Weiwei Yu

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Weiwei Yu is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwei Yu has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Weiwei Yu's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (24 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (17 papers). Weiwei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (24 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (17 papers). Weiwei Yu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Japan. Weiwei Yu's co-authors include Shilu Tong, Xiaochuan Pan, Pavla Vaneckova, Xiaofang Ye, Yuming Guo, Rodney Wolff, Kerrie Mengersen, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaoyu Wang and Wenbiao Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Weiwei Yu

33 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Ambient Temperature and Morbidity: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence

2011 523 citations Xiaofang Ye, Rodney Wolff et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiwei Yu Australia	19	1.5k	573	525	160	147	35	1.8k
Jianjun Xiang Australia	21	1.3k 0.9×	271 0.5×	583 1.1×	131 0.8×	107 0.7×	60	1.9k
Michela Leone Italy	11	1.3k 0.9×	538 0.9×	432 0.8×	161 1.0×	103 0.7×	16	1.4k
Junzhe Bao China	26	1.2k 0.8×	296 0.5×	281 0.5×	123 0.8×	236 1.6×	60	1.7k
Blesson M. Varghese Australia	17	1.2k 0.8×	273 0.5×	557 1.1×	109 0.7×	121 0.8×	47	1.5k
Chit Ming Wong Hong Kong	25	721 0.5×	203 0.4×	221 0.4×	79 0.5×	154 1.0×	50	1.7k
Xiaofang Ye China	17	1.1k 0.8×	346 0.6×	357 0.7×	115 0.7×	103 0.7×	41	1.4k
Giada Minelli Italy	18	567 0.4×	260 0.5×	164 0.3×	107 0.7×	157 1.1×	71	1.5k
Elisaveta P. Petkova United States	17	986 0.7×	322 0.6×	237 0.5×	137 0.9×	166 1.1×	27	1.3k
Chris Fook Sheng Ng Japan	24	876 0.6×	194 0.3×	208 0.4×	105 0.7×	147 1.0×	93	1.4k
D. Schram Netherlands	5	857 0.6×	361 0.6×	415 0.8×	76 0.5×	119 0.8×	6	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiwei Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiwei Yu

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

Yu, Weiwei, et al.. (2025). Association between the healthy eating index 2020 and heart failure among the U.S. middle-aged and older adults from NHANES 2005–2020: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1496379–1496379. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Xiaohui, et al.. (2022). A transmembrane protein family gene signature for overall survival prediction in osteosarcoma. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 937300–937300. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Ning, Sicheng Li, Lin Zhu, et al.. (2021). Genome-Wide Association Study of Meat Quality Traits in a Three-Way Crossbred Commercial Pig Population. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 614087–614087. 28 indexed citations

Gelaw, Yalemzewod Assefa, et al.. (2019). Effect of temperature and altitude difference on tuberculosis notification: A systematic review. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 11(2). 63–63. 33 indexed citations

Yu, Weiwei, Allen G. Ross, Remigio M. Olveda, et al.. (2016). Risk of human helminthiases: geospatial distribution and targeted control. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 55. 131–138. 6 indexed citations

Qiao, Zhen, Yuming Guo, Weiwei Yu, & Shilu Tong. (2015). Assessment of Short- and Long-Term Mortality Displacement in Heat-Related Deaths in Brisbane, Australia, 1996–2004. Environmental Health Perspectives. 123(8). 766–772. 62 indexed citations

Xu, Meimei, Weiwei Yu, Shilu Tong, et al.. (2015). Non-Linear Association between Exposure to Ambient Temperature and Children’s Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Beijing, China. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0126171–e0126171. 69 indexed citations

Madaniyazi, Lina, Yuming Guo, Weiwei Yu, & Shilu Tong. (2014). Projecting future air pollution-related mortality under a changing climate: progress, uncertainties and research needs. Environment International. 75. 21–32. 28 indexed citations

Yu, Weiwei, et al.. (2014). Non-Linear Association between Exposure to Ambient Temperature and Childrens Hand-Foot-And-Mouth Disease in Beijing, China. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2014(1). 4 indexed citations

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Bi, Yan, Weiwei Yu, Wenbiao Hu, et al.. (2013). Impact of climate variability on Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Yunnan Province, China. Parasites & Vectors. 6(1). 357–357. 45 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Kerrie Mengersen, Xiaoyu Wang, et al.. (2012). Daily average temperature and mortality among the elderly: a meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological evidence. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Wenbiao, et al.. (2012). Climate change and children’s health : a call for research onwhat works to protect children. Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Yuming Guo, Xiaofang Ye, et al.. (2011). The effect of various temperature indicators on different mortality categories in a subtropical city of Brisbane, Australia. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 30 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Kerrie Mengersen, Xiaoyu Wang, et al.. (2011). Daily average temperature and mortality among the elderly: a meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological evidence. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(4). 569–581. 173 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Kerrie Mengersen, Wenbiao Hu, et al.. (2011). Assessing the relationship between global warming and mortality: Lag effects of temperature fluctuations by age and mortality categories. Environmental Pollution. 159(7). 1789–1793. 47 indexed citations

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Ye, Xiaofang, Rodney Wolff, Weiwei Yu, et al.. (2011). Ambient Temperature and Morbidity: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence. Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(1). 19–28. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xiaoyu, Adrian Barnett, Weiwei Yu, et al.. (2011). The impact of heatwaves on mortality and emergency hospital admissions from non-external causes in Brisbane, Australia. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 69(3). 163–169. 106 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Pavla Vaneckova, Kerrie Mengersen, Xiaochuan Pan, & Shilu Tong. (2010). Is the association between temperature and mortality modified by age, gender and socio-economic status?. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Yuming, Adrian Barnett, Yanshen Zhang, et al.. (2010). The short-term effect of air pollution on cardiovascular mortality in Tianjin, China: Comparison of time series and case–crossover analyses. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(2). 300–306. 79 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Pavla Vaneckova, Kerrie Mengersen, Xiaochuan Pan, & Shilu Tong. (2010). Is the association between temperature and mortality modified by age, gender and socio-economic status?. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(17). 3513–3518. 155 indexed citations

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