Hongjun Yu

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Hongjun Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geophysics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongjun Yu has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Geophysics and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Hongjun Yu's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (7 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (5 papers). Hongjun Yu is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (7 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (5 papers). Hongjun Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Hongjun Yu's co-authors include Huilin Li, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Gongpu Zhao, Tao Jiang, Peng Cao, Yong Gong, Megumi Takeuchi, Robert S. Haltiwanger, Gerrit J. Schut and Zhangying Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hongjun Yu

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Structural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1,3-glu... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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.

  1. Structural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1
    2023 102 citations Jia Liu, Huanhuan Sun et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Hongjun Yu
Fei Geng China
Huiming Li China
Elena Ferrari Italy
Xiaoyan Zou China
Tae Yoon Park South Korea
Yutao Zhang China
Jiao Li China
Philip A. Ruzycki United States
Zhe Chen China
Xin Tang China
Fei Geng China
Hongjun Yu
Citations per year, relative to Hongjun Yu Hongjun Yu (= 1×) peers Fei Geng

Countries citing papers authored by Hongjun Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongjun Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hongjun Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Hongjun Yu. The network helps show where Hongjun Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongjun Yu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Yanan, Di Zhang, Yi Tan, et al.. (2025). Molecular Insights into Fungal Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Transamidase Complex. Advanced Science. 13(2). e11340–e11340.
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Liu, Jia, Huanhuan Sun, Yanan Wu, et al.. (2023). Structural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1. Nature. 616(7955). 190–198. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Can, Luoying Zhang, Jiong Hu, et al.. (2022). β2-adrenergic receptor promotes liver regeneration partially through crosstalk with c-met. Cell Death and Disease. 13(6). 571–571. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Yichen, Min Chen, Zilong Chen, et al.. (2022). Theaflavin-3,3′-Digallate from Black Tea Inhibits Neointima Formation Through Suppression of the PDGFRβ Pathway in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 861319–861319. 4 indexed citations
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Yin, Yanting, Xiang Feng, Hongjun Yu, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for aggregate dissolution and refolding by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpB-DnaK bi-chaperone system. Cell Reports. 35(8). 109166–109166. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuang, Yuqi Cheng, Xiangyu Wang, et al.. (2020). Hippocampal Atrophy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients without Major Neuropsychiatric Manifestations. Journal of Immunology Research. 2020(1). 2943848–2943848. 14 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongjun & Hideyuki Takeuchi. (2019). Protein O-glucosylation: another essential role of glucose in biology. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 56. 64–71. 29 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongjun, Tania J. Lupoli, Amanda Kovach, et al.. (2018). ATP hydrolysis-coupled peptide translocation mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpB. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(41). E9560–E9569. 57 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongjun, Changhao Wu, Gerrit J. Schut, et al.. (2018). Structure of an Ancient Respiratory System. Cell. 173(7). 1636–1649.e16. 79 indexed citations
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He, Shijie, et al.. (2018). Oil mixing behavior after an oil spill: identification conflicts of different fingerprints. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(10). 9539–9546. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuqi, Jian Xu, Danilo Arnone, et al.. (2016). Resting-state brain alteration after a single dose of SSRI administration predicts 8-week remission of patients with major depressive disorder. Psychological Medicine. 47(3). 438–450. 38 indexed citations
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Zhang, Min, S. Biswas, Wenbin Deng, & Hongjun Yu. (2016). The Crystal Structure of Monovalent Streptavidin. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35915–35915. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongjun, Megumi Takeuchi, Jamie LeBarron, et al.. (2015). Notch-modifying xylosyltransferase structures support an SNi-like retaining mechanism. Nature Chemical Biology. 11(11). 847–854. 58 indexed citations
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Han, Zhiying, Lei Wang, Lian Duan, et al.. (2015). The electrocoagulation pretreatment of biogas digestion slurry from swine farm prior to nanofiltration concentration. Separation and Purification Technology. 156. 817–826. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Fang, et al.. (2014). The correlation of cognitive function，P300 and cerebrum gray matter volume in schizophrenic patients. Chin J Psychiatry. 47(6). 352–358. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuqi, Jian Xu, Hongjun Yu, et al.. (2014). Delineation of Early and Later Adult Onset Depression by Diffusion Tensor Imaging. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112307–e112307. 47 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongjun, Jun Fei, Xingshu Chen, et al.. (2010). Progesterone attenuates neurological behavioral deficits of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through remyelination with nucleus-sublocalized Olig1 protein. Neuroscience Letters. 476(1). 42–45. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Haijun, Tao Yang, Chunrong Luo, et al.. (2009). Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with first-episode depression and control subjects. Chin J Psychiatry. 42(4). 193–197. 1 indexed citations
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Gong, Yong, Peng Cao, Hongjun Yu, & Tao Jiang. (2008). Crystal structure of the neurotrophin-3 and p75NTR symmetrical complex. Nature. 454(7205). 789–793. 91 indexed citations

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