Lei Yu

19.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Lei Yu is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yu has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 64 papers in Physiology and 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lei Yu's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (108 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (49 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers). Lei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (108 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (49 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers). Lei Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Lei Yu's co-authors include David A. Bennett, Patricia A. Boyle, Julie A. Schneider, Aron S. Buchman, R. J. Wilson, Andrew Lim, Sue E. Leurgans, Philip L. De Jager, Lisa L. Barnes and Matthew Kowgier and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yu

242 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Sleep Fragmentation and the Risk of Incident Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline in Older Persons

2013 547 citations Andrew Lim, Lei Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Yu United States	54	2.9k	2.8k	1.9k	1.5k	1.3k	256	9.8k
Ronald A. Cohen United States	68	3.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	3.5k 1.8×	707 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	402	15.2k
Yang An United States	53	2.2k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	854 0.7×	190	8.8k
Shigenobu Kanba Japan	64	3.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	324	14.1k
Ralitza Gueorguieva United States	56	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	244	13.6k
Martin Preisig Switzerland	53	2.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	936 0.6×	2.5k 1.9×	286	13.8k
Lawrence H. Price United States	80	3.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	3.9k 2.1×	2.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.9×	295	18.9k
André F. Carvalho Canada	58	4.5k 1.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	953 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	226	13.8k
Masaru Mimura Japan	54	4.2k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	4.0k 2.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	675	13.5k
Wolfgang Maier Germany	70	5.3k 1.9×	2.1k 0.8×	3.8k 2.0×	2.4k 1.6×	3.3k 2.6×	468	18.7k
Martin P.J. van Boxtel Netherlands	64	4.6k 1.6×	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.6×	651 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	261	13.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Chenlu, Andrew Lim, Shahab Haghayegh, et al.. (2025). Reduced Complexity of Pulse Rate Is Associated With Faster Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(10). e041448–e041448. 1 indexed citations

Oveisgharan, Shahram, Sonal Agrawal, Lei Yu, et al.. (2025). Arteriolosclerosis in CNS Tissues Outside the Cerebrum and Late-Life Motor Impairment. Stroke. 56(8). 2233–2244.

Kapasi, Alifiya, Bryan D. James, Lei Yu, et al.. (2025). Mixed Pathologies and Cognitive Outcomes in Persons Considered for Anti-Amyloid Treatment Eligibility Assessment. Neurology. 105(5). e214004–e214004.

Zhao, Jinying, Tongjun Gu, Cheng Gao, et al.. (2025). Brain 5-hydroxymethylcytosine alterations are associated with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2842–2842. 6 indexed citations

Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Jingyun Yang, et al.. (2025). Cortical Gray Matter Proteins Associated With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Neurology. 105(6). e214024–e214024. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Jinge, Ziyu Zhou, Zhehao Wang, et al.. (2024). Lipid nanoparticles produce chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (CAR-M) in situ for the treatment of solid tumors. Nano Today. 61. 102610–102610. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Feiyi, Lei Yu, Yi Luo, et al.. (2024). Investigation of heat stress responses and adaptation mechanisms by integrative metabolome and transcriptome analysis in tea plants (Camellia sinensis). Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10023–10023. 10 indexed citations

Yu, Lei, Oskar Hansson, Shorena Janelidze, et al.. (2024). MRI-Derived AD Signature of Cortical Thinning and Plasma P-Tau217 for Predicting Alzheimer Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Neurology Clinical Practice. 14(3). e200291–e200291.

Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Kátia de Paiva Lopes, et al.. (2024). G-protein coupled estrogen receptor 1, amyloid-β, and tau tangles in older adults. Communications Biology. 7(1). 569–569. 3 indexed citations

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Buchman, Aron S., Lei Yu, Hans‐Ulrich Klein, et al.. (2024). Glycoproteome-Wide Discovery of Cortical Glycoproteins That May Provide Cognitive Resilience in Older Adults. Neurology. 102(7). e209223–e209223. 5 indexed citations

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Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Kátia de Paiva Lopes, et al.. (2024). Proteins linking APOE ɛ4 with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(7). 4499–4511. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, Patricia A. Boyle, Shorena Janelidze, et al.. (2023). Plasma p-tau181 and p-tau217 in discriminating PART, AD and other key neuropathologies in older adults. Acta Neuropathologica. 146(1). 1–11. 37 indexed citations

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Han, S. Duke, Lisa L. Barnes, Sue E. Leurgans, et al.. (2023). Financial Risk Aversion Among Older Black and White Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 79(2). 2 indexed citations

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Petyuk, Vladislav, Lei Yu, Heather Olson, et al.. (2021). Proteomic Profiling of the Substantia Nigra to Identify Determinants of Lewy Body Pathology and Dopaminergic Neuronal Loss. Journal of Proteome Research. 20(5). 2266–2282. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, et al.. (2021). Metamemory and financial decision making in older adults without dementia.. Neuropsychology. 36(1). 35–43. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, Patricia A. Boyle, Aliza P. Wingo, et al.. (2021). Neuropathologic Correlates of Human Cortical Proteins in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias. Neurology. 98(10). e1031–e1039. 8 indexed citations

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Fleischman, Debra, Konstantinos Arfanakis, Sue E. Leurgans, et al.. (2021). Associations of deformation-based brain morphometry with cognitive level and decline within older Blacks without dementia. Neurobiology of Aging. 111. 35–43. 4 indexed citations

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Nag, Sukriti, Lisa L. Barnes, Lei Yu, et al.. (2021). Association of Lewy Bodies With Age-Related Clinical Characteristics in Black and White Decedents. Neurology. 97(8). e825–e835. 10 indexed citations

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Jurkiewicz, Magdalena, Dirk Moser, Antonius Koller, et al.. (2020). Integration of postmortem amygdala expression profiling, GWAS, and functional cell culture assays: neuroticism-associated synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) gene is regulated by miR-133a and miR-218. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 297–297. 13 indexed citations

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White, Charles C., Hyun‐Sik Yang, Lei Yu, et al.. (2017). Identification of genes associated with dissociation of cognitive performance and neuropathological burden: Multistep analysis of genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptional data. PLoS Medicine. 14(4). e1002287–e1002287. 81 indexed citations

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