Kun Yang

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Kun Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Yang has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kun Yang's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (6 papers). Kun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (6 papers). Kun Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Kun Yang's co-authors include John D. Lambris, Daniel Ricklin, George Hajishengallis, Luhua Lai, Qi Ouyang, Chao Tang, Joel S. Bader, Jef D. Boeke, Giovanni Stracquadanio and Leslie A. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kun Yang

70 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Complement: a key system for immune surveillance and homeostasis

2010 2.8k citations Kun Yang et al. profile →
Design of a synthetic yeast genome

2017 386 citations Leslie A. Mitchell, Kun Yang et al. profile →
Visible-Light-Induced Chemodivergent Synthesis of Tetracyclic Quinazolinones and 3-Iminoisoindoliones via the Substrate Control Strategy

2024 85 citations Kun Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Yang United States	23	1.9k	1.5k	433	385	346	75	4.5k
Russell Wallis United Kingdom	45	1.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.9×	501 1.2×	572 1.5×	172 0.5×	98	6.1k
James F. Collawn United States	47	1.0k 0.5×	4.0k 2.7×	255 0.6×	594 1.5×	178 0.5×	144	7.6k
Philippe Gasque France	53	3.6k 1.8×	1.8k 1.2×	552 1.3×	276 0.7×	190 0.5×	142	8.1k
Claude Lazure Canada	50	514 0.3×	4.0k 2.7×	253 0.6×	603 1.6×	369 1.1×	163	8.2k
Wen‐Chao Song United States	41	3.1k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	727 1.7×	540 1.4×	611 1.8×	126	5.9k
David L. Simmons United Kingdom	47	3.2k 1.7×	3.6k 2.5×	822 1.9×	553 1.4×	84 0.2×	76	9.1k
Jeak Ling Ding Singapore	46	2.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.8×	258 0.6×	642 1.7×	57 0.2×	168	6.7k
Lynda M. Stuart United States	35	4.4k 2.3×	2.8k 1.9×	152 0.4×	354 0.9×	152 0.4×	54	7.5k
Tariq Ghayur United States	32	3.0k 1.6×	4.0k 2.7×	491 1.1×	247 0.6×	71 0.2×	54	6.9k
Jennifer L. Stow Australia	63	2.1k 1.1×	6.2k 4.2×	219 0.5×	619 1.6×	240 0.7×	174	10.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Yang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Kun, et al.. (2025). Development, exploration and optimization of porous titanium and titanium alloys: A review. Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices. 10(2). 100863–100863.

Yang, Kun, Koko Ishizuka, Toshifumi Tomoda, & Akira Sawa. (2025). Aberrant aging-associated p62 autophagic cascade in biopsied olfactory neuronal cells from patients with psychosis. Schizophrenia. 11(1). 68–68.

Yang, Kun, Peng Zhang, Guilin Liu, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical zeolites stabilized cobalt(II) as propane dehydrogenation catalyst: Enhanced activity and coke tolerance via alkaline post-treatment. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(5). 110663–110663. 3 indexed citations

Song, Shaojia, Kun Yang, Lei Yang, et al.. (2024). Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation reveals the influence of entropy effect on Co@BEA zeolite-catalyzed dehydrogenation of ethane. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 65. 195–205. 2 indexed citations

Faghiri, Ashkan, Kun Yang, Andréia V. Faria, et al.. (2024). Frequency modulation increases the specificity of time-resolved connectivity: A resting-state fMRI study. Network Neuroscience. 8(3). 734–761. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, Kun Yang, Danyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Molecular Dynamics Simulation Model of Alkali Metal Reduction of Gaseous Halides and Reaction Mechanism Analysis. ACS Omega. 9(39). 40446–40455. 1 indexed citations

Mihaljević, Marina, Semra Etyemez, Zui Narita, et al.. (2024). Neuroimaging alterations and relapse in early-stage psychosis. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 49(2). E135–E142. 2 indexed citations

Niwa, Minae, Kun Yang, José Fernando de Oliveira, et al.. (2024). Prolonged HPA axis dysregulation in postpartum depression associated with adverse early life experiences: a cross-species translational study. Nature Mental Health. 2(5). 593–604. 4 indexed citations

Mihaljević, Marina, Jennifer M. Coughlin, David J. Schretlen, et al.. (2024). Reduction of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) in association with relapse in early-stage psychosis: a 7-Tesla MRS study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 29–29. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Jiajun, Ming Gao, Hao He, et al.. (2023). Abstract 1671: Discovery of ETS-003, a potent and selective YAP/TAZ-TEAD PPI inhibitor with broad anti-tumor activity in Hippo-YAP aberrant cancers. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 1671–1671. 2 indexed citations

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Mihaljević, Marina, Max Lam, Carlos A. Ayala‐Grosso, et al.. (2023). Olfactory neuronal cells as a promising tool to realize the “druggable genome” approach for drug discovery in neuropsychiatric disorders. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 1081124–1081124. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Peter B. Barker, Nicola G. Cascella, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal changes in brain metabolites in healthy controls and patients with first episode psychosis: a 7-Tesla MRS study. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(5). 2018–2029. 16 indexed citations

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Jaaro-Peled, Hanna, Melissa A. Landek‐Salgado, Nicola G. Cascella, et al.. (2022). Sex-specific involvement of the Notch–JAG pathway in social recognition. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 99–99. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, Zui Narita, Nicola G. Cascella, et al.. (2021). A multimodal study of a first episode psychosis cohort: potential markers of antipsychotic treatment resistance. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(2). 1184–1191. 21 indexed citations

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Etyemez, Semra, Zui Narita, Marina Mihaljević, et al.. (2021). Olfactory dysfunction and face processing of social cognition in first-episode psychosis. Neuroscience Research. 176. 79–84. 7 indexed citations

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Faria, Andréia V., Yi Zhao, Chenfei Ye, et al.. (2020). Multimodal MRI assessment for first episode psychosis: A major change in the thalamus and an efficient stratification of a subgroup. Human Brain Mapping. 42(4). 1034–1053. 22 indexed citations

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Shen, Michael, Yi Wu, Kun Yang, et al.. (2018). Heterozygous diploid and interspecies SCRaMbLEing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1934–1934. 67 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanling, et al.. (2018). Mapping the OsDMS-2 dominant male sterile rice mutant.. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 50(3). 1191–1196.

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2011). The interactions between the truncated fragments of ARM repeat conaining (ARC1) from Brassica oleracea var. acephala L and kinase domain of S-receptor kinase (SRK) from B. oleracea var. capitata L tested by a yeast two-hybrid system.. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. 19(6). 988–995. 2 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Diana E., et al.. (2009). The Potential for Gene Flow in a Dependent Lineage System of a Harvester Ant: Fair Meiosis in the F1 Generation. Journal of Heredity. 101(3). 378–384. 9 indexed citations

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