Feng Yu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Feng Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Yu has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Feng Yu's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (7 papers). Feng Yu is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (7 papers). Feng Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Feng Yu's co-authors include Jianhua He, Qisheng Wang, Huan Zhou, Baoying Huang, Xuebing Li, Jianxun Qi, Peihua Niu, Lifeng Fu, Yong Feng and Wenjie Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Feng Yu

57 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Both Boceprevir and GC376 efficaciously inhibit SARS-CoV-2 by targeting its main protease

2020 392 citations Lifeng Fu, Fei Ye et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feng Yu China	15	745	291	280	124	102	61	1.3k
Özlem Taştan Bishop South Africa	23	1.2k 1.6×	297 1.0×	521 1.9×	81 0.7×	145 1.4×	100	1.7k
Ren Kong China	17	580 0.8×	136 0.5×	238 0.8×	106 0.9×	110 1.1×	76	1.1k
Osmar Norberto de Souza Brazil	21	744 1.0×	224 0.8×	258 0.9×	91 0.7×	148 1.5×	64	1.2k
Kellon Belfon United States	5	1.1k 1.4×	191 0.7×	242 0.9×	53 0.4×	232 2.3×	6	1.5k
Vidya Rajendran India	21	1.1k 1.5×	258 0.9×	448 1.6×	90 0.7×	77 0.8×	28	1.9k
Yuan-Ling Xia China	6	683 0.9×	109 0.4×	300 1.1×	87 0.7×	102 1.0×	12	1.2k
Tanya Singh India	15	786 1.1×	103 0.4×	153 0.5×	109 0.9×	123 1.2×	51	1.3k
Jeng‐Sen Tseng Taiwan	15	1.2k 1.6×	145 0.5×	261 0.9×	132 1.1×	216 2.1×	64	2.3k
M. Yu. Lobanov Russia	9	886 1.2×	101 0.3×	293 1.0×	68 0.5×	140 1.4×	23	1.4k
Xiaohua Ma China	17	910 1.2×	110 0.4×	335 1.2×	124 1.0×	69 0.7×	41	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Feng Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Feng Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feng Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Feng Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Feng Yu 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 Feng Yu. Feng Yu 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

Wang, Weiwei, Zhimin Zhu, Qianhui Li, et al.. (2025). XFBLD-Platform: a crystallographic fragment-screening platform at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 81(9). 482–491.

Mingzhe, Gao, Jieru Zhao, Zhe Lin, et al.. (2024). AutoVCoder: A Systematic Framework for Automated Verilog Code Generation using LLMs. 162–169. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). Novel starting points for fragment-based drug design against human heat-shock protein 90 identified using crystallographic fragment screening. IUCrJ. 12(2). 177–187. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Zicheng, Lei Cheng, Baolin Yang, et al.. (2023). Effects of moderate static magnetic fields on the lipogenesis and lipolysis in different genders of Caenorhabditis elegans. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 259. 115005–115005. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Feng, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of toxicity and mutagenicity of oxaliplatin on germ cells in an alternative in vivo model Caenorhabditis elegans. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 178. 113902–113902. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Bo, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Potential of Three‐Dimensional DNA Crystals in Nanotechnology: Design, Optimization, and Applications. Advanced Science. 10(24). e2302021–e2302021. 19 indexed citations

Fu, Lifeng, Shuai Shao, Yong Feng, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of Microbial Metabolite Leupeptin in the Treatment of COVID-19 by Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs. mBio. 12(5). e0222021–e0222021. 25 indexed citations

Zhao, Dong, Yiming Xu, Feng Yu, et al.. (2021). Complex Crystal Structure Determination and in vitro Anti–non–small Cell Lung Cancer Activity of Hsp90N Inhibitor SNX-2112. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 650106–650106. 9 indexed citations

Fu, Lifeng, Fei Ye, Yong Feng, et al.. (2020). Both Boceprevir and GC376 efficaciously inhibit SARS-CoV-2 by targeting its main protease. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4417–4417. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Minjun, Chao Peng, Yue Yin, et al.. (2019). Large conformation shifts of Vibrio cholerae VqmA dimer in the absence of target DNA provide insight into DNA-binding mechanisms of LuxR-type receptors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 520(2). 399–405. 8 indexed citations

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Caforio, Antonella, Qin Yang, Bo Sun, et al.. (2017). Structural and mechanistic insights into the biosynthesis of CDP-archaeol in membranes. Cell Research. 27(11). 1378–1391. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shijia, Huan Zhou, Feng Yu, et al.. (2016). Structural insight into the cooperation of chloroplast chaperonin subunits. BMC Biology. 14(1). 29–29. 16 indexed citations

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Dou, Quanwen, Ruijuan Liu, & Feng Yu. (2016). Chromosomal organization of repetitive DNAs in Hordeum bogdanii and H. brevisubulatum (Poaceae). Comparative Cytogenetics. 10(4). 465–481. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Huiping, Shanmei Wang, Xian He, et al.. (2015). A novel nanobody specific for respiratory surfactant protein A has potential for lung targeting. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 10. 2857–2857. 13 indexed citations

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Yin, Ping, Quanxiu Li, Chuangye Yan, et al.. (2013). Structural basis for the modular recognition of single-stranded RNA by PPR proteins. Nature. 504(7478). 168–171. 268 indexed citations

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Yu, Feng, Liang Zhang, Tianchen Hu, et al.. (2009). A conserved hydrophobic core at Bcl-xL mediates its structural stability and binding affinity with BH3-domain peptide of pro-apoptotic protein. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 484(1). 46–54. 11 indexed citations

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Yu, Feng, Jiahui Wu, Lei Chen, et al.. (2009). A fluorometric assay of SIRT1 deacetylation activity through quantification of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Analytical Biochemistry. 395(2). 205–210. 31 indexed citations

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Yeates, Todd O. & Feng Yu. (2008). Equations for determining tetartohedral twin fractions. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 64(11). 1158–1164. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Feng, et al.. (2007). Bcl-xL Forms Two Distinct Homodimers at Non-ionic Detergents: Implications in the Dimerization of Bcl-2 Family Proteins. The Journal of Biochemistry. 143(2). 243–252. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunyan, Yu Ding, Feng Yu, et al.. (2007). Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Analysis of Sau3AI/E64A Mutant Protein. Protein and Peptide Letters. 14(5). 505–506. 1 indexed citations

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