James J. Yang

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

James J. Yang is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Yang has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Physiology, 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in James J. Yang's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers). James J. Yang is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers). James J. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and American Samoa. James J. Yang's co-authors include Zheng Gang Zhang, Yi Li, Hongqi Xin, Yisheng Cui, Michael Chopp, Jin‐Xiong She, L. Keoki Williams, Anne Buu, Jesus Casida and Oscar A. Carretero and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

James J. Yang

72 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Systemic Administration of Exosomes Released from Mesench... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
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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. Systemic Administration of Exosomes Released from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Functional Recovery and Neurovascular Plasticity After Stroke in Rats
    2013 784 citations James J. Yang 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
James J. Yang United States 24 1.0k 510 330 283 263 76 2.3k
Thomas Mohr Austria 35 1.3k 1.3× 310 0.6× 398 1.2× 125 0.4× 128 0.5× 129 3.7k
Ying Fan China 29 1.0k 1.0× 267 0.5× 303 0.9× 140 0.5× 120 0.5× 85 2.9k
Veronica Tisato Italy 28 1.0k 1.0× 334 0.7× 173 0.5× 543 1.9× 231 0.9× 103 3.1k
Xiaobin Zheng China 22 732 0.7× 427 0.8× 364 1.1× 148 0.5× 99 0.4× 60 2.0k
Cornelis Kluft Netherlands 25 587 0.6× 889 1.7× 201 0.6× 138 0.5× 395 1.5× 73 2.8k
Leslie A. Lange United States 31 1.2k 1.1× 179 0.4× 391 1.2× 308 1.1× 654 2.5× 87 3.0k
Maja Krajinović Canada 39 1.8k 1.8× 376 0.7× 216 0.7× 365 1.3× 339 1.3× 195 5.0k
Ming Hu China 31 1.8k 1.8× 549 1.1× 468 1.4× 109 0.4× 208 0.8× 111 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James J. Yang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, James J., et al.. (2025). Bidirectional Relationships Between Sleep Quality and Nicotine Vaping: Studying Young Adult e-cigarette Users in Real Time and Real Life. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(9). 1534–1540. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, James J., et al.. (2024). Health Risks Associated with Adopting New-Generation Disposable Products Among Young Adults Who Use E-Cigarettes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(10). 1375–1375. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkerson, J. Michael, Serena A. Rodriguez, H. Shelton Brown, et al.. (2024). Expansion and evaluation of level II and III recovery residences for people taking medications for an opioid use disorder: project HOMES (Housing for MAR Expanded Services) study protocol. BMJ Open. 14(11). e084115–e084115. 2 indexed citations
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Piper, Megan E., et al.. (2023). Dependence motives and use contexts that predicted smoking cessation and vaping cessation: A two-year longitudinal study with 13 waves. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 250. 110871–110871. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, James J., et al.. (2021). Systematic Exploration in Tissue-Pathway Associations of Complex Traits Using Comprehensive eQTLs Catalog. Frontiers in Big Data. 4. 719737–719737.
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Yang, James J., et al.. (2021). Thai Buddhism-Based Mindfulness for Pain Management in Thai Outpatients with Cancer: A Pilot Study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing. 8(1). 58–67. 4 indexed citations
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Levin, Albert M., Hongsheng Gui, Natalia Hernandez‐Pacheco, et al.. (2018). Integrative approach identifies corticosteroid response variant in diverse populations with asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 143(5). 1791–1802. 25 indexed citations
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Casida, Jesus, Jean E. Davis, Francis D. Pagani, et al.. (2018). Sleep and self-care correlates before and after implantation of a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD). Journal of Artificial Organs. 21(3). 278–284. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, James J., Jia Li, L. Keoki Williams, & Anne Buu. (2016). An efficient genome-wide association test for multivariate phenotypes based on the Fisher combination function. BMC Bioinformatics. 17(1). 19–19. 35 indexed citations
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McCullagh, Marjorie C., Tanima Banerjee, Michael A. Cohen, & James J. Yang. (2016). Effects of interventions on use of hearing protectors among farm operators: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Audiology. 55(sup1). S3–S12. 16 indexed citations
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McCullagh, Marjorie C., Tanima Banerjee, & James J. Yang. (2015). Protocol of a test of hearing health education programs for farm and rural youth. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 1061–1061. 3 indexed citations
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Levin, Albert M., Yun Wang, Karen Wells, et al.. (2014). Nocturnal Asthma and the Importance of Race/Ethnicity and Genetic Ancestry. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 190(3). 266–273. 23 indexed citations
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Nagaraja, Tavarekere N., Madhava Aryal, Stephen L. Brown, et al.. (2013). Cilengitide-Induced Temporal Variations in Transvascular Transfer Parameters of Tumor Vasculature in a Rat Glioma Model: Identifying Potential MRI Biomarkers of Acute Effects. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84493–e84493. 12 indexed citations
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Orentas, Rimas J., James J. Yang, Xinyu Wen, et al.. (2012). Identification of Cell Surface Proteins as Potential Immunotherapy Targets in 12 Pediatric Cancers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 194–194. 76 indexed citations
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Peterson, Edward L., Shiqing Yan, Albert M. Levin, et al.. (2010). Factors predicting inhaled corticosteroid responsiveness in African American patients with asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 126(6). 1131–1138. 29 indexed citations
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Levin, Albert M., et al.. (2009). Ancestry Informative Markers and Family-Based Association. Genetic Epidemiology. 33(8). 783–783. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, James J.. (2009). Distribution of Fisher's combination statistic when the tests are dependent. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 80(1). 1–12. 17 indexed citations
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Mallela, Jaya, James J. Yang, & Zia Shariat‐Madar. (2008). Prolylcarboxypeptidase: A cardioprotective enzyme. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 41(3). 477–481. 38 indexed citations
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Kragel, Amy H., William D. Travis, Stefania Pittaluga, et al.. (1990). Pathologic findings associated with interleukin-2—Based immunotherapy for cancer: A postmortem study of 19 patients. Human Pathology. 21(5). 493–502. 41 indexed citations

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