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D-Index
45
Citations
8097
World Ranking
19105
National Ranking
74

Weiping Han 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 Weiping Han sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 164 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weiping Han 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 Weiping Han 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: 45 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Weiping Han is affiliated with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

The scientist has made significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Physiology. Their work frequently addresses topics such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Nuclear Structure and Function, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Recent notable papers by Weiping Han include the following:

  • "Amino acid is a major carbon source for hepatic lipogenesis," 2024, Cell Metabolism
  • "Reprogramming of mitochondrial proline metabolism promotes liver tumorigenesis," 2021, Amino Acids
  • "Targeted Inhibition of Purine Metabolism Is Effective in Suppressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression," 2020, Hepatology Communications
  • "5-IP7 is a GPCR messenger mediating neural control of synaptotagmin-dependent insulin exocytosis and glucose homeostasis," 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • "The altered lipidome of hepatocellular carcinoma," 2022, Seminars in Cancer Biology

Their frequent coauthors include Qunxiang Ong, Justin J. Rochford, George D. Mcilroy, Yilie Liao, and Ahlima Roumane.

Among the venues where Weiping Han has published most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Pancreatic regulation of glucose homeostasis.

    Pia V Röder;Bingbing Wu;Yixian Liu;Weiping Han

  • Synaptotagmins form a hierarchy of exocytotic Ca2+ sensors with distinct Ca2+ affinities

    Shuzo Sugita;Ok Ho Shin;Weiping Han;Ye Lao

  • Synaptotagmin VII as a Plasma Membrane Ca2+ Sensor in Exocytosis

    Shuzo Sugita;Weiping Han;Stefan Butz;Xinran Liu

  • Lipid-overloaded enlarged adipocytes provoke insulin resistance independent of inflammation.

    Jong In Kim;Jin Young Huh;Jee Hyung Sohn;Sung Sik Choe

  • Loss of BCAA Catabolism during Carcinogenesis Enhances mTORC1 Activity and Promotes Tumor Development and Progression

    Russell E. Ericksen;Siew Lan Lim;Eoin McDonnell;Wai Ho Shuen

  • Identification of Specific Cell-Surface Markers of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells from Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat Depots

    Wee Kiat Ong;Chuen Seng Tan;Kai Li Chan;Grace Gandi Goesantoso

  • Redundant functions of RIM1α and RIM2α in Ca2+-triggered neurotransmitter release

    Susanne Schoch;Susanne Schoch;Tobias Mittelstaedt;Pascal S Kaeser;Daniel Padgett

  • Wip1-dependent regulation of autophagy, obesity, and atherosclerosis.

    Xavier Le Guezennec;Anna Brichkina;Yi Fu Huang;Elena Kostromina

  • Synaptotagmin-7 is a principal Ca2+ sensor for Ca2+ -induced glucagon exocytosis in pancreas.

    Natalia Gustavsson;Shun-Hui Wei;Dong Nhut Hoang;Ye Lao

  • Linking type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

    Weiping Han;Cai Li

  • N-Glycosylation Is Essential for Vesicular Targeting of Synaptotagmin 1

    Weiping Han;Jeong-Seop Rhee;Anton Maximov;Ye Lao

  • Evolutionarily Conserved Multiple C2 Domain Proteins with Two Transmembrane Regions (MCTPs) and Unusual Ca2+ Binding Properties

    Ok-Ho Shin;Weiping Han;Yun Wang;Thomas C. Südhof

  • FoxO1 inhibits leptin regulation of pro-opiomelanocortin promoter activity by blocking STAT3 interaction with specificity protein 1.

    Guoqing Yang;Chun-Yan Lim;Chao Li;Xiaoqiu Xiao

  • Calcium-sensing beyond neurotransmitters: functions of synaptotagmins in neuroendocrine and endocrine secretion.

    Natalia Gustavsson;Weiping Han

  • Direct modulation of GFAP-expressing glia in the arcuate nucleus bi-directionally regulates feeding.

    Naiyan Chen;Naiyan Chen;Hiroki Sugihara;Jinah Kim;Zhanyan Fu;Zhanyan Fu

  • In vivo hyperpolarized carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals increased pyruvate carboxylase flux in an insulin-resistant mouse model.

    Philip Lee;Waifook Leong;Trish Tan;Miangkee Lim

  • Synapsins regulate use-dependent synaptic plasticity in the calyx of Held by a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent pathway

    Jianyuan Sun;Peter Bronk;Xinran Liu;Weiping Han

  • Calcium Triggers Exocytosis from Two Types of Organelles in a Single Astrocyte

    Tao Liu;Lei Sun;Yingfei Xiong;Shujiang Shang

  • Synaptotagmin 4 Regulates Pancreatic β Cell Maturation by Modulating the Ca2+ Sensitivity of Insulin Secretion Vesicles

    Chen Huang;Emily M. Walker;Prasanna K. Dadi;Ruiying Hu

  • Metabolic pathway analyses identify proline biosynthesis pathway as a promoter of liver tumorigenesis

    Zhaobing Ding;Russell E. Ericksen;Nathalie Escande-Beillard;Qian Yi Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

George K. Radda
George K. Radda Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Wanjin Hong
Wanjin Hong Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Vinay Tergaonkar
Vinay Tergaonkar Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Aimin Xu
Aimin Xu University of Hong Kong
Peter R. Shepherd
Peter R. Shepherd University of Auckland
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Zhuan Zhou
Zhuan Zhou Peking University
Zhanyan Fu
Zhanyan Fu Broad Institute

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