Guofen Yan

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Guofen Yan is a scholar working on Nephrology, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Guofen Yan has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Nephrology, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Guofen Yan's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (31 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (8 papers). Guofen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (31 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (8 papers). Guofen Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Guofen Yan's co-authors include Alfred K. Cheung, Andrew S. Levey, Michael V. Rocco, Mark J. Sarnak, Robert Heyka, Daniel B. Ornt, Brendan P. Teehan, Johanna Dwyer, Keith C. Norris and Lawrence Y. Agodoa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, NeuroImage and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Guofen Yan

82 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risks in chronic hemodialysis patients

2000 632 citations Alfred K. Cheung, Mark J. Sarnak et al. Kidney International profile →
Global Epidemiology of End-Stage Kidney Disease and Disparities in Kidney Replacement Therapy

2021 435 citations Guofen Yan, Keith C. Norris et al. American Journal of Nephrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guofen Yan United States	33	2.3k	837	675	521	505	87	4.3k
Ashwini R. Sehgal United States	44	2.8k 1.2×	820 1.0×	642 1.0×	347 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	164	6.6k
Keith McCullough United States	32	2.7k 1.2×	1.9k 2.3×	359 0.5×	587 1.1×	359 0.7×	107	5.4k
Dónal O’Donoghue United Kingdom	38	2.7k 1.2×	491 0.6×	546 0.8×	111 0.2×	496 1.0×	135	4.8k
Nancy E. Fink United States	43	4.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	846 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	583 1.2×	89	7.2k
Chester H. Fox United States	25	960 0.4×	269 0.3×	445 0.7×	190 0.4×	635 1.3×	79	3.1k
Fernando Valderrábano Spain	28	1.8k 0.8×	410 0.5×	342 0.5×	215 0.4×	221 0.4×	87	3.2k
Marie DesMeules Canada	34	577 0.3×	374 0.4×	390 0.6×	460 0.9×	846 1.7×	73	3.9k
Frank de Charro Netherlands	26	994 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	684 1.0×	256 0.5×	1.3k 2.6×	37	7.2k
Roger W. Evans United States	33	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	715 1.1×	185 0.4×	457 0.9×	84	4.6k
Cynthia Delgado United States	26	1.3k 0.6×	287 0.3×	207 0.3×	122 0.2×	424 0.8×	50	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Guofen Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guofen Yan

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

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Strayer, Scott M., Lisa K. Rollins, Karen Ingersoll, et al.. (2024). Assessing efficacy of a web-based smoking cessation tool - QuitAdvisorMD: Protocol for a practice-based, clustered, randomized control trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 38. 101253–101253. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Guofen, et al.. (2024). Kidney Function Decline in cT1a Patients Treated With Microwave Ablation Versus Partial Nephrectomy. PubMed. 22(3). 40–46.

Burrows, Nilka Rı́os, Alain K. Koyama, Devasmita Choudhury, et al.. (2022). Age-Related Association between Multimorbidity and Mortality in US Veterans with Incident Chronic Kidney Disease. American Journal of Nephrology. 53(8-9). 652–662. 6 indexed citations

Yan, Guofen & J. Sedransk. (2021). Exploring the Use of Subpopulation Membership in Bayesian Hierarchical Model Assessment. Journal of Data Science. 4(4). 413–424.

Yan, Guofen, Jenny I. Shen, Wei Yu, et al.. (2019). Racial and Ethnic Variations in Mortality Rates for Patients Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis Treated in US Territories Compared with the US 50 States. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 15(1). 101–108. 10 indexed citations

Yan, Guofen, et al.. (2016). Mass gathering medicine: event factors predicting patient presentation rates. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 11(5). 745–752. 26 indexed citations

Yan, Guofen, et al.. (2014). Training in Transvaginal Sonography Using Pelvic Ultrasound Simulators Versus Live Models. Academic Medicine. 89(7). 1063–1068. 21 indexed citations

Xin, Wenjun, et al.. (2013). Patient Care Staffing Levels and Facility Characteristics in US Hemodialysis Facilities. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 62(6). 1130–1140. 35 indexed citations

Yan, Guofen, Keith C. Norris, Wenjun Xin, et al.. (2013). Facility Size, Race and Ethnicity, and Mortality for In-Center Hemodialysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 24(12). 2062–2070. 15 indexed citations

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Abdel‐Rahman, Emaad M., Guofen Yan, Faruk Turğut, & Rasheed A. Balogun. (2011). Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality Related to Falls in Hemodialysis Patients: Role of Age and Gender – A Pilot Study. Nephron Clinical Practice. 118(3). c278–c284. 40 indexed citations

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Quigg, Mark, Donna K. Broshek, Nicholas M. Barbaro, et al.. (2011). Neuropsychological outcomes after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A prospective multicenter study. Epilepsia. 52(5). 909–916. 39 indexed citations

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Campbell, Cathy, Elizabeth Merwin, & Guofen Yan. (2009). Factors That Influence the Presence of a Hospice in a Rural Community. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 41(4). 420–428. 35 indexed citations

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Cheung, Alfred K., Tom Greene, John K. Leypoldt, et al.. (2007). Association between Serum β2-Microglobulin Level and Infectious Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 3(1). 69–77. 71 indexed citations

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Ng, Yue‐Harn, Klemens B. Meyer, John W. Kusek, et al.. (2006). Hemodialysis Timing, Survival, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 47(4). 614–624. 12 indexed citations

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Cheung, Alfred K., Michael V. Rocco, Guofen Yan, et al.. (2005). Serum β-2 Microglobulin Levels Predict Mortality in Dialysis Patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(2). 546–555. 312 indexed citations

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Unruh, Mark L., Dana C. Miskulin, Guofen Yan, et al.. (2004). Racial differences in health-related quality of life among hemodialysis patients. Kidney International. 65(4). 1482–1491. 88 indexed citations

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Unruh, Mark L., Robert L. Benz, Tom Greene, et al.. (2004). Effects of hemodialysis dose and membrane flux on health-related quality of life in the HEMO Study. Kidney International. 66(1). 355–366. 139 indexed citations

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Beddhu, Srinivasan, George A. Kaysen, Guofen Yan, et al.. (2002). Association of serum albumin and atherosclerosis in chronic hemodialysis patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 40(4). 721–727. 100 indexed citations

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Cheung, Alfred K., Guofen Yan, Tom Greene, et al.. (2002). Seasonal Variations in Clinical and Laboratory Variables among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 13(9). 2345–2352. 89 indexed citations

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Miskulin, Dana C., Nicolaos V. Athienites, Guofen Yan, et al.. (2001). Comorbidity assessment using the Index of Coexistent Diseases in a multicenter clinical trial. Kidney International. 60(4). 1498–1510. 150 indexed citations

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