Fen Yang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Fen Yang is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Fen Yang has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Fen Yang's work include Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (5 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (4 papers). Fen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (5 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (4 papers). Fen Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Fen Yang's co-authors include Chongming Yang, Man Wu, Xueyang Zhao, Ting Hu, Yuncui Wang, Li Luo, Zhaoyang Li, Zhenfang Xiong, Hui Hu and Xinhong Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Fen Yang

44 papers receiving 743 citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of depression in older adults: A systematic re... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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. Prevalence of depression in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2022 219 citations Ting Hu, Xueyang Zhao et al. Psychiatry Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fen Yang China 14 183 117 112 107 99 45 757
Carla Williams United States 16 171 0.9× 100 0.9× 139 1.2× 85 0.8× 149 1.5× 42 876
Fatemeh Ghaffari Iran 17 232 1.3× 70 0.6× 259 2.3× 103 1.0× 46 0.5× 100 967
Hendrik D. de Heer United States 17 193 1.1× 57 0.5× 209 1.9× 32 0.3× 115 1.2× 46 681
Richard Stanwick Canada 17 146 0.8× 66 0.6× 331 3.0× 101 0.9× 114 1.2× 40 1.1k
Chiung‐Yu Huang Taiwan 20 151 0.8× 72 0.6× 254 2.3× 104 1.0× 26 0.3× 49 1.1k
Letícia Maria Silva Coutinho Brazil 6 214 1.2× 84 0.7× 130 1.2× 113 1.1× 61 0.6× 7 654
Luíz Cláudio Ribeiro Brazil 15 179 1.0× 27 0.2× 121 1.1× 78 0.7× 30 0.3× 69 621
Marcel de Toledo Vieira Brazil 13 118 0.6× 48 0.4× 113 1.0× 48 0.4× 37 0.4× 44 489
Elizabeth Stein United States 11 107 0.6× 80 0.7× 133 1.2× 225 2.1× 19 0.2× 23 581
Sang Ah Lee South Korea 18 196 1.1× 70 0.6× 223 2.0× 84 0.8× 172 1.7× 66 918

Countries citing papers authored by Fen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fen Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fen Yang

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

All Works

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Liu, Jiali, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the Agreement Between ChatGPT-4 and Validated Mental Health Scales in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(10). 1049–1061.
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Hu, Ting, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of fatigue and perceived fatigability in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4818–4818. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Fen, et al.. (2024). Silencing lncRNA SIX3OS1 mitigates inflammation and apoptosis in post-stroke cognitive impairment via miR-511-3p. General Physiology and Biophysics. 43(6). 567–576. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Man, Jiali Liu, Chaoyang Li, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of digital intelligence interventions on depression and anxiety in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research. 342. 116166–116166. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Man, Chaoyang Li, Xueyang Zhao, et al.. (2023). The effect of internet use on depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults with functional disability: the mediating role of social isolation. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1202541–1202541. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Man, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of Telecare Interventions on Depression Symptoms Among Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 12. e50787–e50787. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Chaoyang, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of continuity of care in reducing depression symptoms in elderly: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 38(3). e5894–e5894. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Ting, Xueyang Zhao, Man Wu, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of depression in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research. 311. 114511–114511. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Fen, et al.. (2021). [Endemic status of schistosomiasis in People's Republic of China in 2020].. PubMed. 33(3). 225–233. 49 indexed citations
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Xu, Yucheng, Yuanzhao Zhu, Zhao Lei, et al.. (2021). Investigation and analysis on an outbreak of norovirus infection in a health school in Guangdong Province, China. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 96. 105135–105135. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Fen, et al.. (2019). Improving clinical judgment by simulation: a randomized trial and validation of the Lasater clinical judgment rubric in Chinese. BMC Medical Education. 19(1). 20–20. 48 indexed citations
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Yang, Fen, Yuncui Wang, Chongming Yang, Hui Hu, & Zhenfang Xiong. (2018). Mobile health applications in self-management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of their efficacy. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 18(1). 147–147. 62 indexed citations
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Liu, Bei, Jinfeng Ding, Jian Luo, et al.. (2016). Seven protective miRNA signatures for prognosis of cervical cancer. Oncotarget. 7(35). 56690–56698. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Limei, Hui Li, Xiaohua Tan, et al.. (2015). [Epidemiological characteristics of norovirus variant of GII.4 Sydney and the outbreaks caused by norovirus variant of GII.4 Sydney in Guangdong province, 2012-2014].. PubMed. 49(7). 615–20. 1 indexed citations

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