Lei Yu

17.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Yu is a scholar working on Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yu has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Physiology, 43 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lei Yu's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (38 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (36 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers). Lei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (38 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (36 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers). Lei Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Lei Yu's co-authors include David A. Bennett, Julie A. Schneider, R. J. Wilson, Patricia A. Boyle, Sue E. Leurgans, Philip L. De Jager, Aron S. Buchman, Sukriti Nag, José M. Farfel and Shahram Oveisgharan and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yu

88 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Person‐specific contribution of neuropathologies to cognitive loss in old age

2017 320 citations Patricia A. Boyle, 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	33	1.9k	1.4k	934	763	661	94	4.0k
David W. Fardo United States	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	913 1.0×	723 0.9×	832 1.3×	144	4.1k
Benedetta Nacmias Italy	39	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	588 0.8×	632 1.0×	212	5.3k
Ging‐Yuek Robin Hsiung Canada	31	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	591 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	657 1.0×	167	3.9k
Juan Fortea Spain	42	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	956 1.3×	789 1.2×	205	5.0k
Lin Tan China	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	334 0.4×	836 1.3×	85	4.6k
Katarina Nägga Sweden	33	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	750 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	790 1.2×	87	4.0k
Abhay Moghekar United States	37	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	604 0.6×	850 1.1×	600 0.9×	178	4.0k
Debby W. Tsuang United States	35	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	681 1.0×	103	4.9k
Michael S. Rafii United States	33	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	979 1.0×	286 0.4×	599 0.9×	112	4.8k
Alan J. Lerner United States	31	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	504 0.7×	354 0.5×	135	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yu

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Tripathy, Shreejoy J., Vilas Menon, Jishu Xu, et al.. (2025). Sleep, pericyte subtypes and cognitive decline in adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Brain. 148(9). 3379–3391.

Fulcher, James, Ashley N. Ives, Shinya Tasaki, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Proteoforms Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Through Quantitative Top-Down Proteomics. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 24(6). 100983–100983. 5 indexed citations

Agrawal, Sonal, Lei Yu, Sue E. Leurgans, et al.. (2024). Grey matter ageing-related tau astrogliopathy: associations with brain pathologies and cognitive decline. Brain. 147(10). 3501–3512. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Lei, Qiong Jia, Sarah Wang, et al.. (2024). Revealing genetic determinants of photosynthesis-related traits in citrus <i>via</i> genome-wide association studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 0–0. 2 indexed citations

Stewart, Christopher C., Lei Yu, Crystal M. Glover, et al.. (2023). Well-Being and Aging-Related Decline in Financial and Health Literacy in Advanced Age. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 78(9). 1526–1532. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xuesong, Lei Yu, Ira A. Herniter, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Phylogenetic Relationship among Citrus through Leaf Shape Traits: A Morphological Study on Citrus Leaves. Horticulturae. 9(7). 793–793. 2 indexed citations

Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Sonal Agrawal, et al.. (2023). Relation of Motor Impairments to Neuropathologic Changes of Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy in Older Adults. Neurology. 101(15). e1542–e1553. 4 indexed citations

Oveisgharan, Shahram, Jingyun Yang, Lei Yu, et al.. (2023). Estrogen Receptor Genes, Cognitive Decline, and Alzheimer Disease. Neurology. 100(14). e1474–e1487. 29 indexed citations

Wilson, R. J., Lei Yu, Christopher C. Stewart, David A. Bennett, & Patricia A. Boyle. (2023). Change in Decision-Making Analysis and Preferences in Old Age. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 78(10). 1659–1667. 2 indexed citations

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Klein, Hans‐Ulrich, Lei Yu, Allan I. Levey, et al.. (2023). Proteome-wide Analyses Identified Cortical Proteins Associated With Resilience for Varied Cognitive Abilities. Neurology. 102(1). e207816–e207816. 3 indexed citations

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Buchman, Aron S., Tianhao Wang, Shahram Oveisgharan, et al.. (2023). Correlates of Person-Specific Rates of Change in Sensor-Derived Physical Activity Metrics of Daily Living in the Rush Memory and Aging Project. Sensors. 23(8). 4152–4152. 6 indexed citations

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Boyle, Patricia A., et al.. (2022). Degraded Rationality and Suboptimal Decision-Making in Old Age: A Silent Epidemic With Major Economic and Public Health Implications. Public Policy & Aging Report. 32(2). 45–50. 12 indexed citations

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Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Tianhao Wang, et al.. (2022). Neurodegenerative and Cerebrovascular Brain Pathologies Are Differentially Associated With Declining Grip Strength and Gait In Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(3). 504–513. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, Yi‐Chen Hsieh, Richard V. Pearse, et al.. (2022). Association of AK4 Protein From Stem Cell–Derived Neurons With Cognitive Reserve. Neurology. 99(20). e2264–e2274. 6 indexed citations

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Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Lisa L. Barnes, et al.. (2022). Association of Statins With Cerebral Atherosclerosis and Incident Parkinsonism in Older Adults. Neurology. 98(19). 16 indexed citations

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Buchman, Aron S., Lei Yu, Hans‐Ulrich Klein, et al.. (2022). Proteome-Wide Discovery of Cortical Proteins That May Provide Motor Resilience to Offset the Negative Effects of Pathologies in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(3). 494–503. 6 indexed citations

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Oveisgharan, Shahram, Lei Yu, Ana W. Capuano, et al.. (2021). Late-Life Vascular Risk Score in Association With Postmortem Cerebrovascular Disease Brain Pathologies. Stroke. 52(6). 2060–2067. 9 indexed citations

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Capuano, Ana W., Robert S. Wilson, William G. Honer, et al.. (2019). Brain IGFBP-5 modifies the relation of depressive symptoms to decline in cognition in older persons. Journal of Affective Disorders. 250. 313–318. 11 indexed citations

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Kaneshwaran, Kirusanthy, Marta Olah, Shinya Tasaki, et al.. (2019). Sleep fragmentation, microglial aging, and cognitive impairment in adults with and without Alzheimer’s dementia. Science Advances. 5(12). 66 indexed citations

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Li, Peng, Andrew Lim, Lei Gao, et al.. (2019). More random motor activity fluctuations predict incident frailty, disability, and mortality. Science Translational Medicine. 11(516). 36 indexed citations

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