Kai Yuan

5.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Yuan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yuan has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Clinical Psychology and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kai Yuan's work include COVID-19 and Mental Health (15 papers), Sleep and related disorders (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers). Kai Yuan is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 and Mental Health (15 papers), Sleep and related disorders (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers). Kai Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Kai Yuan's co-authors include Lin Lü, Wei Yan, Yanping Bao, Jie Shi, Le Shi, Ying Han, Mao‐Sheng Ran, Yankun Sun, Lin Liu and Yongbo Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yuan

61 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms Among the General Population in China During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

2020 573 citations Le Shi, Lin Liu et al. profile →
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China

2020 363 citations Jianyu Que, Le Shi et al. profile →
Gut microbiota modulates the inflammatory response and cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation

2021 204 citations Zhong Wang, Wen‐Hao Chen et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
The impact of quarantine on mental health status among general population in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 202 citations Yunhe Wang, Le Shi et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in sleep disorders

2022 174 citations Wei Yan, Kai Yuan et al. Sleep Medicine Reviews profile →
Prevalence and risk factor for long COVID in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis and systematic review

2023 72 citations Yongbo Zheng, Na Zeng 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 Yuan China	23	1.1k	519	424	407	376	68	2.7k
Nicolas Hoertel France	33	1.5k 1.3×	651 1.3×	472 1.1×	469 1.2×	427 1.1×	164	4.0k
Frédéric Limosin France	36	1.4k 1.2×	695 1.3×	542 1.3×	445 1.1×	402 1.1×	256	4.7k
Vicent Balanzá‐Martínez Spain	37	989 0.9×	390 0.8×	338 0.8×	219 0.5×	326 0.9×	130	4.7k
David M. Gardner Canada	30	937 0.8×	390 0.8×	188 0.4×	389 1.0×	246 0.7×	123	4.0k
Marianna Mazza Italy	29	815 0.7×	347 0.7×	209 0.5×	182 0.4×	221 0.6×	186	3.1k
Wai Kwong Tang Hong Kong	39	752 0.7×	644 1.2×	707 1.7×	349 0.9×	123 0.3×	202	4.8k
Benjamin Rolland France	28	760 0.7×	247 0.5×	415 1.0×	336 0.8×	186 0.5×	183	3.5k
María Paz García‐Portilla Spain	38	1.4k 1.3×	541 1.0×	181 0.4×	326 0.8×	307 0.8×	271	4.7k
Emmanuelle Corruble France	36	1.3k 1.2×	776 1.5×	220 0.5×	210 0.5×	387 1.0×	207	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yuan

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Yue, Jing-Li, Rujia Wang, Sijing Chen, et al.. (2025). Effect of conditioned stimuli-triggered memory retrieval-extinction in patients with methamphetamine use disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 249–249.

Jia, Tianye, Xiao Lin, Yanping Bao, et al.. (2025). Unveiling causal relationship between white matter tracts and psychiatric disorders. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1221–1221. 9 indexed citations

Yuan, Kai, Yong Han, Le Shi, et al.. (2025). Glymphatic function decline as a mediator of core memory-related brain structures atrophy in aging. Journal of Translational Internal Medicine. 13(1). 65–77. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Yongbo, Mingzhe Li, Na Zeng, et al.. (2024). Association of lifestyle with sleep health in general population in China: a cross-sectional study. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 320–320. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Bing, Xinyao Li, Sitong Zhou, et al.. (2024). The role of neuropeptides in cutaneous wound healing: a focus on mechanisms and neuropeptide-derived treatments. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12. 1494865–1494865. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Nan, Yongbo Zheng, Ying-Bo Yang, et al.. (2024). Association between Shift Work and Health Outcomes in the General Population in China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Brain Sciences. 14(2). 145–145. 4 indexed citations

Li, Dandan, et al.. (2024). Ambient volatile organic compounds concentration variation characteristics and source apportionment in Lanzhou, China during the COVID-19 lockdown. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 15(5). 102064–102064. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Jun-Wei, Le Shi, Yajie Xiang, et al.. (2023). Reply to Hertenstein et al. ’s commentary on Yue et al.: Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 69. 101773–101773. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Yongbo, Jie Sun, Le Shi, et al.. (2023). Association of Caffeine Consumption and Brain Amyloid Positivity in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 93(2). 483–493. 7 indexed citations

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Su, Sizhen, Yimiao Zhao, Na Zeng, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, and management of long COVID: an update. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(10). 4056–4069. 49 indexed citations

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Shi, Dongyan, et al.. (2023). Research on similarity of water entry load for scaled-down underwater vehicle based on different model test environments. Ocean Engineering. 286. 115697–115697. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong, Kai Yuan, Yanbin Ji, et al.. (2022). Alterations of the Gut Microbiota in Response to Total Sleep Deprivation and Recovery Sleep in Rats. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 31 indexed citations

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Khan, Muhammad Zahid, Yongbo Zheng, Kai Yuan, Ying Han, & Lin Lü. (2022). Extracellular zinc regulates contextual fear memory formation in male rats through MMP-BDNF-TrkB pathway in dorsal hippocampus and basolateral amygdala. Behavioural Brain Research. 439. 114230–114230. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yimiao, Lin Liu, Jie Sun, et al.. (2021). Public Willingness and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination at the Initial Stage of Mass Vaccination in China. Vaccines. 9(10). 1172–1172. 28 indexed citations

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Han, Ying, Kai Yuan, Weijian Liu, et al.. (2021). Neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19, potential neurotropic mechanisms, and therapeutic interventions. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 499–499. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong, Wen‐Hao Chen, Su‐Xia Li, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota modulates the inflammatory response and cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(11). 6277–6292. 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yunhe, Le Shi, Jianyu Que, et al.. (2021). The impact of quarantine on mental health status among general population in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(9). 4813–4822. 202 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yuan, Kai, Zhongyu Zhang, Yan-Xue Xue, et al.. (2020). Pi4KIIα Regulates Unconditioned Stimulus-Retrieval-Induced Fear Memory Reconsolidation through Endosomal Trafficking of AMPA Receptors. iScience. 23(3). 100895–100895. 14 indexed citations

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Yuan, Kai, et al.. (2019). Regulation of Circadian Genes by the MAPK Pathway: Implications for Rapid Antidepressant Action. Neuroscience Bulletin. 36(1). 66–76. 30 indexed citations

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Gao, Xuejiao, Kai Yuan, Lu Cao, et al.. (2017). AMPK signaling in the nucleus accumbens core mediates cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1038–1038. 17 indexed citations

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