Yanfen Chai

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yanfen Chai is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfen Chai has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yanfen Chai's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (14 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers) and Inflammation biomarkers and pathways (6 papers). Yanfen Chai is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (14 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers) and Inflammation biomarkers and pathways (6 papers). Yanfen Chai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanfen Chai's co-authors include Yancun Liu, Yong-ming Yao, Xianbiao Zou, Songtao Shou, Chao Cao, Muming Yu, Yulei Gao, Heng Jin, Tao Ma and Jun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Infection and Immunity and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yanfen Chai

41 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Macrophage Polarization in Inflammatory Diseases 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2021 250 500 750
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. Macrophage Polarization in Inflammatory Diseases
    2014 851 citations Yancun Liu, Xianbiao Zou et al. International Journal of Biological Sciences profile →
  2. The roles of macrophage polarization in the host immune response to sepsis
    2021 191 citations Yancun Liu, Yulei Gao et al. International Immunopharmacology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanfen Chai China 16 948 739 544 198 195 46 2.1k
Yancun Liu China 15 781 0.8× 638 0.9× 430 0.8× 164 0.8× 146 0.7× 49 1.8k
Markus Bosmann United States 29 1.4k 1.5× 806 1.1× 604 1.1× 271 1.4× 126 0.6× 67 2.6k
Pascal Knuefermann Germany 28 930 1.0× 791 1.1× 465 0.9× 218 1.1× 265 1.4× 56 2.4k
Takashi Ito Japan 28 691 0.7× 604 0.8× 800 1.5× 323 1.6× 142 0.7× 102 2.7k
Andressa de Freitas Brazil 26 1.3k 1.4× 901 1.2× 516 0.9× 396 2.0× 301 1.5× 46 2.8k
Jeffrey Nicastro United States 25 662 0.7× 639 0.9× 297 0.5× 215 1.1× 139 0.7× 74 1.9k
Qianbin He United States 11 1.5k 1.6× 701 0.9× 342 0.6× 289 1.5× 210 1.1× 14 2.6k
Joanne Lomas‐Neira United States 25 1.1k 1.2× 716 1.0× 682 1.3× 515 2.6× 142 0.7× 44 2.1k
Zhongmin Liu China 24 425 0.4× 935 1.3× 460 0.8× 171 0.9× 362 1.9× 66 2.0k
Qixing Chen China 24 524 0.6× 503 0.7× 337 0.6× 201 1.0× 87 0.4× 53 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanfen Chai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanfen Chai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfen Chai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tang, Qing, Hongxin Wang, Hao Wang, et al.. (2025). Risk factors for death in patients with acute diquat poisoning. World Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16(3). 225–225. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Weiwei, Li Liu, Shuhang Wang, Yancun Liu, & Yanfen Chai. (2025). Integrated Omics Insights into Dapagliflozin Effects in Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Biomolecules. 15(2). 286–286. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Muming, et al.. (2025). Interaction between gut-heart axis in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy. Pharmacological Research. 217. 107806–107806.
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Li, Yan, Guoqiang Zhang, Xiaohui Chen, et al.. (2024). A national survey on current state and development needs of clinical and academic emergency medicine in China. BMC Medical Education. 24(1). 229–229. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Xia, Jieyu Liu, Tianyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). H-151 attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting the STING–TBK1 pathway. Renal Failure. 46(2). 2363591–2363591. 4 indexed citations
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Jin, Heng, Ziquan Liu, Jinqiang Wang, et al.. (2022). Remote ischemic postconditioning protects against crush-induced acute kidney injury via down-regulation of apoptosis and senescence. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 48(6). 4585–4593. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Yulei, et al.. (2022). Use of Quantitative Metagenomics Next-Generation Sequencing to Confirm Fever of Unknown Origin and Infectious Disease. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 931058–931058. 9 indexed citations
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Jin, Heng, et al.. (2022). Cellular senescence and acute kidney injury. Pediatric Nephrology. 37(12). 3009–3018. 37 indexed citations
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Jin, Heng, Yan Zhang, Qiong Ding, et al.. (2019). Epithelial innate immunity mediates tubular cell senescence after kidney injury. JCI Insight. 4(2). 98 indexed citations
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Cao, Chao, Muming Yu, & Yanfen Chai. (2019). Pathological alteration and therapeutic implications of sepsis-induced immune cell apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 10(10). 782–782. 230 indexed citations
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Liu, Yancun, Yuanyuan Luo, Xingyu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment as a prognostic factor for infected patients outside the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 14(4). 603–615. 33 indexed citations
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Chai, Yan, et al.. (2018). The effect of Xuebijing injection on the procoagulation of tissue factor by inositol-requiring enzyme 1α signaling pathway. Zhonghua jizhen yixue zazhi. 27(2). 159–163. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiangyou, Tongwen Sun, Yanfen Chai, et al.. (2018). ADJunctive Ulinastatin in Sepsis Treatment in China (ADJUST study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 19(1). 133–133. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Chao, et al.. (2018). Ulinastatin mediates suppression of regulatory T cells through TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway in murine sepsis. International Immunopharmacology. 64. 411–423. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Yancun, Muming Yu, Songtao Shou, & Yanfen Chai. (2017). Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and Treatments. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1021–1021. 157 indexed citations
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Liu, Yancun, et al.. (2015). Xuebijing Injection Promotes M2 Polarization of Macrophages and Improves Survival Rate in Septic Mice. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. 1–9. 26 indexed citations
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Chai, Yanfen. (2014). Design of embedded electronic bus-stop board based on i.MX53. Jisuanji gongcheng yu sheji.
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Liu, Yancun, Xianbiao Zou, Yanfen Chai, & Yong-ming Yao. (2014). Macrophage Polarization in Inflammatory Diseases. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 10(5). 520–529. 851 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chai, Yanfen, et al.. (2009). The effects of Xuebijing injection on expression of tissue factor in rat monocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide in vitro. Zhonghua shiyan waike zazhi. 26(3). 289–291. 3 indexed citations

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