Ren Yuan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Ren Yuan is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ren Yuan has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ren Yuan's work include Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (12 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (6 papers). Ren Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (12 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (6 papers). Ren Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Ren Yuan's co-authors include John R. Mayo, Annette McWilliams, Stephen Lam, Harvey O. Coxson, Peter D. Paré, James C. Hogg, Don D. Sin, Leslie A. Litzky, Warren B. Gefter and Nazgol Seyednejad and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ren Yuan

56 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Small-Airway Obstruction and Emphysema in Chronic Obstruc... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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. Small-Airway Obstruction and Emphysema in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    2011 821 citations John E. McDonough, Ren Yuan et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ren Yuan China 20 1.3k 482 398 378 289 62 2.3k
Erich Stoelben Germany 26 1.6k 1.3× 319 0.7× 142 0.4× 249 0.7× 322 1.1× 147 2.6k
C. Magnus Sköld Sweden 30 1.1k 0.9× 177 0.4× 750 1.9× 677 1.8× 84 0.3× 65 2.8k
Kosmas Tsakiridis Greece 32 1.7k 1.3× 176 0.4× 236 0.6× 297 0.8× 233 0.8× 122 2.8k
Li‐Da Chen China 26 498 0.4× 574 1.2× 309 0.8× 203 0.5× 237 0.8× 161 2.3k
Hiroshi Iwamoto Japan 26 1.2k 1.0× 167 0.3× 407 1.0× 308 0.8× 46 0.2× 158 2.1k
Hyun Joo Lee South Korea 32 1.1k 0.9× 560 1.2× 102 0.3× 290 0.8× 452 1.6× 168 3.0k
Ioanna Kougioumtzi Greece 26 1.1k 0.9× 136 0.3× 171 0.4× 189 0.5× 198 0.7× 48 1.8k
Nikolaos Katsikogiannis Greece 33 1.7k 1.3× 147 0.3× 232 0.6× 236 0.6× 232 0.8× 84 2.9k
Kyung Min Shin South Korea 23 717 0.6× 521 1.1× 89 0.2× 180 0.5× 75 0.3× 119 1.8k
James R. Byrnes United States 22 655 0.5× 75 0.2× 221 0.6× 605 1.6× 158 0.5× 38 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ren Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ren Yuan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ren Yuan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ren Yuan. The network helps show where Ren Yuan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ren Yuan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yuan, Ren, et al.. (2025). Compton-camera-based radiopharmaceutical imaging with an attenuation-corrected LM-MLEM reconstruction strategy. Radiation Measurements. 181. 107379–107379.
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Salmanpour, Mohammad R., et al.. (2025). Enhanced Lung Cancer Survival Prediction Using Semi-Supervised Pseudo-Labeling and Learning from Diverse PET/CT Datasets. Cancers. 17(2). 285–285. 2 indexed citations
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Nip, Ka Mun, Arman Rahmim, Robert H. Bell, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning Model Integrating Computed Tomography Image–Derived Radiomics and Circulating miRNAs to Predict Residual Teratoma in Metastatic Nonseminoma Testicular Cancer. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 9(9). e2500105–e2500105. 1 indexed citations
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Bahig, Houda, Christian Finley, Samantha Johnson, et al.. (2025). P1.17.42 Canadian Consensus Recommendations for Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings in Lung Cancer Care. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 20(10). S230–S231.
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Yuan, Ren, et al.. (2024). Treatment of diabetic retinopathy with herbs for tonifying kidney and activating blood circulation: A review of pharmacological studies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 328. 118078–118078. 7 indexed citations
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Chan, Matthew, David W. Ferguson, Ren Yuan, et al.. (2020). Patients with pretreatment leukoencephalopathy and older patients have more cognitive decline after whole brain radiotherapy. Radiation Oncology. 15(1). 271–271. 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ren, et al.. (2019). Space anomaly events detection approach based on generative adversarial nets. Beijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue xuebao. 45(7). 1329. 1 indexed citations
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Myers, Renelle, John R. Mayo, Martin C. Tammemägi, et al.. (2019). MA10.09 Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of the PanCan, EU-NELSON and Lung-RADS Protocols for Management of Screen Detected Lung Nodules at Baseline. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(10). S288–S289. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ren, et al.. (2019). MA10.06 Randomized Clinical Trial with Computer Assisted Diagnosis (CAD) Versus Radiologist as First Reader of Lung Screening LDCT. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(10). S287–S288. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaonian, Zhigang Wang, Xiaoqiang Qiu, et al.. (2018). Rs2303428 of MSH2 Is Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prognosis in a Chinese Population. DNA and Cell Biology. 37(7). 634–641. 17 indexed citations
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Ge, Liang, Xinru You, Keqing Huang, et al.. (2017). Screening of novel RGD peptides to modify nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy. Biomaterials Science. 6(1). 125–135. 33 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaonian, Meng Yan, Wei Luo, et al.. (2016). Expression and clinical significance of PcG-associated protein RYBP in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncology Letters. 13(1). 141–150. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ren. (2011). Research progress in toughening modification of epoxy resin. 5 indexed citations
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McDonough, John E., Ren Yuan, Masaru Suzuki, et al.. (2011). Small-Airway Obstruction and Emphysema in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 365(17). 1567–1575. 821 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gurvitch, Ronen, John G. Webb, Ren Yuan, et al.. (2011). Aortic Annulus Diameter Determination by Multidetector Computed Tomography. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(11). 1235–1245. 142 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ren, John R. Mayo, James C. Hogg, et al.. (2007). The Effects of Radiation Dose and CT Manufacturer on Measurements of Lung Densitometry. CHEST Journal. 132(2). 617–623. 121 indexed citations
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MacNutt, Meaghan J., et al.. (2007). Intense hypoxic cycle exercise does not alter lung density in competitive male cyclists. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 99(6). 623–631. 17 indexed citations

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