Shuai Yuan

12.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
300 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Shuai Yuan is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Shuai Yuan has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Genetics, 68 papers in Molecular Biology and 48 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Shuai Yuan's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (58 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (23 papers). Shuai Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (58 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (23 papers). Shuai Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Shuai Yuan's co-authors include Susanna C. Larsson, Stephen Burgess, Xue Li, Jie Chen, Amy M. Mason, Paul Carter, Qi‐qiang He, Edward L. Giovannucci, Dipender Gill and Yafei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Shuai Yuan

285 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiology of sarcopenia: Prevalence, risk factors, and... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Epidemiology of sarcopenia: Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences
    2023 538 citations Shuai Yuan et al. profile →
  2. Global trends in incidence, death, burden and risk factors of early-onset cancer from 1990 to 2019
    2023 119 citations Jianhui Zhao, Jing Sun et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  3. Lifestyle and metabolic factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Mendelian randomization study
    2022 117 citations Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen et al. profile →
  4. Therapeutic targets for inflammatory bowel disease: proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses
    2023 107 citations Jie Chen, Fengzhe Xu et al. EBioMedicine profile →
  5. Smoking, alcohol consumption, and 24 gastrointestinal diseases: Mendelian randomization analysis
    2023 102 citations Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen et al. profile →
  6. Identification of novel protein biomarkers and drug targets for colorectal cancer by integrating human plasma proteome with genome
    2023 91 citations Jing Sun, Jianhui Zhao et al. profile →
  7. Plasma proteins and onset of type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications: Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses
    2023 72 citations Shuai Yuan, Fengzhe Xu et al. profile →
  8. Ultra-processed foods and human health: An umbrella review and updated meta-analyses of observational evidence
    2024 46 citations Nan Yang, Shuai Yuan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shuai Yuan China 47 2.1k 1.4k 1.3k 1.0k 890 300 7.8k
Xin Xu China 44 2.0k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 936 0.9× 719 0.8× 286 8.6k
Alexandre C. Pereira Brazil 50 3.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 1.8k 2.0× 431 10.3k
Joyce B. J. van Meurs Netherlands 56 3.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 616 0.6× 1.7k 1.9× 232 11.5k
Chia‐Yen Chen United States 34 2.5k 1.2× 3.6k 2.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 758 0.9× 95 9.3k
Matthias Nauck Germany 56 2.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 1.6k 1.6× 1.8k 2.0× 455 12.3k
José Eduardo Krieger Brazil 56 4.0k 1.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 918 0.9× 2.1k 2.4× 517 12.2k
Fernando Rivadeneira Netherlands 56 3.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 987 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 274 10.8k
Pekka J. Karhunen Finland 48 2.0k 1.0× 786 0.6× 840 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 245 7.9k
Martin den Heijer Netherlands 64 2.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 2.5k 2.8× 371 16.2k
Nilesh J. Samani United Kingdom 55 3.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 3.1k 2.4× 861 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 328 12.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shuai Yuan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Larsson, Susanna C., Jie Chen, Xixian Ruan, Xue Li, & Shuai Yuan. (2025). Genome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization analyses reveal insights into bladder cancer etiology. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 9(2). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Mengyao, Lili Li, Yixin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Zinc-copper bimetallic nanoplatforms trigger photothermal-amplified cuproptosis and cGAS-STING activation for enhancing triple-negative breast cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 23(1). 137–137. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Lijuan, Fangyuan Jiang, Jing Sun, et al.. (2025). Factorial Mendelian randomization of lipoprotein (a) lowering, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering, and lifestyle improvements: joint associations with cardiovascular risk. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(2). 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Shuai, Jie Chen, Sizheng Steven Zhao, et al.. (2025). GWAS identifies genetic loci, lifestyle factors and circulating biomarkers that are risk factors for sarcoidosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2481–2481. 3 indexed citations
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Michaëlsson, Karl, John A. Baron, Tove Fall, et al.. (2025). Cardio-metabolic-related plasma proteins reveal biological links between cardiovascular diseases and fragility fractures: a cohort and Mendelian randomisation investigation. EBioMedicine. 113. 105580–105580. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yujun, et al.. (2024). Cholic acid-based inhibition of SVCV replication by modulating polyunsaturated fatty acid content. Aquaculture. 595. 741712–741712. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Suzhen, et al.. (2024). Exploring influential factors in the self-assessment of life satisfaction among Chinese elderly: a structural equation modeling analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15. 1349346–1349346. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Sizheng Steven, Sarah Mackie, Susanna C. Larsson, Stephen Burgess, & Shuai Yuan. (2024). Modifiable risk factors and inflammation-related proteins in polymyalgia rheumatica: genome-wide meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization. Lara D. Veeken. 64(5). 3012–3018. 3 indexed citations
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Ruan, Xixian, Jie Chen, Yuhao Sun, et al.. (2023). Depression and 24 gastrointestinal diseases: a Mendelian randomization study. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 146–146. 44 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Fengzhe Xu, Xixian Ruan, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic targets for inflammatory bowel disease: proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses. EBioMedicine. 89. 104494–104494. 107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yuhao, Shuai Yuan, Xuejie Chen, et al.. (2023). The Contribution of Genetic Risk and Lifestyle Factors in the Development of Adult-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 118(3). 511–522. 62 indexed citations
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Boakye, Daniel, Nan Yang, Xuan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Field Synopsis of Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors of Sporadic Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer and Advanced Adenoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(8). 1048–1060. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Xixian Ruan, Yuhao Sun, et al.. (2022). Plasma phospholipid arachidonic acid in relation to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Mendelian randomization study. Nutrition. 106. 111910–111910. 13 indexed citations
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Tang, Bowen, Shuai Yuan, Ying Xiong, Qi‐qiang He, & Susanna C. Larsson. (2020). Major depressive disorder and cardiometabolic diseases: a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study. Diabetologia. 63(7). 1305–1311. 73 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yin, Hui Tang, Li Li, et al.. (2019). Impact of sites versus number of metastases on survival of patients with organ metastasis from newly diagnosed cervical cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Shuai, Ying Xiang, Meiyu Zhou, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia‐sensitive LINC01436 is regulated by E2F6 and acts as an oncogene by targeting miR‐30a‐3p in non‐small cell lung cancer. Molecular Oncology. 13(4). 840–856. 45 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xinyu, Andrea Cipriani, Toshi A. Furukawa, et al.. (2018). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of new-generation antidepressants for major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 8(1). e018357–e018357. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongyuan, Yuanping Zhou, Yuanping Zhou, et al.. (2018). A hiddenly high hepatitis C virus related liver disease burden among Chinese patients with non-liver disease complaints: A hospital based study from 2013 to 2017. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 11(2). 171–171. 1 indexed citations
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