Xinnan Wang

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Xinnan Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinnan Wang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xinnan Wang's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (18 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (11 papers). Xinnan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (18 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (11 papers). Xinnan Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xinnan Wang's co-authors include Thomas L. Schwarz, Dominic Winter, Gülçin Pekkurnaz, Judith A. Steen, Sarah E. Rice, Yao Liang Wong, Ghazaleh Ashrafi, Dennis J. Selkoe, Matthew J. LaVoie and Julia S. Schlehe and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Xinnan Wang

43 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

PINK1 and Parkin Target Miro for Phosphorylation and Degradation to Arrest Mitochondrial Motility

2011 937 citations Xinnan Wang, Dominic Winter et al. Cell profile →
The Mechanism of Ca2+-Dependent Regulation of Kinesin-Mediated Mitochondrial Motility

2009 692 citations Xinnan Wang, Thomas L. Schwarz Cell profile →
Functional Impairment in Miro Degradation and Mitophagy Is a Shared Feature in Familial and Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease

2016 361 citations Atossa Shaltouki, Ashley E. Gonzalez et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xinnan Wang United States	22	2.3k	988	934	903	677	48	3.6k
Simone Engelender Israel	35	2.3k 1.0×	713 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	1.9k 2.1×	689 1.0×	62	4.3k
Géraldine Liot France	21	2.2k 0.9×	377 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	466 0.5×	443 0.7×	27	3.2k
Baris Bingol United States	15	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	618 0.7×	806 0.9×	567 0.8×	18	3.0k
Heather Mortiboys United Kingdom	26	1.4k 0.6×	566 0.6×	559 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	293 0.4×	48	2.7k
Cristòfol Vives-Bauzá United States	19	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	369 0.4×	785 0.9×	236 0.3×	36	2.5k
Patricia Gómez‐Suaga United Kingdom	21	1.4k 0.6×	612 0.6×	468 0.5×	906 1.0×	788 1.2×	31	2.4k
Marta Valenza Italy	26	3.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	2.3k 2.5×	806 0.9×	707 1.0×	38	5.2k
Mervyn J. Monteiro United States	36	2.3k 1.0×	519 0.5×	750 0.8×	841 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	74	3.7k
Blaise Bossy United States	19	2.1k 0.9×	357 0.4×	647 0.7×	323 0.4×	293 0.4×	22	3.0k
Masayuki Yokochi Japan	11	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.9k 2.0×	3.0k 3.3×	576 0.9×	19	4.7k

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Sainz, Alva G., et al.. (2025). Sensing within: Mitochondrial inside-out signal transduction. Cell chemical biology. 32(10). 1205–1220.

Chen, Xi, et al.. (2024). Ethosomes-mediated tryptanthrin delivery as efficient anti-psoriatic nanotherapy by enhancing topical drug absorption and lipid homeostasis. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 584–584. 6 indexed citations

Chandra, Sujyoti, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial calcium transport during autophagy initiation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 14–20. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yipeng, Junwu Wang, Xinnan Wang, et al.. (2022). A study of CO2 emissions in China's domestic construction industry based on non-competitive input-output. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 32. 743–754. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Huanhuan, et al.. (2021). A versatile modular preparation strategy for targeted drug delivery systems against multidrug-resistant cancer cells. Nanotechnology. 33(5). 55101–55101. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Hui‐Yi, Xinnan Wang, Tung‐Sung Tseng, et al.. (2021). Alcohol Intake and Alcohol–SNP Interactions Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(3). 553–553. 6 indexed citations

Papakyrikos, Amanda M., Min Joo Kim, & Xinnan Wang. (2020). Drosophila PTPMT1 Has a Function in Tracheal Air Filling. iScience. 23(7). 101285–101285. 2 indexed citations

Vanhauwaert, Roeland, et al.. (2019). Surveillance and transportation of mitochondria in neurons. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 57. 87–93. 25 indexed citations

Li, Li, Roeland Vanhauwaert, Kong T. Nguyen, et al.. (2019). Miro1 Marks Parkinson’s Disease Subset and Miro1 Reducer Rescues Neuron Loss in Parkinson’s Models. Cell Metabolism. 30(6). 1131–1140.e7. 117 indexed citations

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Kantrow, Stephen P., Sarah E. Jolley, Eboni G. Price‐Haywood, et al.. (2018). Using the emergency department to investigate smoking in young adults. Annals of Epidemiology. 30. 44–49.e1. 3 indexed citations

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Scott, Anna I., Chung-Han Hsieh, Amanda M. Papakyrikos, et al.. (2018). Phosphorylation of MCAD selectively rescuesPINK1deficiencies in behavior and metabolism. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(10). 1219–1227. 10 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Chung-Han, et al.. (2017). Live Imaging Mitochondrial Transport in Neurons. PubMed. 123. 49–66. 9 indexed citations

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Shaltouki, Atossa, Ashley E. Gonzalez, Alexandre Bettencourt da Cruz, et al.. (2016). Functional Impairment in Miro Degradation and Mitophagy Is a Shared Feature in Familial and Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease. Cell stem cell. 19(6). 709–724. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pekkurnaz, Gülçin, Jonathan C. Trinidad, Xinnan Wang, Dong Kong, & Thomas L. Schwarz. (2014). Glucose Regulates Mitochondrial Motility via Milton Modification by O-GlcNAc Transferase. Cell. 158(1). 54–68. 211 indexed citations

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Frank, C. Andrew, Xinnan Wang, Catherine A. Collins, et al.. (2013). New Approaches for Studying Synaptic Development, Function, and Plasticity UsingDrosophilaas a Model System. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(45). 17560–17568. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinnan, et al.. (2012). The meaning of mitochondrial movement to a neuron's life. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(1). 184–194. 48 indexed citations

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Lee, Ji‐Yeon, et al.. (2012). Identification and Characterization of a Noncoding RNA at the Mouse Pcna Locus. Molecules and Cells. 33(2). 111–116. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinnan, Dominic Winter, Ghazaleh Ashrafi, et al.. (2011). PINK1 and Parkin Target Miro for Phosphorylation and Degradation to Arrest Mitochondrial Motility. Cell. 147(4). 893–906. 937 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xinnan & Thomas L. Schwarz. (2009). Chapter 18 Imaging Axonal Transport of Mitochondria. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 457. 319–333. 52 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinnan, et al.. (2007). Drosophila spichthyin inhibits BMP signaling and regulates synaptic growth and axonal microtubules. Nature Neuroscience. 10(2). 177–185. 143 indexed citations

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