Sidong Yang

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sidong Yang is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidong Yang has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 59 papers in Surgery and 34 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sidong Yang's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (73 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (30 papers). Sidong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (73 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (30 papers). Sidong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Sidong Yang's co-authors include Wenyuan Ding, Dalong Yang, Feng Zhang, Lei Ma, Jiangtao Ma, Fang Dong, Ya-Shuo Feng, Manman Wang, Zixuan Tan and Fengyu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sidong Yang

93 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Intervertebral disc ageing and degeneration: The antiapoptotic effect of oestrogen

2019 243 citations Sidong Yang, Feng Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sidong Yang China	26	1.4k	943	653	296	199	101	2.2k
Tomohiko Hasegawa Japan	28	1.4k 1.0×	2.1k 2.2×	306 0.5×	221 0.7×	122 0.6×	191	3.0k
Ivan Cheng United States	27	1.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	656 1.0×	286 1.0×	58 0.3×	110	2.7k
Reuven Gepstein Israel	28	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	661 1.0×	115 0.4×	87 0.4×	85	2.7k
J. N. Alastair Gibson United Kingdom	26	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	738 1.1×	449 1.5×	122 0.6×	61	2.9k
Tomoaki Toyone Japan	33	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	133 0.4×	350 1.8×	115	3.0k
Ki-Jeong Kim South Korea	33	2.4k 1.7×	3.1k 3.3×	435 0.7×	185 0.6×	182 0.9×	187	4.0k
Hiroshi Yamada Japan	30	2.7k 2.0×	2.6k 2.7×	1.2k 1.8×	117 0.4×	208 1.0×	190	3.8k
Miyako Suzuki Japan	22	908 0.7×	736 0.8×	713 1.1×	114 0.4×	165 0.8×	98	1.7k
Toru Hasegawa Japan	18	721 0.5×	656 0.7×	383 0.6×	134 0.5×	32 0.2×	73	1.5k
Jung-Kil Lee South Korea	26	869 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	132 0.2×	243 0.8×	206 1.0×	142	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sidong Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sidong Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sidong Yang

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

Li, Wentian, Ji Tu, Jinjian Zheng, et al.. (2025). Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Changes in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients With Vertebral Bone Marrow Lesions. JOR Spine. 8(1). e70042–e70042.

Yang, Kehu, et al.. (2025). Unilateral versus bilateral pedicle screw fixation for treating two-level lumbar degenerative diseases. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 27340–27340.

Yang, Sidong, et al.. (2024). The effect of diabetes mellitus on lumbar disc degeneration: an MRI-based study. European Spine Journal. 33(5). 1999–2006. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Dalong, et al.. (2023). Anterior Cervical Hybrid Decompression and Fusion Surgery to Treat Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Sidong, Zixuan Tan, Linyu Wu, et al.. (2022). The Role of Oxidative Stress in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 2166817–2166817. 87 indexed citations

Yang, Sidong, et al.. (2022). Biomechanical Characterization of Unilateral and Bilateral Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Constructs. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 7081238–7081238. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, Sidong Yang, Shuo Tian, et al.. (2022). Analysis of the surgical strategy and postoperative clinical effect of thoracic ossification of ligament flavum with dural ossification. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 1036253–1036253. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Alon, Jennifer Gansau, Sarah E. Gullbrand, et al.. (2021). Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration in rat models: An initiative of the ORS spine section. JOR Spine. 4(2). e1150–e1150. 74 indexed citations

Tian, Tao, et al.. (2021). Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Induced by Needle Puncture and Ovariectomy: A Rat Coccygeal Model. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 5510124–5510124. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Haidong, Zhaohui Li, Tao Tian, et al.. (2021). 17β-Estradiol alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration by inhibiting NF-κB signal pathway. Life Sciences. 284. 119874–119874. 20 indexed citations

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Ding, Wenyuan, et al.. (2019). Higenamine inhibits IL-1β-induced inflammation in human nucleus pulposus cells. Bioscience Reports. 39(6). 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Sen, Sidong Yang, Dalong Yang, & Wenyuan Ding. (2017). Risk assessment of lower-limb deep vein thrombosis in patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis: A retrospective study. Biomedical Research-tokyo. 28(13). 6043–6047. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingmin, et al.. (2017). Curative effects of Dynesys dynamic stabilization system for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. 10(11). 15459–15464. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Hui, Lei Ma, Dalong Yang, et al.. (2016). Incidence and risk factors for the progression of proximal junctional kyphosis in degenerative lumbar scoliosis following long instrumented posterior spinal fusion. Medicine. 95(32). e4443–e4443. 59 indexed citations

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Yang, Sidong, et al.. (2016). Protective effect of 17β-estradiol on hydrogen peroxide induced apoptosis of rat nucleus pulposus cells. 9(9). 17281–17294. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Sidong Yang, Di Zhang, et al.. (2016). Application of a modified cannula insertion technique for selective endoscopic lumbar discectomy. 9(2). 5023–5030. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Fengyu, Tao Wang, Sidong Yang, et al.. (2016). Incidence and risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis: a meta-analysis. European Spine Journal. 25(8). 2376–2383. 110 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2016). Factors predicting venous thromboembolism after spine surgery. Medicine. 95(52). e5776–e5776. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Sidong, Qian Chen, Feng Zhang, et al.. (2015). Bone fracture and the interaction between bisphosphonates and proton pump inhibitors: a meta-analysis.. PubMed Central. 8(4). 4899–910. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Sidong, Huan Liu, Yapeng Sun, et al.. (2015). Prevalence and risk factors of deep vein thrombosis in patients after spine surgery: a retrospective case-cohort study. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11834–11834. 45 indexed citations

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