Liying Yu

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Liying Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Liying Yu has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Liying Yu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (12 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (8 papers). Liying Yu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (12 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (8 papers). Liying Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Liying Yu's co-authors include David L. Kirchman, Barbara J. Campbell, John F. Heidelberg, Matthew T. Cottrell, Senjie Lin, Minsheng You, Lisa A. Waidner, Guang Yang, Simon W. Baxter and Liette Vasseur and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Liying Yu

48 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Activity of abundant and rare bacteria in a coastal ocean

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liying Yu China	21	897	859	379	223	166	51	1.6k
Özcan C. Esen United States	10	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	172 0.5×	269 1.2×	87 0.5×	11	1.9k
Ting Xu China	21	547 0.6×	358 0.4×	479 1.3×	115 0.5×	54 0.3×	76	1.4k
Despina Tsementzi United States	19	893 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	133 0.4×	152 0.7×	61 0.4×	30	1.8k
Patrick Schwientek United States	21	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	157 0.4×	237 1.1×	31 0.2×	26	1.9k
Salim Bougouffa Saudi Arabia	24	892 1.0×	745 0.9×	287 0.8×	175 0.8×	28 0.2×	46	1.7k
Rohan Sachdeva United States	17	1.5k 1.7×	991 1.2×	459 1.2×	261 1.2×	31 0.2×	31	1.9k
David Kamanda Ngugi Saudi Arabia	23	900 1.0×	653 0.8×	236 0.6×	211 0.9×	65 0.4×	48	1.4k
Angélique Gobet France	21	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	433 1.1×	234 1.0×	74 0.4×	31	2.2k
Sylvie Cousin Germany	19	886 1.0×	638 0.7×	226 0.6×	285 1.3×	24 0.1×	32	1.4k
Chung Yeon Hwang South Korea	26	1.1k 1.2×	893 1.0×	152 0.4×	211 0.9×	25 0.2×	88	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Liying Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liying Yu

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

Wang, Hongxu, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and safety of Jintiange in the treatment of osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1592184–1592184.

Liu, Qingquan, Xiaoyu Chen, Shuhan Chen, et al.. (2025). Integrative transcriptomic analysis reveals diagnostic biomarkers for comorbidity of coronary artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 12. 1658016–1658016.

Yu, Liying, Qilong Li, Naiwen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Toll-like receptor 9 signaling is associated with immune responses to Trypanosoma brucei infection. International Immunopharmacology. 134. 112250–112250. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Dongyong, Lanlan Lin, Liying Yu, et al.. (2024). Important functions and molecular mechanisms of aquaporins family on respiratory diseases: potential translational values. Journal of Cancer. 15(18). 6073–6085. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyu, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanism and intervention measures of microvascular complications in diabetes. Open Medicine. 19(1). 20230894–20230894. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xiuming, et al.. (2024). Twelve newly assembled jasmine chloroplast genomes: unveiling genomic diversity, phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns among Oleaceae and Jasminum species. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 331–331. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Liying, et al.. (2023). Microbiota Alters and Its Correlation with Molecular Regulation Underlying Depression in PCOS Patients. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(12). 9977–9992. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Kai, Ning Jiang, Naiwen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Trypanosoma brucei Lipophosphoglycan Activates Host Immune Responses via the TLR-mediated p38 MAP Kinase and NF-κB Pathways. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 4 indexed citations

Li, Hongfei, Cong Wang, Tangcheng Li, et al.. (2023). A comparative study reveals the relative importance of prokaryotic and eukaryotic proton pump rhodopsins in a subtropical marginal sea. ISME Communications. 3(1). 79–79. 7 indexed citations

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Lin, Senjie, Liying Yu, Xiaomei Wu, et al.. (2022). Active meiosis during dinoflagellate blooms: A ‘sex for proliferation’ hypothesis. Harmful Algae. 118. 102307–102307. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Qiyuan, Yuanyuan Zeng, Janet Wang, et al.. (2021). Exonic variants undergoing allele-specific selection in cancers. BMC Medical Genomics. 14(1). 142–142. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kaidian, Zhi Zhou, Jiashun Li, et al.. (2021). SPX-related genes regulate phosphorus homeostasis in the marine phytoplankton, Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Communications Biology. 4(1). 797–797. 21 indexed citations

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Luo, Hao, Liying Yu, Ling Li, et al.. (2020). Characterizing ciguatoxin (CTX)- and Non-CTX-producing strains of Gambierdiscus balechii using comparative transcriptomics. The Science of The Total Environment. 717. 137184–137184. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Tangcheng, Xin Lin, Liying Yu, et al.. (2019). RNA-seq profiling of Fugacium kawagutii reveals strong responses in metabolic processes and symbiosis potential to deficiencies of iron and other trace metals. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135767–135767. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Mingxuan, et al.. (2018). [Pleomorphic and dedifferentiated leiomyosarcoma: a clinicopathologic analysis].. PubMed. 47(2). 87–93. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Jintao, Jiankun Huang, Ying Zhou, et al.. (2018). Germline and somatic variations influence the somatic mutational signatures of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas in a Chinese population. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 538–538. 17 indexed citations

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Lin, Hailan, Xiaofeng Xia, Liying Yu, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of serine proteases and homologs in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). BMC Genomics. 16(1). 1054–1054. 42 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiazhen, Meng Xu, Yi Xie, et al.. (2015). Intra-Genomic Heterogeneity in 16S rRNA Genes in Strictly Anaerobic Clinical Isolates from Periodontal Abscesses. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130265–e0130265. 9 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaofeng, Liying Yu, Xiao‐Qiang Yu, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of immune genes in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9877–9877. 54 indexed citations

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Xie, Yi, Jiazhen Chen, Meng Xu, et al.. (2013). Antimicrobial Resistance and Prevalence of Resistance Genes of Obligate Anaerobes Isolated From Periodontal Abscesses. Journal of Periodontology. 85(2). 327–334. 30 indexed citations

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