Kun Yang

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kun Yang is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Yang has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 89 papers in Surgery and 53 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Kun Yang's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (118 papers), Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (63 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (51 papers). Kun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (118 papers), Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (63 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (51 papers). Kun Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Kun Yang's co-authors include Xin‐Zu Chen, Weihan Zhang, Xiao‐Long Chen, Zong‐Guang Zhou, Jian‐Kun Hu, Bo Zhang, Kai Liu, Zhixin Chen, Jiaping Chen and Lin-Yong Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kun Yang

163 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of the gut microbiota in anticancer therapy: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Yang China	30	1.7k	1.2k	804	615	506	177	3.1k
Ping Li China	29	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	767 1.0×	839 1.4×	506 1.0×	267	3.4k
Tsann‐Long Hwang Taiwan	36	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	320 0.5×	310 0.6×	130	3.5k
Yoshiro Saikawa Japan	32	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	897 1.1×	698 1.1×	411 0.8×	139	3.1k
Takuya Inoue Japan	30	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	847 1.1×	481 0.8×	258 0.5×	141	2.6k
Jan Kulig Poland	33	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	302 0.5×	316 0.6×	137	3.1k
Kai Liu China	23	840 0.5×	735 0.6×	502 0.6×	249 0.4×	353 0.7×	147	2.1k
Peter Kienle Germany	34	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	183 0.3×	334 0.7×	108	3.5k
Nils Homann Germany	30	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	702 1.1×	638 1.3×	119	4.1k
Yanbing Zhou China	22	593 0.3×	951 0.8×	753 0.9×	231 0.4×	391 0.8×	137	1.9k
Hong Joo Kim South Korea	36	1.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	554 0.9×	388 0.8×	124	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Yang

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Wei, Jing, Pengfei Zhang, Chaoyong Shen, et al.. (2025). Nab-paclitaxel combined with cadonilimab (AK104) as second-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer: protocol for a phase II prospective, multicenter, single-arm clinical trial. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1519545–1519545. 2 indexed citations

Ling, Qi, Jianlin Liu, Shi‐Ting Huang, et al.. (2024). Clinicopathological features of hepatoid adenocarcinoma and non‐hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Cancer Medicine. 13(16). e70130–e70130.

Yin, Hongkun, et al.. (2024). Development and Validation of a Computed Tomography–Based Model for Noninvasive Prediction of the T Stage in Gastric Cancer: Multicenter Retrospective Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e56851–e56851. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wenhao, Xing Yu, Yajun Ma, et al.. (2024). Application of MRI imaging parameters in lumbar spine diseases: a review of the literature. Clinical Radiology. 80. 106702–106702.

Li, Lu, et al.. (2024). A novel artificial intelligence segmentation model for early diagnosis of bladder tumors. Abdominal Radiology. 50(7). 3092–3099. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, Bin Wu, Chao Liu, et al.. (2024). Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy plus Sequential Tislelizumab Followed by Surgery for Esophageal Carcinoma (CRISEC study): A Prospective, Single-Arm, Phase II Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 120(2). e502–e502. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Peng, Qiang Chen, Kun Yang, & Fei Cai. (2024). Prevalence, characteristics, and associated risk factors of plantar heel pain in americans : The cross-sectional NHANES study. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 19(1). 805–805.

Liang, Jiaming, Pu Wang, Kun Yang, et al.. (2023). Ferroptosis landscape in prostate cancer from molecular and metabolic perspective. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 128–128. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuexin, Tao Jin, Zedong Li, et al.. (2023). Association between IL-6 and prognosis of gastric cancer: a retrospective study. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 16. 1108394519–1108394519. 4 indexed citations

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Pan, Tao, Kai Liu, Xin‐Zu Chen, et al.. (2020). Closure of Petersen’s defect in gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an interrupted time series analysis from a high-volume institution in China. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 406(2). 427–436. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Shijie, Yong Yuan, Haoyuan Hu, et al.. (2019). [Survival comparison of Siewert II adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction between transthoracic and transabdominal approaches:a joint data analysis of thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery].. PubMed. 22(2). 132–142. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Ka Li, Weihan Zhang, et al.. (2017). [Application of multimodal analgesia in radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients: a prospective nonrandomized controlled study].. PubMed. 20(3). 270–276. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2016). Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy with Double-Tract Reconstruction by Intracorporeal Anastomosis with Linear Staplers. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 222(5). e39–e45. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weihan, Xin‐Zu Chen, Kun Yang, et al.. (2015). Risk Factors and Survival Outcomes for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Gastric Cancer Patients.. PubMed. 62(139). 766–72. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2015). Robotic gastrectomy: the future. 4(6). 448–452. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Kai, Kun Yang, Bin Wu, et al.. (2015). Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cells Are Associated With Prognosis of Gastric Cancer. Medicine. 94(39). e1631–e1631. 98 indexed citations

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Mu, Juwei, Shugeng Gao, Qi Xue, et al.. (2015). A Matched Comparison Study of Uniportal Versus Triportal Thoracoscopic Lobectomy and Sublobectomy for Early-stage Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Chinese Medical Journal. 128(20). 2731–2735. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin‐Zu, Weihan Zhang, Kun Yang, et al.. (2014). Quantitative comparisons of summary receiver operating characteristics (sROC) curves among conventional serological tumor biomarkers for predicting gastric cancer in Chinese population. Tumor Biology. 35(9). 9015–9022. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Liu, Xi Chen, Kun Yang, et al.. (2013). Curcumin ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis by blocking STAT3 signaling pathway. International Immunopharmacology. 17(2). 314–320. 78 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, Tianpeng Zhang, Cui Tian, et al.. (2012). Carboxyl Terminus of Heat Shock Protein 70-Interacting Protein Inhibits Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Remodeling. American Journal of Hypertension. 25(9). 994–1001. 43 indexed citations

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