Weiru Wang

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Weiru Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiru Wang has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weiru Wang's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (12 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (9 papers). Weiru Wang is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (12 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (9 papers). Weiru Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Weiru Wang's co-authors include Sung‐Hou Kim, Guowei Fang, Rosalind Kim, Hisao Yokota, Joachim Rudolph, Jaru Jancarik, Shannon L. Stroschein, Kunxin Luo, David Y. Chen and S. Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Weiru Wang

66 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Small-molecule ligands bind to a distinct pocket in Ras and inhibit SOS-mediated nucleotide exchange activity

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiru Wang United States	32	2.9k	705	510	389	353	67	3.9k
Maria Ruzzene Italy	41	4.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	252 0.5×	274 0.7×	665 1.9×	120	6.1k
Stefania Sarno Italy	41	3.7k 1.3×	897 1.3×	231 0.5×	423 1.1×	460 1.3×	79	4.9k
Jonathan M. Elkins United Kingdom	30	2.8k 1.0×	672 1.0×	329 0.6×	260 0.7×	533 1.5×	73	4.0k
Joerg Kallen Switzerland	31	1.9k 0.6×	738 1.0×	441 0.9×	100 0.3×	322 0.9×	58	3.6k
A. Chaikuad Germany	37	2.9k 1.0×	784 1.1×	234 0.5×	286 0.7×	349 1.0×	123	4.4k
Athan Kuliopulos United States	48	2.9k 1.0×	777 1.1×	326 0.6×	227 0.6×	398 1.1×	94	6.6k
Michael Höcker Germany	29	2.6k 0.9×	966 1.4×	233 0.5×	194 0.5×	236 0.7×	61	4.3k
Marcus F. Boehm United States	30	4.2k 1.4×	414 0.6×	1.2k 2.4×	244 0.6×	413 1.2×	71	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiru Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiru Wang

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Cioffi, Alexander G., Yi Lin, Michael B. Shaghafi, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for DCAF2 as a novel E3 ligase for PROTAC-mediated targeted protein degradation. Structure. 33(12). 2020–2028.e7. 1 indexed citations

Khalid, Muhammad Irfan, et al.. (2025). Blockchain enabled policy-based access control mechanism to restrict unauthorized access to electronic health records. PeerJ Computer Science. 11. e2647–e2647.

Chitre, Avantika S., Ping Wu, Benjamin T. Walters, et al.. (2024). HPK1 citron homology domain regulates phosphorylation of SLP76 and modulates kinase domain interaction dynamics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3725–3725. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Weiru, et al.. (2024). Combined Wind-Storage Frequency Modulation Control Strategy Based on Fuzzy Prediction and Dynamic Control. Energy Engineering. 121(12). 3801–3823. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianbiao, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Security and Privacy in Healthcare: A Conceptual Model. 188–195. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jiaqi, Weiru Wang, Jiaojiao Ma, et al.. (2022). The rationale and potential for using Lactobacillus in the management of periodontitis. The Journal of Microbiology. 60(4). 355–363. 20 indexed citations

Thomas, Adrien Le, Elena Ferri, Scot A. Marsters, et al.. (2021). Decoding non-canonical mRNA decay by the endoplasmic-reticulum stress sensor IRE1α. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7310–7310. 41 indexed citations

Ferri, Elena, Adrien Le Thomas, Heidi Ackerly Wallweber, et al.. (2020). Activation of the IRE1 RNase through remodeling of the kinase front pocket by ATP-competitive ligands. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6387–6387. 30 indexed citations

Jaiswal, Bijay S., Steffen Durinck, Eric Stawiski, et al.. (2018). ERK Mutations and Amplification Confer Resistance to ERK-Inhibitor Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(16). 4044–4055. 47 indexed citations

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Nile, Aaron H., Susmith Mukund, Karen Stanger, Weiru Wang, & Rami N. Hannoush. (2017). Unsaturated fatty acyl recognition by Frizzled receptors mediates dimerization upon Wnt ligand binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(16). 4147–4152. 88 indexed citations

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Lee, Wendy, James J. Crawford, Ignacio Aliagas, et al.. (2016). Synthesis and evaluation of a series of 4-azaindole-containing p21-activated kinase-1 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(15). 3518–3524. 12 indexed citations

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Burdick, Daniel J., Shumei Wang, Christopher E. Heise, et al.. (2015). Fragment-based discovery of potent ERK2 pyrrolopyrazine inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(21). 4728–4732. 13 indexed citations

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Bourgon, Richard, Shan Lu, Yibing Yan, et al.. (2014). High-Throughput Detection of Clinically Relevant Mutations in Archived Tumor Samples by Multiplexed PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(8). 2080–2091. 52 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiru, Kristi Elkins, Angela Oh, et al.. (2014). Structural Basis for Resistance to Diverse Classes of NAMPT Inhibitors. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e109366–e109366. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiru, Guowei Fang, & Joachim Rudolph. (2012). Ras inhibition via direct Ras binding—is there a path forward?. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(18). 5766–5776. 82 indexed citations

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Toms, Angela V., Weiru Wang, Yingbo Li, Bruce Ganem, & S.E. Ealick. (2005). Novel multisubstrate inhibitors of mammalian purine nucleoside phosphorylase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(11). 1449–1458. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiru, Rosalind Kim, Jaru Jancarik, Hisao Yokota, & Sung‐Hou Kim. (2003). Crystal structure of a flavin‐binding protein from Thermotoga maritima. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 52(4). 633–635. 22 indexed citations

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Kim, Sung‐Hou, Weiru Wang, & Kyeong Kyu Kim. (2002). Dynamic and clustering model of bacterial chemotaxis receptors: Structural basis for signaling and high sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(18). 11611–11615. 128 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiru, Rosalind Kim, Hisao Yokota, et al.. (2001). BeF\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}\begin{equation*}{\mathrm{_{3}^{-}}}\end{equation*}\end{document} acts as a phosphate analog in proteins phosphorylated on aspartate: Structure of a BeF\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}\begin{equation*}{\mathrm{_{3}^{-}}}\end{equation*}\end{document} complex with phosphoserine phosphatase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(15). 8525–8530. 119 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiru, Rosalind Kim, Jaru Jancarik, Hisao Yokota, & Sung‐Hou Kim. (2001). Crystal Structure of Phosphoserine Phosphatase from Methanococcus jannaschii, a Hyperthermophile, at 1.8 Å Resolution. Structure. 9(1). 65–71. 125 indexed citations

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