Yinan Wei

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yinan Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinan Wei has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yinan Wei's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (13 papers). Yinan Wei is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (13 papers). Yinan Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Yinan Wei's co-authors include Michael H. Hecht, Dax Fu, Ankit Pandeya, Luke H. Bradley, Aditi Das, Yan Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Lin-Liang Yu, Wei Lu and Sylvia Daunert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yinan Wei

87 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Inflammasome Activation Triggers Blood Clotting and Host ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Inflammasome Activation Triggers Blood Clotting and Host Death through Pyroptosis
    2019 308 citations Congqing Wu, Yan Zhang 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
Yinan Wei United States 24 1.3k 260 232 196 186 91 2.2k
Xingwang Zhang China 31 1.0k 0.8× 243 0.9× 274 1.2× 165 0.8× 203 1.1× 85 2.6k
Xuesong Sun China 27 863 0.7× 306 1.2× 183 0.8× 113 0.6× 281 1.5× 119 2.4k
Sherman M. Chin United States 12 828 0.6× 135 0.5× 113 0.5× 325 1.7× 160 0.9× 14 2.0k
Anna Maciąg United States 26 987 0.8× 98 0.4× 135 0.6× 181 0.9× 253 1.4× 74 2.1k
Munetaka Ishiyama Japan 17 1.4k 1.1× 229 0.9× 430 1.9× 230 1.2× 111 0.6× 34 3.1k
Miao Lu China 24 1.5k 1.1× 263 1.0× 175 0.8× 420 2.1× 128 0.7× 83 2.8k
Elmar J. Prenner Canada 31 2.7k 2.1× 183 0.7× 243 1.0× 577 2.9× 258 1.4× 98 4.2k
Mark Gumbleton United Kingdom 36 1.5k 1.2× 156 0.6× 408 1.8× 170 0.9× 108 0.6× 122 4.1k
Nana Chen China 28 1.0k 0.8× 265 1.0× 164 0.7× 137 0.7× 99 0.5× 126 2.7k
Megan L. O’Mara Australia 31 1.5k 1.2× 221 0.8× 126 0.5× 140 0.7× 312 1.7× 106 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yinan Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yinan Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yinan Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yinan Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yinan Wei 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 Yinan Wei. Yinan Wei 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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Zhou, Yuqi, Ling Yang, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2025). MyD88 Contributes to TLR3-Mediated NF-κB Activation and Cytokine Production in Macrophages. Cells. 14(19). 1507–1507. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuqi, Ankit Pandeya, Ling Yang, et al.. (2025). Caspase-11 and NLRP3 exacerbate systemic Klebsiella infection through reducing mitochondrial ROS production. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1516120–1516120. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Ling, Jiaqian Qi, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Deficiency in the msbB Gene Reduced the Salmonella Typhimurium Virulence Through Mechanisms Beyond LPS Modification. Microorganisms. 13(11). 2510–2510. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Guoying Zhang, Ankit Pandeya, et al.. (2025). Pyroptosis of pulmonary fibroblasts and macrophages through NLRC4 inflammasome leads to acute respiratory failure. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115479–115479. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Hua, Dien Ye, Guoying Zhang, et al.. (2023). Inhibiting NINJ1-dependent plasma membrane rupture protects against inflammasome-induced blood coagulation and inflammation. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Pandeya, Ankit, Yan Zhang, Ling Yang, et al.. (2023). Inflammasome activation and pyroptosis mediate coagulopathy and inflammation in Salmonella systemic infection. Microbiological Research. 275. 127460–127460. 19 indexed citations
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Hersh, Louis B., et al.. (2022). Aerosol capture and coronavirus spike protein deactivation by enzyme functionalized antiviral membranes. Communications Materials. 3(1). 8 indexed citations
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Pandeya, Ankit, et al.. (2021). Biotinylation as a tool to enhance the uptake of small molecules in Gram-negative bacteria. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0260023–e0260023. 4 indexed citations
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Wei, Yinan, et al.. (2021). Pyroptosis-Induced Inflammation and Tissue Damage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(4). 167301–167301. 83 indexed citations
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Chai, Qian, et al.. (2016). Study of the degradation of a multidrug transporter using a non-radioactive pulse chase method. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 408(27). 7745–7751. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Xinghui, Qi Liang, Ling Zhuang, et al.. (2015). Preliminary Study of MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Liver for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135568–e0135568. 15 indexed citations
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Yu, Lin-Liang, Wei Lu, Zhaoshuai Wang, et al.. (2013). Role of a Conserved Residue R780 in Escherichia coli Multidrug Transporter AcrB. Biochemistry. 52(39). 6790–6796. 10 indexed citations
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Fang, Jun, et al.. (2012). Accumulation and efflux of polychlorinated biphenyls in Escherichia coli. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 403(8). 2403–2409. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Lin-Liang, Wei Lu, & Yinan Wei. (2011). AcrB Trimer Stability and Efflux Activity, Insight from Mutagenesis Studies. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28390–e28390. 25 indexed citations
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Fang, Jun & Yinan Wei. (2011). Expression, Purification and Characterization of the Escherichia coli Integral Membrane Protein YajC. Protein and Peptide Letters. 18(6). 601–608. 12 indexed citations
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Wei, Yinan, et al.. (2009). Detection of halogenated organic compounds using immobilized thermophilic dehalogenase. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 395(4). 1173–1178. 14 indexed citations
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Ehrick, Jason D., et al.. (2009). Glucose Responsive Hydrogel Networks Based on Protein Recognition. Macromolecular Bioscience. 9(9). 864–868. 60 indexed citations
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Wei, Yinan & Dax Fu. (2006). Binding and Transport of Metal Ions at the Dimer Interface of the Escherichia coli Metal Transporter YiiP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(33). 23492–23502. 73 indexed citations
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Bradley, Luke H., et al.. (2006). Protein Design by Binary Patterning of Polar and Nonpolar Amino Acids. Humana Press eBooks. 352. 155–166. 15 indexed citations

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