Yan Liu

22.7k total citations · 12 hit papers
230 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Yan Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Liu has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Ecology and 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Liu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (149 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (61 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (58 papers). Yan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (149 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (61 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (58 papers). Yan Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Yan Liu's co-authors include Hao Yan, Fei Zhang, Jeanette Nangreave, Yonggang Ke, Minghui Liu, Jaswinder Sharma, Rahul Chhabra, Dongran Han, Jinglin Fu and Suchetan Pal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yan Liu

219 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A DNA nanorobot functions as a cancer therapeutic in response to a molecular trigger in vivo

2018 1.2k citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. profile →
DNA Origami with Complex Curvatures in Three-Dimensional Space

2011 984 citations Dongran Han, Suchetan Pal et al. Science profile →
DNA Origami: Scaffolds for Creating Higher Order Structures

2017 914 citations Fei Zhang, Yan Liu et al. profile →
Control of Self-Assembly of DNA Tubules Through Integration of Gold Nanoparticles

2009 638 citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. Science profile →
Interenzyme Substrate Diffusion for an Enzyme Cascade Organized on Spatially Addressable DNA Nanostructures

2012 615 citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
A DNA Nanostructure‐based Biomolecular Probe Carrier Platform for Electrochemical Biosensing

2010 505 citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. profile →
Structural DNA Nanotechnology: State of the Art and Future Perspective

2014 485 citations Fei Zhang, Jeanette Nangreave et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Multi-enzyme complexes on DNA scaffolds capable of substrate channelling with an artificial swinging arm

2014 413 citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. profile →
Complex silica composite nanomaterials templated with DNA origami

2018 407 citations Xiaoguo Liu, Fei Zhang et al. profile →
Nanocaged enzymes with enhanced catalytic activity and increased stability against protease digestion

2016 366 citations Yan Liu, Hao Yan et al. profile →
DNA origami nanostructures can exhibit preferential renal uptake and alleviate acute kidney injury

2018 359 citations Yan Liu, Chunhai Fan et al. profile →
PDMS Film-Based Flexible Pressure Sensor Array with Surface Protruding Structure for Human Motion Detection and Wrist Posture Recognition

2024 107 citations Yan Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Liu United States	68	15.8k	5.9k	2.9k	2.5k	1.9k	230	18.9k
Chengde Mao United States	57	11.9k 0.8×	3.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	232	14.9k
Tim Liedl Germany	58	10.1k 0.6×	6.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	4.1k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	133	15.9k
Christof M. Niemeyer Germany	67	12.6k 0.8×	5.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	351	17.6k
Hao Yan United States	93	27.3k 1.7×	9.4k 1.6×	4.9k 1.7×	4.3k 1.7×	3.5k 1.8×	292	32.0k
Baoquan Ding China	57	9.3k 0.6×	4.7k 0.8×	886 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	729 0.4×	168	12.3k
Dan Luo United States	53	8.6k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	730 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	740 0.4×	146	12.5k
Peng Yin United States	52	11.1k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	942 0.4×	820 0.4×	147	13.9k
Kemin Wang China	77	17.1k 1.1×	9.8k 1.7×	593 0.2×	9.1k 3.6×	2.8k 1.5×	643	26.1k
Xiaolei Zuo China	65	11.9k 0.8×	6.5k 1.1×	558 0.2×	2.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	231	14.7k
Kurt V. Gothelf Denmark	61	9.9k 0.6×	4.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	256	16.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Liu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Shi, Qi, et al.. (2025). Preparation and performance study of coal gangue aggregate permeable concrete bricks (CGAPCBs). Road Materials and Pavement Design. 26(11). 2816–2835.

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Li, Yuanyuan, Qilin Li, Yuxiao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Metabolic Rewiring and Post-Translational Modifications: Unlocking the Mechanisms of Bone Turnover in Osteoporosis. Aging and Disease. 17(2). 849–876. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2024). A three-player game model for promoting enterprise green technology innovation from the perspective of media coverage. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1253247–1253247. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2024). Bisphenol A induces lipid metabolism disorder and impairs hepatopancreas of Sesarmops sinensis. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208. 117058–117058. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hailong, et al.. (2024). Low voltage distribution intelligent control system based on distributed photovoltaic grid connection. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2846(1). 12024–12024. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2023). Does fintech inhibit corporate greenwashing behavior?-Evidence from China. Finance research letters. 55. 104002–104002. 45 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2023). Rapamycin Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis and Prevents LPS-Induced Alveolar Bone Loss by Oxidative Stress Suppression. ACS Omega. 8(23). 20739–20754. 8 indexed citations

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Ji, Yan, et al.. (2023). Environmental enrichment enhanced neurogenesis and behavioral recovery after stroke in aged rats. Aging. 15(18). 9453–9463. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Aiqin, Yan Liu, Baolei Jia, Gang Zheng, & Yanlai Yao. (2023). Metabolic Engineering of Microorganisms to Produce L-Aspartate and Its Derivatives. Fermentation. 9(8). 737–737. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Zhi, et al.. (2023). Experimental Investigations of Ni–Ti–Ru System: Liquidus Surface Projection and 1150 °C Isothermal Section. Materials. 16(15). 5299–5299.

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Chen, Zhengjun, Yan Liu, Hongyu Li, et al.. (2023). Borylation of phenols using sulfuryl fluoride activation. Green Chemistry. 25(20). 7998–8006. 3 indexed citations

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Yao, Guangbao, Fei Zhang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Meta-DNA structures. Nature Chemistry. 13(6). 614–614. 3 indexed citations

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Simmons, C.R., et al.. (2020). A Self‐Assembled Rhombohedral DNA Crystal Scaffold with Tunable Cavity Sizes and High‐Resolution Structural Detail. Angewandte Chemie. 132(42). 18778–18785. 6 indexed citations

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Yao, Guangbao, Fei Zhang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2020). Meta-DNA structures. Nature Chemistry. 12(11). 1067–1075. 137 indexed citations

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Lan, Xiang, Zhaoming Su, Yadong Zhou, et al.. (2017). Programmable Supra‐Assembly of a DNA Surface Adapter for Tunable Chiral Directional Self‐Assembly of Gold Nanorods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(46). 14632–14636. 79 indexed citations

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Han, Dongran, Xiaodong Qi, Cameron Myhrvold, et al.. (2017). Single-stranded DNA and RNA origami. Science. 358(6369). 217 indexed citations

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Lan, Xiang, Zhaoming Su, Yadong Zhou, et al.. (2017). Programmable Supra‐Assembly of a DNA Surface Adapter for Tunable Chiral Directional Self‐Assembly of Gold Nanorods. Angewandte Chemie. 129(46). 14824–14828. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fei, Yan Liu, & Hao Yan. (2013). Complex Archimedean Tiling Self-Assembled from DNA Nanostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(20). 7458–7461. 62 indexed citations

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Han, Dongran, Suchetan Pal, Yang Yang, et al.. (2013). DNA Gridiron Nanostructures Based on Four-Arm Junctions. Science. 339(6126). 1412–1415. 229 indexed citations

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Lin, Chenxiang, Yonggang Ke, Yan Liu, et al.. (2007). Functional DNA Nanotube Arrays: Bottom‐Up Meets Top‐Down. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(32). 6089–6092. 59 indexed citations

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