Yang An

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
190 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Yang An is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang An has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 67 papers in Physiology and 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yang An's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (65 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Yang An is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (65 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Yang An collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yang An's co-authors include Susan M. Resnick, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B. Zonderman, Madhav Thambisetty, Richard O’Brien, Lori L. Beason‐Held, Dean F. Wong, Juan C. Troncoso, Murat Bilgel and Eleanor M. Simonsick and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yang An

179 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hearing loss and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

2011 535 citations Luigi Ferrucci, Yang An et al. profile →
Self-reported Sleep and β-Amyloid Deposition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

2013 425 citations Adam P. Spira, Yang An et al. profile →
Evidence for brain glucose dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease

2017 360 citations Yang An, Vijay R. Varma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang An United States	53	3.1k	2.2k	2.1k	1.8k	1.0k	190	8.8k
Ozioma C. Okonkwo United States	54	2.8k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	2.0k 1.0×	935 0.5×	909 0.9×	229	9.1k
Sanjay Asthana United States	62	4.8k 1.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	293	12.0k
Victor W. Henderson United States	64	2.6k 0.8×	3.4k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	272	15.4k
Hélène Amieva France	50	2.8k 0.9×	4.1k 1.8×	2.1k 1.0×	678 0.4×	921 0.9×	224	10.3k
Cassandra Szoeke Australia	46	4.2k 1.4×	4.3k 1.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	166	9.6k
Breno S. Diniz Brazil	52	2.8k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	172	8.8k
Nicola T. Lautenschlager Australia	52	3.2k 1.0×	4.7k 2.1×	1.3k 0.6×	795 0.4×	882 0.9×	279	10.5k
Steen Gregers Hasselbalch Denmark	47	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	203	8.9k
Prabha Siddarth United States	44	2.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	786 0.4×	597 0.6×	186	7.9k
Michael Ewers Germany	51	3.7k 1.2×	3.9k 1.8×	2.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.8×	147	8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang An

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang An

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20 of 20 papers shown

Osawa, Yusuke, Yang An, Yukiko Nishita, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal association between muscle and bone loss: Results of US and Japanese cohort studies. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 15(2). 746–755. 8 indexed citations

An, Yang. (2024). Analysis of the Effect of Problem-Oriented Nursing Intervention on Patients with Lower Extremity Arteriosclerosis Obliterans in Vascular Surgery. Journal of Clinical and Nursing Research. 8(4). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Kavita, et al.. (2024). Neuronal microstructural changes in the human brain are associated with neurocognitive aging. Aging Cell. 23(7). e14166–e14166. 9 indexed citations

An, Yang, et al.. (2024). The effectiveness of dry needling for plantar fasciitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1520585–1520585.

He, Linchen, Jill A. Rabinowitz, Yang An, et al.. (2024). Age and objectively measured sleep: investigating associations and interactions by sex and race in middle-aged and older adults. SLEEP Advances. 5(1). zpae045–zpae045. 2 indexed citations

Spira, Adam P., Fangyu Liu, Vadim Zipunnikov, et al.. (2024). Evaluating a novel 24-hour rest/activity rhythm marker of preclinical β-amyloid deposition. SLEEP. 47(5). 4 indexed citations

Marino, Francesca, Jennifer A. Deal, Ryan J. Dougherty, et al.. (2024). Differences in Daily Physical Activity by Alzheimer’s Risk Markers Among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(7). 3 indexed citations

Archer, Derek B., Kurt G. Schilling, Elizabeth E. Moore, et al.. (2023). Leveraging longitudinal diffusion MRI data to quantify differences in white matter microstructural decline in normal and abnormal aging. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 15(4). e12468–e12468. 6 indexed citations

Walker, Keenan A., Michael R. Duggan, Zhaoyuan Gong, et al.. (2023). MRI and fluid biomarkers reveal determinants of myelin and axonal loss with aging. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 10(3). 397–407. 14 indexed citations

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Paterson, Clare, Zhongsheng Peng, Michael R. Duggan, et al.. (2023). Proteomic Indicators of Health Predict Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Levels and Dementia Risk. Annals of Neurology. 95(2). 260–273. 11 indexed citations

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Shafer, Andrea T., Nicole M. Armstrong, Yang An, et al.. (2023). Associations of baseline and longitudinal change in cerebellum volume with age-related changes in verbal learning and memory. NeuroImage. 272. 120048–120048. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Di, Penghu Wei, Xiaotong Fan, et al.. (2023). Integrative roles of human amygdala subdivisions: Insight from direct intracerebral stimulations via stereotactic EEG. Human Brain Mapping. 44(9). 3610–3623. 11 indexed citations

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Betthauser, Tobey J., Murat Bilgel, Rebecca L. Koscik, et al.. (2022). Multi-method investigation of factors influencing amyloid onset and impairment in three cohorts. Brain. 145(11). 4065–4079. 52 indexed citations

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Shafer, Andrea T., Owen A. Williams, Yang An, et al.. (2022). Accelerated decline in white matter microstructure in subsequently impaired older adults and its relationship with cognitive decline. Brain Communications. 4(2). fcac051–fcac051. 20 indexed citations

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Kuo, Pei‐Lun, Jennifer A. Schrack, Morgan E. Levine, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Nature Aging. 2(7). 635–643. 43 indexed citations

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Mahajan, Uma V., Vijay R. Varma, Michael Griswold, et al.. (2020). Dysregulation of multiple metabolic networks related to brain transmethylation and polyamine pathways in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomic and transcriptomic study. PLoS Medicine. 17(1). e1003012–e1003012. 112 indexed citations

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Varma, Vijay R., Anup Mammen Oommen, Sudhir Varma, et al.. (2018). Brain and blood metabolite signatures of pathology and progression in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomics study. PLoS Medicine. 15(1). e1002482–e1002482. 344 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Ira, Bronwen Martin, Yang An, et al.. (2012). Plasma BDNF Is Associated with Age-Related White Matter Atrophy but Not with Cognitive Function in Older, Non-Demented Adults. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e35217–e35217. 88 indexed citations

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Resnick, Susan M., Mark A. Espeland, Yang An, et al.. (2010). Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogens on Cognition and Affect in Postmenopausal Women With Prior Hysterectomy. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 65(4). 242–243. 3 indexed citations

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Sojkova, Jitka, Lori L. Beason‐Held, Yun Zhou, et al.. (2008). Longitudinal Cerebral Blood Flow and Amyloid Deposition: An Emerging Pattern?. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 49(9). 1465–1471. 59 indexed citations

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