Yan Xia

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yan Xia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xia has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yan Xia's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Yan Xia is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Yan Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yan Xia's co-authors include Kenneth M. Johnson, Cheng Z. Wang, Colleen M. Niswender, Chong Wang, Raymond C. Stevens, Hyekyung P. Cho, P. Jeffrey Conn, Vsevolod Katritch, Gye Won Han and Vadim Cherezov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xia

69 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Structure of a Class C GPCR Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 Bound to an Allosteric Modulator

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Xia China	20	788	532	136	115	114	75	1.4k
Fuminori Tsuruta Japan	15	1.4k 1.8×	303 0.6×	168 1.2×	146 1.3×	118 1.0×	37	1.8k
Byron D. Ford United States	25	791 1.0×	476 0.9×	247 1.8×	153 1.3×	130 1.1×	50	1.8k
Mootaz M. Salman United Kingdom	18	888 1.1×	499 0.9×	57 0.4×	100 0.9×	98 0.9×	29	1.9k
Pratap Karki United States	26	601 0.8×	326 0.6×	75 0.6×	173 1.5×	120 1.1×	61	1.4k
Penny Roon United States	25	1.1k 1.3×	313 0.6×	113 0.8×	69 0.6×	51 0.4×	35	2.1k
Qinghuan Xiao China	24	1.5k 2.0×	449 0.8×	255 1.9×	88 0.8×	162 1.4×	44	2.0k
Uwe Pfeil Germany	24	823 1.0×	383 0.7×	132 1.0×	79 0.7×	44 0.4×	54	1.5k
San‐Hua Fang China	27	859 1.1×	343 0.6×	110 0.8×	231 2.0×	132 1.2×	56	1.8k
Venugopalan D. Nair United States	22	936 1.2×	331 0.6×	100 0.7×	126 1.1×	189 1.7×	51	1.6k
Vicki Waetzig Germany	23	1.2k 1.5×	536 1.0×	170 1.3×	250 2.2×	180 1.6×	38	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xia

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

Sun, Xiaoxiang, Jie Liu, E Xiang, et al.. (2025). The Pivotal Role of GR‐CAR Pathway in Fetal Programming of Hepatic Cytochrome P450 3A Alteration in Adulthood. Advanced Science. 13(6). e15583–e15583.

Xia, Yan, et al.. (2024). Programmed cell death-ligand 2: new insights in cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1359532–1359532. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoxiang, Zhengyuan Xie, Zheng He, et al.. (2024). Association between pyrrolizidine alkaloids exposure and risk of abnormal serum indices—Insights from a descriptive cross-sectional study in Yunnan Province. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136352–136352. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Yan, et al.. (2024). Astragaloside IV confronts amyloid-beta-induced astrocyte senescence via hsp90aa1. Journal of Applied Biomedicine. 22(3). 129–135. 2 indexed citations

Ning, Zhouyu, Ying Zhu, Lin Xie, et al.. (2024). Exploring the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting beads transarterial chemoembolization in pancreatic cancer liver metastasis. British Journal of Radiology. 97(1157). 1010–1015.

Xia, Yan, et al.. (2023). Lenvatinib inhibits intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma via Gadd45a-mediated cell cycle arrest. Discover Oncology. 14(1). 26–26. 7 indexed citations

Xia, Yan, Liping Zhuang, Zhouyu Ning, Peng Wang, & Zhiqiang Meng. (2021). Addition of thermal ablation to systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 16(1). 81–88. 5 indexed citations

Hu, Bing, et al.. (2019). Traditional Chinese medicine formulation Yanggan Jiedu Sanjie inhibits TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastatic potential in human hepatocarcinoma Bel-7402 cells. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 19(1). 67–67. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Yong, Xiao‐Bin Jia, Yan Xia, et al.. (2018). Altered expression of transcription factors IRF4 and IRF8 in peripheral blood B cells is associated with clinical severity and circulating plasma cells frequency in patients with myasthenia gravis. Autoimmunity. 51(3). 126–134. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Bing, et al.. (2018). Herbal formula YGJDSJ inhibits anchorage-independent growth and induces anoikis in hepatocellular carcinoma Bel-7402 cells. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 18(1). 17–17. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Yanyan Zhang, Hao Li, et al.. (2017). Increased expression of P2X7 receptor in peripheral blood mononuclear cells correlates with clinical severity and serum levels of Th17-related cytokines in patients with myasthenia gravis. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 157. 88–94. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Bing, et al.. (2016). Teng-Long-Bu-Zhong-Tang decoction promotes cell senescence of human colon carcinoma RKO cells and its possible mechanism. Tumori. 36(12). 1307–1311. 2 indexed citations

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Oida, Kumiko, Akira Matsuda, Kyungsook Jung, et al.. (2014). Nuclear factor-ĸB plays a critical role in both intrinsic and acquired resistance against endocrine therapy in human breast cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4057–4057. 49 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, Yeling Lu, Jing Dai, et al.. (2012). Molecular basis of type I antithrombin deficiency in two women with recurrent venous thromboembolism in the first trimester of pregnancy. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 48(4). 254–259. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hao, Qin Fang, Wei Ye, et al.. (2011). Revealing the Drug‐Resistant Mechanism for Diarylpyrimidine Analogue Inhibitors of HIV‐1 Reverse Transcriptase. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 78(3). 427–437. 5 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, George S. Portugal, Amanda K. Fakira, et al.. (2011). Hippocampal GluA1-Containing AMPA Receptors Mediate Context-Dependent Sensitization to Morphine. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(45). 16279–16291. 41 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, Cheng Z. Wang, Jie Liu, Noelle C. Anastasio, & Kenneth M. Johnson. (2009). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents phencyclidine-induced apoptosis in developing brain by parallel activation of both the ERK and PI-3K/Akt pathways. Neuropharmacology. 58(2). 330–336. 50 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, et al.. (2005). Determination of tripterine in Tripterygium wilfordii and its tablets by HPLC. Zhongcaoyao. 2 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan. (2005). Advances in studies on medicinal plants of Tripterygium Hook.f.. Zhongcaoyao. 2 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, et al.. (2003). Taurine depletion reduces the neuroprotective effects of electroacupuncture against brain ischemia. 19(1). 32–35. 1 indexed citations

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