Changning Yan

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Changning Yan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Changning Yan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Changning Yan's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (12 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (4 papers). Changning Yan is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (12 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (4 papers). Changning Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Changning Yan's co-authors include Martin M. Matzuk, Julia A. Elvin, Pei Wang, Francesco J. DeMayo, Janet L. DeMayo, Katsuhiko Nishimori, Cecilia Cariño, Sarvamangala V. Prasad, Bonnie S. Dunbar and Anthony Celeste and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Changning Yan

18 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Synergistic Roles of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 and Gr... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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. Synergistic Roles of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 and Growth Differentiation Factor 9 in Ovarian Function
    2001 644 citations Changning Yan, Pei Wang et al. Molecular Endocrinology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Changning Yan United States 15 1.7k 1.3k 782 651 346 18 2.3k
Minnie Hsieh United States 16 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 455 0.7× 419 1.2× 19 2.3k
Mika Laitinen Finland 18 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 757 1.0× 806 1.2× 166 0.5× 23 2.6k
Maria M. Viveiros United States 21 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 589 0.8× 506 0.8× 212 0.6× 35 2.5k
Aleksandar Rajkovic United States 20 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 698 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 216 0.6× 35 2.5k
D. Herrmann Germany 24 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 570 0.7× 965 1.5× 170 0.5× 54 2.5k
Radek Procházka Czechia 22 1.0k 0.6× 656 0.5× 609 0.8× 231 0.4× 124 0.4× 69 1.4k
Raffaella Rossetti Italy 17 859 0.5× 539 0.4× 481 0.6× 569 0.9× 121 0.3× 24 1.3k
Rosemary A. L. Bayne United Kingdom 23 733 0.4× 774 0.6× 397 0.5× 383 0.6× 174 0.5× 33 1.6k
Julio E. Agno United States 17 573 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 488 0.6× 421 0.6× 224 0.6× 19 1.7k
Ursula A. Vitt United States 12 844 0.5× 674 0.5× 453 0.6× 208 0.3× 85 0.2× 12 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Changning Yan

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Changning Yan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Changning Yan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Changning Yan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Changning Yan

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Changning Yan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Changning Yan. The network helps show where Changning Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Changning Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Changning Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Changning Yan 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 Changning Yan. Changning Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
1.
Yan, Changning, Julia A. Elvin, Yi‐Nan Lin, et al.. (2006). Regulation of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 Expression in Oocytes In Vivo: A Key Role of the E-Box1. Biology of Reproduction. 74(6). 999–1006. 24 indexed citations
2.
Wu, Xuemei, et al.. (2004). Interrelationship of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 and Inhibin in Early Folliculogenesis and Ovarian Tumorigenesis in Mice. Molecular Endocrinology. 18(6). 1509–1519. 63 indexed citations
3.
Rajkovic, Aleksandar, Jung Hyun Lee, Changning Yan, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2002). The ret finger protein-like 4 gene, Rfpl4, encodes a putative E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase expressed in adult germ cells. Mechanisms of Development. 112(1-2). 173–177. 25 indexed citations
4.
Harlow, Christopher R., L. S. P. Davidson, Kathleen H. Burns, et al.. (2002). FSH and TGF-β Superfamily Members Regulate Granulosa Cell Connective Tissue Growth Factor Gene Expressionin Vitroandin Vivo. Endocrinology. 143(9). 3316–3325. 60 indexed citations
5.
Suzumori, Nobuhiro, Changning Yan, Martin M. Matzuk, & Aleksandar Rajkovic. (2002). Nobox is a homeobox-encoding gene preferentially expressed in primordial and growing oocytes. Mechanisms of Development. 111(1-2). 137–141. 131 indexed citations
6.
Rajkovic, Aleksandar, Changning Yan, Yan Wei, Michal Klysik, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2002). Obox, a Family of Homeobox Genes Preferentially Expressed in Germ Cells. Genomics. 79(5). 711–717. 59 indexed citations
7.
Elvin, Julia A., Changning Yan, Janet L. DeMayo, et al.. (2002). Knockout of Pentraxin 3, a Downstream Target of Growth Differentiation Factor-9, Causes Female Subfertility. Molecular Endocrinology. 16(6). 1154–1167. 322 indexed citations
8.
Yan, Changning, et al.. (2001). Oosp1 encodes a novel mouse oocyte‐secreted protein. genesis. 31(3). 105–110. 33 indexed citations
9.
Rajkovic, Aleksandar, Changning Yan, Michal Klysik, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2001). Discovery of germ cell–specific transcripts by expressed sequence tag database analysis. Fertility and Sterility. 76(3). 550–554. 73 indexed citations
10.
Yan, Changning. (2001). Transgenic models of ovarian failure1*1. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 8(1). S30–S33. 6 indexed citations
11.
Yan, Changning, Pei Wang, Janet L. DeMayo, et al.. (2001). Synergistic Roles of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 and Growth Differentiation Factor 9 in Ovarian Function. Molecular Endocrinology. 15(6). 854–866. 644 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Burns, Kathleen H., Changning Yan, T. Rajendra Kumar, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2001). Analysis of Ovarian Gene Expression in Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β Knockout Mice*. Endocrinology. 142(7). 2742–2751. 87 indexed citations
13.
Yan, Changning & Martin M. Matzuk. (2001). Transgenic Models of Ovarian Failure. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 8(1_suppl). S30–S33. 1 indexed citations
14.
Elvin, Julia A., Changning Yan, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2000). Oocyte-expressed TGF-β superfamily members in female fertility. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 159(1-2). 1–5. 222 indexed citations
15.
Elvin, Julia A., Changning Yan, & Martin M. Matzuk. (2000). Growth differentiation factor-9 stimulates progesterone synthesis in granulosa cells via a prostaglandin E 2 /EP2 receptor pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(18). 10288–10293. 160 indexed citations
16.
Elvin, Julia A., Changning Yan, Pei Wang, Katsuhiko Nishimori, & Martin M. Matzuk. (1999). Molecular Characterization of the Follicle Defects in the Growth Differentiation Factor 9-Deficient Ovary. Molecular Endocrinology. 13(6). 1018–1034. 361 indexed citations
17.
Yan, Changning, Fengzhi Li, Cam Patterson, & Marschall S. Runge. (1998). High-Voltage and High-Salt Buffer Facilitates Electroporation of Human Aortic Smooth-Muscle Cells. BioTechniques. 24(4). 590–592. 2 indexed citations
18.
Chaikof, Elliot L., et al.. (1995). Growth-related Responses in Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Are Arrested by Thrombin Receptor Antisense Sequences. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(13). 7431–7436. 25 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Minnie Hsieh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mika Laitinen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maria M. Viveiros Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Aleksandar Rajkovic Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by D. Herrmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Radek Procházka Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Raffaella Rossetti Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rosemary A. L. Bayne Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Julio E. Agno Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ursula A. Vitt
Rankless by CCL
2026