David Y. Yang

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 520 citations indexed

About

David Y. Yang is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Y. Yang has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 520 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surgery, 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in David Y. Yang's work include Sexual function and dysfunction studies (15 papers), Genital Health and Disease (12 papers) and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (9 papers). David Y. Yang is often cited by papers focused on Sexual function and dysfunction studies (15 papers), Genital Health and Disease (12 papers) and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (9 papers). David Y. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. David Y. Yang's co-authors include Tobias Köhler, Matthew Ziegelmann, Landon Trost, Martin Beraja, Noam Yuchtman, Manaf Alom, Stephen A. Boorjian, Boyd R. Viers, Raevti Bole and Clinton D. Bahler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

David Y. Yang

43 papers receiving 508 citations

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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.

AI-tocracy

2023 47 citations Martin Beraja, David Y. Yang et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers

David Y. Yang

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Lorenzo Rocchini Italy

Mary E. Westerman United States

Ahmet Güdeloğlu Türkiye

Nahid Punjani United States

J. Kyle Anderson United States

R. Tellini Italy

Robert C. Kovell United States

C. Ceruti Italy

Rayan Matloob Italy

Rabii Madi United States

Lorenzo Rocchini Italy

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199 ×0.9

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159 ×0.9

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85 ×0.6

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198 ×1.4

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68 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to David Y. Yang David Y. Yang (= 1×) peers Lorenzo Rocchini

Countries citing papers authored by David Y. Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Y. Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Y. Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Y. Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Y. 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 David Y. Yang. David Y. 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

Beraja, Martin, et al.. (2025). Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 4. 81–102.

Vasdev, Ranveer, Spyridon P. Basourakos, David Y. Yang, et al.. (2025). Trends in Outpatient Radical Prostatectomy and Same-Day Discharge for Prostate Cancer: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample and Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample. Urology Practice. 12(3). 305–315. 1 indexed citations

Ziegelmann, Matthew, et al.. (2024). Discrepancy Between Patient versus Provider Assessment of Erection Quality. Urology. 197. 234–239. 1 indexed citations

Beraja, Martin, et al.. (2023). AI-tocracy. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 138(3). 1349–1402. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

Ruel, Nora, et al.. (2021). Predictors of Storage Symptom Improvement After Plasma Kinetic Enucleation of the Prostate. Urology. 160. 182–186. 1 indexed citations

Findlay, Bridget L., David Y. Yang, Raevti Bole, et al.. (2021). Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism and Safety of Perioperative Subcutaneous Heparin During Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Surgery. Urology. 157. 155–160. 5 indexed citations

Bole, Raevti, Masaya Jimbo, Cameron J. Britton, et al.. (2021). Patient Attitudes Towards Surgical Management of Peyronie's Disease Prior to Men's Health Consultation. Urology. 153. 199–203. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Kiran, Raevti Bole, David Y. Yang, et al.. (2020). Conservative management of suspected fractures in men undergoing collagenase clostridium histolyticum for Peyronie’s Disease is not associated with worsening of erectile function. International Journal of Impotence Research. 34(1). 100–107. 6 indexed citations

Yang, David Y., et al.. (2020). The Tubing, Hitch and Lasso, Intussusception Anchor (THALIA) Technique: A Novel Approach to Fixate the Penile Implant Reservoir. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 18(1). 224–229. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y., Stephen A. Boorjian, Mary E. Westerman, et al.. (2020). Persistent, long-term risk for ureteroenteric anastomotic stricture formation: the case for long term follow-up. Translational Andrology and Urology. 9(1). 142–150. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y. & Tobias Köhler. (2019). Damage Control Considerations During IPP Surgery. Current Urology Reports. 20(2). 10–10. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y., Igor Frank, Adam R. Miller, et al.. (2019). Incidence and risk factors for peritoneal carcinomatosis following open radical cystectomy. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 37(12). 886–892. 2 indexed citations

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Meng, Yifan, et al.. (2018). What about the partner? —factors associated with patient-perceived partner dyspareunia in men with Peyronie’s disease. Translational Andrology and Urology. 7(6). 935–940. 5 indexed citations

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Ziegelmann, Matthew, et al.. (2018). LBA8 PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES OF A NOVEL PENILE TRACTION DEVICE (RESTOREX) IN MEN WITH PEYRONIE’S DISEASE: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL. The Journal of Urology. 199(4S). 4 indexed citations

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Szymanski, Konrad M., Rosalia Misseri, Benjamin Whittam, et al.. (2017). Validation of QUALAS-T, a health-related quality of life instrument for teenagers with spina bifida.. PubMed. 70(3). 306–313. 23 indexed citations

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Ziegelmann, Matthew, et al.. (2017). Conservatively Managed Peyronie's Disease—Long-term Survey Results From Patients Undergoing Nonsurgical and Noninjection Therapies. Urology. 113. 99–104. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y., R. Houston Thompson, Harras B. Zaid, et al.. (2017). Severity of Preoperative Proteinuria is a Risk Factor for Overall Mortality in Patients Undergoing Nephrectomy. The Journal of Urology. 198(4). 795–802. 9 indexed citations

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Ambani, Sapan N., David Y. Yang, & J. Stuart Wolf. (2016). Matched comparison of primary versus salvage laparoscopic pyeloplasty. World Journal of Urology. 35(6). 951–956. 9 indexed citations

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Szymanski, Konrad M., Rosalia Misseri, Benjamin Whittam, et al.. (2015). Quality of Life Assessment in Spina Bifida for Children (QUALAS-C): Development and Validation of a Novel Health-related Quality of Life Instrument. Urology. 87. 178–184. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y., M. Francesca Monn, Hristos Z. Kaimakliotis, et al.. (2015). Does Squamous Differentiation Portend Worse Outcomes in Urothelial Bladder Cancer?. Urology Practice. 2(6). 335–342. 2 indexed citations

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