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20911
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16781
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Wanqing Wen publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 376 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Wanqing Wen D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wanqing Wen is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on genetics, molecular biology, oncology, pathology and forensic medicine, and surgery.

Their scholarship addresses topics including genetic associations and epidemiology, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, nutrition, genetics and disease, colorectal cancer screening and detection, and cancer risks and factors.

Wanqing Wen has contributed to several papers of significant citation counts. Notable publications include:

  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • A polygenic risk score improves risk stratification of coronary artery disease: a large-scale prospective Chinese cohort study, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Evaluating the Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores in Identifying High-Risk Individuals for Eight Common Cancers, 2020, JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Healthy lifestyles, genetic modifiers, and colorectal cancer risk: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Identifying Novel Susceptibility Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk From a Transcriptome-Wide Association Study of 125,478 Subjects, 2020, Gastroenterology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Wanqing Wen include Xiao-Ou Shu, Wei Zheng, Jirong Long, Qiuyin Cai, and Xingyi Guo. These collaborations indicate a strong research network in related fields.

Common publication venues for Wanqing Wen's work include:

  • Cancer Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Cancer

This body of work spans 181 publications in medicine and 142 in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, demonstrating a comprehensive engagement with both clinical and laboratory-based scientific studies. The subfields of genetics, molecular biology, and oncology reflect a multidisciplinary approach applied to cancer research and related genetic disorders.

Best Publications

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a new breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1

    Wei Zheng;Jirong Long;Yu Tang Gao;Chun Li

  • Soyfood Intake during Adolescence and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer among Chinese Women

    Xiao Ou Shu;Fan Jin;Qi Dai;Wanqing Wen

  • The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics

    Wei Zheng;Wong Ho Chow;Gong Yang;Fan Jin

  • Validity and reproducibility of the food frequency questionnaire used in the Shanghai Women's Health Study.

    Xiao Ou Shu;G. Yang;F. Jin;D. Liu

  • Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians

    Wanqing Wen;Yoon Shin Cho;Wei Zheng;Rajkumar Dorajoo;Rajkumar Dorajoo

  • Association of menstrual and reproductive factors with breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study.

    Yu Tang Gao;Xiao Ou Shu;Qi Dai;John D. Potter

  • Disparities by Race, Age, and Sex in the Improvement of Survival for Major Cancers: Results From the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program in the United States, 1990 to 2010.

    Chenjie Zeng;Wanqing Wen;Alicia K. Morgans;William Pao

  • Unrelated donor marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia: 9 years' experience of the national marrow donor program.

    Philip B. McGlave;Xiao Ou Shu;Wanqing Wen;Claudio Anasetti

  • Comprehensive gene expression profiling and immunohistochemical studies support application of immunophenotypic algorithm for molecular subtype classification in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A report from the International DLBCL Rituximab-CHOP Consortium Program Study

    C Visco;Y Li;Z Y Xu-Monette;R N Miranda

  • Urinary Excretion of Isoflavonoids and the Risk of Breast Cancer

    Wei Zheng;Qi Dai;Laurie J. Custer;Xiao-Ou Shu

  • Adolescent and adult soy food intake and breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai Women's Health Study

    Sang-Ah Lee;Xiao-Ou Shu;Honglan Li;Gong Yang

  • Common variants at CDKAL1 and KLF9 are associated with body mass index in east Asian populations

    Yukinori Okada;Michiaki Kubo;Hiroko Ohmiya;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Use of complementary and alternative medicine by chinese women with breast cancer.

    Yong Cui;Xiao-Ou Shu;Yutang Gao;Wanqing Wen

  • Identification of new genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes.

    Xiao-Ou Shu;Jirong Long;Qiuyin Cai;Lu Qi

  • Large-scale genetic study in East Asians identifies six new loci associated with colorectal cancer risk

    Ben Zhang;Wei Hua Jia;Koichi Matsuda;Sun Seog Kweon

  • Association of genetic variation in FTO with risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes with data from 96,551 East and South Asians

    H. Li;T. O. Kilpeläinen;C. Liu;J. Zhu

  • Population-Based, Case-Control Study of HER2 Genetic Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk

    Dawen Xie;Xiao-Ou Shu;Zonglin Deng;Wan-Qing Wen

  • Association of genetic polymorphisms in the VEGF gene with breast cancer survival.

    Hua Lu;Xiao-Ou Shu;Yong Cui;Nobuhiko Kataoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Qiuyin Cai
Qiuyin Cai Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Yu-Tang Gao
Yu-Tang Gao Fudan University
Yong-Bing Xiang
Yong-Bing Xiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jirong Long
Jirong Long Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Gong Yang
Gong Yang Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
Daehee Kang
Daehee Kang Seoul National University

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