Liang‐Jun Yan

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
129 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Liang‐Jun Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang‐Jun Yan has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Physiology and 22 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Liang‐Jun Yan's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (22 papers), Biochemical Acid Research Studies (17 papers) and Redox biology and oxidative stress (12 papers). Liang‐Jun Yan is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (22 papers), Biochemical Acid Research Studies (17 papers) and Redox biology and oxidative stress (12 papers). Liang‐Jun Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Liang‐Jun Yan's co-authors include Rajindar S. Sohal, Zhiyou Cai, Jinzi Wu, Chandan K. Jana, Ankita Nandi, Rodney L. Levine, Lester Packer, Muhammad Delwar Hussain, Michael J. Forster and Ivor J. Benjamin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Liang‐Jun Yan

127 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Role of Catalase in Oxidative Stress- and Age-Associated Degenerative Diseases

2019 761 citations Ankita Nandi, Liang‐Jun Yan et al. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity profile →
Oxidative DNA damage and senescence of human diploid fibroblast cells.

1995 571 citations Liang‐Jun Yan et al. profile →
Oxidative damage during aging targets mitochondrial aconitase

1997 515 citations Liang‐Jun Yan et al. profile →
Microglia, neuroinflammation, and beta-amyloid protein in Alzheimer's disease

2013 472 citations Zhiyou Cai, Liang‐Jun Yan et al. profile →
Cadmium-Induced Kidney Injury: Oxidative Damage as a Unifying Mechanism

2021 177 citations Liang‐Jun Yan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang‐Jun Yan United States	48	4.4k	2.6k	850	798	746	129	9.7k
Giovanni E. Mann United Kingdom	62	5.6k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	570 0.7×	693 0.9×	696 0.9×	224	13.7k
Anatoly A. Starkov United States	51	7.0k 1.6×	2.8k 1.1×	700 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	581 0.8×	122	11.5k
Rosanna Di Paola Italy	62	5.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	315 0.4×	729 1.0×	402	15.3k
Manuel Portero-Otı́n Spain	62	5.6k 1.3×	4.3k 1.7×	735 0.9×	1.6k 1.9×	336 0.5×	233	11.3k
Gjumrakch Aliev Russia	58	5.7k 1.3×	5.5k 2.1×	1.9k 2.2×	536 0.7×	630 0.8×	284	13.2k
Alessandra Castegna Italy	38	4.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	780 0.9×	637 0.8×	731 1.0×	62	8.6k
William M. Pierce United States	54	5.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	665 0.8×	417 0.5×	458 0.6×	154	9.1k
Luke I. Szweda United States	60	6.6k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	382 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	688 0.9×	140	11.1k
Alicia J. Kowaltowski Brazil	58	7.3k 1.7×	2.6k 1.0×	356 0.4×	930 1.2×	527 0.7×	172	12.4k
Manisha Patel United States	54	4.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	800 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	344 0.5×	135	9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang‐Jun Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang‐Jun Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang‐Jun Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang‐Jun Yan 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‐Jun Yan. Liang‐Jun Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yan, Liang‐Jun, et al.. (2025). The Role of Sirt3 in Kidney Health and Disease. Pharmaceuticals. 18(11). 1668–1668.

Yan, Liang‐Jun, et al.. (2025). Beneficial Effects of Butyrate on Kidney Disease. Nutrients. 17(5). 772–772. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Liang‐Jun & Yucheng Wang. (2023). Roles of Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase in Health and Disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 39(10-12). 794–806. 11 indexed citations

Jia, Qingzhu, Gang Chen, Debing Xiang, et al.. (2022). 568P First-in-human anti-ALPP CAR-T cell immunotherapy for ovarian and endometrial cancer. Annals of Oncology. 33. S807–S807. 4 indexed citations

Nandi, Ankita, et al.. (2019). Role of Catalase in Oxidative Stress- and Age-Associated Degenerative Diseases. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019. 1–19. 761 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Jingxi, Keming Zhang, Qinbin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Circulating factors in young blood as potential therapeutic agents for age-related neurodegenerative and neurovascular diseases. Brain Research Bulletin. 153. 15–23. 10 indexed citations

Yan, Liang‐Jun, et al.. (2019). Neuroprotection of Cyperus esculentus L. orientin against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion induced brain injury. Neural Regeneration Research. 15(3). 548–548. 33 indexed citations

Wu, Jinzi, et al.. (2018). High glucose impairs optic nerve head astrocyte phagocytosis prior to retinal ganglion cell degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 3549–3549. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Jinzi, Zhen Jin, Xiaorong Yang, & Liang‐Jun Yan. (2018). Post-ischemic administration of 5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid at the onset of reperfusion affords neuroprotection against stroke injury by preserving mitochondrial function and attenuating oxidative stress. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 497(1). 444–450. 22 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ya‐Shuo, Zhan‐You Wang, Xin Zheng, et al.. (2017). Ceruloplasmin, a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Alzheimer's Disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 28(14). 1323–1337. 36 indexed citations

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Wu, Jinzi, Rongrong Li, Wen‐Jun Li, et al.. (2017). Administration of 5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid that potentially targets mitochondrial dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase confers cerebral preconditioning against ischemic stroke injury. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 113. 244–254. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Rongrong, Xiaoting Luo, Jinzi Wu, et al.. (2015). Mitochondrial Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Is Upregulated in Response to Intermittent Hypoxic Preconditioning. International Journal of Medical Sciences. 12(5). 432–440. 9 indexed citations

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Reitman, Zachary J., Christopher G. Duncan, Ethan Poteet, et al.. (2014). Cancer-associated Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) R132H Mutation and d-2-Hydroxyglutarate Stimulate Glutamine Metabolism under Hypoxia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(34). 23318–23328. 70 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang‐Jun. (2014). Positive oxidative stress in aging and aging-related disease tolerance. Redox Biology. 2. 165–169. 145 indexed citations

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Poteet, Ethan, Ali Winters, Liang‐Jun Yan, et al.. (2012). Neuroprotective Actions of Methylene Blue and Its Derivatives. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48279–e48279. 129 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhiyou, Liang‐Jun Yan, & Anna Ratka. (2012). Telomere Shortening and Alzheimer’s Disease. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 15(1). 25–48. 82 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang‐Jun. (2011). Work Model and Experience Investigation of the Development of Pharmacovigilance in Our Hospital. Zhongguo yaofang. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang‐Jun & Michael J. Forster. (2009). Resolving mitochondrial protein complexes using nongradient blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 389(2). 143–149. 47 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang‐Jun. (2007). Fluorescence Spectra of Binding Reaction Between Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide and Bovine Serum Albumin. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry. 1 indexed citations

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Scortegagna, Marzia, Kan Ding, Yavuz Oktay, et al.. (2003). Multiple organ pathology, metabolic abnormalities and impaired homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in Epas1−/− mice. Nature Genetics. 35(4). 331–340. 407 indexed citations

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