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D-Index
58
Citations
11721
World Ranking
3441
National Ranking
81

Shaoping Weng publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shaoping Weng sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 278 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Shaoping Weng D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shaoping Weng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shaoping Weng is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China. Their research focuses primarily on immunology and microbiology, with a significant number of publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields of study most associated with their work include immunology, molecular biology, ecology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as animal science and zoology.

The scientist's core research themes encompass aquaculture disease management and microbiota, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, studies on animal virus infections, mosquito-borne diseases and control, interferon and immune responses, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and viral infections and vectors.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shaoping Weng are:

  • Jianguo He
  • Xiaopeng Xu
  • Chuanfu Dong
  • Hongliang Zuo
  • Dongwei Hou

Shaoping Weng has published in several recurring scientific venues, including:

  • Aquaculture
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Selected recent papers illustrate the scientist's focus on microbiota dynamics, microbial diversity, and disease in aquaculture systems:

  • "Microecological Koch's postulates reveal that intestinal microbiota dysbiosis contributes to shrimp white feces syndrome," 2020, Microbiome
  • "Dissimilarity of microbial diversity of pond water, shrimp intestine and sediment in Aquamimicry system," 2020, AMB Express
  • "Intestine Bacterial Community Composition of Shrimp Varies Under Low- and High-Salinity Culture Conditions," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Stochastic processes shape the bacterial community assembly in shrimp cultural pond sediments," 2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Scale Drop Disease Virus Associated Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) Ascites Diseases, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Southern China: The First Description," 2021, Viruses

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two novel Tolls (LvToll2 and LvToll3) and three putative Spätzle-like Toll ligands (LvSpz1-3) from Litopenaeus vannamei.

    Pei-Hui Wang;Jian-Ping Liang;Zhi-Hua Gu;Ding-Hui Wan

  • Profiling of differentially expressed genes in hepatopancreas of white spot syndrome virus-resistant shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) by suppression subtractive hybridisation.

    Zhi-Ying Zhao;Zhi-Xin Yin;Shao-Ping Weng;Hao-Ji Guan

  • A Novel C-Type Lectin from the Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei Possesses Anti-White Spot Syndrome Virus Activity

    Zhi-Ying Zhao;Zhi-Xin Yin;Xiao-Peng Xu;Shao-Ping Weng

  • Development of a mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi fry cell line suitable for the study of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV).

    Chuanfu Dong;Shaoping Weng;Xiujuan Shi;Xiaopeng Xu

  • Intestinal bacterial signatures of white feces syndrome in shrimp

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  • Microecological Koch’s postulates reveal that intestinal microbiota dysbiosis contributes to shrimp white feces syndrome

    Zhijian Huang;Shenzheng Zeng;Jinbo Xiong;Dongwei Hou

  • WSSV-host interaction: Host response and immune evasion.

    Chaozheng Li;Shaoping Weng;Jianguo He

  • A Toll receptor in shrimp.

    Li-Shi Yang;Zhi-Xin Yin;Ji-Xiang Liao;Xian-De Huang

  • Environmental Factors Shape Water Microbial Community Structure and Function in Shrimp Cultural Enclosure Ecosystems.

    Dongwei Hou;Zhijian Huang;Shenzheng Zeng;Jian Liu

  • Analysis of Litopenaeus vannamei transcriptome using the next-generation DNA sequencing technique.

    Chaozheng Li;Shaoping Weng;Yonggui Chen;Xiaoqiang Yu

  • Identification of a C-type lectin with antiviral and antibacterial activity from pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

    Ming Li;Chaozheng Li;Chunxia Ma;Haoyang Li

  • Litopenaeus vannamei tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) responds to Vibrio alginolyticus and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection and activates antimicrobial peptide genes

    Pei-Hui Wang;Ding-Hui Wan;Zhi-Hua Gu;Xie-Xiong Deng

  • Activation of Vago by interferon regulatory factor (IRF) suggests an interferon system-like antiviral mechanism in shrimp.

    Chaozheng Li;Haoyang Li;Yixiao Chen;Yonggui Chen

  • Identification and functional characterization of Dicer2 and five single VWC domain proteins of Litopenaeus vannamei.

    Yi-Hong Chen;Xiao-Ting Jia;Li Zhao;Chao-Zheng Li

  • A zebrafish (Danio rerio) model of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) infection

    Xiaopeng Xu;Lichun Zhang;Shaoping Weng;Zhijian Huang

  • Identification and functional study of a shrimp Relish homologue

    Xian-De Huang;Zhi-Xin Yin;Ji-Xiang Liao;Pei-Hui Wang

  • An immune deficiency homolog from the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, activates antimicrobial peptide genes.

    Pei-Hui Wang;Zhi-Hua Gu;Xian-De Huang;Bo-Du Liu

  • Identification and functional study of a shrimp Dorsal homologue.

    Xian-De Huang;Zhi-Xin Yin;Xiao-ting Jia;Jian-ping Liang

  • Characterization of a prophenoloxidase from hemocytes of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei that is down-regulated by white spot syndrome virus.

    Hua-Shui Ai;Yong-Chun Huang;Se-Dong Li;Shao-Ping Weng

  • The shrimp NF-κB pathway is activated by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) 449 to facilitate the expression of WSSV069 (ie1), WSSV303 and WSSV371.

    Pei-Hui Wang;Zhi-Hua Gu;Ding-Hui Wan;Ming-Yan Zhang

  • Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily gene, TNF receptor superfamily gene and lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) gene from Litopenaeus vannamei.

    Pei-Hui Wang;Ding-Hui Wan;Li-Ran Pang;Zhi-Hua Gu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianguo He
Jianguo He Sun Yat-sen University
Xiao-Qiang Yu
Xiao-Qiang Yu South China Normal University
Anlong Xu
Anlong Xu Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Jian Huang
Jian Huang University of Iowa
Qi Xie
Qi Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yang Gao
Yang Gao Google (United Kingdom)
Daliang Ning
Daliang Ning University of Oklahoma
Jinbo Xiong
Jinbo Xiong Ningbo University

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