Xiaoping Yang

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
208 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Xiaoping Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoping Yang has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 29 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Xiaoping Yang's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (17 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (16 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (15 papers). Xiaoping Yang is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (17 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (16 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (15 papers). Xiaoping Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xiaoping Yang's co-authors include Jun Ren, Mei Peng, Sreejayan Nair, Shigetoshi Chiba, George T. Tsao, Mary E. Rayborn, K.G. Shadrach, Vera L. Bonilha, Joe G. Hollyfield and Lu Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoping Yang

203 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoping Yang China	45	2.9k	1.3k	829	694	682	208	6.5k
Peter Kružliak Czechia	39	1.7k 0.6×	749 0.6×	438 0.5×	386 0.6×	387 0.6×	221	5.0k
Nanping Wang China	50	3.9k 1.3×	817 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	845 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	167	7.7k
Gianfranco Pintus Italy	46	2.8k 0.9×	602 0.5×	886 1.1×	688 1.0×	614 0.9×	159	7.2k
Suresh C. Tyagi United States	52	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	947 1.1×	425 0.6×	309 0.5×	192	8.2k
Lina Wang China	45	3.4k 1.2×	787 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	705 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	273	7.1k
Yi Tan China	54	4.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	968 1.2×	492 0.7×	591 0.9×	190	8.8k
Agapios Sachinidis Germany	47	4.2k 1.4×	955 0.8×	697 0.8×	610 0.9×	626 0.9×	275	7.5k
Fan Jiang China	42	2.4k 0.8×	561 0.4×	630 0.8×	246 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	173	5.9k
Jun‐ichi Abe United States	58	5.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.6×	833 1.0×	978 1.4×	1.6k 2.3×	236	10.5k
Savita Khanna United States	56	4.5k 1.5×	618 0.5×	1.9k 2.2×	379 0.5×	734 1.1×	150	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoping Yang

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Wang, Weimin, et al.. (2025). Inhibition of Cyclin D1 by Novel Biguanide Derivative YB-004 Increases the Sensitivity of Bladder Cancer to Olaparib via Causing G0 / G1 Arrest. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 21(5). 1984–1998. 2 indexed citations

Ding, Ning, Bahijja Tolulope Raimi‐Abraham, Steven Lynham, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic insight into human milk extracellular vesicle‐intestinal barrier interactions. Journal of Extracellular Biology. 4(1). e70032–e70032. 2 indexed citations

Li, Duo, et al.. (2024). Progress in antitumor mechanisms and applications of phenformin (Review). Oncology Reports. 52(5). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaoping, et al.. (2023). POS0288 DEGRANULATING PR3+ MYELOID CELLS CHARACTERIZE PROLIFERATIVE LUPUS NEPHRITIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 385–386.

Yang, Xiaoping, et al.. (2023). Ficolin A knockout alleviates sepsis-induced severe lung injury in mice by restoring gut Akkermansia to inhibit S100A4/STAT3 pathway. International Immunopharmacology. 121. 110548–110548. 8 indexed citations

Zheng, Xiaoyi, Lauren E. Higdon, Alexandre Gaudet, et al.. (2022). Endothelial Cell-Specific Molecule-1 Inhibits Albuminuria in Diabetic Mice. Kidney360. 3(12). 2059–2076. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Mei, et al.. (2022). Protective effects of metformin in various cardiovascular diseases: Clinical evidence and AMPK‐dependent mechanisms. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 26(19). 4886–4903. 66 indexed citations

Cheng, Yao, et al.. (2022). CircLPAR3 knockdown suppresses esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell oncogenic phenotypes and Warburg effect through miR-873-5p/LDHA axis. Human & Experimental Toxicology. 41. 3520161935–3520161935. 4 indexed citations

Daneshpajouhnejad, Parnaz, Xiaoping Yang, Xiaoxin X. Wang, et al.. (2022). PodoCount: A Robust, Fully Automated, Whole-Slide Podocyte Quantification Tool. Kidney International Reports. 7(6). 1377–1392. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Kaiyang, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abnormal Carotid Artery in Young Adults without Overt Cardiovascular Disease. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 15. 4595–4601. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Huan, Yingying Chen, Cheng Yan, et al.. (2020). Immunosensing of NT‐proBNP via Cu²⁺‐based MOFs Biolabeling and in situ Microliter‐droplet Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. Electroanalysis. 32(8). 1754–1762. 8 indexed citations

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Yi, Haiqing, Yan Cheng, Yu Zhang, Qingji Xie, & Xiaoping Yang. (2020). Potentiometric and UV-Vis spectrophotometric titrations for evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of chicoric acid. RSC Advances. 10(20). 11876–11882. 5 indexed citations

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Peng, Mei, Jun Deng, Sichun Zhou, et al.. (2019). Dual Inhibition of Pirarubicin-Induced AKT and ERK Activations by Phenformin Sensitively Suppresses Bladder Cancer Growth. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 1159–1159. 19 indexed citations

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Zhu, Li, et al.. (2018). Construction of a nursing quality indicator system for perioperative patients with degenerative cervical spondylopathy. Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhi. 24(21). 2507–2511. 1 indexed citations

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Gui, Jun, Michael D. Gober, Xiaoping Yang, et al.. (2016). Therapeutic Elimination of the Type 1 Interferon Receptor for Treating Psoriatic Skin Inflammation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 136(10). 1990–2002. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoping, et al.. (2015). Cerebrospinal Fluid Free Fatty Acid Levels Are Associated with Stroke Subtypes and Severity in Chinese Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. World Neurosurgery. 84(5). 1299–1304. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuiliang, Jingcao Huang, Hui Lyu, et al.. (2013). Therapeutic targeting of erbB3 with MM-121/SAR256212 enhances antitumor activity of paclitaxel against erbB2-overexpressing breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 15(5). R101–R101. 42 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoping, Xianzhong Meng, Xin Su, et al.. (2009). Bone morphogenic protein 2 induces Runx2 and osteopontin expression in human aortic valve interstitial cells: Role of Smad1 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 138(4). 1008–1015.e1. 103 indexed citations

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Nair, Sreejayan, et al.. (2008). Antioxidant properties of argpyrimidine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 593(1-3). 30–35. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoping & Shigetoshi Chiba. (2000). Dissociation of Potentiation of Leu31 Pro34 Neuropeptide Y on Adrenergic and Purinergic Transmission in Isolated Canine Splenic Artery. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 83(3). 197–205. 1 indexed citations

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