming Yu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Weiming Yu's co-authors include Zu‐Lin Chen, Sidney Strickland, M. Laura Feltri, David J. Carey, Michael A. Chernousov, Lisa V. Goodrich, James R. Wright, Lawrence Wrabetz, Jessica M. Appler and Harvey B. Sarnat and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Weiming Yu

54 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Peripheral Regeneration 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Peripheral Regeneration
    2007 626 citations Zu‐Lin Chen, Weiming Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weiming Yu Canada 19 888 611 340 332 301 57 2.1k
Saud Sadiq United States 32 702 0.8× 880 1.4× 446 1.3× 141 0.4× 351 1.2× 85 2.8k
Sven Hendrix Belgium 30 613 0.7× 567 0.9× 272 0.8× 173 0.5× 596 2.0× 71 2.4k
Deborah Bartholdi Switzerland 19 948 1.1× 933 1.5× 476 1.4× 409 1.2× 151 0.5× 38 2.7k
Gregory L. Bennett United States 17 494 0.6× 943 1.5× 279 0.8× 186 0.6× 271 0.9× 21 2.3k
Antje Kroner Germany 29 775 0.9× 983 1.6× 418 1.2× 288 0.9× 1.1k 3.8× 55 3.8k
Jane Loughlin United Kingdom 20 511 0.6× 822 1.3× 208 0.6× 226 0.7× 408 1.4× 31 2.4k
Dongming Sun United States 22 530 0.6× 764 1.3× 255 0.8× 157 0.5× 189 0.6× 42 2.2k
Ehud Hauben Israel 29 714 0.8× 912 1.5× 441 1.3× 296 0.9× 1.2k 4.1× 51 3.7k
Kazim A. Sheikh United States 32 2.0k 2.2× 589 1.0× 162 0.5× 167 0.5× 295 1.0× 73 3.6k
Shoko Nakamura Japan 16 342 0.4× 766 1.3× 297 0.9× 266 0.8× 96 0.3× 83 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiming Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiming Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiming Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiming Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiming 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 Weiming Yu. Weiming Yu 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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Yang, Ting‐Hua, Angela Yen, Lifu Chen, et al.. (2024). Critical role of hepsin/TMPRSS1 in hearing and tectorial membrane morphogenesis: Insights from transgenic mouse models. Hearing Research. 453. 109134–109134.
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Wu, Zhen, Weiming Yu, Jie Luo, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive transcriptomic analysis unveils macrophage-associated genes for establishing an abdominal aortic aneurysm diagnostic model and molecular therapeutic framework. European journal of medical research. 29(1). 323–323. 3 indexed citations
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Chan, Elaine S., Lawrence de Koning, Weiming Yu, & Rati Chadha. (2023). C4d Staining Is Present in Normal Placentas From Pregnancies Prior to Pregnancy Loss Associated With Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis and Is Reduced by Immunomodulatory Therapy in Subsequent Pregnancies. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. 26(4). 374–387. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, et al.. (2021). Accelerating peripheral nerve regeneration using electrical stimulation of selected power spectral densities. Neural Regeneration Research. 17(4). 781–781.
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Brodehl, Andreas, Sara Hamilton, Steven C. Greenway, et al.. (2015). Mutations inFLNCare Associated with Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Human Mutation. 37(3). 269–279. 125 indexed citations
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Sarnat, Harvey B., Lothar Resch, Laura Flores‐Sarnat, & Weiming Yu. (2014). Precocious synapses in 13.5-week fetal holoprosencephalic cortex and cyclopean retina. Brain and Development. 36(6). 463–471. 12 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, et al.. (2011). Using Feature Selection Technique for Drug-Target Interaction Networks Prediction. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 18(36). 5687–5693. 11 indexed citations
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Carlson, Karen-Sue, Anita Ramnarain, Constantine Pavlides, et al.. (2010). Mesenchymal stem cells facilitate axon sorting, myelination, and functional recovery in paralyzed mice deficient in Schwann cell‐derived laminin. Glia. 59(2). 267–277. 46 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, Zu‐Lin Chen, Alison J. North, & Sidney Strickland. (2009). Laminin is required for Schwann cell morphogenesis. Journal of Cell Science. 122(7). 929–936. 56 indexed citations
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Chernousov, Michael A., Weiming Yu, Zu‐Lin Chen, David J. Carey, & Sidney Strickland. (2008). Regulation of Schwann cell function by the extracellular matrix. Glia. 56(14). 1498–1507. 154 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, et al.. (2007). Laminins in Peripheral Nerve Development and Muscular Dystrophy. Molecular Neurobiology. 35(3). 288–297. 30 indexed citations
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Dyack, Sarah, et al.. (2006). Fabry disease and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Pediatric Nephrology. 21(8). 1185–1188. 7 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, Robert B. Fraser, David A. Gaskin, Conrad V. Fernandez, & James R. Wright. (2005). C-Kit–positive metastatic malignant pigmented clear-cell epithelioid tumor arising from the kidney in a child without tuberous sclerosis. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 9(6). 330–334. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Hua, et al.. (2004). A RARE CASE OF INTERSTITIAL del(1)(p34.3p36.11) DIAGNOSED PRENATALLY. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. 23(4). 251–255. 7 indexed citations
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Resch, Lothar, Weiming Yu, Robert B. Fraser, et al.. (2002). T-cell/periodic acid-schiff stain: A useful tool in the evaluation of tubulointerstitial infiltrates as a component of renal allograft rejection. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 6(2). 122–124. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, et al.. (2001). Clinical analysis of West syndrome associated with phenylketonuria. Brain and Development. 23(7). 552–557. 21 indexed citations
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Yu, Weiming, et al.. (1994). Adaptation of enteroendocrine cells in response to jejunal-lleal transposition in the rat. Gastroenterology. 106(6). 1576–1583. 13 indexed citations

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