Yanan He

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yanan He is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanan He has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yanan He's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Endometriosis Research and Treatment (9 papers). Yanan He is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Endometriosis Research and Treatment (9 papers). Yanan He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Yanan He's co-authors include John Orban, Philip N. Bryan, Yihong Chen, Patrick Alexander, Dingkun Zhang, Runchun Xu, Lijuan Pan, Shanlin Yu, Mingna Chen and Xiaoyuan Chi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yanan He

104 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

New progress in the pharmacology of protocatechuic acid: A compound ingested in daily foods and herbs frequently and heavily

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanan He China	33	2.1k	887	428	258	215	109	3.3k
Bin Qin China	31	1.9k 0.9×	276 0.3×	177 0.4×	237 0.9×	369 1.7×	127	3.2k
Kanyawim Kirtikara Thailand	26	2.0k 1.0×	700 0.8×	190 0.4×	232 0.9×	292 1.4×	48	4.7k
Luke L. Lairson United States	28	3.2k 1.6×	347 0.4×	159 0.4×	503 1.9×	103 0.5×	62	4.7k
Vanicha Vichai Thailand	13	1.6k 0.8×	331 0.4×	175 0.4×	151 0.6×	170 0.8×	30	3.4k
Paolo Paoli Italy	34	2.2k 1.1×	248 0.3×	222 0.5×	458 1.8×	204 0.9×	116	4.2k
Csaba Hetényi Hungary	30	1.9k 0.9×	264 0.3×	194 0.5×	256 1.0×	66 0.3×	94	3.4k
Harald John Germany	29	835 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	114 0.3×	173 0.7×	194 0.9×	107	2.6k
Wei Peng China	27	1.9k 0.9×	269 0.3×	174 0.4×	243 0.9×	115 0.5×	98	3.0k
Simon Newstead United Kingdom	40	3.6k 1.7×	547 0.6×	446 1.0×	185 0.7×	81 0.4×	84	5.3k
Brian A. Morgan United Kingdom	36	4.4k 2.1×	980 1.1×	222 0.5×	296 1.1×	122 0.6×	55	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanan He

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanan He

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Li, Miao, Y. P. Xu, Yushan Yan, et al.. (2025). Smart window with high solar blocking capability: Integrating electrochromic TiO2-viologen composite film and thermochromic electrolyte. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166975–166975.

Liu, Yu, Yanan He, Qi Hu, et al.. (2025). Storage Process: A New Method Reduces the Acute Toxicity of the Essential Oil of Artemisia argyi H. Lév. & Vaniot by 40%. 0(0). 0–0.

Tian, Xinrong, K. A. NEWLANDER, Louis V. LaFrance, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric synthesis of potent and orally bioavailable thiophene-based EZH2 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 127. 130291–130291. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Jun, Ming Yang, Zhenfeng Wu, et al.. (2025). Preparation, characterization, and evaluation of the wound healing activity of Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata polysaccharide nanofiber-based trauma dressing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 321(Pt 4). 145902–145902. 1 indexed citations

He, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Solution NMR backbone resonance assignment of the full-length resistance-related calcium-binding protein Sorcin. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 18(2). 253–256. 1 indexed citations

He, Yanan, Chongke Zheng, Wei Sun, et al.. (2024). Natural variation of Grain size 3 allele differentially functions in regulating grain length in xian/indica and geng/japonica rice. Euphytica. 220(3). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yonghao, et al.. (2024). Photochromic and electrochromic dual-responsive devices: Integration of TiO2-Prussian blue composites and novel extended viologen. Chemical Engineering Journal. 501. 157818–157818. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Conghui, Yulong Wang, Jinjun Zhou, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Scan for Genetic Signatures Based on the Whole-Genome Resequencing of Salt- and Drought-Tolerant Rice Varieties. Agronomy. 13(7). 1936–1936. 1 indexed citations

Ruan, Biao, Yanan He, Yingwei Chen, et al.. (2023). Design and characterization of a protein fold switching network. Nature Communications. 14(1). 431–431. 19 indexed citations

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Ke, Danxia, et al.. (2021). The soybean TGA transcription factor GmTGA13 plays important roles in the response to salinity stress. Plant Biology. 24(2). 313–322. 27 indexed citations

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He, Yanan, Pragati Agnihotri, Sneha Rangarajan, et al.. (2020). Peptide–MHC Binding Reveals Conserved Allosteric Sites in MHC Class I- and Class II-Restricted T Cell Receptors (TCRs). Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(24). 166697–166697. 12 indexed citations

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He, Yanan, et al.. (2020). From natural dye to herbal medicine: a systematic review of chemical constituents, pharmacological effects and clinical applications of indigo naturalis. Chinese Medicine. 15(1). 127–127. 37 indexed citations

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Porter, Lauren L., Yanan He, Yihong Chen, John Orban, & Philip N. Bryan. (2015). Subdomain Interactions Foster the Design of Two Protein Pairs with ∼80% Sequence Identity but Different Folds. Biophysical Journal. 108(1). 154–162. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaoli, Yanan He, Huabin Zhu, et al.. (2014). Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in X and Y sperm using suppression subtractive hybridization and cDNA microarray. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 81(10). 908–917. 20 indexed citations

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He, Yanan, Yihong Chen, Patrick Alexander, Philip N. Bryan, & John Orban. (2012). Mutational Tipping Points for Switching Protein Folds and Functions. Structure. 20(2). 283–291. 80 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yu, Yanan He, Fan Yang, et al.. (2011). The Cancer/Testis Antigen Prostate-associated Gene 4 (PAGE4) Is a Highly Intrinsically Disordered Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(16). 13985–13994. 56 indexed citations

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Alexander, Patrick, Yanan He, Yihong Chen, John Orban, & Philip N. Bryan. (2009). A minimal sequence code for switching protein structure and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(50). 21149–21154. 192 indexed citations

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He, Yanan, Yihong Chen, Patrick Alexander, Philip N. Bryan, & John Orban. (2008). NMR structures of two designed proteins with high sequence identity but different fold and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(38). 14412–14417. 86 indexed citations

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Alexander, Patrick, Yanan He, Yihong Chen, John Orban, & Philip N. Bryan. (2007). The design and characterization of two proteins with 88% sequence identity but different structure and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(29). 11963–11968. 140 indexed citations

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He, Yanan, et al.. (2005). Solution NMR Structures of IgG Binding Domains with Artificially Evolved High Levels of Sequence Identity but Different Folds^,. Biochemistry. 44(43). 14055–14061. 26 indexed citations

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