Cheng Yan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Cheng Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Yan has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 18 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Cheng Yan's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers). Cheng Yan is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers). Cheng Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Cheng Yan's co-authors include Jianxin Wang, Fang‐Xiang Wu, Dongsheng Cao, Jie Dong, Zhi‐Jiang Yao, Aiping Lü, Defang Ouyang, Ningning Wang, Lin Zhang and Guihua Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Scientific Reports and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Yan

66 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

ADMETlab: a platform for systematic ADMET evaluation base... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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. ADMETlab: a platform for systematic ADMET evaluation based on a comprehensively collected ADMET database
    2018 591 citations Cheng Yan 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
Cheng Yan China 20 909 520 225 167 148 84 1.6k
Bingding Huang China 18 1.1k 1.3× 543 1.0× 114 0.5× 88 0.5× 192 1.3× 59 2.1k
Weilin Zhang China 14 972 1.1× 602 1.2× 93 0.4× 196 1.2× 124 0.8× 23 2.1k
Khalid Raza India 23 558 0.6× 352 0.7× 67 0.3× 170 1.0× 83 0.6× 107 1.5k
Ming Wen China 19 1.0k 1.1× 621 1.2× 298 1.3× 90 0.5× 33 0.2× 50 2.0k
Heng Luo China 27 1.1k 1.2× 771 1.5× 98 0.4× 231 1.4× 45 0.3× 90 2.3k
Ziyi Yang China 22 570 0.6× 468 0.9× 59 0.3× 128 0.8× 41 0.3× 67 1.3k
Yintao Zhang China 11 540 0.6× 307 0.6× 96 0.4× 39 0.2× 94 0.6× 33 1.1k
Assaf Gottlieb United States 20 1.5k 1.6× 877 1.7× 119 0.5× 39 0.2× 76 0.5× 47 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cheng 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 Cheng Yan. The network helps show where Cheng Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng 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 Cheng Yan. Cheng Yan 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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Li, Wenjuan, Guo-Sheng Hu, Jingjing Yang, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-induced PRMT1 methylates HIF2β to promote breast tumorigenesis via enhancing glycolytic gene transcription. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115487–115487. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Ningning, Zhenhua Wu, Yanwen Wang, et al.. (2025). A diagnostic model for non-invasive urothelial cancer early detection based on methylation of urinary tumor DNA. Cancer Cell International. 25(1). 148–148.
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Liu, Bingxiang, et al.. (2025). Patent lifespan prediction and interpreting the key determinants: An application of interpretable machine learning survival analysis approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 215. 124104–124104.
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Chen, Yuanlin, et al.. (2024). Edge-guided feature fusion network for RGB-T salient object detection. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 18. 1489658–1489658.
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Zhao, Shaojie, Yuan Kang, Yang Pu, et al.. (2024). Emulsifying and ethanol-induced gelling properties of capsicum pectin: The impact of capsicum variety and deproteinization using the Sevag method. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 283(Pt 4). 137912–137912. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng, Qian Xia, Yuhan Hu, & Li Li. (2024). Multi-modal Knowledge Graph Recommendation based on Self-Supervised Learning. 618–625.
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Yan, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Real Time Continuous Image Stitching Algorithm Based on SIFT. 168–171. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yi‐Zhi, et al.. (2022). Identification of KCNK1 as a potential prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target of breast cancer. Pathology - Research and Practice. 241. 154286–154286. 7 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng, Changsong Ding, & Guihua Duan. (2022). PMMS: Predicting essential miRNAs based on multi-head self-attention mechanism and sequences. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 1015278–1015278. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Peng, Xuanjun Liu, Cheng Yan, et al.. (2020). Core–Shell Nanosystems for Self-Activated Drug–Gene Combinations against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(48). 53654–53664. 59 indexed citations
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Cao, Huijuan, Cairong Li, Reihane Ziadlou, et al.. (2019). Effect and mechanism of psoralidin on promoting osteogenesis and inhibiting adipogenesis. Phytomedicine. 61. 152860–152860. 26 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng, Guihua Duan, Fang‐Xiang Wu, & Jianxin Wang. (2019). IILLS: predicting virus-receptor interactions based on similarity and semi-supervised learning. BMC Bioinformatics. 20(S23). 651–651. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng, Guihua Duan, Yi Pan, Fang‐Xiang Wu, & Jianxin Wang. (2019). DDIGIP: predicting drug-drug interactions based on Gaussian interaction profile kernels. BMC Bioinformatics. 20(S15). 538–538. 26 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng, Jianxin Wang, & Fang‐Xiang Wu. (2018). DWNN-RLS: regularized least squares method for predicting circRNA-disease associations. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(S19). 520–520. 88 indexed citations
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Yan, Cheng. (2008). An Improved Electronic Image Stabilization Algorithm Based on Gray Projection Algorithm. Microelectronics & Computer. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhua, Cheng Yan, & Mingsheng Liu. (2007). Retrieval technology of multi MPEG-7 description optimized by genetic algorithm. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 43(27). 175–177. 3 indexed citations

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