Fang Yan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Fang Yan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fang Yan has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Social Psychology and 13 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fang Yan's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (13 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (8 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers). Fang Yan is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (13 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (8 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers). Fang Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Fang Yan's co-authors include Jie Yin, Bihu Wu, Daniel Scott, Robert Steiger, Xiwen Yao, Kaili Xu, Natalie Knowles, Aizong Shen, Tao Xu and Michelle Rutty and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Social Science & Medicine and Tourism Management.

In The Last Decade

Fang Yan

66 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change and tourism: a scientometric analysis usin... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Climate change and tourism: a scientometric analysis using CiteSpace
    2017 301 citations Fang Yan, Jie Yin et al. profile →

Peers

Fang Yan
Liping Li China
Chu‐Chih Chen Taiwan
Rajeshwari Sundaram United States
Chao Guo China
Robin Puett United States
Razia Azen United States
Hongmei Wang China
Lung-Chang Chien United States
Timothy Dye United States
Thomas J. Smith United States
Liping Li China
Fang Yan
Citations per year, relative to Fang Yan Fang Yan (= 1×) peers Liping Li

Countries citing papers authored by Fang Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fang Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fang Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fang Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fang 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 Fang Yan. Fang 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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Best, Rachel Kahn, et al.. (2025). Disputed and disfavored: Pain, mental illness, and invisible conditions in disability discrimination cases. Social Science & Medicine. 371. 117885–117885.
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Wang, Qianxi, Weifeng Jiang, Yan Feng, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic role of mesenchymal stem cells in neurogenesis for management of neurological disorders: a scientometric study to an in-depth review. Frontiers in Neurology. 16. 1588535–1588535.
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Yan, Fang, et al.. (2025). Glymphatic system dysfunction in adult ADHD: Relationship to cognitive performance. Journal of Affective Disorders. 379. 150–158. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiaohong, Xiaowei Lu, Baoyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine in HUA patients with uroliths and biomarkers for its associated nephropathy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(4). 167051–167051. 1 indexed citations
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Qi, Han, Rui Liu, Xuequan Zhu, et al.. (2024). Identifying influencing factors of metabolic syndrome in patients with major depressive disorder: A real-world study with Bayesian network modeling. Journal of Affective Disorders. 362. 308–316. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, et al.. (2024). The status of rural children left-behind in China: 2010–2020. 8(2). 97–111. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, Yinglin Liu, Yi Yang, Brian M. Lucey, & Mohammad Zoynul Abedin. (2024). How do Chinese urban investment bonds affect its economic resilience? Evidence from double machine learning. Research in International Business and Finance. 74. 102728–102728. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, et al.. (2023). Skiers’ perception of climate change in China: The role of activity involvement and place loyalty. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 45. 100730–100730.
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Cheng, Nuo, et al.. (2023). Application of machine learning in predicting aggressive behaviors from hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1016586–1016586. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, et al.. (2021). Estimated effects of economic policies for COVID-19 on the leisure and recreation industry under public health interventions. Current Issues in Tourism. 25(1). 1–13. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hong, Fang Yan, Tao Xu, et al.. (2020). Potential therapeutic targets and promising drugs for combating SARS‐CoV‐2. British Journal of Pharmacology. 177(14). 3147–3161. 63 indexed citations
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Liu, Dan, Yanping Ren, Yuqing Li, et al.. (2020). Psychological status of Chinese residents during Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19)outbreak: an online cross-sectional study. Chin J Psychiatry. 53. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuemei, Jie Lv, Lin Gan, et al.. (2020). Comparative Analysis of Clinical Characteristics, Imaging and Laboratory Findings of Different Age Groups with COVID-19. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 38(1). 87–93. 12 indexed citations
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Xi, Yingjun, Runsen Chen, Fang Yan, et al.. (2017). Low post-traumatic stress disorder rate in Chinese in Beijing, China. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 30. 79–83. 10 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, Jie Yin, & Bihu Wu. (2017). Climate Change and Tourism: A Scientometric Analysis Using Citespace. 4(8). 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Fang, Hong-Li Guo, Xiaomei Wu, et al.. (2017). Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of mental disorders in Beijing residents in 2010. Chin J Psychiatry. 50(6). 458–465. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jing, Fang Yan, Xin Ma, et al.. (2015). Prevalence of major depressive disorder and socio-demographic correlates: Results of a representative household epidemiological survey in Beijing, China. Journal of Affective Disorders. 179. 74–81. 46 indexed citations
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Xiang, Yu‐Tao, Fang Yan, Lisa B. Dixon, et al.. (2012). Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Patients With Schizophrenia in China. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 200(7). 584–587. 24 indexed citations

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