Yan Xu

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xu has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 18 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yan Xu's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (20 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (16 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (8 papers). Yan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (20 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (16 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (8 papers). Yan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Yan Xu's co-authors include Hong Sun, Zhen Ding, Liubo Zhang, Wenjing Yang, Jin Shen, Jiao Wang, Lijun Pan, Yujing Zhang, Dan Ye and Junqi Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

90 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Disinfection technology of hospital wastes and wastewater: Suggestions for disinfection strategy during coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China

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Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xu

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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.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Impact of Agricultural Machinery Services on Food Loss at the Producer Level: Evidence from China 2025 ·Agriculture ·Yan Xu, (unknown), Dandan Yuan, (unknown), (unknown)	2
2	Association of Internet Addiction Severity with Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation among Civil Aircrew Members: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey 2025 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jing Zhang, Erliang Zhang, (unknown), Lin Zhang, (unknown), Qingqing Jin, (unknown), Minzhi Chen, Ruihan Li, Yan Xu, (unknown), Jiamei Zhu, (unknown), Fangyuan Wu, (unknown)	2
3	Depressive, anxiety, and sleep disturbance symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a network analysis perspective 2025 ·BMC Psychiatry ·(unknown), Shuangyan Li, (unknown), Yan Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Bin Zhang	3
4	Association between post-COVID-19 sleep disturbance and neurocognitive function: a comparative study based on propensity score matching 2025 ·Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B ·Shunda Du, (unknown), Yuanhui Li, Shuai Liu, (unknown), Shufei Zeng, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Xu, (unknown), Bin Zhang	1
5	Effectiveness of WeChat-assisted preoperative education to reduce perioperative anxiety in breast cancer patients: a prospective randomized controlled study protocol 2024 ·Trials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chunyuan Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Siyu Yan, (unknown), Yan Xu, Li Zhou, Chunling Jiang	0
6	Investigating the causal relationship between gut microbiota and gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study 2024 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Chunyu Zhang, (unknown), Jingjing Cao, Yan Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Rui Li, Zhiwei Miao	7
7	Understanding Mumps Dynamics: Epidemiological Traits and Breakthrough Infections in the Population under 15 Years of Age in Jiangsu Province, China, 2023 2024 ·Vaccines ·(unknown), Zhiguo Wang, Zhihao Liu, (unknown), Li Wang, (unknown), Yan Xu, Lei Zhang, (unknown), Bei Wang	2
8	Dose-response relationship between body mass index and hypertension: A cross-sectional study from Eastern China 2024 ·Preventive Medicine Reports ·(unknown), Chen Qu, (unknown), Lijun Lu, Jiaping Chen, Yan Xu, Xiaoning Li, (unknown), (unknown), Shiqi Zhen, Sijun Liu	0
9	Angiography-based hemodynamic features predict recurrent ischemic events after angioplasty and stenting of intracranial vertebrobasilar atherosclerotic stenosis 2023 ·European Radiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Mingming Zha, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Xu, (unknown), Ruidong Ye, Yunfei Han, Wusheng Zhu, Zhongzhao Teng, Juan Du, Xinfeng Liu	7
10	The Decay of Pertussis Antibodies in Children Aged 0–14 Years in Jiangsu Province, China 2023 ·Vaccines ·Wen Wang, Zhiguo Wang, Qiang Chen, Mei Li, (unknown), Yan Xu, (unknown), Xiang Sun, Hui Sun	2
11	The negative beam source with single driver for CRAFT NNBI: design and conditioning results 2023 ·Journal of Instrumentation ·Yahong Xie, Jianglong Wei, Yongchun Gu, Yan Xu, Lizhen Liang, Qiliang Cui, Wei Liu, (unknown), Yang Yi, (unknown), Yang Zhao, Caichao Jiang, Songlin Liu, Yi Xie, C. D. Hu	10
12	Characterization and exposure assessment of household fine particulate matter pollution in China 2021 ·Indoor Air ·Yuyan Yang, Fan Lin, Jiao Wang, Yuanduo Zhu, Xu Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Xu, Li Li, Yu Jing Zhang, (unknown), Xiaoyuan Yao, (unknown), (unknown)	12
13	Psychological impact on COVID-19 patients during the outbreak in China: A case-control study 2021 ·Psychiatry Research ·(unknown), Yu Xie, Hongliang Feng, Zhenxing Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Meiyao Wang, (unknown), Zhiyi Zhu, (unknown), You Zhou, Jing Cao, (unknown), Yan Xu, Yumin Liu, (unknown)	6
14	Cumulative effects of ambient particulate matter pollution on deaths: A multicity analysis of mortality displacement 2021 ·Chemosphere ·Qi Chen, Qingqing Wang, Bin Xu, Yan Xu, Zhen Ding, Jinyi Zhou, Hong Sun	7
15	In vitro inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by commonly used disinfection products and methods 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Xiling Guo, Yin Chen, Ling Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Fang Li, Xiaoyan Zeng, Yiyue Ge, Ying Chi, Lunbiao Cui, Liubo Zhang, (unknown), Yan Xu	81
16	Individual Perceived Stress Mediates Psychological Distress in Medical Workers During COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak in Wuhan 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Chao Zhang, Daihui Peng, Lei Lv, Kaiming Zhuo, Keming Yu, Ting Shen, Yan Xu, Zhen Wang	1
17	[Multi-site analysis of acute effects of air pollutants combination exposure on mortality in Jiangsu Province, China]. 2019 ·PubMed ·Qingqing Wang, (unknown), Jiayao Zhang, Hong Sun, Lian Zhou, Zhen Ding, Yan Xu	3
18	Comparative analysis of IDF, ATPIII and CDS in the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome among adult inhabitants in Jiangxi Province, China 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Wei Qi Yan, (unknown), Yi‐Ying Chen, Jie Liu, Yan Xu, Lü Ji, (unknown)	14
19	Associations between risk perception, spontaneous adaptation behavior to heat waves and heatstroke in Guangdong province, China 2013 ·BMC Public Health ·Tao Liu, Yan Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuan Luo, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu, Hua Lin, Jun Wen	95
20	Heavy Metal Pollution Evaluation and Spatial Influence Range Analysis for Main Roads Within the Fifth Ring Road of Beijing Urban 2013 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yan Xu, Nana Luo, Wenji Zhao, (unknown), Wenzhong Shi, Tao Tang	5

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