Youwei Ai

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 988 citations indexed

About

Youwei Ai is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Youwei Ai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 988 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Youwei Ai's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (7 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (6 papers). Youwei Ai is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (7 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (6 papers). Youwei Ai collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Youwei Ai's co-authors include Xiaodong Wang, Bo Yan, Yan Ma, Zhiyuan Zhang, Yang Cao, Jiawen Wang, Qi Sun, Bo Yan, Qinyi Zhou and Yutong Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Youwei Ai

27 papers receiving 984 citations

Hit Papers

Membrane Damage during Ferroptosis Is Caused by Oxidation... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2024 100 200 300 400
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. Membrane Damage during Ferroptosis Is Caused by Oxidation of Phospholipids Catalyzed by the Oxidoreductases POR and CYB5R1
    2020 451 citations Bo Yan, Youwei Ai et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  2. The biochemical pathways of apoptotic, necroptotic, pyroptotic, and ferroptotic cell death
    2024 215 citations Youwei Ai, Yutong Meng et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Youwei Ai China 13 544 427 331 95 88 30 988
Rong Yang China 19 515 0.9× 335 0.8× 178 0.5× 152 1.6× 102 1.2× 79 1.1k
Yong Fang China 17 566 1.0× 171 0.4× 269 0.8× 118 1.2× 77 0.9× 50 953
Zhaowei Wen China 8 752 1.4× 249 0.6× 500 1.5× 126 1.3× 81 0.9× 10 1.1k
Tiejun Wang China 20 814 1.5× 484 1.1× 505 1.5× 196 2.1× 111 1.3× 72 1.5k
Hao Zhou China 15 464 0.9× 206 0.5× 313 0.9× 113 1.2× 54 0.6× 60 770
Mengxiong Sun China 19 482 0.9× 237 0.6× 199 0.6× 181 1.9× 84 1.0× 45 1.0k
Jiaying Zhang China 13 359 0.7× 414 1.0× 292 0.9× 126 1.3× 57 0.6× 45 844
Genchun Wang China 12 615 1.1× 299 0.7× 434 1.3× 72 0.8× 83 0.9× 18 1.0k
Hongzhuan Yin China 19 539 1.0× 164 0.4× 253 0.8× 115 1.2× 49 0.6× 35 915
Mingming Zhang China 6 680 1.3× 792 1.9× 567 1.7× 122 1.3× 121 1.4× 18 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Youwei Ai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youwei Ai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youwei Ai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Youwei Ai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Youwei Ai 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 Youwei Ai. Youwei Ai 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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Ai, Youwei, Qian Chen, Li Li, et al.. (2025). Predictive Value of Preoperative Nutritional Risk Index for Screw Loosening After Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Elderly Patients With Lumbar Spine Diseases. Orthopaedic Surgery. 17(4). 1152–1161. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Fang, Robert J. Ju, Jiayi Li, et al.. (2025). Mechanical confinement induces ferroptosis through mitochondrial dysfunction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11717–11717. 1 indexed citations
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Ai, Youwei, Qian Chen, Juehan Wang, et al.. (2025). Analysis of the correlation between ABO blood type and three bone mineral density measurements in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. European Spine Journal. 34(5). 1731–1740.
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Ai, Youwei, Yutong Meng, Bo Yan, Qinyi Zhou, & Xiaodong Wang. (2024). The biochemical pathways of apoptotic, necroptotic, pyroptotic, and ferroptotic cell death. Molecular Cell. 84(1). 170–179. 215 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Qian, Ce Zhu, Youwei Ai, et al.. (2024). Preoperative geriatric nutritional risk index is useful factor for predicting postoperative delirium among elderly patients with degenerative lumbar diseases. European Spine Journal. 33(3). 1055–1060. 7 indexed citations
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Deng, Zhao, et al.. (2024). TNF and IFNγ-induced cell death requires IRF1 and ELAVL1 to promote CASP8 expression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(3). 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Juehan, Ce Zhu, Hong Ding, et al.. (2023). Simplified S1 vertebral bone quality (vbq) score to assess proximal junctional kyphosis after Lenke 5 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. European Spine Journal. 33(2). 732–738. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Juehan, Qian Chen, Youwei Ai, et al.. (2023). Vertebral bone quality score as a novel predictor of proximal junctional kyphosis after thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. European Spine Journal. 32(11). 3996–4002. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Qian, Youwei Ai, Yong Huang, et al.. (2023). MRI-based Endplate Bone Quality score independently predicts cage subsidence following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. The Spine Journal. 23(11). 1652–1658. 18 indexed citations
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Yan, Bo, Wenbin Zhang, Gaihong Cai, et al.. (2022). Multiple PDE3A modulators act as molecular glues promoting PDE3A-SLFN12 interaction and induce SLFN12 dephosphorylation and cell death. Cell chemical biology. 29(6). 958–969.e5. 18 indexed citations
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Yan, Bo, Youwei Ai, Zhiyuan Zhang, & Xiaodong Wang. (2021). Assessing POR and CYB5R1 oxidoreductase-mediated oxidative rupture of PUFA in liposomes. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100360–100360. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Dianrong, Youwei Ai, Jia Guo, et al.. (2020). Casein kinase 1G2 suppresses necroptosis-promoted testis aging by inhibiting receptor-interacting kinase 3. eLife. 9. 22 indexed citations
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Yan, Bo, Youwei Ai, Qi Sun, et al.. (2020). Membrane Damage during Ferroptosis Is Caused by Oxidation of Phospholipids Catalyzed by the Oxidoreductases POR and CYB5R1. Molecular Cell. 81(2). 355–369.e10. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ai, Youwei, Haibing He, Peihao Chen, et al.. (2020). An alkaloid initiates phosphodiesterase 3A–schlafen 12 dependent apoptosis without affecting the phosphodiesterase activity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3236–3236. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Dianrong, Jie Chen, Youwei Ai, et al.. (2019). Estrogen-Related Hormones Induce Apoptosis by Stabilizing Schlafen-12 Protein Turnover. Molecular Cell. 75(6). 1103–1116.e9. 62 indexed citations
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