Yibing Wu

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yibing Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yibing Wu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yibing Wu's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (20 papers), Phytochemical compounds biological activities (19 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (14 papers). Yibing Wu is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (20 papers), Phytochemical compounds biological activities (19 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (14 papers). Yibing Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yibing Wu's co-authors include William F. DeGrado, Sharon L. Campbell, Stephen G. Chaney, Ekaterina Bassett, Qing‐Wen Shi, Jun Wang, Yu‐Cheng Gu, Hiromasa Kiyota, Mei Hong and Mei Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yibing Wu

91 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Consistent blind protein structure generation from NMR ch... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Consistent blind protein structure generation from NMR chemical shift data
    2008 669 citations Yang Shen, Oliver F. Lange et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yibing Wu China 28 3.0k 629 556 529 505 96 4.1k
Nadine Homeyer Germany 11 3.3k 1.1× 487 0.8× 671 1.2× 193 0.4× 501 1.0× 18 4.9k
Michał Rostkowski Poland 12 3.6k 1.2× 777 1.2× 628 1.1× 301 0.6× 391 0.8× 25 5.3k
Chresten R. Søndergaard Ireland 9 3.7k 1.3× 803 1.3× 587 1.1× 278 0.5× 392 0.8× 12 5.3k
William M. Westler United States 41 3.4k 1.2× 865 1.4× 511 0.9× 1.3k 2.4× 181 0.4× 146 5.6k
Tomikazu Sasaki United States 34 1.9k 0.6× 575 0.9× 715 1.3× 273 0.5× 318 0.6× 58 3.5k
Christian Oefner Switzerland 31 3.5k 1.2× 534 0.8× 1.1k 2.0× 230 0.4× 595 1.2× 39 6.0k
Akiko Itai Japan 40 2.3k 0.8× 327 0.5× 1.6k 2.9× 421 0.8× 469 0.9× 173 4.9k
Vivian Cody United States 37 2.3k 0.8× 398 0.6× 961 1.7× 283 0.5× 351 0.7× 189 4.4k
Walter Filgueira de Azevedo Brazil 44 4.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.6× 1.3k 2.4× 107 0.2× 1.1k 2.2× 199 7.1k
Yechun Xu China 36 2.4k 0.8× 190 0.3× 699 1.3× 157 0.3× 349 0.7× 138 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yibing Wu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Hyunjun, et al.. (2025). The Emergence of Novel Versus Known Three-Dimensional Structures from Random Sequences. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Zhang, Xinyue, Junhui Zhang, Ping He, et al.. (2025). Bioactive Chemical Constituents from Aphanamixis polystachya. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 61(5). 992–996.
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Chen, Yi‐Ling, Derek Lee, Mengjie Wu, et al.. (2025). Mevalonate pathway promotes liver cancer by suppressing ferroptosis through CoQ10 production and selenocysteine-tRNA modification. Journal of Hepatology. 83(6). 1338–1352. 3 indexed citations
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Lü, Lei, Xuxu Gou, Hyunjun Yang, et al.. (2024). De novo design of drug-binding proteins with predictable binding energy and specificity. Science. 384(6691). 106–112. 22 indexed citations
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Mravic, Marco, Huong T. Kratochvil, Hailin Hu, et al.. (2024). De novo-designed transmembrane proteins bind and regulate a cytokine receptor. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(6). 751–760. 7 indexed citations
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Su, Jian, Yan Fu, Zhen Pei, et al.. (2023). A New Geranyl Phenylacetate Glycoside from the Twigs of Aphanamixis polystachya. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 59(4). 680–682. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bo, Xin Li, Yan Liu, et al.. (2022). A UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS method with a superimposed multiple product ion strategy and esterase inhibitor improved sensitivity for the determination of xylocarpin H in rat plasma. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 216. 114803–114803. 2 indexed citations
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Thomaston, Jessica L., Yibing Wu, Nicholas F. Polizzi, et al.. (2019). X-ray Crystal Structure of the Influenza A M2 Proton Channel S31N Mutant in Two Conformational States: An Open and Shut Case. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(29). 11481–11488. 21 indexed citations
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Wu, Haifan, Yibing Wu, Lijun Liu, et al.. (2018). Design of a Short Thermally Stable α‐Helix Embedded in a Macrocycle. ChemBioChem. 19(9). 902–906. 13 indexed citations
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Wu, Yibing, Thomas Lemmin, Alison M. Maxwell, et al.. (2017). De novo design of a hyperstable non-natural protein–ligand complex with sub-Å accuracy. Nature Chemistry. 9(12). 1157–1164. 86 indexed citations
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Lee, Myungwoon, Tuo Wang, Olga V. Makhlynets, et al.. (2017). Zinc-binding structure of a catalytic amyloid from solid-state NMR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). 6191–6196. 113 indexed citations
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Li, Zhe, Changhong Huo, Yufang Wang, et al.. (2016). Identification of in vitro and in vivo metabolites of alantolactone by UPLC-TOF-MS/MS. Journal of Chromatography B. 1033-1034. 250–260. 25 indexed citations
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Joh, Nathan H., Tuo Wang, Manasi Bhate, et al.. (2014). De novo design of a transmembrane Zn 2+ -transporting four-helix bundle. Science. 346(6216). 1520–1524. 238 indexed citations
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Wu, Yibing, Marco Punta, Rong Xiao, et al.. (2012). NMR Structure of Lipoprotein YxeF from Bacillus subtilis Reveals a Calycin Fold and Distant Homology with the Lipocalin Blc from Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e37404–e37404. 6 indexed citations
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Pires, Marcos M., Yibing Wu, Hyunil Jo, et al.. (2012). Alteration of the oxygen-dependent reactivity of de novo Due Ferri proteins. Nature Chemistry. 4(11). 900–906. 112 indexed citations
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Ni, Zhi‐Yu, Yibing Wu, Man‐Li Zhang, et al.. (2011). Novel Taxa-4(20),12-diene and 2(3→20)Abeotaxane from Needles ofTaxus canadensis. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 75(9). 1698–1701. 4 indexed citations
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Das, Rhiju, Ingemar André, Yang Shen, et al.. (2009). Simultaneous prediction of protein folding and docking at high resolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(45). 18978–18983. 123 indexed citations
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Shen, Yang, Oliver F. Lange, Frank Delaglio, et al.. (2008). Consistent blind protein structure generation from NMR chemical shift data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(12). 4685–4690. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Yibing, et al.. (2005). [Study of chemical constituents of the essential oil from Inula britannica L. by GC-MS].. PubMed. 28(6). 466–8. 5 indexed citations
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Banci, Lucia, Ivano Bertini, Gaohua Liu, et al.. (2001). Effects of extrinsic imidazole ligation on the molecular and electronic structure of cytochrome c. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 6(5-6). 628–637. 30 indexed citations

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