Kai Yan

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yan has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kai Yan's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (8 papers), Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (7 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (6 papers). Kai Yan is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (8 papers), Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (7 papers) and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (6 papers). Kai Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Kai Yan's co-authors include Wenhao Zhou, Feifan Xiao, Wenhao Yuan, Lingkong Zeng, Jianbo Shao, Shiwen Xia, Qiuchang Sun, Dong Liang, Zhicheng Li and Yuanshen Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Radiology and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yan

72 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neonatal Early-Onset Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in 33 Neonates Born to Mothers With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

2020 685 citations Kai Yan, Feifan Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Yan China	16	631	305	275	253	249	75	1.7k
Karen Schreiber Denmark	29	173 0.3×	435 1.4×	84 0.3×	184 0.7×	159 0.6×	85	2.7k
Christian J. Thaler Germany	32	567 0.9×	767 2.5×	450 1.6×	291 1.2×	39 0.2×	148	2.9k
E. Merz Germany	27	440 0.7×	178 0.6×	1.0k 3.8×	160 0.6×	113 0.5×	116	1.9k
Luc De Catte Belgium	30	533 0.8×	474 1.6×	1.6k 5.8×	121 0.5×	307 1.2×	161	2.9k
Alexander Scharf Germany	16	152 0.2×	156 0.5×	295 1.1×	124 0.5×	141 0.6×	86	1.2k
Muriel Rabilloud France	27	211 0.3×	311 1.0×	341 1.2×	121 0.5×	50 0.2×	69	2.0k
Gabriele Tonni Italy	22	433 0.7×	397 1.3×	897 3.3×	41 0.2×	192 0.8×	186	1.9k
Cyril Huissoud France	21	503 0.8×	270 0.9×	924 3.4×	180 0.7×	36 0.1×	102	3.0k
Linda M. Ernst United States	31	1.1k 1.7×	499 1.6×	1.3k 4.6×	135 0.5×	46 0.2×	146	3.1k
R. Tepper Israel	23	688 1.1×	179 0.6×	323 1.2×	92 0.4×	38 0.2×	97	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ye, Lin, Kai Yan, Zijian Tian, et al.. (2025). Helicobacter pylori infection is linked to metabolic dysfunction and associated steatotic liver disease: A large cross-sectional study. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 31(13). 102563–102563.

Yang, Lin, et al.. (2024). Genotype and phenotype features and prognostic factors of neonatal-onset pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: A systematic review. Epilepsy Research. 202. 107363–107363. 5 indexed citations

Qian, Yeqing, Yongfeng Liu, Kai Yan, et al.. (2023). Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Common Fetal Aneuploidies Using Single-Molecule Sequencing. Laboratory Investigation. 103(4). 100043–100043.

Sun, Yixi, Yangwen Qian, Hai‐Xi Sun, et al.. (2022). Case Report: De novo DDX3X mutation caused intellectual disability in a female with skewed X-chromosome inactivation on the mutant allele. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 999442–999442. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Qiuchang, Yinsheng Chen, Chaofeng Liang, et al.. (2021). Biologic Pathways Underlying Prognostic Radiomics Phenotypes from Paired MRI and RNA Sequencing in Glioblastoma. Radiology. 301(3). 654–663. 88 indexed citations

Dong, Xinran, Lin Yang, Kaiyi Liu, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional networks identify synaptotagmin-like 3 as a regulator of cortical neuronal migration during early neurodevelopment. Cell Reports. 34(9). 108802–108802. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Bei, Lang Chen, Jian Sun, et al.. (2020). Generation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell line (ZJUi005-A) from a patient with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) carrying a novel hemizygous mutation in PLP1 gene. Stem Cell Research. 45. 101791–101791.

Sun, Qiuchang, Xiaona Lin, Yuanshen Zhao, et al.. (2020). Deep Learning vs. Radiomics for Predicting Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis of Breast Cancer Using Ultrasound Images: Don't Forget the Peritumoral Region. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 53–53. 195 indexed citations

Jia, Bei, Kai Yan, Xiaojie Song, et al.. (2019). Pilot study of a novel multi‐functional noninvasive prenatal test on fetus aneuploidy, copy number variation, and single‐gene disorder screening. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 7(4). e00597–e00597. 19 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feifan, Kai Yan, & Wenhao Zhou. (2019). Methadone versus morphine treatment outcomes in neonatal abstinence syndrome: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55(10). 1177–1182. 6 indexed citations

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Gao, Yanyan, Bingbing Wu, Kai Yan, et al.. (2019). Relationship between phenotype and genotype of 102 Chinese newborns with Prader–Willi syndrome. Molecular Biology Reports. 46(5). 4717–4724. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanmei, Kai Yan, Bei Liu, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive genetic diagnosis of patients with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) and pathogenicity analysis of splice site variants in the DMD gene. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 20(9). 753–765. 14 indexed citations

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Qian, Yeqing, Xiaoqing Wang, Min Chen, et al.. (2018). Detection of fetal subchromosomal aberration with cell-free DNA screening led to diagnosis of parental translocation: Review of 11344 consecutive cases in a university hospital. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 62(2). 115–123. 9 indexed citations

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Qian, Yeqing, Xiaoqing Wang, Min Chen, et al.. (2018). A feasible diagnostic approach for the translocation carrier from the indication of products of conception. Molecular Cytogenetics. 11(1). 12–12. 7 indexed citations

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Yuan, Hai‐Xin, Kai Yan, Zhiyong Zhang, et al.. (2017). Whole exome sequencing identifies a KCNJ12 mutation as a cause of familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Medicine. 96(33). e7727–e7727. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Bei, Yanmei Yang, Kai Yan, et al.. (2015). Identification of novel PKD1 and PKD2 mutations in a Chinese population with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17468–17468. 20 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Wenping Cai, He Sun, et al.. (2013). Genetic effects have a dominant role on poor responses to infant vaccination to hepatitis B virus. Journal of Human Genetics. 58(5). 293–297. 24 indexed citations

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El‐Shanti, Hatem, Kwanghyuk Lee, Attya Bhatti, et al.. (2005). Novel sequence variants in the TMIE gene in families with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 84(3). 226–231. 19 indexed citations

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Leal, Suzanne M., Kai Yan, & Bertram Müller‐Myhsok. (2005). SimPed: A Simulation Program to Generate Haplotype and Genotype Data for Pedigree Structures. Human Heredity. 60(2). 119–122. 46 indexed citations

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Ansar, Muhammad, Muhammad Aminuddin, Maqsood Anwar, et al.. (2004). Localization of a novel locus for hereditary nail dysplasia to chromosome 17q25.1‐17q25.3. Clinical Genetics. 66(1). 73–78. 3 indexed citations

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