Ying-Fei Wei

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ying-Fei Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying-Fei Wei has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ying-Fei Wei's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (2 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (1 paper). Ying-Fei Wei is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (2 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (1 paper). Ying-Fei Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Italy. Ying-Fei Wei's co-authors include Jian Ni, Guohua Pan, Guoliang Yu, Ruiping Wang, Tomas Lindahl, Vishva M. Dixit, Kenneth C. Carter, Catherine Anselmino, Arne Klungland and Meena Augustus and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ying-Fei Wei

8 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular cloning and functional expression of a human cD... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Molecular cloning and functional expression of a human cDNA encoding the antimutator enzyme 8-hydroxyguanine-DNA glycosylase
    1997 314 citations Teresa Roldán‐Arjona, Ying-Fei Wei 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
Ying-Fei Wei United States 8 860 288 273 198 78 8 1.1k
Caroline Tang United States 14 586 0.7× 83 0.3× 131 0.5× 318 1.6× 91 1.2× 24 913
Baiqing Tang United States 19 468 0.5× 80 0.3× 426 1.6× 129 0.7× 155 2.0× 26 1.2k
Ngai Na Co Hong Kong 15 791 0.9× 450 1.6× 76 0.3× 299 1.5× 40 0.5× 20 1.2k
Hyang‐Sook Yoo South Korea 22 898 1.0× 275 1.0× 114 0.4× 151 0.8× 141 1.8× 43 1.1k
A. Lehmann United Kingdom 11 907 1.1× 222 0.8× 70 0.3× 196 1.0× 114 1.5× 19 1.0k
Han‐Hsuan Fu United States 9 406 0.5× 237 0.8× 148 0.5× 413 2.1× 25 0.3× 10 758
Jiyong Zhao United States 16 1.0k 1.2× 188 0.7× 126 0.5× 450 2.3× 95 1.2× 26 1.3k
Jerry T. Thornthwaite United States 13 234 0.3× 255 0.9× 73 0.3× 176 0.9× 57 0.7× 38 724
Christa Cerni Austria 16 664 0.8× 150 0.5× 260 1.0× 428 2.2× 96 1.2× 27 1.1k
Marc Hirschfeld Germany 19 656 0.8× 435 1.5× 61 0.2× 112 0.6× 41 0.5× 45 905

Countries citing papers authored by Ying-Fei Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying-Fei Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying-Fei Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying-Fei Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying-Fei 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 Ying-Fei Wei. Ying-Fei Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Yang, Hanjing, Malgorzata M. Slupska, Ying-Fei Wei, et al.. (2000). Cloning and Characterization of a New Member of the Nudix Hydrolases from Human and Mouse. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(12). 8844–8853. 55 indexed citations
2.
Phillips, Teresa A., Jian Ni, Guohua Pan, et al.. (1999). TRAIL (Apo-2L) and TRAIL Receptors in Human Placentas: Implications for Immune Privilege. The Journal of Immunology. 162(10). 6053–6059. 161 indexed citations
3.
Li, Lei, Carolyn A. Peterson, Gunilla Kanter-Smoler, et al.. (1999). hRAD17, a structural homolog of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe RAD17 cell cycle checkpoint gene, stimulates p53 accumulation. Oncogene. 18(9). 1689–1699. 23 indexed citations
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Chamankhah, Mahmood, Ying-Fei Wei, & Wei Xiao. (1998). Isolation of hMRE11B: failure to complement yeast mre11 defects due to species-specific protein interactions. Gene. 225(1-2). 107–116. 10 indexed citations
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Pan, Guohua, Jian Ni, Guoliang Yu, Ying-Fei Wei, & Vishva M. Dixit. (1998). TRUNDD, a new member of the TRAIL receptor family that antagonizes TRAIL signalling. FEBS Letters. 424(1-2). 41–45. 267 indexed citations
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Roldán‐Arjona, Teresa, Ying-Fei Wei, Kenneth C. Carter, et al.. (1997). Molecular cloning and functional expression of a human cDNA encoding the antimutator enzyme 8-hydroxyguanine-DNA glycosylase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(15). 8016–8020. 314 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Wei, Ying-Fei, Peter Robins, Kenneth R. Carter, et al.. (1995). Molecular Cloning and Expression of Human cDNAs Encoding a Novel DNA Ligase IV and DNA Ligase III, an Enzyme Active in DNA Repair and Recombination. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(6). 3206–3216. 216 indexed citations
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Shu, Liming, Jeong S. Hong, Ying-Fei Wei, & Jeffrey A. Engler. (1986). Nucleotide sequence of the genes encoded in early region 2b of human adenovirus type 12. Gene. 46(2-3). 187–195. 15 indexed citations

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