Wenquan Niu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Wenquan Niu is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenquan Niu has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wenquan Niu's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (20 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (19 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (15 papers). Wenquan Niu is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (20 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (19 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (15 papers). Wenquan Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Wenquan Niu's co-authors include Yue Qi, Dingliang Zhu, Pingjin Gao, Feng Peng, Xiangling Deng, Jinxiu Lin, Changchun Qiu, Wenyu Zhou, Zhixin Zhang and Yuqiong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Wenquan Niu

181 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75 100
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. Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults
    2024 114 citations Kening Chen, Wenquan Niu 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
Wenquan Niu China 32 743 605 605 488 399 191 3.1k
Yimin Zhu China 34 988 1.3× 403 0.7× 507 0.8× 381 0.8× 302 0.8× 146 3.5k
Gabriella Gruden Italy 39 1.3k 1.7× 655 1.1× 1.0k 1.7× 593 1.2× 375 0.9× 117 4.1k
Hui Peng China 35 1.4k 1.9× 597 1.0× 308 0.5× 781 1.6× 374 0.9× 205 4.2k
Christoph Meier Switzerland 45 1.3k 1.8× 605 1.0× 765 1.3× 703 1.4× 412 1.0× 94 5.3k
Stella Trompet Netherlands 34 589 0.8× 784 1.3× 741 1.2× 816 1.7× 226 0.6× 149 3.7k
N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret Netherlands 30 813 1.1× 416 0.7× 367 0.6× 337 0.7× 230 0.6× 114 3.5k
Κimon Stamatelopoulos Greece 36 824 1.1× 1.5k 2.5× 608 1.0× 421 0.9× 194 0.5× 166 4.2k
Minoru Yamakado Japan 33 960 1.3× 625 1.0× 619 1.0× 358 0.7× 228 0.6× 128 3.5k
Emma Hawe United Kingdom 29 515 0.7× 630 1.0× 603 1.0× 630 1.3× 240 0.6× 73 2.6k
Susanna Morano Italy 35 681 0.9× 533 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 490 1.0× 161 0.4× 132 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenquan Niu

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wenquan Niu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wenquan Niu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wenquan Niu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wenquan Niu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wenquan Niu. 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 Wenquan Niu. The network helps show where Wenquan Niu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenquan Niu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenquan Niu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenquan Niu 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 Wenquan Niu. Wenquan Niu 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
1.
2.
Chen, Kening, et al.. (2025). Factors associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in Chinese children aged 3–14 years using ensemble learning algorithms. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4013–4013. 1 indexed citations
3.
4.
Wang, Qiong, et al.. (2025). Factors associated with allergic diseases in Chinese children aged 6-14 years. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3724–3724.
5.
Chen, Kening, et al.. (2024). Robotic Technology in Emergency General Surgery. JAMA Surgery. 159(9). 1091–1091.
6.
Niu, Wenquan, et al.. (2024). Trends in Children’s Dietary Inflammatory Index and association with prediabetes in U.S. adolescents. Nutrition and Diabetes. 14(1). 94–94. 3 indexed citations
7.
Li, Hao, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Analysis of Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation in Rural Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Agronomy. 14(5). 1072–1072. 1 indexed citations
8.
Qi, Xuewei, et al.. (2023). Invasive acupuncture for gastroparesis after thoracic or abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 13(6). e068559–e068559. 1 indexed citations
9.
Zhang, Zihuan, et al.. (2023). Stage II Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma after Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(2). 443–443. 1 indexed citations
10.
11.
Li, Jialin, Yulin Wang, Yulin Wang, et al.. (2023). Association between serum complements and kidney function in patients with diabetic kidney disease. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1195966–1195966. 1 indexed citations
12.
13.
Deng, Xiangling, et al.. (2021). Meta‐analysis: Early Age at Natural Menopause and Risk for All‐Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 6636856–6636856. 15 indexed citations
14.
Tian, Yehong, Chengxiang Wang, Jianxin Zhao, et al.. (2020). Cancer associates with risk and severe events of COVID ‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Cancer. 148(2). 363–374. 87 indexed citations
15.
Ma, Liang, Hailing Zhao, Tingting Zhao, et al.. (2020). Association of Epoxide Hydrolase 2 Gene Arg287Gln with the Risk for Primary Hypertension in Chinese. International Journal of Hypertension. 2020. 1–7. 8 indexed citations
16.
Niu, Wenquan, Qing Pang, Zhixin Wang, et al.. (2016). A Causal Role of Genetically Elevated Circulating Interleukin-10 in the Development of Digestive Cancers. Medicine. 95(7). e2799–e2799. 8 indexed citations
17.
Weng, Zhiyuan, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Yuqiong Li, et al.. (2013). The Association of Four Common Polymorphisms from Four Candidate Genes (COX-1, COX-2, ITGA2B, ITGA2) with Aspirin Insensitivity: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78093–e78093. 42 indexed citations
18.
Xu, Wei, Jun Xu, Ying Wang, et al.. (2013). The Genetic Variation of SORCS1 Is Associated with Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in Chinese Han Population. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63621–e63621. 16 indexed citations
19.
Niu, Wenquan, Yue Qi, Zhijun Wu, et al.. (2012). A meta-analysis of receptor for advanced glycation end products gene: Four well-evaluated polymorphisms with diabetes mellitus. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 358(1). 9–17. 34 indexed citations
20.
Niu, Wenquan, Yi Zhang, Kaida Ji, et al.. (2010). Confirmation of top polymorphisms in hypertension genome wide association study among Han Chinese. Clinica Chimica Acta. 411(19-20). 1491–1495. 29 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yimin Zhu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gabriella Gruden Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hui Peng Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christoph Meier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stella Trompet Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Κimon Stamatelopoulos Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Minoru Yamakado Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emma Hawe Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Susanna Morano
Rankless by CCL
2026