Yong Wei

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Yong Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Wei has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yong Wei's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (4 papers). Yong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (4 papers). Yong Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yong Wei's co-authors include Maria Sunnerhagen, Linda Z. Penn, Diana Resetca, Brian Raught, Corey Lourenco, Min Lu, Yiqun Deng, Jie Liu, Jesse Poland and Naiqian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yong Wei

22 papers receiving 728 citations

Hit Papers

MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer
    2021 209 citations Corey Lourenco, Diana Resetca et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Wei China 10 459 137 101 97 71 25 733
Artem K. Velichko Russia 12 571 1.2× 65 0.5× 41 0.4× 99 1.0× 77 1.1× 25 828
Alissa M. Williams United States 9 448 1.0× 120 0.9× 50 0.5× 158 1.6× 140 2.0× 12 693
Jun Hyun Kim United States 16 616 1.3× 140 1.0× 41 0.4× 199 2.1× 68 1.0× 27 861
Shaobo Wu China 16 482 1.1× 60 0.4× 83 0.8× 67 0.7× 113 1.6× 68 843
Artem V. Luzhin Russia 11 492 1.1× 85 0.6× 31 0.3× 73 0.8× 62 0.9× 19 663
Bijoyita Roy United States 19 1.1k 2.3× 168 1.2× 37 0.4× 49 0.5× 88 1.2× 25 1.2k
Elmar Nurmemmedov United States 14 340 0.7× 29 0.2× 62 0.6× 118 1.2× 84 1.2× 34 503
Antje Dickmanns Germany 9 315 0.7× 70 0.5× 40 0.4× 113 1.2× 24 0.3× 16 501
Daniela Maisel Germany 11 266 0.6× 47 0.3× 36 0.4× 81 0.8× 64 0.9× 13 487
Jayakrishnan Nandakumar United States 25 1.7k 3.6× 157 1.1× 93 0.9× 78 0.8× 86 1.2× 47 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong 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 Yong Wei. Yong 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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Liu, Bin, Hong Chen, Jie Yang, et al.. (2025). Architecture and mechanism of a dual-enzyme retron system in prokaryotic immunity. Nature Communications. 17(1). 487–487. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Jie, Yuxin Zhou, Juan Wei, et al.. (2025). PTf‐SRiApt Targeting SCAF4‐POLR2A Interaction Suppresses Tumor Growth and Promotes Antitumor Immunity in Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer. Advanced Science. 12(35). e00433–e00433. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Rui, Yingfei Xue, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Increasing RB1 Expression by Targeting EZH2 in Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 29(5). e70384–e70384. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Juan, Xueyuan Zhou, Yong Wei, et al.. (2025). Protocol to identify small-molecule inhibitors against cancer drug resistance. STAR Protocols. 6(1). 103605–103605.
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Zhang, Kejing, Juan Wei, Xueying Liu, et al.. (2024). A chemical screen identifies PRMT5 as a therapeutic vulnerability for paclitaxel-resistant triple-negative breast cancer. Cell chemical biology. 31(11). 1942–1957.e6. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Xueying, et al.. (2023). Targeting TAF1 with BAY-299 induces antitumor immunity in triple-negative breast cancer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 665. 55–63. 7 indexed citations
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Wei, Yong, et al.. (2023). A Review of borneo buah engkabang (Shorea macrophylla) as potential omega-6 lipid source for fish feed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 442. 2034–2034. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Yong, Alexandra Ahlner, Alexander Lemak, et al.. (2022). The MYC oncoprotein directly interacts with its chromatin cofactor PNUTS to recruit PP1 phosphatase. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(6). 3505–3522. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Mingxin Zhao, Yu Wan, et al.. (2021). Environmental Assessment of Furrow vs. Drip Irrigated Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) Production Systems in Loess Plateau (China). Agronomy. 11(6). 1201–1201. 4 indexed citations
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Resetca, Diana, Tristan M. G. Kenney, Yong Wei, et al.. (2021). Identifying and Validating MYC:Protein Interactors in Pursuit of Novel Anti-MYC Therapies. Methods in molecular biology. 2318. 45–67.
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Lourenco, Corey, Diana Resetca, Peter Lin, et al.. (2021). MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 21(9). 579–591. 209 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wei, Yong, Diana Resetca, Zhe Li, et al.. (2019). Multiple direct interactions of TBP with the MYC oncoprotein. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(11). 1035–1043. 39 indexed citations
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Wei, Yong, Zi Jian Xiong, Jun Li, et al.. (2019). Crystal structures of human lysosomal EPDR1 reveal homology with the superfamily of bacterial lipoprotein transporters. Communications Biology. 2(1). 17 indexed citations
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Kalkat, Manpreet, Diana Resetca, Corey Lourenco, et al.. (2018). MYC Protein Interactome Profiling Reveals Functionally Distinct Regions that Cooperate to Drive Tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 72(5). 836–848.e7. 120 indexed citations
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Chen, Kangning, Zhenhua Zhou, Jing Peng, et al.. (2016). Novel A<em>20</em>-gene-eluting stent inhibits carotid artery restenosis in a porcine model. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 10. 2341–2351. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Hongfeng, et al.. (2010). Upregulation of Endogenous HMOX1 Expression by a Computer-Designed Artificial Transcription Factor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2010. 1–7. 29 indexed citations
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Wei, Yong, Dajun Ying, Chun‐Li Hou, Xiaoping Cui, & Chuhong Zhu. (2008). Design of a zinc finger protein binding a sequence upstream of the A20 gene. BMC Biotechnology. 8(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations
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Deng, Yiqun, Jie Liu, Qi Zheng, Yong Wei, & Min Lu. (2006). Structures and Polymorphic Interactions of Two Heptad-Repeat Regions of the SARS Virus S2 Protein. Structure. 14(5). 889–899. 45 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Yong Wei, Yiqun Deng, Neville R. Kallenbach, & Min Lu. (2004). Atomic structure of a tryptophan-zipper pentamer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(46). 16156–16161. 62 indexed citations

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