Robert Yang

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Yang has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Robert Yang's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (4 papers). Robert Yang is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (4 papers). Robert Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Robert Yang's co-authors include Mark S. Chee, Ray Wü, Earl Hubbell, David Stern, J. Winkler, Anthony Berno, Xiaohua Huang, Stephen P. A. Fodor, David J. Lockhart and Macdonald Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Yang

26 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Accessing Genetic Information with High-Density DNA Arrays 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750 1000
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. Accessing Genetic Information with High-Density DNA Arrays
    1996 1.1k citations Mark S. Chee, Robert Yang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Yang United States 19 1.8k 434 394 313 282 26 3.0k
Howard M. Shapiro United States 35 2.2k 1.2× 345 0.8× 920 2.3× 576 1.8× 320 1.1× 101 5.3k
R. R. Watson United States 9 1.5k 0.9× 379 0.9× 346 0.9× 251 0.8× 223 0.8× 21 2.8k
David R. Parks United States 34 2.3k 1.3× 358 0.8× 497 1.3× 139 0.4× 566 2.0× 57 5.3k
Michael L. Metzker United States 23 5.0k 2.8× 1.8k 4.1× 399 1.0× 304 1.0× 293 1.0× 35 7.6k
Harold Swerdlow United States 26 4.4k 2.4× 815 1.9× 1.2k 3.0× 237 0.8× 452 1.6× 42 6.8k
John S. Cottrell United Kingdom 21 6.0k 3.4× 437 1.0× 311 0.8× 151 0.5× 448 1.6× 41 8.8k
Michael Ott Germany 43 2.2k 1.2× 565 1.3× 246 0.6× 308 1.0× 245 0.9× 124 5.2k
W. Göhde Germany 30 1.4k 0.8× 276 0.6× 325 0.8× 103 0.3× 821 2.9× 103 4.1k
Fang Wei China 39 2.3k 1.3× 540 1.2× 475 1.2× 263 0.8× 1.0k 3.6× 261 5.4k
Ken Mills United Kingdom 39 2.9k 1.6× 420 1.0× 232 0.6× 207 0.7× 653 2.3× 246 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert 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 Robert Yang. Robert Yang 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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Wen, Hongzhi, Yixin Wang, Wei Jin, et al.. (2024). Deep Learning in Single-cell Analysis. ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 15(3). 1–62. 8 indexed citations
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Davies, Michael P.A., Takahiro Sato, Haitham Ashoor, et al.. (2023). Plasma protein biomarkers for early prediction of lung cancer. EBioMedicine. 93. 104686–104686. 38 indexed citations
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Chandran, Urmila, Jenna Reps, Robert Yang, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning and Real-World Data to Predict Lung Cancer Risk in Routine Care. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(3). 337–343. 22 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weiqiang, et al.. (2022). QuakeFlow: a scalable machine-learning-based earthquake monitoring workflow with cloud computing. Geophysical Journal International. 232(1). 684–693. 48 indexed citations
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Gunderson, Kevin L., Semyon Kruglyak, Francisco García‐García, et al.. (2004). Decoding Randomly Ordered DNA Arrays. Genome Research. 14(5). 870–877. 222 indexed citations
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Kozal, Michael J., Nila Shah, Naiping Shen, et al.. (1996). Extensive polymorphisms observed in HIV–1 clade B protease gene using high–density oligonucleotide arrays. Nature Medicine. 2(7). 753–759. 413 indexed citations
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MacKenzie, C. Roger, Robert Yang, G. B. Patel, Doris Bilous, & Saran A. Narang. (1989). Identification of three distinct Clostridium thermocellum xylanase genes by molecular cloning. Archives of Microbiology. 152(4). 377–381. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, C. Roger MacKenzie, & Saran A. Narang. (1988). Nucleotide sequence of aBacillus circulansxylanase gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(14). 7187–7187. 43 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, C. Roger MacKenzie, Doris Bilous, Verner L. Seligy, & Saran A. Narang. (1988). Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Xylanase Gene from Bacillus polymyxa in Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54(4). 1023–1029. 35 indexed citations
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Nadin‐Davis, Susan A., Robert Yang, Saran A. Narang, & Anwar Nasim. (1986). The cloning and characterization of a RAS gene fromSchizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 23(1). 41–51. 45 indexed citations
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Guo, Lihe, Robert Yang, & Ray Wü. (1983). An Improved strategy for rapid direct sequencing of both strands of long DNA molecules cloned in a plasmid. Nucleic Acids Research. 11(16). 5521–5540. 143 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, Brian Fristensky, Alan H. Deutch, et al.. (1983). The nucleotide sequence of a new human repetitive DNA consists of eight tandem repeats of 66 base pairs. Gene. 25(1). 59–66. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, John T. Lis, & Ray Wu. (1979). [10] Elution of DNA from agarose gels after electrophoresis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 68. 176–182. 258 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert & Ray Wü. (1979). BK virus DNA sequence coding for the amino-terminus of the T-antigen. Virology. 92(2). 340–352. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert & Ray Wü. (1979). BK Virus DNA: Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Human Tumor Virus. Science. 206(4417). 456–462. 175 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert & Ray Wü. (1979). Comparative study of papovavirus DNA: BKV(MM), BKV(WT) and SV40. Nucleic Acids Research. 7(3). 651–668. 24 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, et al.. (1978). The potential of Weibull-type functions as flexible growth curves. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 8(4). 424–431. 170 indexed citations
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Yang, Robert, A. Van de Voorde, & Walter Fiers. (1976). Specific Cleavage and Physical Mapping of Simian-Virus-40 DNA by the Restriction Endonuclease of Arthrobacter luteus. European Journal of Biochemistry. 61(1). 119–138. 45 indexed citations

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