Haitao Yang

19.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Haitao Yang is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Haitao Yang has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Infectious Diseases, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Haitao Yang's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (29 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (15 papers). Haitao Yang is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (29 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (15 papers). Haitao Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Haitao Yang's co-authors include Zihe Rao, Mark Bartlam, Kailin Yang, Cheng Chen, R. Hilgenfeld, Qi Zhao, Zhe Zhou, Yi Ding, Xiaoyu Xue and Zefang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Haitao Yang

122 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

The crystal structures of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus main protease and its complex with an inhibitor

2003 773 citations Haitao Yang, Maojun Yang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases

2005 556 citations Haitao Yang, Xiaoyu Xue et al. profile →
Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for therapeutic development

2021 327 citations Haitao Yang, Zihe Rao profile →
Multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir

2022 260 citations Sho Iketani, Hiroshi Mohri et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Haitao Yang China	35	3.1k	2.0k	1.8k	644	589	126	5.9k
Pieter Leyssen Belgium	46	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	580 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	170	6.7k
Cheng‐Wen Lin Taiwan	44	1.4k 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	336 0.2×	237 0.4×	564 1.0×	197	5.9k
Sajjad Ahmad Pakistan	34	758 0.2×	2.4k 1.2×	746 0.4×	734 1.1×	508 0.9×	228	4.4k
Dale L. Barnard United States	34	2.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	307 0.2×	449 0.7×	1.6k 2.7×	110	5.0k
Keivan Zandi Malaysia	33	1.0k 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	452 0.2×	275 0.4×	532 0.9×	94	4.9k
Enzo Tramontano Italy	44	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	245 0.1×	1.3k 2.0×	580 1.0×	199	5.3k
Justin Jang Hann Chu Singapore	44	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	217 0.1×	208 0.3×	721 1.2×	186	5.9k
Bo Zhang China	49	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	173 0.1×	301 0.5×	734 1.2×	304	7.5k
Yong‐Tang Zheng China	50	1.7k 0.5×	4.3k 2.1×	193 0.1×	1.7k 2.6×	806 1.4×	384	9.0k
Sandrine Belouzard France	31	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	285 0.2×	80 0.1×	1.2k 2.0×	69	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Haitao, Shuyan Niu, Menghao Guo, Chen-Yu Liu, & Yuying Xue. (2025). Toxic mechanisms of nanoparticle-induced ferroptosis and current research challenges: a critical review. Environmental Pollution. 387. 127328–127328.

Niu, Shuyan, Meng-Hao Guo, Haitao Yang, et al.. (2025). Ferroptosis effects and behavioral changes associated with high accumulation and low elimination percentage of silver in brain following a 28-day nasal instillation of silver nanoparticles in mice. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 202. 115567–115567. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Rui, Haitao Yang, Menghao Guo, Shuyan Niu, & Yuying Xue. (2024). Mitophagy and its regulatory mechanisms in the biological effects of nanomaterials. Journal of Applied Toxicology. 44(12). 1834–1853. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Sheng, Shuoxun Zhang, Lanfeng Li, et al.. (2024). Pathogen spectrum and microbiome in lower respiratory tract of patients with different pulmonary diseases based on metagenomic next-generation sequencing. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1320831–1320831. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Haitao, Shuyan Niu, Menghao Guo, & Yuying Xue. (2024). Molecular mechanisms of silver nanoparticle-induced neurotoxic injury and new perspectives for its neurotoxicity studies: A critical review. Environmental Pollution. 362. 124934–124934. 9 indexed citations

Duan, Yinkai, et al.. (2023). Molecular mechanism of ensitrelvir inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants. Communications Biology. 6(1). 694–694. 32 indexed citations

Yang, Yongwen, et al.. (2023). Simulation Study on Airflow Organization and Environment in Reconstructed Fangcang Shelter Hospital Based on CFD. Buildings. 13(5). 1269–1269. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyang, Zhaoyong Zhang, Zhiying Zhang, et al.. (2023). A potent and broad‐spectrum neutralizing nanobody for SARS‐CoV‐2 viruses, including all major Omicron strains. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). e397–e397. 5 indexed citations

Guo, Hangtian, Tiantian Zhao, Yan Gao, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of a rabbit monoclonal antibody broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 variants. Communications Biology. 6(1). 6 indexed citations

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Liang, Anlin, et al.. (2022). The placement of percutaneous retrograde acetabular posterior column screw based on imaging anatomical study of acetabular posterior column corridor. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 17(1). 492–492. 8 indexed citations

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Iketani, Sho, Hiroshi Mohri, Bruce Culbertson, et al.. (2022). Multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir. Nature. 613(7944). 558–564. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Fenghua, Cheng Chen, Zefang Wang, et al.. (2022). The Structure of the Porcine Deltacoronavirus Main Protease Reveals a Conserved Target for the Design of Antivirals. Viruses. 14(3). 486–486. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yao, Yan Zhu, Xiang Liu, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for replicase polyprotein cleavage and substrate specificity of main protease from SARS-CoV-2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(16). e2117142119–e2117142119. 106 indexed citations

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Malla, Tika R., Anthony Tumber, Tobias John, et al.. (2021). Mass spectrometry reveals potential of β-lactams as SARS-CoV-2 M^pro inhibitors. Chemical Communications. 57(12). 1430–1433. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Fengjiang, Bing Zhang, Yan Gao, et al.. (2020). Structural basis of trehalose recycling by the ABC transporter LpqY-SugABC. Science Advances. 6(44). 27 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhenming, Haofeng Wang, Yinkai Duan, & Haitao Yang. (2020). The main protease and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase are two prime targets for SARS-CoV-2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 538. 63–71. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianfeng, Kun Yang, Xi Zha, et al.. (2016). [Epidemiological Survey on Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Lhasa City in 2014].. PubMed. 34(5). 405–8. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Fenghua, Huiyan Li, Jinshan Wang, et al.. (2014). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of human coronavirus NL63 main protease in complex with an inhibitor. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 70(8). 1068–1071. 2 indexed citations

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Xue, Xiaoyu, Haitao Yang, Qi Chen, et al.. (2006). Production of Authentic SARS-CoV Mpro with Enhanced Activity: Application as a Novel Tag-cleavage Endopeptidase for Protein Overproduction. Journal of Molecular Biology. 366(3). 965–975. 191 indexed citations

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Yang, Haitao, Maojun Yang, Yi Ding, et al.. (2003). The crystal structures of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus main protease and its complex with an inhibitor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(23). 13190–13195. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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