Yan Xu

24.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
646 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xu has authored 646 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 321 papers in Molecular Biology, 258 papers in Food Science and 134 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yan Xu's work include Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (228 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (153 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (129 papers). Yan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (228 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (153 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (129 papers). Yan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Yan Xu's co-authors include Wenlai Fan, Shuang Chen, Yao Nie, Hai Du, Qun Wu, Qun Wu, Xiao‐Wei Yu, Yang Zhu, Guangyuan Jin and Rong Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

632 papers receiving 18.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mystery behind Chinese liquor fermentation 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Mystery behind Chinese liquor fermentation
    2017 547 citations Guangyuan Jin, Yan Xu et al. profile →
  2. Can we control microbiota in spontaneous food fermentation? – Chinese liquor as a case example
    2021 178 citations Qun Wu, Yan Xu et al. profile →
  3. Formation and fate of Amadori rearrangement products in Maillard reaction
    2021 163 citations Yan Xu 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
Yan Xu China 69 9.4k 8.1k 4.2k 2.9k 2.6k 646 19.1k
Baoguo Sun China 70 9.0k 1.0× 5.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 3.3k 1.3× 639 19.5k
Harry Gruppen Netherlands 73 7.8k 0.8× 6.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 976 0.3× 2.6k 1.0× 391 19.0k
Xingqian Ye China 83 9.7k 1.0× 5.0k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 732 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 519 23.4k
Isak S. Pretorius South Africa 66 9.7k 1.0× 8.1k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 722 0.3× 5.2k 2.0× 247 17.4k
Rekha S. Singhal India 62 6.4k 0.7× 4.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 381 0.1× 2.6k 1.0× 443 17.1k
Víctor de Freitas Portugal 75 8.6k 0.9× 4.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 445 18.5k
M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira Portugal 75 7.2k 0.8× 5.4k 0.7× 695 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.7× 582 22.0k
Giuseppe Mazza Italy 65 6.7k 0.7× 3.9k 0.5× 963 0.2× 1.4k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 332 20.2k
Jie Chen China 65 6.9k 0.7× 4.4k 0.5× 664 0.2× 830 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 514 16.2k
Manuel A. Coimbra Portugal 64 6.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.3× 937 0.2× 731 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 373 15.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yu‐An, Hongxia Zhang, Ying Cao, Hai Du, & Yan Xu. (2025). Heap fermentation modes of sauce-flavored Baijiu: Microbial metabolic differences and optimization strategies for mechanized fermentation. Food Bioscience. 68. 106449–106449. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Jiarui, et al.. (2025). Coevolution-based protein engineering of alcohol dehydrogenase at distal sites enables enzymatic compatibility with substrate diversity and stereoselectivity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 306(Pt 1). 141233–141233. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, Zhihong Du, Yawei Liu, et al.. (2025). Charge-transfer complexation of coordination cages for enhanced photochromism and photocatalysis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 546–546. 20 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhihao, et al.. (2024). Amplification-free quantification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in food fermentations based on CRISPR/Cas12a with multi-crRNAs. Food Bioscience. 62. 105290–105290. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Species-level distribution of microbiota with secondary metabolic potential in Chinese Baijiu fermentation. Food Bioscience. 59. 104231–104231. 6 indexed citations
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Nie, Yao, et al.. (2024). Reduced lactic acid strengthens microbial community stability and function during Jiang-flavour Baijiu fermentation. Food Bioscience. 59. 103935–103935. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Longyun, et al.. (2023). Selection of initial microbial community for the alcoholic fermentation of sesame flavor-type baijiu. Food Research International. 172. 113141–113141. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuang, et al.. (2023). Solvent effects and mass transfer on aroma extraction during solid-state distillation. Food Bioscience. 53. 102682–102682. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Liang, Wenlai Fan, & Yan Xu. (2023). Qu-omics elucidates the formation and spatio-temporal differentiation mechanism underlying the microecology of high temperature Daqu. Food Chemistry. 438. 137988–137988. 49 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Daqu and environmental microbiota regulate fatty acid biosynthesis via driving the core microbiota in soy sauce aroma type liquor fermentation. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 408. 110423–110423. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Liangqiang, Guozheng Wang, Fan Yang, et al.. (2023). Non‐gene‐editing microbiome engineering of spontaneous food fermentation microbiota—Limitation control, design control, and integration. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 22(3). 1902–1932. 30 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Minh Ha, Hui Huang, & Robyn D. Warner. (2023). 51. Effect of 12-days ageing on texture and cooking loss of Australian pork silverside and loin. Animal - science proceedings. 14(7). 868–869. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Shilei, Qun Wu, Yao Nie, Jianfeng Wu, & Yan Xu. (2019). Construction of Synthetic Microbiota for Reproducible Flavor Compound Metabolism in Chinese Light-Aroma-Type Liquor Produced by Solid-State Fermentation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(10). 142 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, et al.. (2016). Analyzing the Characteristics of Roasting Process for Chinese Rice Wine by Fluidized Bed Using Superheated Steam. Food Science and Technology Research. 22(2). 159–172. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Kai, Zhuhao Wu, Nicolas Renier, et al.. (2014). Structures of netrin-1 bound to two receptors provide insight into its axon guidance mechanism. Science. 344(6189). 1275–1279. 129 indexed citations
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Xu, Kai, Dorothea Tzvetkova‐Robev, Yan Xu, et al.. (2013). Insights into Eph receptor tyrosine kinase activation from crystal structures of the EphA4 ectodomain and its complex with ephrin-A5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(36). 14634–14639. 57 indexed citations

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