Weiying Lin

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Weiying Lin is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiying Lin has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Spectroscopy, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Weiying Lin's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (28 papers), Sulfur Compounds in Biology (18 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (16 papers). Weiying Lin is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (28 papers), Sulfur Compounds in Biology (18 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (16 papers). Weiying Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Weiying Lin's co-authors include Mark Howarth, Irwin Chen, Alice Y. Ting, Yanyan Ma, Can‐Cheng Guo, Tengteng Zhang, Lixuan Dai, Qian Zhang, Wenhui Song and Huawei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Science of The Total Environment and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Weiying Lin

55 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Site-specific labeling of cell surface proteins with biop... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Site-specific labeling of cell surface proteins with biophysical probes using biotin ligase
    2005 547 citations Irwin Chen, Mark Howarth et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weiying Lin China 20 610 449 393 390 332 59 1.5k
Chaofeng Dai United States 19 678 1.1× 567 1.3× 557 1.4× 370 0.9× 580 1.7× 33 1.6k
Ji Young Hyun South Korea 16 751 1.2× 884 2.0× 315 0.8× 697 1.8× 447 1.3× 35 2.0k
Xue Wu China 24 464 0.8× 214 0.5× 161 0.4× 528 1.4× 154 0.5× 74 1.4k
Weimin Xuan China 20 690 1.1× 536 1.2× 257 0.7× 356 0.9× 415 1.3× 43 1.4k
Kui‐Thong Tan Taiwan 28 1.3k 2.2× 323 0.7× 990 2.5× 355 0.9× 89 0.3× 78 2.3k
Linghui Qian China 24 859 1.4× 227 0.5× 576 1.5× 352 0.9× 54 0.2× 58 1.7k
Jens Hasserodt France 19 439 0.7× 249 0.6× 377 1.0× 656 1.7× 62 0.2× 53 1.4k
Yuichiro Hori Japan 26 1.4k 2.3× 282 0.6× 682 1.7× 631 1.6× 73 0.2× 64 2.4k
Nayoung Park South Korea 13 794 1.3× 1.1k 2.4× 288 0.7× 1.0k 2.6× 316 1.0× 27 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiying Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiying Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Weiying Lin. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Weiying Lin. The network helps show where Weiying Lin may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiying Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiying Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiying Lin 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 Weiying Lin. Weiying Lin 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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Huang, Huawei, et al.. (2025). A novel dual-channel fluorescent probe for the detection of peroxynitrite anions and lipid droplets in epileptic disease. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1350. 343863–343863. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Lizhen, et al.. (2025). All in one: An in-situ activated tumor theranostic agent for NIR-II fluorescence imaging guided surgical resection and photothermal therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(11). 110850–110850. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chan, Zihan Yan, Yanru Qin, et al.. (2025). Strategic design of self-disassembling Co-PDI fluorescent architecture for dual detection of ascorbic acid and alkaline phosphatase in biological systems. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 442. 138141–138141.
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Xu, Lizhen, Qian Zhang, Xin Wang, & Weiying Lin. (2025). Biomimetic theranostic nano-agents based on NIR organic small molecules. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 543. 216910–216910. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Weiying, et al.. (2025). Information and authority: research on the mechanism of offspring's health information avoidance behavior. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1516225–1516225.
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Huang, Huawei, et al.. (2025). Precise diabetes visualization designed for lipid droplet-targeted polarity-sensitive fluorescent probe. Microchemical Journal. 211. 113018–113018. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Xing, et al.. (2025). A dual-targeted near-infrared fluorescence lifetime probe for detecting viscosity heterogeneity in arthritic mice. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(12). 110962–110962. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Xiaoli, et al.. (2024). A near infrared fluorescent probe for monitoring peroxynitrite abnormalities in non-alcoholic fatty liver. Microchemical Journal. 205. 111195–111195. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Lizhen, Qian Zhang, Xin Wang, & Weiying Lin. (2024). Biomedical applications of NIR-II organic small molecule fluorescent probes in different organs. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 519. 216122–216122. 45 indexed citations
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Yang, Chan, Shuo Tian, Yanling Zhao, et al.. (2024). A unique fluorescence metal-organic framework for ultrasensitive fluorescent and colorimetric bimodal detection of phosphate. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 329. 125571–125571. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanyan, Jie Niu, Xing Liang, et al.. (2023). In-situ gastritis diagnosis by an oral-administration NIR fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift and high signal-to-noise ratio. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142767–142767. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Shifei, Lin Wang, Yanyan Ma, & Weiying Lin. (2023). A unique ratiometric fluorescent probe for detection of SO2 derivatives in living cells and real food samples. Talanta. 260. 124615–124615. 23 indexed citations
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Li, X. D., et al.. (2023). A novel viscosity‐sensitive fluorescent probe for monitoring the changes of mitochondrial viscosity. Luminescence. 38(9). 1618–1623. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Ling, Lin Zhu, Jiangfeng Li, et al.. (2022). A Biocompatible Probe for the Detection of Neutrophil Elastase Free from the Interference of Structural Changes and Its Application to Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging In Vivo. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(9). e202217508–e202217508. 12 indexed citations
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Zhan, Jingting, et al.. (2022). Discriminating normal and inflammatory mice models by viscosity changes with a two-photon fluorescent probe. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 284. 121807–121807. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Wukun, et al.. (2009). Porphyrins containing nitric oxide donors: Synthesis and cancer cell-oriented NO release. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(6). 1647–1649. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Irwin, Mark Howarth, Weiying Lin, & Alice Y. Ting. (2005). Site-specific labeling of cell surface proteins with biophysical probes using biotin ligase. Nature Methods. 2(2). 99–104. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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