Yan Yan

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yan Yan is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Yan has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pharmacology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Yan's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (24 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Yan Yan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (24 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Yan Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yan Yan's co-authors include Hengxiang Li, Xiujuan Yu, Xiang‐Rong Xu, Lang Lin, Wen‐Xiong Wang, Yi Tang, Jinping Peng, Lincoln Fok, Liqi Cai and Linzi Zuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yan Yan

107 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban river: A case study in the Pearl River along Guangzhou City, China
    2018 469 citations Yan Yan et al. The Science of The Total Environment 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 Yan China 31 1.1k 726 684 655 427 113 3.6k
Michael Spiteller Germany 39 1.6k 1.4× 992 1.4× 144 0.2× 1.3k 1.9× 548 1.3× 266 6.0k
Martine Sancelme France 39 1.3k 1.2× 845 1.2× 316 0.5× 213 0.3× 217 0.5× 101 4.6k
Om V. Singh United States 34 1.0k 0.9× 2.1k 2.9× 151 0.2× 218 0.3× 221 0.5× 210 5.6k
Freek Ariese Netherlands 42 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 2.1× 565 0.8× 117 0.2× 794 1.9× 214 7.9k
Hirofumi Shoun Japan 48 1.7k 1.5× 3.3k 4.6× 232 0.3× 748 1.1× 529 1.2× 177 7.4k
Claudio Rossi Italy 34 321 0.3× 1.0k 1.4× 284 0.4× 163 0.2× 283 0.7× 276 4.6k
Ronald L. Crawford United States 54 3.0k 2.7× 1.7k 2.4× 161 0.2× 464 0.7× 462 1.1× 186 9.7k
Luigí Campanella Italy 39 852 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 200 0.3× 189 0.3× 458 1.1× 342 6.4k
Andrés D. Campiglia United States 30 381 0.3× 588 0.8× 280 0.4× 97 0.1× 601 1.4× 150 3.4k
Cynthia K. Larive United States 42 842 0.8× 2.3k 3.2× 91 0.1× 209 0.3× 427 1.0× 171 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Yan

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

All Works

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Fan, Wenxuan, Yuan Kong, Cong Xu, et al.. (2025). Anti‐Perovskite Type Ni 3 InC 0.5 Anchored on Defective Nano Diamond‐Graphene for Highly Efficient Acetylene Semi‐Hydrogenation. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(46).
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Ma, Shengchao, Rui Guo, Yue Wang, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen and phosphorus addition affected soil organic carbon storage and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contributions. Journal of Environmental Management. 393. 126904–126904. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Bomin, et al.. (2024). Ecological criteria for antibiotics in aquatic environments based on species sensitivity distribution. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 287. 117261–117261. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Junfeng, et al.. (2024). NTF2‐Like Enzymes as Versatile Biocatalysts in Fungal Natural Product Biosynthesis. ChemCatChem. 17(3). 2 indexed citations
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Song, Yongxiang, Yun Peng Huang, Songtao Wang, et al.. (2023). Sulfoxanthicillin from the deep-sea derived Penicillium sp. SCSIO sof101: an antimicrobial compound against Gram-positive and -negative pathogens. The Journal of Antibiotics. 76(3). 113–120. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, Jie Qu, Ying Di, Chun Zhang, & Xiaoliang Cheng. (2022). Measurement of tigecycline in dried blood spots by LC–MS/MS and comparison tigecycline concentrations between whole blood and plasma. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 37(1). e9416–e9416. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Liping Zhang, Zhiwen Liu, et al.. (2021). Structures and absolute configurations of phomalones from the coral-associated fungus Parengyodontium album sp. SCSIO 40430. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(27). 6030–6037. 8 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2021). Influencing factors and strategy to the career planning of operating room nurses. Nursing Open. 8(5). 2637–2644. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Peng, Yang Deng, Li Chen, et al.. (2021). Increasing sulfate concentration and sedimentary decaying cyanobacteria co-affect organic carbon mineralization in eutrophic lake sediments. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 3). 151260–151260. 16 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, Xin Zang, Cooper S. Jamieson, et al.. (2020). Biosynthesis of the fungal glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor heptelidic acid and mechanism of self-resistance. Chemical Science. 11(35). 9554–9562. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qianqian, et al.. (2019). Antioxidant constituents of chrysanthemum ‘jinsidaju’ cultivated in Kaifeng. Fitoterapia. 134. 39–43. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chenghui, Yan Yan, Zixin Huang, et al.. (2018). Triclinic AlPO-34 zeolite synthesized with nicotine and its proton conduction properties. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 96. 165–169. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, Yong‐Lin Wang, Aimin Wang, et al.. (2016). Isolation and characterization of two new 2-isobutylmalates from Bletilla striata. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 14(11). 871–875. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Ning, Lijie Zhao, Tzi Bun Ng, et al.. (2015). Separation and purification of the antioxidant compound hispidin from mushrooms by molecularly imprinted polymer. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(18). 7569–7577. 14 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2012). Tris[hexaamminecobalt(III)] bis[trioxalatocobaltate(II)] chloride dodecahydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 68(7). m914–m915. 4 indexed citations
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