Ling Yao

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ling Yao is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Yao has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ling Yao's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (11 papers), Sleep and related disorders (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (8 papers). Ling Yao is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (11 papers), Sleep and related disorders (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (8 papers). Ling Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ling Yao's co-authors include Kiros Berhane, Rob McConnell, Michael Jerrett, Jim Gauderman, Fred Lurmann, Nino Künzli, Frank D. Gilliland, Ed Avol, John M. Peters and Li Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Ling Yao

62 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Childhood Incident Asthma and Traffic-Related Air Pollution at Home and School

2010 467 citations Rob McConnell, Michael Jerrett et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ling Yao China	19	840	435	236	232	216	72	1.8k
Daniel Wang United States	22	692 0.8×	152 0.3×	88 0.4×	342 1.5×	59 0.3×	64	1.8k
Nelly D. Saenen Belgium	22	1.6k 1.9×	252 0.6×	84 0.4×	186 0.8×	161 0.7×	54	2.3k
Masako Morishita United States	30	2.3k 2.7×	288 0.7×	174 0.7×	639 2.8×	146 0.7×	62	2.8k
Martin Wilson United Kingdom	21	851 1.0×	250 0.6×	68 0.3×	136 0.6×	183 0.8×	38	2.8k
Yaguang Wei United States	25	1.3k 1.6×	150 0.3×	95 0.4×	324 1.4×	102 0.5×	77	1.9k
Alison S. Geyh United States	23	1.2k 1.4×	142 0.3×	64 0.3×	381 1.6×	160 0.7×	47	2.2k
Naijun Tang China	26	1.3k 1.5×	85 0.2×	96 0.4×	233 1.0×	218 1.0×	121	2.1k
Yixuan Jiang China	20	1.1k 1.3×	70 0.2×	246 1.0×	238 1.0×	90 0.4×	58	1.5k
Regina Rückerl Germany	24	2.1k 2.5×	395 0.9×	306 1.3×	552 2.4×	105 0.5×	41	3.4k
Laura MacCalman United Kingdom	20	611 0.7×	159 0.4×	274 1.2×	94 0.4×	49 0.2×	40	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ling Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ling 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 Ling Yao. Ling Yao 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

Li, Zongze, et al.. (2025). Robot‐Assisted Screw Fixation Combined With Endoscopic Bone Graft in the Minimally Invasive Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolysis: A Single‐Center Retrospective Study. Orthopaedic Surgery. 17(4). 1143–1151.

Dai, Rongrong, et al.. (2024). Enhanced machine learning approaches for OSA patient screening: model development and validation study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19756–19756. 5 indexed citations

Heizhati, Mulalibieke, Qin Luo, Nanfang Li, et al.. (2024). The Cross-Sectional Association Between Multimorbidity and Sleep Quality and Duration Among the Elderly Community Dwellers in Northwest China. Nature and Science of Sleep. Volume 16. 2217–2230.

Yao, Ling, et al.. (2024). Nucleoporin-associated steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology. 40(3). 629–649. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Jianwen, Menghui Wang, Nanfang Li, et al.. (2023). Development and Validation of a Novel Model for Predicting Coronary Heart Disease in Snoring Hypertensive Patients with Hyperhomocysteinemia. International Heart Journal. 64(6). 970–978. 5 indexed citations

Heizhati, Mulalibieke, Lin Gan, Mengyue Lin, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of primary aldosteronism in patients with concomitant hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea, baseline data of a cohort. Hypertension Research. 46(6). 1385–1394. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Zihao, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Junli Hu, et al.. (2023). Lower 24‐h urinary potassium excretion is associated with higher prevalent depression and anxiety status in general population. Brain and Behavior. 13(4). e2842–e2842. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Qin, Nanfang Li, Qing Zhu, et al.. (2023). Non-dipping blood pressure pattern is associated with higher risk of new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea: UROSAH data. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1083179–1083179. 18 indexed citations

Heizhati, Mulalibieke, Nanfang Li, Lin Gan, et al.. (2023). Association of objective and subjective parameters of obstructive sleep apnea with plasma aldosterone concentration in 2,066 hypertensive and 25,368 general population. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 1016804–1016804. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Mengyue, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Lin Gan, et al.. (2022). Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for 5-Year Risk of Kidney Dysfunction in Patients with Hypertension and Glucose Metabolism Disorder. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongmei, Ling Yao, Xuejun Jiang, et al.. (2021). Pulmonary Exposure to Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Leads to Neurotoxicity via Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Neurotoxicity Research. 39(4). 1160–1170. 14 indexed citations

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Lin, Mengyue, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Lin Wang, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and Associated Factors of Kidney Dysfunction in Patients with Hypertension and/or Diabetes Mellitus from a Primary Care Population in Northwest China. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 14. 7567–7578. 8 indexed citations

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Yao, Ling, Lei Yang, Hui Song, Tiegang Liu, & Hua Yan. (2020). MicroRNA miR-29c-3p modulates FOS expression to repress EMT and cell proliferation while induces apoptosis in TGF-β2-treated lens epithelial cells regulated by lncRNA KCNQ1OT1. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 129. 110290–110290. 23 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Lei, et al.. (2019). A functional Au array SERS chip for the fast inspection of pesticides in conjunction with surface extraction and coordination transferring. The Analyst. 144(18). 5528–5537. 21 indexed citations

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Shi, Tian, Xiaoguang Yao, Mulalibieke Heizhati, et al.. (2019). Genetic variants of rs1275988 and rs2586886 in TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ channel-1 gene may be potential risk factors for obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Chinese Medical Journal. 132(17). 2059–2065. 2 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Lei, et al.. (2018). Accurate SERS detection of malachite green in aquatic products on basis of graphene wrapped flexible sensor. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1027. 83–91. 90 indexed citations

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Wu, Qingqing, et al.. (2015). Association of GDF1 rs4808863 with fetal congenital heart defects: a case–control study. BMJ Open. 5(12). e009352–e009352. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shuai, Zhaoming Zhong, Qian Wu, et al.. (2013). Advanced Oxidation Protein Products Induce Inflammatory Response in Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes through NADPH Oxidase -Dependent Activation of NF-κB. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 32(4). 972–985. 35 indexed citations

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Yan, Yani, et al.. (2013). Fetal intrapericardial extralobar pulmonary sequestration. Chinese Medical Journal. 126(20). 3999–3999.

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McConnell, Rob, Kiros Berhane, Ling Yao, et al.. (2006). Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(5). 766–772. 496 indexed citations

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