Yanfeng Yao

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yanfeng Yao is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfeng Yao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Epidemiology, 26 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yanfeng Yao's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (21 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (13 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (12 papers). Yanfeng Yao is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (21 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (13 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (12 papers). Yanfeng Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Yanfeng Yao's co-authors include Chuan Qin, Linlin Bao, Wei Deng, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Jian‐Piao Cai, Man Lung Yeung, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Jie Zhou, Hin Chu and Pin Yü and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yanfeng Yao

43 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-β1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset

2015 482 citations Yanfeng Yao, Wei Deng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanfeng Yao China	15	1.1k	402	287	258	234	47	1.5k
Naganori Nao Japan	19	1.7k 1.5×	546 1.4×	296 1.0×	162 0.6×	209 0.9×	41	2.2k
Naoko Iwata‐Yoshikawa Japan	18	1.6k 1.4×	385 1.0×	329 1.1×	297 1.2×	174 0.7×	36	2.0k
Anurodh Shankar Agrawal United States	19	1.1k 1.0×	397 1.0×	308 1.1×	251 1.0×	82 0.4×	23	1.6k
Laurence Josset France	28	1.2k 1.0×	592 1.5×	533 1.9×	389 1.5×	101 0.4×	70	2.0k
Kenneth H. Dinnon United States	14	1.6k 1.4×	248 0.6×	271 0.9×	246 1.0×	295 1.3×	25	1.9k
Hiroshi Katoh Japan	15	1.3k 1.2×	332 0.8×	440 1.5×	212 0.8×	135 0.6×	38	1.9k
Philip Meade United States	11	1.2k 1.0×	373 0.9×	162 0.6×	229 0.9×	136 0.6×	23	1.5k
Trevor Scobey United States	17	2.1k 1.8×	215 0.5×	343 1.2×	260 1.0×	203 0.9×	28	2.4k
Cynthia Martellaro United States	17	1.3k 1.2×	360 0.9×	106 0.4×	122 0.5×	136 0.6×	21	1.5k
Laura Gillim-Ross United States	14	776 0.7×	495 1.2×	136 0.5×	217 0.8×	85 0.4×	19	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfeng Yao

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Ren, Yi, Pengfei Fan, Ting Fang, et al.. (2025). Potent Cross‐neutralizing Antibodies Reveal Vulnerabilities of Henipavirus Fusion Glycoprotein. Advanced Science. 12(27). e2501996–e2501996. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shaohong, Xinghai Zhang, Yanfeng Yao, et al.. (2024). Ferritin nanoparticle-based Nipah virus glycoprotein vaccines elicit potent protective immune responses in mice and hamsters. Virologica Sinica. 39(6). 909–916. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Huajun, Yanfeng Yao, Ming Li, et al.. (2024). Potent human neutralizing antibodies against Nipah virus derived from two ancestral antibody heavy chains. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2987–2987. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Kunpeng, Yun Peng, Zhe Ding, et al.. (2022). Recombinant chimpanzee adenovirus vector vaccine expressing the spike protein provides effective and lasting protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. Virologica Sinica. 37(4). 581–590. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shaohong, Zengguo Cao, Yanfeng Yao, et al.. (2022). Increased pathogenicity and aerosol transmission for one SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant over the wild-type strain in hamsters. Virologica Sinica. 37(6). 796–803. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Dawei, et al.. (2022). A randomized controlled trial of bedside ultrasound RUSH process to improve the quality of anesthesia for elderly emergency surgery patients. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 38(6). 1696–1702. 1 indexed citations

Bao, Linlin, Lili Xu, Hua Zhu, et al.. (2021). Correction to: Transmission of H7N9 influenza virus in mice by different infective routes. Virology Journal. 18(1). 140–140.

Ma, Fuying, Zherui Zhang, Mingxin Li, et al.. (2020). Vaccination with Consensus H7 Elicits Broadly Reactive and Protective Antibodies against Eurasian and North American Lineage H7 Viruses. Vaccines. 8(1). 143–143. 5 indexed citations

Deng, Yao, Jiaming Lan, Linlin Bao, et al.. (2018). Enhanced protection in mice induced by immunization with inactivated whole viruses compare to spike protein of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 7(1). 1–10. 39 indexed citations

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Xing, Qiang, et al.. (2018). The Effect of the Embodied Guidance in the Insight Problem Solving: An Eye Movement Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2257–2257. 6 indexed citations

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Yü, Pin, Yanfeng Xu, Wei Deng, et al.. (2017). Comparative pathology of rhesus macaque and common marmoset animal models with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172093–e0172093. 23 indexed citations

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Yao, Yanfeng, et al.. (2016). Frontogenesis Process and Slantwise Vorticity Development of a Rainstorm Process in the Eastern Gansu. Gaoyuan qixiang. 35(2). 419–431. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Yanfeng, Yao Deng, Linlin Bao, et al.. (2016). The recombinant N-terminal domain of spike proteins is a potential vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Vaccine. 35(1). 10–18. 67 indexed citations

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Wang, Huadong, Yanfeng Yao, Xueying Liu, et al.. (2015). Complete Protection of Mice against Lethal Murine Cytomegalovirus Challenge by Immunization with DNA Vaccines Encoding Envelope Glycoprotein Complex III Antigens gH, gL and gO. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119964–e0119964. 10 indexed citations

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Yuan, Jing, Lili Xu, Linlin Bao, et al.. (2015). Characterization of an H9N2 avian influenza virus from a Fringilla montifringilla brambling in northern China. Virology. 476. 289–297. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Lili, Linlin Bao, Wei Deng, et al.. (2014). Rapid adaptation of avian H7N9 virus in pigs. Virology. 452-453. 231–236. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Lili, Linlin Bao, Wei Deng, et al.. (2013). The mouse and ferret models for studying the novel avian-origin human influenza A (H7N9) virus. Virology Journal. 10(1). 253–253. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Jianjun, Qian Liu, Quanjiao Chen, et al.. (2013). Comparative analysis of antibody induction and protection against influenza virus infection by DNA immunization with HA, HAe, and HA1 in mice. Archives of Virology. 159(4). 689–700. 9 indexed citations

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Yao, Yanfeng, Huadong Wang, Quanjiao Chen, et al.. (2012). Characterization of low-pathogenic H6N6 avian influenza viruses in central China. Archives of Virology. 158(2). 367–377. 24 indexed citations

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Yao, Yanfeng, et al.. (2006). The immune response of mice against pGM-CSF/SS somatostatin DNA vaccine. Huazhong Nongye Daxue xuebao. 3 indexed citations

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