Junying Yu

23.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
29 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Junying Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Junying Yu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Junying Yu's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Renal and related cancers (6 papers). Junying Yu is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (19 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Renal and related cancers (6 papers). Junying Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. Junying Yu's co-authors include James A. Thomson, Igor I. Slukvin, Ron Stewart, Shulan Tian, Kim Smuga-Otto, Maxim A. Vodyanik, Jessica Antosiewicz‐Bourget, Victor Ruotti, Guðrún A. Jónsdóttir and Jeff Nie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junying Yu

29 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells

2007 7.5k citations Junying Yu, Maxim A. Vodyanik et al. Science profile →
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Free of Vector and Transgene Sequences

2009 1.7k citations Junying Yu, Kejin Hu et al. Science profile →
Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient

2008 1.1k citations Allison D. Ebert, Junying Yu et al. Nature profile →
Functional Cardiomyocytes Derived From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

2009 1.0k citations Jianhua Zhang, Gisela F. Wilson et al. profile →
Neural differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells follows developmental principles but with variable potency

2010 772 citations Junying Yu, James A. Thomson et al. profile →
Feeder-independent culture of human embryonic stem cells

2006 507 citations Tenneille E. Ludwig, Veit Bergendahl et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junying Yu United States	27	14.2k	3.3k	2.8k	1.9k	1.8k	29	16.3k
Megumi Narita Japan	17	14.0k 1.0×	3.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	36	16.8k
Mari Ohnuki Japan	14	14.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	20	16.8k
Kiichiro Tomoda Japan	19	14.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	30	16.9k
Keisuke Okita Japan	50	16.3k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	102	19.5k
Michelle Waknitz United States	10	10.7k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	14	12.9k
Koji Tanabe Japan	24	17.7k 1.2×	4.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	29	21.1k
Igor I. Slukvin United States	38	11.8k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	120	14.7k
Nissim Benvenisty Israel	60	12.1k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	982 0.6×	194	14.6k
Martín F. Pera Australia	55	10.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	154	12.5k
Vivienne S. Marshall United States	12	9.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	17	11.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junying Yu

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Raval, Kunil, Ran Tao, Willem J. de Lange, et al.. (2014). Pompe Disease Results in a Golgi-based Glycosylation Deficit in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(5). 3121–3136. 65 indexed citations

Hu, Kejin, Junying Yu, Kran Suknuntha, et al.. (2011). Efficient generation of transgene-free induced pluripotent stem cells from normal and neoplastic bone marrow and cord blood mononuclear cells. Blood. 117(14). e109–e119. 180 indexed citations

Kang, HyunJun, et al.. (2011). Generation of Red Blood Cells from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 20(9). 1639–1647. 129 indexed citations

Feng, Xuezhu, Jiuchun Zhang, Shulan Tian, et al.. (2011). Protein Kinase C Mediated Extraembryonic Endoderm Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 30(3). 461–470. 36 indexed citations

Yu, Pengzhi, Guangjin Pan, Junying Yu, & J. Allan Thomson. (2011). FGF2 Sustains NANOG and Switches the Outcome of BMP4-Induced Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Cell stem cell. 8(3). 326–334. 200 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianhua, Kunil Raval, Xiaojun Lian, et al.. (2010). Abstract 20724: Matrix-Promoted Efficient Cardiac Differentiation of Human iPS and ES Cells. Circulation. 122. 3 indexed citations

Vodyanik, Maxim A., Junying Yu, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2010). A Mesoderm-Derived Precursor for Mesenchymal Stem and Endothelial Cells. Cell stem cell. 7(6). 718–729. 239 indexed citations

Yu, Junying, Kejin Hu, Kim Smuga-Otto, et al.. (2009). Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Free of Vector and Transgene Sequences. Science. 324(5928). 797–801. 1718 indexed citations breakdown →

Yu, Junying, Kim Smuga-Otto, Giorgia Salvagiotto, et al.. (2009). Hematopoietic and Endothelial Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 27(3). 559–567. 369 indexed citations

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Deng, Jie, Robert Shoemaker, Bin Xie, et al.. (2009). Targeted bisulfite sequencing reveals changes in DNA methylation associated with nuclear reprogramming. Nature Biotechnology. 27(4). 353–360. 357 indexed citations

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Yu, Junying & James A. Thomson. (2008). Pluripotent stem cell lines. Genes & Development. 22(15). 1987–1997. 256 indexed citations

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Ebert, Allison D., Junying Yu, Ferrill F. Rose, et al.. (2008). Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient. Nature. 457(7227). 277–280. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Ren‐He, Feng Gu, Sierra H. Root, et al.. (2008). NANOG Is a Direct Target of TGFβ/Activin-Mediated SMAD Signaling in Human ESCs. Cell stem cell. 3(2). 196–206. 383 indexed citations

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Yu, Junying, Maxim A. Vodyanik, Kim Smuga-Otto, et al.. (2007). Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells. Science. 318(5858). 1917–1920. 7504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Juxiang, Sergey Medvedev, Junying Yu, Richard M. Schultz, & Norman B. Hecht. (2006). Deletion of the DNA/RNA-binding protein MSY2 leads to post-meiotic arrest. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 250(1-2). 20–24. 36 indexed citations

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Ludwig, Tenneille E., Veit Bergendahl, Mark E. Levenstein, et al.. (2006). Feeder-independent culture of human embryonic stem cells. Nature Methods. 3(8). 637–646. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Junying, Manqi Deng, Sergey Medvedev, et al.. (2004). Transgenic RNAi-mediated reduction of MSY2 in mouse oocytes results in reduced fertility. Developmental Biology. 268(1). 195–206. 72 indexed citations

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Yu, Junying, Norman B. Hecht, & Richard M. Schultz. (2003). Requirement for RNA-binding activity of MSY2 for cytoplasmic localization and retention in mouse oocytes. Developmental Biology. 255(2). 249–262. 25 indexed citations

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Yu, Junying, Norman B. Hecht, & Richard M. Schultz. (2002). RNA-Binding Properties and Translation Repression In Vitro by Germ Cell-Specific MSY2 Protein1. Biology of Reproduction. 67(4). 1093–1098. 60 indexed citations

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Yu, Junying, Norman B. Hecht, & Richard M. Schultz. (2001). Expression of MSY2 in Mouse Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos1. Biology of Reproduction. 65(4). 1260–1270. 98 indexed citations

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