Liying Yang

10.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
141 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Liying Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Liying Yang has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Oncology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Liying Yang's work include Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (9 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (9 papers). Liying Yang is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (9 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (9 papers). Liying Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Liying Yang's co-authors include Zhiheng Pei, Jiyoung Ahn, Richard B. Hayes, Fritz François, Benjamin Drewinko, Christine Dominianni, James J. Goedert, Rashmi Sinha, Carlos W. Nossa and Martin J. Blaser and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Liying Yang

136 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Human Gut Microbiome and ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 2015 2017 2018 200 400 600
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.

  1. Human Gut Microbiome and Risk for Colorectal Cancer
    2013 713 citations Jiyoung Ahn, Zhiheng Pei et al. profile →
  2. Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large study of American adults
    2016 409 citations Brandilyn A. Peters, Zhiheng Pei et al. profile →
  3. Sex, Body Mass Index, and Dietary Fiber Intake Influence the Human Gut Microbiome
    2015 347 citations Zhiheng Pei, Liying Yang et al. profile →
  4. Oral Microbiome Composition Reflects Prospective Risk for Esophageal Cancers
    2017 298 citations Brandilyn A. Peters, Jing Wu et al. Cancer Research profile →
  5. Association of Oral Microbiome With Risk for Incident Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer
    2018 242 citations Richard B. Hayes, Jiyoung Ahn et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Liying Yang 3.7k 1.4k 1.3k 952 831 141 7.6k
Zhiheng Pei 3.7k 1.0× 733 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 961 1.2× 93 7.6k
Aleksandar D. Kostic 5.6k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 928 0.7× 486 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 51 8.2k
Emma Allen‐Vercoe 5.8k 1.6× 974 0.7× 776 0.6× 504 0.5× 1.2k 1.5× 143 10.3k
Carey Ann Gallini 5.6k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 295 0.3× 1.3k 1.6× 13 8.3k
Monia Michaud 7.1k 1.9× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 461 0.5× 1.6k 1.9× 27 10.7k
Grace Chen 7.6k 2.1× 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 260 0.3× 1.1k 1.4× 76 13.0k
Anthony A. Fodor 5.4k 1.5× 995 0.7× 767 0.6× 192 0.2× 1.4k 1.7× 108 7.9k
Pierre Miossec 3.5k 0.9× 3.1k 2.1× 1.0k 0.8× 283 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 304 18.6k
Yiping W. Han 3.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 723 0.5× 2.8k 2.9× 549 0.7× 67 8.0k
Eric A. Franzosa 7.6k 2.1× 551 0.4× 545 0.4× 445 0.5× 1.8k 2.1× 64 10.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liying Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liying Yang

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

All Works

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Guo, Changjun, et al.. (2025). Association of Factors Related to the Size and Hepple Classification of Medial Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus. Foot & Ankle International. 46(4). 422–428.
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Zhang, Xue, Ling Wang, Haiyan Li, et al.. (2023). Effects of soluble TREM2 on motor progression in Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Letters. 807. 137277–137277. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chaozhuo, Liying Yang, Jujie Sun, et al.. (2023). Functional status and spatial architecture of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells are associated with lymph node metastases in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 17 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ying, Ding Ren, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of mental health problems and associated risk factors among military healthcare workers in specialized COVID‐19 hospitals in Wuhan, China: A cross‐sectional survey. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry. 14(1). e12427–e12427. 54 indexed citations
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Hao, Yuhan, Liying Yang, Antonio Galvao Neto, et al.. (2018). HPViewer: sensitive and specific genotyping of human papillomavirus in metagenomic DNA. Bioinformatics. 34(12). 1986–1995. 13 indexed citations
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Peters, Brandilyn A., Jing Wu, Zhiheng Pei, et al.. (2017). Oral Microbiome Composition Reflects Prospective Risk for Esophageal Cancers. Cancer Research. 77(23). 6777–6787. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yang, Yingfei Ma, Ping Lin, et al.. (2016). Fecal bacterial microbiome diversity in chronic HIV-infected patients in China. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 5(1). 1–7. 53 indexed citations
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Chen, Yue, Hong Zou, Liying Yang, et al.. (2012). ER81-shRNA Inhibits Growth of Triple-negative Human Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA-MB-231 In Vivo and in Vitro. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 13(5). 2385–2392. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Liying, Tomohisa Horibe, Masayuki Kohno, et al.. (2011). Targeting Interleukin-4 Receptor α with Hybrid Peptide for Effective Cancer Therapy. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(1). 235–243. 33 indexed citations
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Nossa, Carlos W., Ankush Agarwal, Zhida Jin, et al.. (2010). Diversity of 16S rRNA Genes within Individual Prokaryotic Genomes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(12). 3886–3897. 214 indexed citations
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Yang, Liying, James C. Lang, Priya Balasubramanian, et al.. (2008). Optimization of an enrichment process for circulating tumor cells from the blood of head and neck cancer patients through depletion of normal cells. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(2). 521–534. 165 indexed citations
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Yang, Liying, et al.. (2002). Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Leads to Remodeling of the Rat Diaphragm. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(8). 1135–1140. 76 indexed citations
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Lin, Meng‐Chih, Satoru Ebihara, Sabah N. A. Hussain, et al.. (1998). Diaphragm Sarcolemmal Injury Is Induced by Sepsis and Alleviated by Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(5). 1656–1663. 81 indexed citations
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Petrof, Basil J., Gyula Acsádi, A Jani, et al.. (1995). Efficiency and Functional Consequences of Adenovirus-Mediated In Vivo Gene Transfer to Normal and Dystrophic (Mdx) Mouse Diaphragm. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 13(5). 508–517. 31 indexed citations
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Bastani, Bahar, et al.. (1995). Cellular distribution of isoforms of protein kinase C (PKC) in pancreatic acini. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1269(3). 307–315. 40 indexed citations
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Drewinko, Benjamin, Liying Yang, Barthel Barlogie, & José M. Trujillo. (1983). Comparative cytotoxicity of bisantrene, mitoxantrone, ametantrone, dihydroxyanthracenedione, dihydroxyanthracenedione diacetate, and doxorubicin on human cells in vitro.. PubMed. 43(6). 2648–53. 43 indexed citations

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