Junying Yuan

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Junying Yuan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Junying Yuan has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Junying Yuan's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Junying Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Junying Yuan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Junying Yuan's co-authors include Ronald Ellis, H. Robert Horvitz, Peter Juo, Calvin J. Kuo, Honglin Li, Jidong Zhu, John Blenis, Marc W. Kirschner, Qiang Yu and Guido Kroemer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genes & Development and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Junying Yuan

10 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms and Functions of Cell Death 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 500 1000 1.5k
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. Mechanisms and Functions of Cell Death
    1991 1.8k citations Ronald Ellis, Junying Yuan et al. PubMed profile →

Peers

Junying Yuan
Michael O. Hengartner United States
Yvona Ward United States
Shinji Kamada Japan
Michael P. Scheid Canada
Anjaruwee S. Nimnual United States
Hamish Allen United States
Sabina Sperandio United States
Ian de Belle United States
Nazanine Modjtahedi France
Timothy C. Grammer United States
Michael O. Hengartner United States
Junying Yuan
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Countries citing papers authored by Junying Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junying Yuan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junying Yuan

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Yuan, Junying, et al.. (2024). Cerebral Palsy Heterogeneity: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Significance from a Large-Sample Analysis. Neuroepidemiology. 58(6). 1–11. 3 indexed citations
2.
Vakifahmetoglu-Norberg, Helin, Minsu Kim, Hongguang Xia, et al.. (2013). Chaperone-mediated autophagy degrades mutant p53. Genes & Development. 27(15). 1718–1730. 168 indexed citations
3.
Zhu, Jidong, John Blenis, & Junying Yuan. (2008). Activation of PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways regulates Myc-mediated transcription by phosphorylating and promoting the degradation of Mad1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(18). 6584–6589. 190 indexed citations
4.
Yoo, Lina I., et al.. (2006). Pten Deficiency Activates Distinct Downstream Signaling Pathways in a Tissue-Specific Manner. Cancer Research. 66(4). 1929–1939. 53 indexed citations
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Li, Honglin & Junying Yuan. (1999). Deciphering the pathways of life and death. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 11(2). 261–266. 142 indexed citations
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Yuan, Junying, et al.. (1998). Overexpression of the transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase LAR activates the caspase pathway and induces apoptosis. Current Biology. 8(5). 247–256. 47 indexed citations
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Juo, Peter, et al.. (1998). Essential requirement for caspase-8/FLICE in the initiation of the Fas-induced apoptotic cascade. Current Biology. 8(18). 1001–1008. 464 indexed citations
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Li, Honglin, et al.. (1998). Caspase-dependent activation of cyclin-dependent kinases during Fas-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(12). 6785–6790. 136 indexed citations
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Miura, Masayuki & Junying Yuan. (1996). 5 Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans and Vertebrates. Current topics in developmental biology. 32. 139–174. 18 indexed citations
10.
Ellis, Ronald, Junying Yuan, & H. Robert Horvitz. (1991). Mechanisms and Functions of Cell Death. PubMed. 7(1). 663–698. 1766 indexed citations breakdown →

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