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Weiming Xia

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
20016
World Ranking
11717
National Ranking
5037

Weiming Xia publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Weiming Xia sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 142 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Weiming Xia D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Weiming Xia sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Weiming Xia is affiliated with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and neurological fields, especially Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Medicine, with specific subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health, and Epidemiology. These areas reflect the interdisciplinary approach Xia employs in investigating brain health and neurological conditions.

The scientist's main research topics involve:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xia include:

  • Peter J. Morin
  • Thor D. Stein
  • Dan R. Berlowitz
  • Amir Abbas Tahami Monfared
  • Quanwu Zhang

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Value in Health
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy

Recent papers by Weiming Xia include:

  • "Proteomic and biological profiling of extracellular vesicles from Alzheimer's disease human brain tissues" (2020), published in Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "Targeting Amyloidogenic Processing of APP in Alzheimer's Disease" (2020), published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "Amyloid-β42/40 ratio drives tau pathology in 3D human neural cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "CCL2 is associated with microglia and macrophage recruitment in chronic traumatic encephalopathy" (2020), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Assessment of separation methods for extracellular vesicles from human and mouse brain tissues and human cerebrospinal fluids" (2020), published in Methods

Best Publications

  • Two transmembrane aspartates in presenilin-1 required for presenilin endoproteolysis and gamma-secretase activity.

    Michael S. Wolfe;Michael S. Wolfe;Weiming Xia;Beth L. Ostaszewski;Thekla S. Diehl

  • Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice

    Martin Citron;David Westaway;Weiming Xia;George Carlson

  • Skeletal and CNS defects in Presenilin-1-deficient mice.

    Jie Shen;Roderick T Bronson;Dong Feng Chen;Weiming Xia

  • Elevated beta-secretase expression and enzymatic activity detected in sporadic Alzheimer disease.

    Li Bang Yang;Kristina Lindholm;Riqiang Yan;Martin Citron

  • Transition-state analogue inhibitors of γ-secretase bind directly to presenilin-1

    William P. Esler;W. Taylor Kimberly;Beth L. Ostaszewski;Thekla S. Diehl

  • Increased App expression in a mouse model of Down's syndrome disrupts NGF transport and causes cholinergic neuron degeneration.

    Ahmad Salehi;Jean Dominique Delcroix;Pavel V. Belichenko;Ke Zhan

  • The prolyl isomerase Pin1 regulates amyloid precursor protein processing and amyloid-β production

    Lucia Pastorino;Anyang Sun;Anyang Sun;Pei-Jung Lu;Xiao Zhen Zhou

  • A detergent-insoluble membrane compartment contains Aβ in vivo

    Seung Jae Lee;Udaya Liyanage;Perry E. Bickel;Perry E. Bickel;Weiming Xia

  • APP processing is regulated by cytoplasmic phosphorylation

    Ming Sum Lee;Shih Chu Kao;Cynthia A. Lemere;Weiming Xia

  • Mutagenesis Identifies New Signals for β-Amyloid Precursor Protein Endocytosis, Turnover, and the Generation of Secreted Fragments, Including Aβ42

    Ruth G. Perez;Salvador Soriano;Jay D. Hayes;Beth Ostaszewski

  • Peptidomimetic Probes and Molecular Modeling Suggest That Alzheimer's γ-Secretase Is an Intramembrane-Cleaving Aspartyl Protease†

    Michael S. Wolfe;Weiming Xia;Chad L. Moore;Dartha D. Leatherwood

  • Presenilin proteins undergo heterogeneous endoproteolysis between Thr291 and Ala299 and occur as stable N- and C-terminal fragments in normal and Alzheimer brain tissue.

    Marcia B. Podlisny;Martin Citron;Patricia Amarante;Robin Sherrington

  • Presenilin-mediated modulation of capacitative calcium entry.

    Andrew S. Yoo;Isaac Cheng;Sungkwon Chung;Tallessyn Z. Grenfell

  • The Transmembrane Aspartates in Presenilin 1 and 2 Are Obligatory for γ-Secretase Activity and Amyloid β-Protein Generation

    W.Taylor Kimberly;Weiming Xia;Talat Rahmati;Michael S. Wolfe

  • Enhanced Production and Oligomerization of the 42-residue Amyloid β-Protein by Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Stably Expressing Mutant Presenilins

    Weiming Xia;Jimin Zhang;Dora Kholodenko;Martin Citron

  • Interaction between amyloid precursor protein and presenilins in mammalian cells: Implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

    Weiming Xia;Jimin Zhang;Ruth Perez;Edward H. Koo;Edward H. Koo

  • The inhalation anesthetic isoflurane induces a vicious cycle of apoptosis and amyloid beta-protein accumulation

    Zhongcong Xie;Yuanlin Dong;Uta Maeda;Robert D. Moir

  • The Common Inhalational Anesthetic Sevoflurane Induces Apoptosis and Increases β-Amyloid Protein Levels

    Yuanlin Dong;Guohua Zhang;Guohua Zhang;Bin Zhang;Bin Zhang;Robert D. Moir

  • A Substrate-Based Difluoro Ketone Selectively Inhibits Alzheimer's γ-Secretase Activity

    Michael S. Wolfe;Martin Citron;Thekla S. Diehl;Weiming Xia

  • Are presenilins intramembrane-cleaving proteases? Implications for the molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease.

    Michael S. Wolfe;Joseph De Los Angeles;Joseph De Los Angeles;Duane D. Miller;Weiming Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis J. Selkoe
Dennis J. Selkoe Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael S. Wolfe
Michael S. Wolfe University of Kansas
Stephen T. C. Wong
Stephen T. C. Wong Houston Methodist
Tianming Liu
Tianming Liu University of Georgia
Martin Citron
Martin Citron Amgen (United States)
Rudolph E. Tanzi
Rudolph E. Tanzi Harvard University
Francine Grodstein
Francine Grodstein Rush University Medical Center
Gang Li
Gang Li University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dominic M. Walsh
Dominic M. Walsh Brigham and Women's Hospital
Edward H. Koo
Edward H. Koo University of California, San Diego

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Paul E. Fraser

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