Weiqiang Chen

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Weiqiang Chen is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiqiang Chen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Weiqiang Chen's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). Weiqiang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). Weiqiang Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Weiqiang Chen's co-authors include Suan‐Sin Foo, Suresh Mahalingam, Lara J. Herrero, Jae U. Jung, Adam Taylor, Jianning Ge, Shin-Ae Lee, Felicity J. Burt, Qiming Liang and Jianxiong Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Weiqiang Chen

52 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Zika Virus NS4A and NS4B Proteins Deregulate Akt-mTOR Signaling in Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells to Inhibit Neurogenesis and Induce Autophagy

2016 394 citations Qiming Liang, Zhifei Luo et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Chikungunya virus: an update on the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen

2017 306 citations Felicity J. Burt, Weiqiang Chen et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiqiang Chen United States	21	1.1k	998	444	349	318	54	2.0k
Adam Taylor Australia	24	934 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	291 0.7×	424 1.2×	295 0.9×	58	2.0k
Ricardo Khouri Brazil	21	942 0.9×	550 0.6×	463 1.0×	261 0.7×	248 0.8×	97	1.6k
Marion C. Lanteri United States	32	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	616 1.4×	464 1.3×	708 2.2×	83	3.2k
Saguna Verma United States	24	782 0.7×	741 0.7×	233 0.5×	367 1.1×	487 1.5×	43	2.0k
Abhay P. S. Rathore Singapore	25	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	243 0.5×	244 0.7×	541 1.7×	45	2.3k
Henry Puerta‐Guardo United States	21	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.5×	375 0.8×	215 0.6×	276 0.9×	39	2.4k
Renato Santana Aguiar Brazil	20	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	638 1.4×	423 1.2×	257 0.8×	76	2.6k
Yee‐Shin Lin Taiwan	23	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	158 0.4×	349 1.0×	280 0.9×	53	2.1k
Silvio Urcuqui‐Inchima Colombia	27	638 0.6×	658 0.7×	255 0.6×	829 2.4×	486 1.5×	85	2.6k
Luciana Barros de Arruda Brazil	21	580 0.5×	431 0.4×	295 0.7×	240 0.7×	361 1.1×	42	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiqiang Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiqiang Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiqiang Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiqiang 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 Weiqiang Chen. Weiqiang Chen 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

Husni, M. Elaine, et al.. (2025). Emerging and underrecognized viral triggers of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease flares. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 22(2). 118–131.

Zhang, Pengcheng, Boyi Yu, Weiqiang Chen, & Qiang Li. (2025). Comparative analysis of gold nanoparticles coated with various surface-coatings on radiosensitization of melanoma. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 233. 112716–112716. 1 indexed citations

Vasconcelos, Zilton, Karin Nielsen‐Saines, Xianfang Wu, et al.. (2024). Transplacental SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF8 binds to complement C1q to trigger fetal inflammation. The EMBO Journal. 43(22). 5494–5529. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Stephanie, Jianning Ge, Do-Kyun Kim, et al.. (2024). TXNIP-mediated crosstalk between oxidative stress and glucose metabolism. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0292655–e0292655. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Dajie, Mary Catherine Cambou, Tara Kerin, et al.. (2023). Neuromotor repertoires in infants exposed to maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 13(1). e069194–e069194. 20 indexed citations

Chen, Weiqiang, Shu Zhu, Xiaoling Qiang, et al.. (2023). Development of Procathepsin L (pCTS-L)-Inhibiting Lanosterol-Carrying Liposome Nanoparticles to Treat Lethal Sepsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(10). 8649–8649. 7 indexed citations

Xie, Ziyan, Yaolei Mi, Shanshan Chen, et al.. (2023). Cannabis sativa: origin and history, glandular trichome development, and cannabinoid biosynthesis. Horticulture Research. 10(9). uhad150–uhad150. 33 indexed citations

Lin, Leilei, et al.. (2022). Oleanolic acid-loaded nanoparticles attenuate activation of hepatic stellate cells via suppressing TGF-β1 and oxidative stress in PM2.5-exposed hepatocytes. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 437. 115891–115891. 14 indexed citations

Zhu, Shu, Xiaoling Qiang, Weiqiang Chen, et al.. (2021). Endogenous Regulation and Pharmacological Modulation of Sepsis-Induced HMGB1 Release and Action: An Updated Review. Cells. 10(9). 2220–2220. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Xing Chen, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2020). <p>4-Octyl Itaconate Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation</p>. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 14. 5547–5558. 65 indexed citations

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Burt, Felicity J., Weiqiang Chen, Jonathan J. Miner, et al.. (2017). Chikungunya virus: an update on the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17(4). e107–e117. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yan‐Hui, et al.. (2016). Effects of gallic acid on metabolism and residues of enrofloxacin in common carp Cyprinus carpio. 31(6). 662. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Qiming, Zhifei Luo, Jianxiong Zeng, et al.. (2016). Zika Virus NS4A and NS4B Proteins Deregulate Akt-mTOR Signaling in Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells to Inhibit Neurogenesis and Induce Autophagy. Cell stem cell. 19(5). 663–671. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Weiqiang, Adam Taylor, Xing Yu, et al.. (2015). Role of Pentraxin 3 in Shaping Arthritogenic Alphaviral Disease: From Enhanced Viral Replication to Immunomodulation. PLoS Pathogens. 11(2). e1004649–e1004649. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Weiqiang, Suan‐Sin Foo, Nestor E. Rulli, et al.. (2014). Arthritogenic alphaviral infection perturbs osteoblast function and triggers pathologic bone loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(16). 6040–6045. 93 indexed citations

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Burt, Felicity J., Weiqiang Chen, & Suresh Mahalingam. (2014). Chikungunya virus and arthritic disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 14(9). 789–790. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Weiqiang, Suan‐Sin Foo, Adam Taylor, et al.. (2014). Bindarit, an Inhibitor of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein Synthesis, Protects against Bone Loss Induced by Chikungunya Virus Infection. Journal of Virology. 89(1). 581–593. 96 indexed citations

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Herrero, Lara J., Michelle E. Gahan, Michelle Nelson, et al.. (2012). Dengue virus therapeutic intervention strategies based on viral, vector and host factors involved in disease pathogenesis. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 137(2). 266–282. 42 indexed citations

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Wong, Kok Loon, et al.. (2012). Susceptibility and Response of Human Blood Monocyte Subsets to Primary Dengue Virus Infection. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36435–e36435. 56 indexed citations

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Chen, Weiqiang. (2005). Antioxidative effects of soybean isoflavone active-extracts in AD mice. Zhongguo linchuang yaolixue yu zhiliaoxue. 1 indexed citations

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