Hu Yang

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Hu Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Polymers and Plastics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hu Yang has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 32 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Hu Yang's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (46 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (38 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers). Hu Yang is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (46 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (38 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers). Hu Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Hu Yang's co-authors include Juan Wang, Stephanie T. Lopina, Remy C. Cooper, W. Andrew Yeudall, Weiyuan John Kao, Quan Yuan, Boxuan Li, Donald C. Aduba, Hongliang He and Leyuan Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hu Yang

129 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dendrimer-based drug delivery systems: history, challenge... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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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. Dendrimer-based drug delivery systems: history, challenges, and latest developments
    2022 224 citations Juan Wang, Boxuan Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hu Yang United States 41 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 575 135 4.8k
Weiyuan John Kao United States 42 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 578 0.5× 524 0.9× 109 5.3k
Xinsong Li China 34 789 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 346 0.3× 309 0.5× 132 3.6k
Youxin Li China 36 3.5k 1.9× 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 693 0.7× 1.3k 2.3× 116 7.5k
Achim Goepferich Germany 41 2.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 277 0.3× 758 1.3× 124 6.1k
Marcelo Calderón Germany 45 2.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 934 1.6× 168 6.0k
Yun‐Long Wu China 48 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 2.5k 2.1× 484 0.5× 380 0.7× 190 6.5k
Gaetano Giammona Italy 40 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 309 0.3× 967 1.7× 201 5.1k
Wei Xue China 47 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 2.7k 2.3× 516 0.5× 493 0.9× 172 6.1k
Shuai Shi China 43 1.7k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 196 0.2× 857 1.5× 195 5.9k
Tao Wan China 40 2.5k 1.4× 604 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 316 0.3× 508 0.9× 133 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hu Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hu Yang

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

All Works

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Huang, Da, et al.. (2024). Antibiotic-Loaded Dendrimer Hydrogels in Periodontal Bone Regeneration: An In Vitro Release Feasibility Study. Gels. 10(9). 593–593. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Lei, Xingmao Ma, John Yang, et al.. (2024). Advancing Simultaneous Extraction and Sequential Single-Particle ICP-MS Analysis for Metallic Nanoparticle Mixtures in Plant Tissues. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(19). 11251–11258. 2 indexed citations
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Kabytaev, Kuanysh, et al.. (2024). Physio-chemical Modifications to Re-engineer Small Extracellular Vesicles for Targeted Anticancer Therapeutics Delivery and Imaging. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(2). 697–722. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Boxuan Li, Remy C. Cooper, Da Huang, & Hu Yang. (2024). Localized Sustained Release of Copper Enhances Antitumor Effects of Disulfiram in Head and Neck Cancer. Biomacromolecules. 25(5). 2770–2779. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Lei, Lindsey Rasmussen, Jingrang Lu, et al.. (2023). Study of Legionella pneumophila treatment with copper in drinking water by single cell-ICP-MS. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416(2). 419–430. 4 indexed citations
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Cole, J. Dean, et al.. (2023). Characterization of neural damage and neuroinflammation in Pax6 small-eye mice. Experimental Eye Research. 238. 109723–109723. 2 indexed citations
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Ali, Mehboob, Mingjun Liu, Neil J. Kelly, et al.. (2023). A p53-TLR3 axis ameliorates pulmonary hypertension by inducing BMPR2 via IRF3. iScience. 26(2). 105935–105935. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Remy C. Cooper, & Hu Yang. (2020). Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Grafted with an Acid-Responsive Charge-Reversal Layer for Improved Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules. 21(10). 4008–4016. 17 indexed citations
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Roper, Thomas D., et al.. (2020). Self-Assembly of pH-Labile Polymer Nanoparticles for Paclitaxel Prodrug Delivery: Formulation, Characterization, and Evaluation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(23). 9292–9292. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Boxuan Li, Xingming Wang, et al.. (2020). Injectable Multicomponent Biomimetic Gel Composed of Inter-Crosslinked Dendrimeric and Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Exhibits Highly Tunable Elasticity and Dual Drug Release Capacity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(9). 10202–10210. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Boxuan, Juan Wang, M.E. Moustafa, & Hu Yang. (2019). Ecofriendly Method to Dissolve Chitosan in Plain Water. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 5(12). 6355–6360. 25 indexed citations
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He, Hongliang, Chunqing Guo, Jing Wang, et al.. (2018). Leutusome: A Biomimetic Nanoplatform Integrating Plasma Membrane Components of Leukocytes and Tumor Cells for Remarkably Enhanced Solid Tumor Homing. Nano Letters. 18(10). 6164–6174. 130 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Remy C. Cooper, Hongliang He, Boxuan Li, & Hu Yang. (2018). Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Microgels: Hierarchical Arrangement of Dendrimers into Micrometer Domains with Expanded Structural Features for Programmable Drug Delivery and Release. Macromolecules. 51(15). 6111–6118. 30 indexed citations
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Yuan, Quan, et al.. (2018). Targeted inactivation of EPS8 using dendrimer-mediated delivery of RNA interference. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 557. 178–181. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaojiaoyang, Runping Liu, Zhiming Huang, et al.. (2018). Cholangiocyte‐derived exosomal long noncoding RNA H19 promotes cholestatic liver injury in mouse and humans. Hepatology. 68(2). 599–615. 127 indexed citations
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Lancina, Michael G., Sudha Singh, Uday B. Kompella, Shahid Husain, & Hu Yang. (2017). Fast Dissolving Dendrimer Nanofiber Mats as Alternative to Eye Drops for More Efficient Antiglaucoma Drug Delivery. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 3(8). 1861–1868. 66 indexed citations
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