Hongjie Yu

48.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
436 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Hongjie Yu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongjie Yu has authored 436 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Epidemiology, 139 papers in Infectious Diseases and 82 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Hongjie Yu's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (97 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (81 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (61 papers). Hongjie Yu is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (97 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (81 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (61 papers). Hongjie Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Hongjie Yu's co-authors include Cécile Viboud, Marco Ajelli, Alessandro Vespignani, Maria Litvinova, Stefano Merler, Benjamin J. Cowling, Kaiyuan Sun, Shengjie Lai, Juan Yang and Shuo Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hongjie Yu

411 papers receiving 16.0k 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 effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

2020 2.4k citations Matteo Chinazzi, Jessica T. Davis et al. Science profile →
Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China

2020 1.1k citations Hongjie Yu et al. profile →
Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China

2020 864 citations Shengjie Lai, Nick Ruktanonchai et al. Nature profile →
Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China

2020 732 citations Juanjuan Zhang, Maria Litvinova et al. Science profile →
Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study

2014 713 citations Qiaohong Liao, Cécile Viboud et al. profile →
Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in China

2022 175 citations Xiaowei Deng, Juan Yang et al. profile →
Immunogenicity and safety of a third dose of CoronaVac, and immune persistence of a two-dose schedule, in healthy adults: interim results from two single-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trials

2021 173 citations Qianhui Wu, Juan Yang et al. profile →
Global landscape of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and data sharing

2022 137 citations Andrew S. Azman, Xinhua Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongjie Yu China	55	5.7k	5.2k	4.7k	2.0k	2.0k	436	16.3k
Joseph T. Wu Hong Kong	44	4.9k 0.9×	4.9k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	920 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	153	11.1k
Benjamin J. Cowling Hong Kong	81	10.1k 1.8×	9.1k 1.7×	10.7k 2.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	711	29.5k
Cécile Viboud United States	85	7.7k 1.3×	10.7k 2.1×	14.1k 3.0×	2.4k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	281	26.8k
GM Leung Hong Kong	83	9.8k 1.7×	9.5k 1.8×	8.4k 1.8×	4.2k 2.1×	3.4k 1.7×	656	32.8k
Ira M. Longini United States	71	6.5k 1.1×	10.0k 1.9×	8.2k 1.7×	3.4k 1.7×	1.8k 0.9×	215	19.5k
W. John Edmunds United Kingdom	67	4.6k 0.8×	5.5k 1.1×	6.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	226	14.7k
Christophe Fraser United Kingdom	68	8.0k 1.4×	8.7k 1.7×	7.7k 1.6×	3.1k 1.6×	1.5k 0.7×	196	20.7k
Lone Simonsen United States	66	5.4k 0.9×	5.0k 1.0×	11.5k 2.4×	1.5k 0.7×	723 0.4×	194	18.1k
Simon Cauchemez France	53	6.4k 1.1×	8.1k 1.6×	6.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	217	15.7k
Christl A. Donnelly United Kingdom	74	6.7k 1.2×	4.5k 0.9×	3.9k 0.8×	5.1k 2.6×	963 0.5×	354	20.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongjie Yu

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

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Wang, Xun, Yiting Zhang, Changyi Liu, et al.. (2025). Immunogenicity of monkeypox virus surface proteins and cross-reactive antibody responses in vaccinated and infected individuals: implications for vaccine and therapeutic development. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 14(1). 12–12. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Hongjie, Sridhar Krishnan, Abhishek Datta, et al.. (2025). Human applications of transcranial temporal interference stimulation: A systematic review. Brain stimulation. 18(6). 2054–2066.

Wang, Ziqiang, Min Li, Shan Xu, et al.. (2024). PdOs bimetallene for energy-saving hydrogen production coupled with ethanol electro-oxidation. Materials Today Energy. 40. 101493–101493. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Lu, Yue‐Ping Xu, Jiliang Xu, et al.. (2024). Increasing parameter identifiability through clustered time-varying sensitivity analysis. Environmental Modelling & Software. 181. 106189–106189. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of measles immunity from birth and following vaccination. Nature Microbiology. 9(7). 1676–1685. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Wenxin, Ruidong Yang, Qiqi Mao, et al.. (2024). Electron Bridge Effect Induced by Oxygen‐Bridged Ga on PdMo Bimetallene Nanoribbons for Boosting Electrocatalytic Alkynol Semihydrogenation. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(1). 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Juanjuan, Chenyan Jiang, Maria Litvinova, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Seasonal Variations in Human Contact Patterns and Their Impact on the Transmission of Respiratory Infectious Diseases. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(5). e13301–e13301. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Qianli, Wei Wang, Amy K. Winter, et al.. (2023). Long-term measles antibody profiles following different vaccine schedules in China, a longitudinal study. Nature Communications. 14(1). 15 indexed citations

Yu, Hongjie, Changrong Li, Weibo Xia, et al.. (2023). Pathogenic mechanisms of osteogenesis imperfecta, evidence for classification. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 234–234. 6 indexed citations

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Guinat, Claire, Hao Tang, Qiqi Yang, et al.. (2023). Bayesian phylodynamics reveals the transmission dynamics of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus at the human–live bird market interface in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(17). e2215610120–e2215610120. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Junbo, Yibing Cheng, Yao-Qing Chen, et al.. (2023). Antibody signatures in hospitalized hand, foot and mouth disease patients with acute enterovirus A71 infection. PLoS Pathogens. 19(6). e1011420–e1011420. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinhua, Zhiyuan Chen, Andrew S. Azman, et al.. (2021). Neutralizing Antibodies Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variants Induced by Natural Infection or Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74(4). 734–742. 67 indexed citations

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Lai, Shengjie, Nick Ruktanonchai, Liangcai Zhou, et al.. (2020). Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China. Nature. 585(7825). 410–413. 864 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chantler, Tracey, Xuan Zhang, Mark Jit, et al.. (2020). Caregiver and service provider vaccine confidence following the Changchun Changsheng vaccine incident in China: A cross-sectional mixed methods study. Vaccine. 38(44). 6882–6888. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Juan, Hui Gong, Xinhua Chen, et al.. (2020). Health‐seeking behaviors of patients with acute respiratory infections during the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(2). 188–194. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Kaiyuan, Wei Wang, Lidong Gao, et al.. (2020). Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2. Science. 371(6526). 243 indexed citations

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Chinazzi, Matteo, Jessica T. Davis, Marco Ajelli, et al.. (2020). The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Science. 368(6489). 395–400. 2411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Yonghong, Qi Qiu, Kaiwei Luo, et al.. (2020). Molecular strategy for the direct detection and identification of human enteroviruses in clinical specimens associated with hand, foot and mouth disease. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241614–e0241614. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhuqing, Hongjie Yu, Yishuo Wu, et al.. (2018). Genetic risk score modifies the effect of APOE on risk and age onset of Alzheimer's disease. Clinical Genetics. 95(2). 302–309. 4 indexed citations

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Hui, Xin, et al.. (2018). Abnormal intrinsic brain activities in stable patients with COPD: a resting-state functional MRI study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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