Kai‐Chun Yang

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kai‐Chun Yang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai‐Chun Yang has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kai‐Chun Yang's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers) and Treatment of Major Depression (8 papers). Kai‐Chun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers) and Treatment of Major Depression (8 papers). Kai‐Chun Yang collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Kai‐Chun Yang's co-authors include James M. Tour, Yieu Chyan, Michael G. Stanford, Carter Kittrell, Cheng‐Ta Li, Duy Xuan Luong, Jongwon Yoon, Tuo Wang, Wei‐Chen Lin and Yuan-Hwa Chou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kai‐Chun Yang

63 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Laser-Induced Graphene for Flexible and Embeddable Gas Sensors

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai‐Chun Yang Taiwan	19	796	455	343	282	232	71	1.7k
Bo Wu China	29	545 0.7×	264 0.6×	701 2.0×	403 1.4×	187 0.8×	104	2.7k
Swati Sharma India	23	491 0.6×	500 1.1×	465 1.4×	253 0.9×	402 1.7×	54	1.8k
Xiaofeng Cheng China	17	533 0.7×	296 0.7×	116 0.3×	266 0.9×	348 1.5×	31	1.7k
Xiaoyu Hu China	30	922 1.2×	340 0.7×	412 1.2×	317 1.1×	457 2.0×	128	3.0k
Dongdong Qin China	30	314 0.4×	121 0.3×	228 0.7×	90 0.3×	745 3.2×	123	3.0k
Yingying Yin China	29	1.2k 1.5×	718 1.6×	225 0.7×	304 1.1×	71 0.3×	88	2.7k
Kathy Liu United Kingdom	25	486 0.6×	331 0.7×	93 0.3×	78 0.3×	124 0.5×	82	1.9k
Yue Wu China	18	335 0.4×	209 0.5×	159 0.5×	137 0.5×	128 0.6×	84	1.5k
Jin Seok Kim South Korea	25	226 0.3×	298 0.7×	445 1.3×	117 0.4×	377 1.6×	125	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai‐Chun Yang

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, et al.. (2025). Population-level amplification of gene regulation by programmable gene transfer. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(6). 939–948. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Kai‐Chun, et al.. (2025). Harmless and efficient nickel enrichment from nickel-containing waste slag using vitrification technology. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(8). 4523–4538.

Tian, Zhenhua, Kai‐Chun Yang, Joseph Rich, et al.. (2024). Joint subarray acoustic tweezers enable controllable cell translation, rotation, and deformation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9059–9059. 8 indexed citations

Xia, Jianping, Joseph Rufo, Yuyang Gu, et al.. (2024). An acoustofluidic device for the automated separation of platelet-reduced plasma from whole blood. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 10(1). 83–83. 13 indexed citations

Ruan, Dun‐Bao, Kuei‐Shu Chang‐Liao, Kai‐Chun Yang, & Kai‐Jhih Gan. (2024). Improved Electrical Characteristics of Ge FinFET CMOS by Plasma-Enhanced Oxidation and Partial Nitridation With Supercritical Fluid Treatment. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 45(12). 2276–2279. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruoyu, Matthew Sullivan, Roy Chen, et al.. (2023). Cellular immunity analysis by a modular acoustofluidic platform: CIAMAP. Science Advances. 9(51). eadj9964–eadj9964. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Ching‐Wen, et al.. (2023). Amygdala substructure volumes and serotonin transporter in first-episode, drug- naïve major depressive disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 160. 210–216. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Li‐Yu, Chen‐Jee Hong, Yuan-Hwa Chou, et al.. (2023). Abnormalities of Hippocampal Subfield and Amygdalar Nuclei Volumes and Clinical Correlates in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia with Obsessive–Compulsive Behavior—A Pilot Study. Brain Sciences. 13(11). 1582–1582.

Tian, Zhenhua, Jinxin Zhang, Kai‐Chun Yang, et al.. (2023). Acousto-dielectric tweezers for size-insensitive manipulation and biophysical characterization of single cells. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 224. 115061–115061. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, et al.. (2022). Interactions between dopamine transporter and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-related amino acids on cognitive impairments in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 248. 263–270. 9 indexed citations

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Hao, Nanjing, Zeyu Wang, Pengzhan Liu, et al.. (2021). Acoustofluidic multimodal diagnostic system for Alzheimer's disease. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 196. 113730–113730. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, et al.. (2021). Sub-regional hippocampal volumes in first-episode drug-naïve major depression disorder. Neuroscience Letters. 763. 136178–136178. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Bang‐Hung, et al.. (2021). A study of tryptophan, kynurenine and serotonin transporter in first-episode drug-naïve major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 312. 111296–111296. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, et al.. (2021). Interleukin-1 family and serotonin transporter in first-episode, drug-naive major depressive disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 135. 174–180. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, Bang‐Hung Yang, Jiing-Feng Lirng, et al.. (2020). Interaction of dopamine transporter and metabolite ratios underpinning the cognitive dysfunction in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning: A combined SPECT and MRS study. NeuroToxicology. 82. 26–34. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Cheng‐Ta, Kai‐Chun Yang, & Wei‐Chen Lin. (2019). Glutamatergic Dysfunction and Glutamatergic Compounds for Major Psychiatric Disorders: Evidence From Clinical Neuroimaging Studies. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 9. 767–767. 122 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, В. А. Степанов, Anders Ettrup, et al.. (2017). Fenfluramine Reduces [11C]Cimbi-36 Binding to the 5-HT2A Receptor in the Nonhuman Primate Brain. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 20(9). 683–691. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai‐Chun, В. А. Степанов, Nahid Amini, et al.. (2016). Characterization of [11C]Lu AE92686 as a PET radioligand for phosphodiesterase 10A in the nonhuman primate brain. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 44(2). 308–320. 6 indexed citations

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Chou, Yuan-Hwa, Chih-Ken Chen, Shyh-Jen Wang, et al.. (2013). Association of Brain Serotonin Transporter Availability and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Models of Serotonin Transporter Genotypes in Healthy Subjects. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 33(3). 432–435. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Cheng‐Ta, et al.. (2009). Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatoform Disorders: Diagnostic Challenges to Psychiatrists. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association. 72(5). 251–256. 18 indexed citations

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