Liming Yan

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Liming Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liming Yan has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Liming Yan's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Liming Yan is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Liming Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Liming Yan's co-authors include Zhiyong Lou, Zihe Rao, Lijie Wu, Litao Zheng, Zhihui Jia, J. Grant Burgess, Yan Gao, Yuna Sun, Zhi-Lin Ren and David R. Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Liming Yan

48 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Structural basis and functional analysis of the SARS coronavirus nsp14–nsp10 complex

2015 344 citations Yuanyuan Ma, Lijie Wu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Delicate structural coordination of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus Nsp13 upon ATP hydrolysis

2019 226 citations Zhihui Jia, Liming Yan et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liming Yan China	25	1.1k	1.0k	291	274	246	53	2.5k
Jie Zheng China	30	394 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	153 0.5×	94 0.3×	273 1.1×	111	2.3k
John E. Bowen United States	19	1.7k 1.5×	886 0.9×	289 1.0×	161 0.6×	144 0.6×	48	2.6k
Qin Fang China	30	736 0.6×	912 0.9×	351 1.2×	18 0.1×	680 2.8×	109	2.7k
Yiqun Deng China	35	398 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	119 0.4×	28 0.1×	193 0.8×	115	3.0k
Grigoris D. Amoutzias Greece	28	226 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	73 0.3×	23 0.1×	80 0.3×	79	2.3k
Qiong Wu China	25	291 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	382 1.3×	14 0.1×	259 1.1×	99	2.7k
Min Yang China	22	299 0.3×	844 0.8×	46 0.2×	29 0.1×	188 0.8×	98	1.8k
Howard Goldfine United States	35	306 0.3×	2.4k 2.4×	88 0.3×	27 0.1×	313 1.3×	113	4.4k
Marlies Halder Italy	24	109 0.1×	466 0.5×	73 0.3×	156 0.6×	299 1.2×	60	2.4k
Mingxing Tian China	25	120 0.1×	767 0.8×	92 0.3×	24 0.1×	291 1.2×	117	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liming Yan

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

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Zhang, Yinhong, et al.. (2025). Harnessing miR-16-5p-Loaded Exosomes from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells to Restore Immune Homeostasis in SLE Patients. Immunobiology. 230(3). 152885–152885. 1 indexed citations

Ou, Yang, Yang Deng, Liming Yan, et al.. (2025). Assessment of the major factors influencing the efficiency of vegetated filter strips under concentrated flow conditions — a case study in Northeast China. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 25(4). 1453–1468.

Yan, Liming, et al.. (2025). Impact of concentrated flow and shallow water table on pesticides trapping efficiency of vegetative filter strips – A case study of Northeast China. Soil and Tillage Research. 251. 106557–106557.

Hou, Xia, Yang Ou, Xinhong Wang, et al.. (2024). The influence of vermicompost on atrazine microbial degradation performance and pathway in black soil, Northeast China. The Science of The Total Environment. 950. 175415–175415. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Liming, et al.. (2024). Pesticides trapping performance of vegetative filter strips in black soil region, Northeast China: controlled experiments and VFSMOD-W modeling. Ecological Engineering. 209. 107384–107384. 3 indexed citations

Niu, Kangle, Liming Yan, Ji Ge, et al.. (2024). Artificial trimerization of β-glucosidase for enhanced thermostability and activity via computational redesign. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 286. 138275–138275. 3 indexed citations

Jia, Zhihui, Wen‐Han Yu, Mingming Zhang, et al.. (2024). Crystal structure of Trichinella spiralis calreticulin and the structural basis of its complement evasion mechanism involving C1q. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1404752–1404752. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Huiping, Xinhong Wang, Yang Ou, et al.. (2023). Characterization of acetochlor degradation and role of microbial communities in biofilters with varied substrate types. Chemical Engineering Journal. 467. 143417–143417. 28 indexed citations

Cheng, Lei, Lixia Wang, Xinhong Wang, et al.. (2023). The various effect of cow manure compost on the degradation of imazethapyr in different soil types. Chemosphere. 337. 139325–139325. 17 indexed citations

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Yan, Liming, Yucen Huang, Ji Ge, et al.. (2022). A mechanism for SARS-CoV-2 RNA capping and its inhibition by nucleotide analog inhibitors. Cell. 185(23). 4347–4360.e17. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Panpan, Lu Liu, Aijun Liu, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Structure of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus L protein elucidates the mechanisms of viral transcription initiation. Nature Microbiology. 6(5). 697–698. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Liming, Yunxiang Yang, Mingyu Li, et al.. (2021). Coupling of N7-methyltransferase and 3′-5′ exoribonuclease with SARS-CoV-2 polymerase reveals mechanisms for capping and proofreading. Cell. 184(13). 3474–3485.e11. 107 indexed citations

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Yan, Liming, Ying Zhang, Ji Ge, et al.. (2020). Architecture of a SARS-CoV-2 mini replication and transcription complex. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5874–5874. 145 indexed citations

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Yan, Liming, Yuanbo Qi, Lei Li, et al.. (2020). Structural analysis of a trimeric assembly of the mitochondrial dynamin-like GTPase Mgm1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4061–4070. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Panpan, Lu Liu, Aijun Liu, et al.. (2020). Structure of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus L protein elucidates the mechanisms of viral transcription initiation. Nature Microbiology. 5(6). 864–871. 39 indexed citations

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Yan, Liming, Ji Ge, Litao Zheng, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM Structure of an Extended SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Transcription Complex Reveals an Intermediate State in Cap Synthesis. Cell. 184(1). 184–193.e10. 202 indexed citations

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Jia, Zhihui, Liming Yan, Zhi-Lin Ren, et al.. (2019). Delicate structural coordination of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus Nsp13 upon ATP hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(12). 6538–6550. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Wei, Yuanyuan Ma, Yang Suo, et al.. (2014). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of defective pollen wall (DPW) protein fromOryza sativa. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 70(6). 758–760. 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhi-Lin, Liming Yan, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2013). The newly emerged SARS-Like coronavirus HCoV-EMC also has an “Achilles’ heel”: current effective inhibitor targeting a 3C-like protease. Protein & Cell. 4(4). 248–250. 127 indexed citations

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X, Fei, Yuna Sun, Liming Yan, et al.. (2010). The Crystal Structure of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Nonstructural Protein Nsp1β Reveals a Novel Metal-Dependent Nuclease. Journal of Virology. 84(13). 6461–6471. 46 indexed citations

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