Chen Yang

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Chen Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Yang has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Chen Yang's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers). Chen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers). Chen Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Chen Yang's co-authors include Qiang Hua, Lixia Liu, Kazuyuki Shimizu, Guoping Zhao, Kun‐Liang Guan, Yue Xiong, Xiaoqun Nie, Yang Gu, Weihong Jiang and Qiujin Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chen Yang

70 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Acetylation of Metabolic Enzymes Coordinates Carbon Source Utilization and Metabolic Flux

2010 812 citations Chen Yang, Yue Xiong et al. profile →
Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi

2017 630 citations Lixia Liu, Chen Yang et al. profile →
Salmonella Typhimurium reprograms macrophage metabolism via T3SS effector SopE2 to promote intracellular replication and virulence

2021 278 citations Lingyan Jiang, Peisheng Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen Yang China	29	2.2k	846	593	507	279	72	4.3k
Wataru Hashimoto Japan	44	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	255 0.4×	406 0.8×	27 0.1×	229	6.3k
Naoki Takaya Japan	40	2.2k 1.0×	876 1.0×	115 0.2×	457 0.9×	55 0.2×	156	4.2k
Ana Varela Coelho Portugal	37	1.5k 0.7×	749 0.9×	184 0.3×	196 0.4×	30 0.1×	142	4.2k
Jay J. Thelen United States	47	4.0k 1.8×	3.1k 3.6×	397 0.7×	284 0.6×	59 0.2×	147	6.4k
Pedro Moradas‐Ferreira Portugal	36	2.2k 1.0×	528 0.6×	495 0.8×	488 1.0×	20 0.1×	100	4.3k
Jorge C. Escalante‐Semerena United States	48	6.7k 3.0×	557 0.7×	334 0.6×	281 0.6×	1.0k 3.7×	210	8.6k
Jong‐Soon Choi South Korea	29	1.5k 0.7×	396 0.5×	222 0.4×	236 0.5×	18 0.1×	150	2.8k
Kazuya Yoshimura Japan	45	3.4k 1.5×	3.1k 3.7×	155 0.3×	329 0.6×	23 0.1×	126	6.5k
Yasuyoshi Sakai Japan	49	5.1k 2.3×	903 1.1×	179 0.3×	1.1k 2.3×	26 0.1×	230	7.5k
Bing Li China	32	1.6k 0.7×	166 0.2×	282 0.5×	259 0.5×	26 0.1×	148	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Yang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yuan, Meng, Shan Zhu, Ran Chen, et al.. (2025). Novel A-D-A structured triphenylamine derivatives for visible-LED photoinduced free radical polymerizations under air. Dyes and Pigments. 245. 113248–113248.

Li, Xin, Yingying Zhao, Haidong Chen, et al.. (2025). Scutellarin Alleviates CCl4-Induced Liver Fibrosis by Regulating Intestinal Flora and PI3K/AKT Signaling Axis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 2997–2997. 2 indexed citations

Li, Qin, Бо Ли, Ning Xu, et al.. (2025). Selenium-enriched lactic acid bacteria inoculation enhances the quality of Paocai by imparting the microbiome and metabolome. Food Chemistry. 486. 144644–144644. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Chen, et al.. (2025). Insight into the femtosecond laser irradiation of ZnTe crystal: Photoionization and surface eruption. Optical Materials. 160. 116743–116743.

Nie, Xiaoqun, Fang Gao, Yuanyuan Ma, et al.. (2023). Increasing brain N‐acetylneuraminic acid alleviates hydrocephalus‐induced neurological deficits. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 29(11). 3183–3198. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuebin, Tingting Zhao, Yi Luan, et al.. (2023). Acetylation coordinates the crosstalk between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation in Salmonella enterica. The EMBO Journal. 42(13). e112333–e112333. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Huan, Can Zhang, Xiaoqun Nie, et al.. (2023). Pleiotropic Regulator GssR Positively Regulates Autotrophic Growth of Gas-Fermenting Clostridium ljungdahlii. Microorganisms. 11(8). 1968–1968. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Lingyan, Peisheng Wang, Xiaorui Song, et al.. (2021). Salmonella Typhimurium reprograms macrophage metabolism via T3SS effector SopE2 to promote intracellular replication and virulence. Nature Communications. 12(1). 879–879. 278 indexed citations breakdown →

Nie, Xiaoqun, Wenyue Dong, & Chen Yang. (2019). Genomic reconstruction of σ54 regulons in Clostridiales. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 565–565. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Yunpeng, Xiaoqun Nie, Yuqian Jiang, et al.. (2018). Metabolic regulation in solventogenic clostridia: regulators, mechanisms and engineering. Biotechnology Advances. 36(4). 905–914. 37 indexed citations

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Shao, Yangyang, Ning Lü, Zhenfang Wu, et al.. (2018). Creating a functional single-chromosome yeast. Nature. 560(7718). 331–335. 170 indexed citations

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Ni, Jun, Fei Tao, Ping Xu, & Chen Yang. (2018). Engineering Cyanobacteria for Photosynthetic Production of C3 Platform Chemicals and Terpenoids from CO2. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1080. 239–259. 9 indexed citations

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Lu, Meng, Xinwei Wang, Lixia Liu, et al.. (2016). The FBPase Encoding Gene glpX Is Required for Gluconeogenesis, Bacterial Proliferation and Division In Vivo of Mycobacterium marinum. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0156663–e0156663. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Aiyou, Lixia Liu, Chen Yang, & Guangce Wang. (2015). Phaeodactylum tricornutum photorespiration takes part in glycerol metabolism and is important for nitrogen-limited response. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 8(1). 73–73. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, et al.. (2014). Rumen bacteria convert cellulose into electricity in two-chamber microbial fuel cell.. Journal of chemical and pharmaceutical research. 6(4). 727–732. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Taito Takeda, Yoshinao Aoki, et al.. (2014). Peptidoglycan from Fermentation By-Product Triggers Defense Responses in Grapevine. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113340–e113340. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yiping, Lishi Zhou, Yuzheng Zhao, et al.. (2014). Regulation of G6PD acetylation by KAT9/SIRT2 modulates NADPH homeostasis and cell survival during oxidative stress. The EMBO Journal. 33(12). 1304–20. 218 indexed citations

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Ortega, Davi R., Chen Yang, Peter Ames, et al.. (2013). A phenylalanine rotameric switch for signal-state control in bacterial chemoreceptors. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2881–2881. 38 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Fei Liu, Bing Yang, et al.. (2012). Specific amino acids affecting Drosophila melanogaster prophenoloxidase activity in vitro. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 38(1). 88–97. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen. (2007). A preliminary study on the breeding biology of the oriental white stork Ciconia boyciana in its wintering area. Dongwu xuebao. 9 indexed citations

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