Yang Du

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Du is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Du has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yang Du's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (35 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (16 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (16 papers). Yang Du is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (35 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (16 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (16 papers). Yang Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Du's co-authors include Jie Tian, Chongwei Chi, Qian Liang, Jie Tian, Xiaolong Liang, Xing‐Jie Liang, Xiaoli Liu, Kun Wang, Jinzuo Ye and Hui Hui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yang Du

118 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

NIR-II light in clinical oncology: opportunities and challenges

2024 164 citations Zeyu Zhang, Yang Du et al. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology profile →
Fluorescence image-guided tumour surgery

2023 133 citations Kun Wang, Yang Du et al. Nature Reviews Bioengineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Du China	30	2.1k	995	697	632	497	128	3.7k
Weizhi Wang China	36	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 2.2×	505 0.8×	349 0.7×	234	5.5k
Lawrence W. Dobrucki United States	36	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	436 0.6×	876 1.4×	400 0.8×	116	4.5k
Walter J. Akers United States	37	1.9k 0.9×	850 0.9×	913 1.3×	394 0.6×	300 0.6×	113	3.8k
Peng Mi China	37	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.9×	2.0k 3.2×	301 0.6×	98	4.9k
Rong Cai China	29	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.9×	354 0.7×	118	4.1k
Xunbin Wei China	41	2.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.9×	758 1.1×	619 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	195	6.0k
Ekaterina I. Galanzha United States	39	4.2k 2.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	526 0.8×	712 1.4×	103	5.6k
Xiaoquan Yang China	36	2.3k 1.1×	667 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	711 1.1×	109 0.2×	107	4.0k
Costas G. Hadjipanayis United States	36	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	361 0.5×	782 1.2×	843 1.7×	125	6.0k
Yunan Yang United States	30	1.1k 0.5×	760 0.8×	609 0.9×	825 1.3×	390 0.8×	78	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Du

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhan, Bo, et al.. (2025). Targeted cancer treatment using folic acid-functionalized carbohydrate polymers: A new era in nanomedicine. Industrial Crops and Products. 235. 121704–121704. 1 indexed citations

Du, Yang, Yiliang Liu, Qing Li, et al.. (2025). Evolution of atmospheric high-molecular-weight Organonitrates (HMW ONs) in urban Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1).

Yan, Huihui, J. Zhao, Lei Su, et al.. (2025). AI‐Assisted Detection of Early Gastric Cancer via Visualization of Mucosal Acidity Compromise During Endoscopy. Advanced Science. 12(46). e04932–e04932.

Zhang, Ruili, Peng Yang, Dingna Duan, et al.. (2025). Unleashing the Power of Magnetic Particle Imaging: Tailored Magnetic Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive Detection of Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer. Advanced Materials. 37(40). e08495–e08495.

Wang, Bingzhe, Qilong Li, Yang Du, et al.. (2025). Ligand-mediated acid-activatable magnetic particle imaging probes for highly sensitive diagnosis of sepsis. Matter. 8(3). 101957–101957. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Pengfei, Jun Jiang, Chao Gao, et al.. (2024). Revealing the Hygroscopic Behavior of Ultrahigh Nitrogen Content Cyclo‐Pentazolate Salts. Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics. 49(12).

Zhang, Zeyu, Yang Du, Xiaojing Shi, et al.. (2024). NIR-II light in clinical oncology: opportunities and challenges. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 21(6). 449–467. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

Du, Yang, et al.. (2024). Advances in Injectable Hydrogels Based on Diverse Gelation Methods for Biomedical Imaging. Small Methods. 8(12). e2400076–e2400076. 11 indexed citations

Zhu, Yajuan, Jiaxiang Wang, Xiaoli Mu, et al.. (2023). Personalised neoantigen‐based therapy in colorectal cancer. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(11). e1461–e1461. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, et al.. (2023). High-entropy (Na0.2Bi0.2Ba0.2Sr0.2Zn0.2)TiO3 ceramics with enhanced energy storage density and reliable stability. Ceramics International. 50(1). 2122–2127. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Kun, Yang Du, Zeyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Fluorescence image-guided tumour surgery. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 1(3). 161–179. 133 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yin, Lin, Jing Zhong, Shuixing Zhang, et al.. (2023). A Streamlined 3-D Magnetic Particle Imaging System With a Two-Stage Excitation Feed-Through Compensation Strategy. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–10. 9 indexed citations

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Lai, Xiaofan, Liang Xu, Zhou Xu, & Yang Du. (2023). An Approximation Algorithm for k-Depot Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem. INFORMS journal on computing. 35(5). 1179–1194.

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Wang, Yuming, Tielong Zhang, Guoqiang Wang, et al.. (2023). In-flight calibration of the magnetometer on the Mars orbiter of Tianwen-1. Science China Technological Sciences. 66(8). 2396–2405. 12 indexed citations

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Yin, Lin, Hongbo Guo, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2022). System matrix recovery based on deep image prior in magnetic particle imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 68(3). 35006–35006. 18 indexed citations

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Yin, Lin, Wei Li, Yang Du, et al.. (2022). Recent developments of the reconstruction in magnetic particle imaging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 24–24. 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, Yunhe Ding, Xinjian Chen, et al.. (2021). In vivo fluorescence molecular imaging of the vascular endothelial growth factor in rats with early diabetic retinopathy. Biomedical Optics Express. 12(11). 7185–7185. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Ting, et al.. (2019). Combination Immunotherapy with Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte–Associated Antigen-4 and Programmed Death Protein-1 Inhibitors Prevents Postoperative Breast Tumor Recurrence and Metastasis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(3). 802–811. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoli, Jianjun Zheng, Wei Sun, et al.. (2019). Ferrimagnetic Vortex Nanoring-Mediated Mild Magnetic Hyperthermia Imparts Potent Immunological Effect for Treating Cancer Metastasis. ACS Nano. 13(8). 8811–8825. 202 indexed citations

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Qu, Susu, Yang Du, Suhua Chang, et al.. (2017). Common variants near IKZF1 are associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome in Han Chinese. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177320–e0177320. 20 indexed citations

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