Qin Yang

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Qin Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qin Yang has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Qin Yang's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers). Qin Yang is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers). Qin Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Qin Yang's co-authors include Barbara B. Kahn, Timothy E. Graham, Nimesh Mody, Janice M. Zabolotny, Odile D. Peroni, Loredana Quadro, Frédéric Preitner, Ko Kotani, Carlos E. Catalano and Matthias Blüher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Qin Yang

74 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

2005 1.7k citations Qin Yang et al. profile →
Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Insulin Resistance in Lean, Obese, and Diabetic Subjects

2006 1.1k citations Qin Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qin Yang United States	29	2.9k	1.6k	1.4k	901	584	75	5.1k
Pedro M. Moraes‐Vieira Brazil	35	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	159 0.2×	264 0.5×	76	4.7k
Song Hong United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	896 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	234 0.3×	171 0.3×	66	9.6k
Annika Höhn Germany	31	1.6k 0.5×	696 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	257 0.3×	92 0.2×	57	4.1k
Dipak P. Ramji United Kingdom	36	2.4k 0.8×	797 0.5×	610 0.4×	159 0.2×	598 1.0×	101	5.8k
Marta Giralt Spain	53	4.3k 1.5×	3.2k 2.0×	5.7k 4.0×	261 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	182	10.3k
Colleen M. Croniger United States	34	1.9k 0.7×	766 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	174 0.2×	148 0.3×	71	3.8k
Weiping Chen China	42	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	876 0.6×	344 0.4×	219 0.4×	191	6.5k
Arnold G. Herman Belgium	44	2.1k 0.7×	892 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	252 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	161	6.7k
Liza Makowski United States	38	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	101 0.1×	599 1.0×	91	7.7k
Roser Iglesias Spain	38	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	3.4k 2.4×	218 0.2×	615 1.1×	79	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Qin Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qin Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qin Yang

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

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Hu, Yu, et al.. (2025). Esketamine reduces postoperative depression in breast cancer through TREK-1 channel inhibition and neurotransmitter modulation. Cancer Cell International. 25(1). 51–51. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Qiushi, et al.. (2025). The association between visceral adiposity index and long-term all-cause mortality shows age-related disparities: a nationwide cohort study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1266–1266. 2 indexed citations

Yuan, Wen, Jieyu Liu, Manman Chen, et al.. (2024). The association of breastfeeding duration on metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents, stratified by birth weight for gestational age. Pediatric Obesity. 19(8). e13145–e13145. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Li, Qin Yang, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Association of the external environmental exposome and obesity: A comprehensive nationwide study in 2019 among Chinese children and adolescents. The Science of The Total Environment. 927. 172233–172233. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Yuhan, Yumay Chen, Wenjun Fan, et al.. (2023). Dual roles of myocardial mitochondrial AKT on diabetic cardiomyopathy and whole body metabolism. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 22(1). 294–294. 10 indexed citations

Pei, Zuowei, et al.. (2023). Exercise reduces hyperlipidemia-induced cardiac damage in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice via its effects against inflammation and oxidative stress. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9134–9134. 8 indexed citations

Prokhorov, Nikolai S., Kashyap Maruthi, Qin Yang, et al.. (2023). Biophysical and structural characterization of a multifunctional viral genome packaging motor. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(2). 831–843. 4 indexed citations

Jia, Xiao‐Chi, et al.. (2023). Heat-inducible transcription factor ZmNF-YC13 regulates heat stress response genes to improve heat tolerance in maize. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 49(7). 1747–1757.

Yang, Zinger, Tiffany DeSouza, Anand Desai, et al.. (2022). A neurogenic signature involving monoamine Oxidase-A controls human thermogenic adipose tissue development. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Qin, et al.. (2020). Guava Leaf Extract Attenuates Insulin Resistance via the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway in a Type 2 Diabetic Mouse Model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Wei, Xingxing Kong, & Qin Yang. (2017). Isolation, Primary Culture, and Differentiation of Preadipocytes from Mouse Brown Adipose Tissue. Methods in molecular biology. 1566. 3–8. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Qin, et al.. (2017). Physical and Functional Characterization of a Viral Genome Maturation Complex. Biophysical Journal. 112(8). 1551–1560. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Bin, et al.. (2016). Hyperoside protects human primary melanocytes against H2O2-induced oxidative damage. Molecular Medicine Reports. 13(6). 4613–4619. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Kimberly Wong, Amber Giles, et al.. (2014). Hepatic SIRT1 Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis and Controls Energy Balance in Mice by Inducing Fibroblast Growth Factor 21. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Bain, David L., et al.. (2013). Steroid receptor-DNA interactions: toward a quantitative connection between energetics and transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(2). 691–700. 10 indexed citations

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Bain, David L., Qin Yang, James P. Robblee, et al.. (2012). Glucocorticoid Receptor–DNA Interactions: Binding Energetics Are the Primary Determinant of Sequence-Specific Transcriptional Activity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 422(1). 18–32. 31 indexed citations

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Yang, Qin. (2005). Study on gene expression of metallothionein in patients suffered from coal-burnt arsenism. China Public Health. 1 indexed citations

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Che, Guowei, Qinghua Zhou, Yanping Wang, et al.. (2005). [Effect of nm23-H1 on reversing malignant phenotype on human lung cancer cell line L9981].. PubMed. 22(3). 530–4. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Qin & Carlos E. Catalano. (2003). Biochemical Characterization of Bacteriophage Lambda Genome Packaging in Vitro. Virology. 305(2). 276–287. 44 indexed citations

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Bain, David L., et al.. (2001). Biophysical Characterization of the DNA Binding Domain of gpNu1, a Viral DNA Packaging Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(23). 20175–20181. 14 indexed citations

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