Zhi Wei

20.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
259 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Zhi Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Wei has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zhi Wei's work include Gene expression and cancer classification (20 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers). Zhi Wei is often cited by papers focused on Gene expression and cancer classification (20 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers). Zhi Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Zhi Wei's co-authors include Tian Tian, Håkon Håkonarson, Hongzhe Li, Michael D. Feldman, Sagarika Banerjee, Natalie Shih, Jie Zhang, Turki Turki, Kai Wang and Meenhard Herlyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Wei

238 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Robust prediction of response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy in metastatic melanoma
    2018 456 citations Gao Zhang, Zhi Wei et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Zhi Wei 3.2k 966 908 838 652 259 6.2k
Jörg Rahnenführer 3.9k 1.2× 627 0.6× 748 0.8× 867 1.0× 426 0.7× 161 7.0k
Balasubramanian Narasimhan 2.4k 0.8× 600 0.6× 687 0.8× 733 0.9× 434 0.7× 67 5.5k
Hans A. Kestler 3.4k 1.1× 534 0.6× 917 1.0× 798 1.0× 634 1.0× 264 7.2k
Martin Hofmann‐Apitius 5.3k 1.6× 922 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 676 0.8× 757 1.2× 290 11.6k
Jason Li 2.2k 0.7× 605 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 418 0.6× 223 6.2k
Jan Komorowski 4.2k 1.3× 747 0.8× 566 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 449 0.7× 224 6.9k
Marcel Reinders 5.9k 1.8× 1.1k 1.1× 636 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 633 1.0× 298 11.1k
TL Lee 2.7k 0.9× 629 0.7× 635 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 567 0.9× 136 5.3k
Shu‐Jen Chen 2.3k 0.7× 964 1.0× 843 0.9× 744 0.9× 274 0.4× 152 5.9k
Jun S. Wei 3.4k 1.1× 427 0.4× 730 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 299 0.5× 92 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhi Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhi Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhi Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhi 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 Zhi Wei. Zhi 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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Zha, Peijia, et al.. (2025). Trust in Information Sources and COVID‐19 Vaccine Uptake. Public Health Challenges. 4(4). e70145–e70145.
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Bonam, Srinivasa Reddy, Yuejin Liang, Xuxiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Innate and Adaptive Immune Parameters following mRNA Vaccination in Mice. Vaccines. 12(5). 543–543. 7 indexed citations
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Yu, Qian, Ruizhuo Ning, Aoxing Liu, et al.. (2024). 1296P A phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BB-1701 in advanced or metastatic NSCLC patients with HER2 mutation/amplification. Annals of Oncology. 35. S825–S825. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Haidong, et al.. (2024). Decoding Critical Targets and Signaling Pathways in EBV-Mediated Diseases Using Large Language Models. Viruses. 16(11). 1660–1660. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Haozhe, Yue Wang, Bowen Song, et al.. (2024). Statistical modeling of single-cell epitranscriptomics enabled trajectory and regulatory inference of RNA methylation. Cell Genomics. 5(1). 100702–100702. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shanshan, Yongtao Zhang, Dan Yang, et al.. (2023). Circ_KIAA0922 regulates Saos-2 cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation by regulating the miR-148a-3p/SMAD5 axis and activating the TGF-β signaling pathway. Intractable & Rare Diseases Research. 12(4). 222–233. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Zhenyu, Wei Tian, Ziping Ye, et al.. (2023). Simulation study on the optical processes at deep-sea neutrino telescope sites. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1054. 168367–168367. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Qiqi, Zhi Wei, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2023). Axial crashworthiness design of double-hat beams with various cross-sections. Engineering Structures. 283. 115916–115916. 8 indexed citations
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Rajasekaran, Karthik, Ryan M. Carey, Xiang Lin, et al.. (2021). The microbiome of HPV-positive tonsil squamous cell carcinoma and neck metastasis. Oral Oncology. 117. 105305–105305. 20 indexed citations
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Das, Soumyashree, Qiang Feng, Iyshwarya Balasubramanian, et al.. (2021). Colonic healing requires Wnt produced by epithelium as well as Tagln+ and Acta2+ stromal cells. Development. 149(1). 8 indexed citations
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Abegaz, Fentaw, François Van Lishout, Jestinah Mahachie John, et al.. (2019). Epistasis Detection in Genome-Wide Screening for Complex Human Diseases in Structured Populations. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2(1). 19–27. 7 indexed citations
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Simpkins, Fiona, Kibeom Jang, Hyunho Yoon, et al.. (2018). Dual Src and MEK Inhibition Decreases Ovarian Cancer Growth and Targets Tumor Initiating Stem-Like Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(19). 4874–4886. 57 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongmei, Gao Zhang, Zhongyi Hu, et al.. (2017). Oncogenic RAS Regulates Long Noncoding RNA Orilnc1 in Human Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(14). 3745–3757. 29 indexed citations
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Miller, Philip C., Dorraya El‐Ashry, Jun Sun, et al.. (2015). MAPK Activation Predicts Poor Outcome and the MEK Inhibitor, Selumetinib, Reverses Antiestrogen Resistance in ER-Positive High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(4). 935–947. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Dawei, et al.. (2014). Investigation on Improved Correlation of CFD and EFD for Supercritical Airfoil. Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology. 7(5). 1007–1011. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenxi, Anna Maria Pinto, Lili Wan, et al.. (2013). Dysregulation of synaptogenesis genes antecedes motor neuron pathology in spinal muscular atrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(48). 19348–19353. 148 indexed citations
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Hu, Haitao, Martin E. Nau, Philip K. Ehrenberg, et al.. (2012). Distinct gene-expression profiles associated with the susceptibility of pathogen-specific CD4 T cells to HIV-1 infection. Blood. 121(7). 1136–1144. 35 indexed citations
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Wei, Zhi. (2000). Dynamic response of shape memory alloy system and its vibration control. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 13(4). 312–312. 1 indexed citations

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