Yanan Wang

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yanan Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanan Wang has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Physiology and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yanan Wang's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (18 papers). Yanan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (18 papers). Yanan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Yanan Wang's co-authors include Patrick C.N. Rensen, Ko Willems van Dijk, Sander Kooijman, Jimmy F.P. Berbée, Enchen Zhou, Inga Mahler, Hillel S. Levinson, Albert K. Groen, Martin Giera and Johannes A. Romijn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Yanan Wang

176 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Butyrate reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tis... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 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. Butyrate reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tissue via the gut-brain neural circuit
    2017 516 citations Sander Kooijman, Jimmy F.P. Berbée 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
Yanan Wang China 36 1.8k 857 651 588 540 187 4.2k
Cai‐Xia Zhang China 40 2.0k 1.1× 599 0.7× 370 0.6× 602 1.0× 477 0.9× 300 6.6k
Edmond Rock France 50 1.2k 0.7× 894 1.0× 453 0.7× 409 0.7× 835 1.5× 150 7.0k
Anja Olsen Denmark 47 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 486 0.7× 346 0.6× 355 0.7× 198 6.4k
Li‐Qiang Qin China 49 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 2.6× 698 1.1× 614 1.0× 837 1.6× 258 8.0k
Kathryn E. Davis United States 31 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.8× 939 1.6× 699 1.3× 68 5.1k
Xuejun Li China 32 885 0.5× 758 0.9× 764 1.2× 311 0.5× 541 1.0× 150 3.3k
Andreas Hahn Germany 42 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.8× 392 0.6× 530 0.9× 576 1.1× 272 7.4k
Gabriele I. Stangl Germany 40 1.2k 0.6× 991 1.2× 348 0.5× 432 0.7× 286 0.5× 202 4.8k
Si Jin China 39 2.2k 1.2× 480 0.6× 690 1.1× 342 0.6× 324 0.6× 169 5.2k
Yeon-Ju Kim South Korea 40 2.3k 1.2× 295 0.3× 446 0.7× 430 0.7× 204 0.4× 222 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanan Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanan Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanan Wang

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

All Works

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Yang, Jing, Guoli Li, Mingqian He, et al.. (2025). Butyrate Prevents Obesity Accompanied by HDAC9-Mediated Browning of White Adipose Tissue. Biomedicines. 13(2). 260–260. 2 indexed citations
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Mao, Guannan, Wei Hu, Zhineng Wu, et al.. (2025). Enhanced BDE-47 biotransformation via cross-feeding in an aerobic-facultative anaerobic bacterial synthetic community. Environmental Research. 282. 122047–122047. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 system by AAV as vectors for gene therapy. Gene. 927. 148733–148733. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in luteinizing hormone aggravates Aβ deposition in APP/PS1 and Aβ1-42-induced mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. European Journal of Pharmacology. 970. 176485–176485. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhihui, et al.. (2024). Online carbon emissions auto-accounting approach in aluminum casting production. Procedia CIRP. 122. 946–951. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingchen, Guixue Hou, Xin Wang, et al.. (2024). Metabolomic studies reveal and validate potential biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy in two Chinese datasets with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 439–439. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan, Xiaohu Liu, Keyang Li, et al.. (2024). Self-Sulfhydrated, Nitro-Fixed Albumin Nanoparticles as a Potent Therapeutic Agent for the Treatment of Acute Liver Injury. ACS Nano. 18(31). 20772–20791. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Haibin, et al.. (2023). CRISPR/Cas9 system and its applications in nervous system diseases. Genes & Diseases. 11(2). 675–686. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuling, et al.. (2023). Phlorizin ameliorates myocardial fibrosis by inhibiting pyroptosis through restraining HK1-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Heliyon. 9(11). e21217–e21217. 5 indexed citations
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Ying, Zhixiong, Joost M. Lambooij, Bruno Guigas, et al.. (2023). Combined GIP receptor and GLP1 receptor agonism attenuates NAFLD in male APOE∗3-Leiden.CETP mice. EBioMedicine. 93. 104684–104684. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Mingxi Gan, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2023). STUB1-mediated ubiquitination regulates the stability of GLUD1 in lung adenocarcinoma. iScience. 26(7). 107151–107151. 10 indexed citations
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He, Xiaoyan, Fengjie Gao, Wen Lu, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Underlies Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). e0005823–e0005823. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Zongling, et al.. (2022). Identification of candidate aberrant differentially methylated/expressed genes in asthma. Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology. 18(1). 108–108. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yi, Yang Yang, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2020). Localized Property Design and Gradient Processing of a Hydraulic Valve Body Using Selective Laser Melting. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 26(2). 1151–1160. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2020). STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTESTINAL FLORA IN GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS BY USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING. International journal of scientific research. 9(3). 2 indexed citations
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Zhuang, Li, Jimmy F.P. Berbée, Annette E. Neele, et al.. (2018). Lipopolysaccharide Lowers Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein by Activating F4/80 + Clec4f + Vsig4 + Ly6C − Kupffer Cell Subsets. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7(6). 76 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan. (2011). Understandability of Accounting Information:International Comparison,Influencing Factors and Countermeasures. Journal of Xiamen University. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2010). Multivariate analysis of pregnancy outcomes and investigation of precaution in placental abruption.. 26(2). 114–118.
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Boer, Marion A.M. den, Marit Westerterp, Jitske de Vries-van der Weij, et al.. (2009). Ritonavir protects against the development of atherosclerosis in APOE*3-Leiden mice. Atherosclerosis. 210(2). 381–387. 3 indexed citations

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