Zong Wei

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zong Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Zong Wei has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Zong Wei's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Zong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Zong Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Zong Wei's co-authors include Michael Downes, Annette R. Atkins, Ronald M. Evans, Ruth T. Yu, Christopher Liddle, Wange Lu, Eiji Yoshihara, Yang Dai, Jungmook Lyu and Fan Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zong Wei

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Immune-evasive human islet-like organoids ameliorate diabetes
    2020 253 citations Eiji Yoshihara, Carolyn O’Connor et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zong Wei United States 15 788 366 299 176 124 22 1.2k
Andrew Berry United Kingdom 22 854 1.1× 751 2.1× 543 1.8× 313 1.8× 100 0.8× 29 1.7k
Teresa M. Holm United States 16 839 1.1× 258 0.7× 140 0.5× 61 0.3× 52 0.4× 22 1.3k
Gilda Cobellis Italy 20 690 0.9× 217 0.6× 130 0.4× 86 0.5× 28 0.2× 40 1.1k
Mohammad Mahdi Motazacker Netherlands 14 549 0.7× 437 1.2× 225 0.8× 261 1.5× 30 0.2× 18 1.2k
Noriko Mizusawa Japan 21 440 0.6× 173 0.5× 90 0.3× 301 1.7× 73 0.6× 41 999
Tak Yung Man United Kingdom 13 342 0.4× 529 1.4× 69 0.2× 161 0.9× 39 0.3× 22 1.2k
Fang‐Xu Jiang Australia 17 374 0.5× 540 1.5× 287 1.0× 189 1.1× 28 0.2× 39 815
Seiko Kyakumoto Japan 17 590 0.7× 72 0.2× 289 1.0× 136 0.8× 57 0.5× 47 946
Siew Tein Wang Singapore 10 880 1.1× 346 0.9× 110 0.4× 127 0.7× 22 0.2× 12 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zong Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zong Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zong Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zong Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zong 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 Zong Wei. Zong 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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Wang, Liu, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous enhancer states orchestrate β cell responses to metabolic stress. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9361–9361. 2 indexed citations
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Atkins, Annette R., et al.. (2023). Vitamin D in Diabetes: Uncovering the Sunshine Hormone’s Role in Glucose Metabolism and Beyond. Nutrients. 15(8). 1997–1997. 45 indexed citations
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He, Yanqi, Zhifu Sun, Julie M. Cunningham, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide methylation profiling reveals differentially methylated genes in blood DNA of small-cell lung cancer patients. Precision Clinical Medicine. 5(3). pbac017–pbac017. 2 indexed citations
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Evans, Ronald M. & Zong Wei. (2022). Interorgan crosstalk in pancreatic islet function and pathology. FEBS Letters. 596(5). 607–619. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic Regulation of β Cell Identity and Dysfunction. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 725131–725131. 16 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Nasiha S., Jovylyn Gatchalian, Josephine Ho, et al.. (2021). BRD9 regulates interferon-stimulated genes during macrophage activation via cooperation with BET protein BRD4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Liu, Tae Gyu Oh, Jason A. Magida, et al.. (2021). Bromodomain containing 9 (BRD9) regulates macrophage inflammatory responses by potentiating glucocorticoid receptor activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(35). 23 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Eiji, Carolyn O’Connor, Emanuel Gasser, et al.. (2020). Immune-evasive human islet-like organoids ameliorate diabetes. Nature. 586(7830). 606–611. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Yun, Zong Wei, Shaoqing Ju, Rongrong Jing, & Ming Cui. (2019). Promising member of the short interspersed nuclear elements (Alu elements): mechanisms and clinical applications in human cancers. Journal of Medical Genetics. 56(10). 639–645. 7 indexed citations
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Wei, Zong, Eiji Yoshihara, Nanhai He, et al.. (2018). Vitamin D Switches BAF Complexes to Protect β Cells. Cell. 173(5). 1135–1149.e15. 154 indexed citations
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Fan, Weiwei, Nanhai He, Chun Shi Lin, et al.. (2018). ERRγ Promotes Angiogenesis, Mitochondrial Biogenesis, and Oxidative Remodeling in PGC1α/β-Deficient Muscle. Cell Reports. 22(10). 2521–2529. 61 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Eiji, Zong Wei, Chun Shi Lin, et al.. (2016). ERRγ Is Required for the Metabolic Maturation of Therapeutically Functional Glucose-Responsive β Cells. Cell Metabolism. 23(4). 622–634. 137 indexed citations
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Kida, Yasuyuki S., Teruhisa Kawamura, Zong Wei, et al.. (2015). ERRs Mediate a Metabolic Switch Required for Somatic Cell Reprogramming to Pluripotency. Cell stem cell. 16(5). 547–555. 100 indexed citations
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Takada, Hitomi, Yutaka Saitō, Toutai Mituyama, et al.. (2014). Methylome, transcriptome, and PPARγ cistrome analyses reveal two epigenetic transitions in fat cells. Epigenetics. 9(9). 1195–1206. 10 indexed citations
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Wei, Zong, Fan Gao, Wen-Hsuan Chang, et al.. (2013). Biological Implications and Regulatory Mechanisms of Long-range Chromosomal Interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(31). 22369–22377. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Fan, Zong Wei, Wange Lu, & Kai Wang. (2013). Comparative analysis of 4C-Seq data generated from enzyme-based and sonication-based methods. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 345–345. 12 indexed citations
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Wei, Zong, Fan Gao, Sewoon Kim, et al.. (2013). Klf4 Organizes Long-Range Chromosomal Interactions with the Oct4 Locus in Reprogramming and Pluripotency. Cell stem cell. 13(1). 36–47. 160 indexed citations
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Gao, Fan, Zong Wei, Woojin An, Kai Wang, & Wange Lu. (2013). The interactomes of POU5F1 and SOX2 enhancers in human embryonic stem cells. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1588–1588. 25 indexed citations
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Lyu, Jungmook, Vicky Yamamoto, Si Ho Choi, et al.. (2013). Protein Phosphatase 4 and Smek Complex Negatively Regulate Par3 and Promote Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells. Cell Reports. 5(3). 593–600. 35 indexed citations
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Ge, Jing, et al.. (2006). AcMNPV ORF38 protein has the activity of ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase and is important for virus replication. Virology. 361(1). 204–211. 18 indexed citations

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