Liang Yao

7.0k total citations
218 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Liang Yao is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Yao has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 28 papers in Surgery and 26 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Liang Yao's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (26 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (25 papers) and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies (10 papers). Liang Yao is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (26 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (25 papers) and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies (10 papers). Liang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Liang Yao's co-authors include Kehu Yang, Yaolong Chen, Xiaoqin Wang, Tiankang Guo, Meixuan Li, Dang Wei, Peijing Yan, Zhaoxiang Bian, Lidong Hu and Gordon Guyatt and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Liang Yao

195 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liang Yao China 33 657 416 386 342 294 218 3.3k
Soo Young Kim South Korea 28 407 0.6× 382 0.9× 416 1.1× 394 1.2× 100 0.3× 187 3.2k
Bin Ma China 29 654 1.0× 298 0.7× 203 0.5× 345 1.0× 156 0.5× 115 3.0k
Stephen L. Hillis United States 41 758 1.2× 371 0.9× 445 1.2× 166 0.5× 87 0.3× 120 5.1k
Charlie H. Goldsmith Canada 43 1.7k 2.6× 578 1.4× 626 1.6× 231 0.7× 375 1.3× 119 8.2k
Yoon Jae Lee South Korea 25 501 0.8× 262 0.6× 267 0.7× 175 0.5× 449 1.5× 245 3.1k
Alonso Carrasco‐Labra United States 35 804 1.2× 237 0.6× 975 2.5× 147 0.4× 87 0.3× 118 4.9k
Gianfranco Cervellin Italy 37 1.1k 1.6× 673 1.6× 339 0.9× 702 2.1× 78 0.3× 253 6.0k
Mohamed M. Shoukri Saudi Arabia 26 909 1.4× 433 1.0× 326 0.8× 157 0.5× 54 0.2× 139 4.3k
Jan Kottner Germany 42 1.6k 2.5× 481 1.2× 529 1.4× 147 0.4× 69 0.2× 228 7.6k
Youping Li China 37 930 1.4× 252 0.6× 452 1.2× 402 1.2× 1.9k 6.6× 262 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Yao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Liang Yao. Liang Yao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guyatt, Gordon, Ying Wang, Alfonso Iorio, et al.. (2025). Core GRADE 4: rating certainty of evidence—risk of bias, publication bias, and reasons for rating up certainty. BMJ. 389. e083864–e083864. 9 indexed citations
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Yao, Liang & Ye Yuan. (2025). A Unified Method for Detecting Phylogenetic Signals in Continuous, Discrete, and Multiple Trait Combinations. Ecology and Evolution. 15(3). e71106–e71106. 3 indexed citations
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Yao, Liang, et al.. (2025). Covert mortality nodavirus identified as a new causative agent in bivalves. Aquaculture. 613. 743405–743405.
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Ghadimi, Maryam, Reed Siemieniuk, Mark Loeb, et al.. (2024). Empiric antibiotic regimens in adults with non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(11). 1351–1363. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenfeng, et al.. (2023). Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Whole-Genome Sequencing in the Yi Ethnic Group, Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Immunology Research. 2023. 1–8. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuan, Jacky C. P. Chan, Nana Wang, et al.. (2023). STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials Of Tuina/Massage (STRICTOTM): Extending the CONSORT statement. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 16(1). 68–81. 7 indexed citations
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Guan, Bin, Liang Yao, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). A critical appraisal of clinical practice guidelines on surgical treatments for spinal cord injury. The Spine Journal. 23(12). 1739–1749. 4 indexed citations
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Busse, Jason W., Alonso Carrasco‐Labra, Justin Durham, et al.. (2023). Management of chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 383. e076227–e076227. 51 indexed citations
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Zeng, Linan, Liang Yao, Yuting Wang, et al.. (2023). Presentation approaches for enhancing interpretability of patient-reported outcomes in meta-analyses: a systematic survey of Cochrane reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 158. 119–126. 4 indexed citations
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Lam, Wai Ching, Liang Yao, Janita Pak Chun Chau, et al.. (2023). Acupuncture for post-stroke depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 314–314. 40 indexed citations
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Yuan, Dan, Meijing Liu, Peng Jia, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and determinants of virological failure, genetic diversity and drug resistance among people living with HIV in a minority area in China: a population-based study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 443–443. 25 indexed citations
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Yao, Liang, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, & Gordon Guyatt. (2020). Developing trustworthy guidelines using GRADE. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 55(5). 349–351. 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Liang, Hui Xu, Meixuan Li, et al.. (2020). Complications, Symptoms, Presurgical Predictors in Patients With Chronic Hypoparathyroidism: A Systematic Review. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 37(12). 2642–2653. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Meixuan, Liang Yao, Huijuan Li, et al.. (2018). Suprapubic tube compared with urethral catheter drainage after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian Journal of Surgery. 42(1). 71–80. 7 indexed citations
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Jiang, Lei, Peijing Yan, Liang Yao, et al.. (2018). The short-term treatment of robotic-assisted surgery versus laparoscopic surgery in endometrial cancer. 11(5). 290–294. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lixia, Liang Yao, Peijing Yan, et al.. (2018). Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Obesity Surgery. 28(11). 3691–3700. 23 indexed citations
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Yu, Bin, Liang Yao, Jinhui Tian, et al.. (2018). Comparison of surgical outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy versus laparoscopic and open resections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian Journal of Surgery. 42(1). 32–45. 32 indexed citations
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Wei, Dang, Chia‐Lin Wu, Qian Wu, et al.. (2016). Effect and safety of paroxetine for vasomotor symptoms: systematic review and meta‐analysis. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 123(11). 1735–1743. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Ling, et al.. (2015). Identification of oxidative stress related microRNA in human retinal pigment epithelium. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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