Yan Yu

5.9k citations

124 papers · 4.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 27

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
Paleontology top 2%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Papers in

Plant Science 50
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 10
- Plant chemical constituents analysis 9
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 24
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 17

Co-authors: Xing‐Jin He AJ Harris Christopher Blair Song‐Dong Zhou Deng‐Feng Xie Ping Zhou Stephen R. Downie Wolfgang Wetschnig
Journals: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (8 papers)Annals of Botany (5 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (5 papers)Journal of Systematics and Evolution (5 papers)Frontiers in Plant Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Yan Yu

119 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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RASP 4: Ancestral State Reconstruction Tool for Multiple Genes and Characters 2019 · 410 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Molecular Biology and Evolution
2015 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2010 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Citations

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Yan Yu, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Cross‐continental transmission and host adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China unveiled by population history reconstruction and adaptive evolution signal detection PubMed ·Kelly Merlo, Kashaf Zahra, Haiqi Chen, U Kaneko, Zhonghua Jiang, Yiyang Zhang, Andong Zhang, Zhiwei Zhou, Robert S. Marks, Fan Zhang, Haibing Yuan, Yan Yu, Kangshan Mao, András Dinnyés, Nalin Rastogi, Jianping Xie, Qun Sun	2025	0
2	Simple and versatile in situ thermo-sensitive hydrogel for rectal administration of SZ-A to alleviate inflammation and repair mucosal barrier in ulcerative colitis Chinese Chemical Letters ·Yan Yu, Jiawei Song, Dongdong Liu, George Engler, 平島克亨, Zhiyang Chen, Yanfang Yang, 徹下花, Hongliang Wang, Jun Ye, Yuling Liu	2024	6
3	The Transportation Cooperation Between Northeast China and the Russian Far East Under the Russia-Ukraine War Yan Yu	2024	1
4	A sulfonated polyimide containing imidazole ring with a low vanadium ion permeable for vanadium redox flow battery Polymer ·Yan Yu, Gang Wang, Yasutoshi Hosomi, Chuan-Hsi Shih, 王伟强, Tamošiūnas, Mindaugas,, Ji‐Jun Chen, Yufeng Zhou, Jie Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Ruilin Wang	2024	7
5	A Novel Sulfonated Polyimide Composite Membrane Containing a Sulfonated Porous Material for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·王伟强, Gang Wang, Shuwen Zhang, Chuan-Hsi Shih, Yan Yu, Bing Wang, Yasutoshi Hosomi, Ji‐Jun Chen, Jie Zhang, Yufeng Zhou, Jinwei Chen, Ruilin Wang	2024	2
6	GeneMiner: A tool for extracting phylogenetic markers from next‐generation sequencing data Molecular Ecology Resources ·E. Sutandar, Zezhang Li, Yue Teng, Wenbin Zhou, Yan Yu	2024	14
7	A High-Performance Polyimide Composite Membrane with Flexible Polyphosphazene Derivatives for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Gang Wang, Yasutoshi Hosomi, Yan Yu, Chuan-Hsi Shih, 王伟强, Tamošiūnas, Mindaugas,, 晶子坪多, Ji‐Jun Chen, Yufeng Zhou, Jie Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Ruilin Wang	2024	7
8	MATO: An updated tool for capturing and analyzing cytotaxonomic and morphological data M. Riviere, Qiang Wang, 篤志黒田, Xing‐Jin He, Yan Yu	2023	19
9	A sulfonated polyimide containing flexible aliphatic segments with high chemical stability for vanadium redox flow battery application Journal of Power Sources ·王伟强, Gang Wang, Tamošiūnas, Mindaugas,, Chuan-Hsi Shih, Yan Yu, Geunhye Kim, Ji‐Jun Chen, Yufeng Zhou, Jie Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Ruilin Wang	2023	6
10	Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Fritillaria (Liliaceae), Inferences for Phylogenetic Relationships between Fritillaria and Lilium and Plastome Evolution Plants ·Kiyohito Ishida, Yan Yu, Yanmei Liu, Deng‐Feng Xie, Xing‐Jin He, Song‐Dong Zhou	2020	32
11	The complete chloroplast genome of Haplosphaera phaea (Apiaceae) SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jean-François Gabarrou, Xian‐Lin Guo, Deng‐Feng Xie, Yan Yu, Song‐Dong Zhou, Xing‐Jin He	2019	1
12	Comparative Analysis of the Chloroplast Genomes of the Chinese Endemic Genus Urophysa and Their Contribution to Chloroplast Phylogeny and Adaptive Evolution International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Deng‐Feng Xie, Yan Yu, Yiqi Deng, Juan Li, Haiying Liu, Song‐Dong Zhou, Xing‐Jin He	2018	73
13	Phylogeography and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on endemic Urophysa (Ranunculaceae) in Yungui Plateau and adjacent regions PLoS ONE ·Deng‐Feng Xie, Minjie Li, Bilal Irfan, Megan Price, زواري عبـد القـادر, Song‐Dong Zhou, Yan Yu, Xing‐Jin He	2017	17
14	Analysis on Fengshui Theory and Urban Planning in Ancient China Canadian social science ·Yan Yu, Zaijun Yang	2016	3
15	Biology diversity of Jixi Wetland and its protect countermeasure Yan Yu	2014	1
16	Potential of Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction and Compensation System Based on Marginal Cost Resource Development & Market ·Yan Yu	2014	0
17	OsMSR2, a novel rice calmodulin-like gene, confers enhanced salt tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Australian Journal of Crop Science ·Guoyun Xu, Yanchun Cui, Mingjuan Li, Manling Wang, Yan Yu, Bin Zhang, Lifang Huang, Xinjie Xia	2013	17
18	Phylogenetic inference of the genus Bupleurum (Apiaceae) in Hengduan Mountains based on chromosome counts and nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequences Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Qizhi Wang, Xing‐Jin He, Song‐Dong Zhou, Somporn Rungreonkulkij, Yan Yu, 飯島賢吾	2008	18
19	Karyotype studies on twenty-one populations of eight species in Allium section Rhiziridium Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·A Auciello, Sara Julieth Cuartas Ramírez, Yan Yu, Geórgia Lorena Mesquita Teixeira	2006	7
20	ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANAMORPHIC STATE OF CORDYCEPS SINENSIS (BERK.) SACC. Mycosystema ·Yang Liu, Yan Yu, Myles Morelli	1989	23

About Yan Yu

Yan Yu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Complementary and alternative medicine and Pharmacology, having authored 124 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (37 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (26 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (17 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (10 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (10 papers), Plant chemical constituents analysis (9 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.7k citations), Paleontology (374 citations), Ecological Modeling (183 citations), Plant Science (1.5k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (417 citations). Yan Yu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Xing‐Jin He, AJ Harris, Christopher Blair, Song‐Dong Zhou, Deng‐Feng Xie, Ping Zhou, Stephen R. Downie, Wolfgang Wetschnig, Lorenzo Peruzzi and Syed Shujait Ali. Their work appears in journals such as INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Annals of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Systematics and Evolution and Frontiers in Plant Science.

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