Ben Yang

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ben Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Yang has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ben Yang's work include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (16 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (11 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (9 papers). Ben Yang is often cited by papers focused on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (16 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (11 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (9 papers). Ben Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ben Yang's co-authors include D. James Surmeier, Paul T. Schumacker, Ema Ilijić, Enrico Zampese, Shikai Liu, David L. Wokosin, Jaime N. Guzmán, Qi Li, Jyothisri Kondapalli and Patricia González‐Rodríguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Ben Yang

55 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Disruption of mitochondrial complex I induces progressive... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Disruption of mitochondrial complex I induces progressive parkinsonism
    2021 332 citations Enrico Zampese, Jaime N. Guzmán et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Yang China 23 745 426 396 197 190 60 1.8k
Ana Cristina Calvo Spain 26 760 1.0× 363 0.9× 520 1.3× 269 1.4× 257 1.4× 65 2.0k
Shinya Yamamoto United States 29 1.7k 2.3× 549 1.3× 150 0.4× 324 1.6× 313 1.6× 78 2.9k
Eun-Kyung Bae South Korea 22 817 1.1× 610 1.4× 213 0.5× 93 0.5× 94 0.5× 75 1.9k
Wenbo Yu China 25 728 1.0× 218 0.5× 369 0.9× 202 1.0× 127 0.7× 82 1.6k
Karen M. Mearow Canada 32 995 1.3× 1.2k 2.8× 152 0.4× 510 2.6× 83 0.4× 59 2.6k
Tim Pearson United Kingdom 23 711 1.0× 368 0.9× 71 0.2× 392 2.0× 92 0.5× 37 1.7k
Bernadett Kalmár United Kingdom 25 1.1k 1.5× 517 1.2× 796 2.0× 383 1.9× 88 0.5× 40 2.2k
Hans Imboden Switzerland 28 744 1.0× 465 1.1× 87 0.2× 211 1.1× 124 0.7× 68 2.2k
Paola Roncaglia Italy 19 1.4k 1.8× 509 1.2× 176 0.4× 193 1.0× 64 0.3× 34 2.1k
Jae Young Seong South Korea 35 1.8k 2.4× 1.2k 2.9× 44 0.1× 230 1.2× 296 1.6× 138 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Yang 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 Ben Yang. Ben Yang 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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Yang, Ben, Chao‐Yu Guo, Mengmeng Xu, et al.. (2025). Genetic Basis of Low-Salinity Tolerance in the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) as Revealed by Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Genome-Wide Association Study. Marine Biotechnology. 27(3). 88–88. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2025). Lateralized nigrostriatal dopamine pathway activation promotes early reversal learning. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 19. 1703094–1703094.
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2024). Genomic selection accelerates genetic improvement of resistance to Vibriosis in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture. 584. 740679–740679. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, Anping Wang, Yubing Wang, et al.. (2024). Improved efficacy of cisplatin delivery by peanut agglutinin‑modified liposomes in non‑small cell lung cancer. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 54(2).
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Yang, Ben, Yongjing Li, Qi Li, & Shikai Liu. (2024). High-throughput and cost-effective genotyping by low-coverage whole genome sequencing with genotype imputation in Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture. 591. 741134–741134. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zihao, et al.. (2024). SNP Fingerprinting for Germplasm Identification of the Fast-Growing Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) “Haida No. 1” Variety. Marine Biotechnology. 27(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2023). Estimation of genetic parameters for female reproduction traits in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture. 569. 739387–739387. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2022). Systematic Evaluation of Genomic Prediction Algorithms for Genomic Prediction and Breeding of Aquatic Animals. Genes. 13(12). 2247–2247. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Ben Yang, Hebing Wang, et al.. (2022). Synergistic Interaction of Low Salinity Stress With Vibrio Infection Causes Mass Mortalities in the Oyster by Inducing Host Microflora Imbalance and Immune Dysregulation. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 859975–859975. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Hebing, Ben Yang, Xin Li, Qi Li, & Shikai Liu. (2021). Screening of bacterial pathogens associated with mass summer mortality of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, in China. Aquaculture Reports. 20. 100672–100672. 25 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2021). Locus coeruleus anchors a trisynaptic circuit controlling fear-induced suppression of feeding. Neuron. 109(5). 823–838.e6. 45 indexed citations
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Shen, Weixing, Wenjie Ren, Shenyu Zhai, et al.. (2020). Striatal Kir2 K+ channel inhibition mediates the antidyskinetic effects of amantadine. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(5). 2593–2601. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bingjie, Haiyan Wu, Ji‐Long Hao, Yun‐Long Wu, & Ben Yang. (2019). Inhibition of DNA-PKcs activity re-sensitizes uveal melanoma cells to radio- and chemotherapy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 522(3). 639–646. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, Yunjiang Feng, Hoan Vu, et al.. (2016). Bioaffinity Mass Spectrometry Screening. SLAS DISCOVERY. 21(2). 194–200. 16 indexed citations
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Surmeier, D. James, et al.. (2016). Calcium and Parkinson's disease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 483(4). 1013–1019. 165 indexed citations
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Sánchez-Padilla, Javier, Jaime N. Guzmán, Ema Ilijić, et al.. (2014). Mitochondrial oxidant stress in locus coeruleus is regulated by activity and nitric oxide synthase. Nature Neuroscience. 17(6). 832–840. 123 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, et al.. (2012). <em>In ovo</em> Electroporation in Chick Midbrain for Studying Gene Function in Dopaminergic Neuron Development. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e4017–e4017. 4 indexed citations

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