Cong Yan

779 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Cong Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong Yan has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Cong Yan's work include Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (3 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Cong Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (3 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Cong Yan collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Cong Yan's co-authors include Xuehao Tian, Haimin Lei, Wenbo Guo, Penglong Wang, Xuemei Huang, Tong Li, Gaorong Wu, Bing Xu, Xing‐Jie Liang and Feifei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

Cong Yan

10 papers receiving 578 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.

  1. Natural Berberine-Based Chinese Herb Medicine Assembled Nanostructures with Modified Antibacterial Application
    2019 342 citations Tong Li, Penglong Wang et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cong Yan China 6 186 104 99 96 91 11 584
Jiaxin Pi China 17 262 1.4× 104 1.0× 84 0.8× 96 1.0× 72 0.8× 34 716
Zul Kamal Pakistan 14 218 1.2× 129 1.2× 88 0.9× 55 0.6× 145 1.6× 27 590
Liuqing Di China 15 213 1.1× 74 0.7× 68 0.7× 119 1.2× 59 0.6× 30 557
Banafsheh Nikfar Iran 10 175 0.9× 87 0.8× 122 1.2× 63 0.7× 48 0.5× 26 527
Xueyan Li China 15 187 1.0× 88 0.8× 49 0.5× 65 0.7× 69 0.8× 62 617
Farrukh Zeeshan Malaysia 13 218 1.2× 86 0.8× 59 0.6× 50 0.5× 77 0.8× 20 591
Pan Guo China 14 197 1.1× 104 1.0× 55 0.6× 40 0.4× 66 0.7× 26 490
Elaheh Mirhadi Iran 11 214 1.2× 209 2.0× 126 1.3× 61 0.6× 184 2.0× 27 657

Countries citing papers authored by Cong Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong Yan

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Zhang, Jie, Yiwen Chen, Ping Hou, et al.. (2025). Improvement of classical therapy in EGFR inhibitors-induced cutaneous adverse reaction by microneedle delivery and Astragalus polysaccharide. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 304(Pt 1). 140762–140762.
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Tang, Lin, et al.. (2025). Exploring pigment-producing Streptomyces as an alternative source to synthetic pigments: diversity, biosynthesis, and biotechnological applications. A review. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 41(7). 211–211. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Ginsenoside Rd alleviates early brain injury by inhibiting ferroptosis through cGAS/STING/DHODH pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 228. 299–318. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2024). BCAT1 alleviates early brain injury by inhibiting ferroptosis through PI3K/AKT/mTOR/GPX4 pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 222. 173–186. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Yingjie, Junshi Li, Yiwen Chen, et al.. (2023). Customized flexible hollow microneedles for psoriasis treatment with reduced‐dose drug. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(4). e10530–e10530. 36 indexed citations
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Yan, Cong, et al.. (2023). Melatonin alleviates early brain injury by inhibiting the NRF2-mediated ferroptosis pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 208. 555–570. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Yiwen Chen, Tingyu Li, et al.. (2022). Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex-Based Nanoparticles Integrated in Dissolvable Microneedles for Ameliorating Psoriasis-Like Inflammation. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 18(9). 2227–2239. 3 indexed citations
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Tian, Xuehao, Penglong Wang, Tong Li, et al.. (2019). Self-assembled natural phytochemicals for synergistically antibacterial application from the enlightenment of traditional Chinese medicine combination. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 10(9). 1784–1795. 156 indexed citations
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Li, Tong, Penglong Wang, Wenbo Guo, et al.. (2019). Natural Berberine-Based Chinese Herb Medicine Assembled Nanostructures with Modified Antibacterial Application. ACS Nano. 13(6). 6770–6781. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sloan, Donald L., et al.. (1984). Enzymatic assay procedures that employ high-performance liquid chromatography: Competition between phosphoribosyltransferases for a common substrate. Journal of Chromatography A. 316. 43–52. 5 indexed citations

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