Hong Yao

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Hong Yao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Yao has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hong Yao's work include Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (7 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (5 papers). Hong Yao is often cited by papers focused on Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (7 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (5 papers). Hong Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Hong Yao's co-authors include Philip A. Stork, Randall D. York, Mark Vossler, Minggui Pan, Tara J. Dillon, Edwin W. McCleskey, A. Misra-Press, Richard H. Goodman, Mark S. Roberson and Paola Capodieci and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hong Yao

59 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

cAMP Activates MAP Kinase and Elk-1 through a B-Raf- and Rap1-Dependent Pathway

1997 942 citations Hong Yao, Randall D. York et al. profile →
Rap1 mediates sustained MAP kinase activation induced by nerve growth factor

1998 760 citations Randall D. York, Hong Yao 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
Hong Yao China	23	2.6k	715	437	395	328	67	3.5k
Ngan Doan United States	26	1.6k 0.6×	943 1.3×	566 1.3×	382 1.0×	196 0.6×	36	3.6k
Xuefen Le Bourhis France	39	2.9k 1.1×	628 0.9×	942 2.2×	743 1.9×	372 1.1×	88	4.2k
Huijun Wei United States	32	3.5k 1.4×	999 1.4×	712 1.6×	569 1.4×	461 1.4×	71	4.7k
Hiroshi Ohguro Japan	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	176 0.4×	303 0.8×	459 1.4×	208	4.3k
Marie‐Pierre Junier France	32	1.3k 0.5×	704 1.0×	388 0.9×	341 0.9×	153 0.5×	71	2.8k
José M. Lizcano Spain	28	2.9k 1.1×	337 0.5×	328 0.8×	398 1.0×	582 1.8×	72	3.8k
Axel Methner Germany	37	2.4k 0.9×	914 1.3×	527 1.2×	330 0.8×	324 1.0×	87	4.4k
Jonathan L. Blank United States	29	3.4k 1.3×	790 1.1×	278 0.6×	765 1.9×	558 1.7×	40	4.1k
Fan‐Yan Wei Japan	32	2.3k 0.9×	295 0.4×	348 0.8×	276 0.7×	483 1.5×	92	3.2k
Xuefeng Xia China	35	2.8k 1.1×	761 1.1×	551 1.3×	760 1.9×	257 0.8×	110	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Yao

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

Chen, Jin-Fa, Yu Tian, Bingbing Shi, et al.. (2025). Photoinduced Stable Circularly Polarized Luminescent Radicals From a Triphenylamine‐Attached Planar Chiral Pillar[5]Arene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(29). e202500771–e202500771. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Yonghua, et al.. (2025). MixSong: Diverse and Strictly Formatted Chinese Poetry Generation. ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing. 24(4). 1–16.

Xue, Chaoran, et al.. (2025). Diagnosis and treatment of lateral to medial diagonal injury of the elbow in children: concomitant lateral condyle and olecranon fractures. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B. 34(5). 435–443.

Zhang, Minglong, Xianghong Xie, Weihong Zhang, et al.. (2025). The ribonucleoprotein hnRNP K promotes hepatic steatosis by suppressing the nuclear hormone receptor PPARα. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(9). 110500–110500. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Li, et al.. (2024). [Current status and influential factors of self-management ability in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus].. PubMed. 56(6). 1029–1035.

Tang, Hao, Yijun Cheng, Hong Yao, et al.. (2023). DRD2 expression based on 18F-fallypride PET/MR predicts the dopamine agonist resistance of prolactinomas: a pilot study. Endocrine. 80(2). 419–424. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Wei, Qiang Xu, Chunmei Li, et al.. (2022). Murine double minute 2 aggravates adipose tissue dysfunction through ubiquitin-mediated six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate 4 degradation. iScience. 25(7). 104544–104544. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Wei, Chunmei Li, Weihong Zhang, et al.. (2022). A MDM2 inhibitor MX69 inhibits adipocytes adipogenesis and differentiation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 625. 9–15. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Hong, et al.. (2021). [Interpretation of international expert consensus guidance on indications, implementation and quality measures for transanal total mesorectal excision].. PubMed. 24(4). 314–318. 2 indexed citations

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Gu, Wei, et al.. (2021). A potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 on pituitary glands and pituitary neuroendocrine tumors. Endocrine. 72(2). 340–348. 25 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, Hao Tang, Yong Zhang, et al.. (2019). DEPTOR inhibits cell proliferation and confers sensitivity to dopamine agonist in pituitary adenoma. Cancer Letters. 459. 135–144. 18 indexed citations

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Bai, Zhigang, Jian Song, Zhi‐Ming Zheng, et al.. (2017). miR-141 Inhibits Proliferation and Migration of Colorectal Cancer SW480 Cells. Anticancer Research. 37(8). 4345–4352. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, He, et al.. (2014). Cognitive emotion regulation strategies in subjects with panic disorder. Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi. 23(6). 484–486. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peng, et al.. (2014). Principle and the Research Progress of Fluorescent Chemosensors for Cations Recognition. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 34(7). 1300–1300. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Tai‐Bao, Junjian Li, C.‐L. Bai, et al.. (2013). A highly selective colorimetric sensor for Hg2+ based on a copper (II) complex of thiosemicarbazone in aqueous solutions. Science China Chemistry. 56(7). 923–927. 21 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, et al.. (2005). Losartan Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats. Respiration. 73(2). 236–242. 67 indexed citations

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York, Randall D., et al.. (1998). Rap1 mediates sustained MAP kinase activation induced by nerve growth factor. Nature. 392(6676). 622–626. 760 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Hong, Randall D. York, A. Misra-Press, Daniel W. Carr, & Philip A. Stork. (1998). The Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate-dependent Protein Kinase (PKA) Is Required for the Sustained Activation of Mitogen-activated Kinases and Gene Expression by Nerve Growth Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(14). 8240–8247. 123 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, et al.. (1995). Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Can Convert Epidermal Growth Factor into a Differentiating Factor in Neuronal Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(35). 20748–20753. 54 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, Sarah Howard Jenkins, Amadeo J. Pesce, H.B. Halsall, & William R. Heineman. (1993). Electrochemical homogeneous enzyme immunoassay of theophylline in hemolyzed, icteric, and lipemic samples. Clinical Chemistry. 39(7). 1432–1434. 21 indexed citations

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