Yang Lü

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
280 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Yang Lü is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Lü has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Organic Chemistry and 50 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yang Lü's work include Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (38 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (38 papers) and Crystallization and Solubility Studies (32 papers). Yang Lü is often cited by papers focused on Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (38 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (38 papers) and Crystallization and Solubility Studies (32 papers). Yang Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yang Lü's co-authors include Guanhua Du, Qi‐Tai Zheng, Han‐Dong Sun, Dezhi Yang, Ningbo Gong, Shiying Yang, Li Zhang, Xiao‐Jiang Hao, Wei‐Lie Xiao and Ying‐Tong Di and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Yang Lü

266 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

The strategies and techniques of drug discovery from natu... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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. The strategies and techniques of drug discovery from natural products
    2020 193 citations Junke Song, Yang Lü 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
Yang Lü China 38 2.5k 1.2k 1.1k 712 710 280 5.2k
David C. Lankin United States 36 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 660 0.6× 573 0.8× 488 0.7× 129 5.1k
Hiroyuki Morita Japan 37 2.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 973 0.9× 404 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 289 4.7k
Ashok K. Prasad India 35 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 2.1× 646 0.6× 967 1.4× 618 0.9× 299 5.9k
Nikolai Kuhnert Germany 50 2.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 2.3k 2.1× 345 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 196 8.8k
Luca Valgimigli Italy 53 1.7k 0.7× 4.0k 3.5× 927 0.9× 276 0.4× 430 0.6× 137 7.8k
René Csük Germany 42 4.2k 1.7× 2.6k 2.2× 634 0.6× 632 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 417 7.0k
Tsutomu Ishikawa Japan 42 2.1k 0.9× 3.6k 3.0× 825 0.8× 617 0.9× 785 1.1× 343 7.0k
Virinder S. Parmar India 43 3.1k 1.3× 3.9k 3.3× 971 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 950 1.3× 394 8.6k
Hidayat Hussain Germany 40 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 575 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 297 6.4k
Madalena Pinto Portugal 49 3.2k 1.3× 2.2k 1.9× 2.1k 1.9× 411 0.6× 2.0k 2.7× 325 9.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Lü

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Lü

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All Works

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Zhang, Baoxi, Li Zhang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2025). Chrysin Cocrystals: Prediction, Preparation, Characterization, and In Vitro/In Vivo Evaluation. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 23(1). 118–126.
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Yan, Shuaishuai, Nan Yao, Zheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Molten salt electrolytes with enhanced Li+-transport kinetics for fast-cycling of high-temperature lithium metal batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(4). 1696–1706. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, Chenyue Zhang, Yang Lü, et al.. (2025). Deoxygenation‐Induced Lattice Distortion in CuO x for Efficient Methane Diolate Anion Oxidation and Bipolar Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(34). 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Tianxi, Jiaxiang Luo, Dan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Innovative design and potential applications of covalent strategy in drug discovery. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 284. 117202–117202. 5 indexed citations
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An, Qi, Zhipeng Wang, Shuang Li, et al.. (2024). Metformin-Mediated Improvement in Solubility, Stability, and Permeability of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. Pharmaceutics. 16(3). 382–382. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Baoxi, Dezhi Yang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Experimental and theoretical investigation of five mosapride forms. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1319. 139299–139299.
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Zhou, Jian, Baoxi Zhang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quality control of naringenin-carbamazepine drug-drug cocrystal: Quantitative analytical method construction of ATR-FTIR and Raman combined with chemometrics. Microchemical Journal. 202. 110774–110774. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Dezhi, Wenwen Wang, Kun Hu, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in pharmaceutical cocrystals of theophylline. Natural Products and Bioprospecting. 14(1). 53–53. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongmei, Li Zhang, Meiju Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Solubility and Dissolution Rate of Antifungal Drug Ketoconazole through Crystal Engineering. Pharmaceuticals. 16(10). 1349–1349. 13 indexed citations
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Liang, Meidai, Baoxi Zhang, Shiying Yang, et al.. (2023). Versatile Solid Modifications of Multicomponent Pharmaceutical Salts: Novel Metformin–Rhein Salts Based on Advantage Complementary Strategy Design. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1196–1196. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Shiying, Qiwen Liu, Qi An, et al.. (2022). Cocrystals of Praziquantel with Phenolic Acids: Discovery, Characterization, and Evaluation. Molecules. 27(6). 2022–2022. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Dezhi, et al.. (2021). Progress in Research on Artificial Intelligence Applied to Polymorphism and Cocrystal Prediction. ACS Omega. 6(24). 15543–15550. 30 indexed citations
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Cai, Hui, et al.. (2021). Identification of Triterpene Acids in Poria cocos Extract as Bile Acid Uptake Transporter Inhibitors. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 49(5). 353–360. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Jie, Huan Li, Yang Lü, et al.. (2017). CMD-05, a novel promising clinical anti-diabetic drug candidate, in vivo and vitro studies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46628–46628. 11 indexed citations
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Lü, Yang, et al.. (2017). N-acetyl-l-cysteine ameliorates the PM2.5-induced oxidative stress by regulating SIRT-1 in rats. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 57. 70–75. 23 indexed citations
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Lü, Yang. (2013). Research Progress on the Green Synthesis of Paraben. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Yang. (2012). Anti-inflammatory Effect of Imperatorin from Radix Angelicae Dahurica on Rats with Acute Pleurisy. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Yang. (2003). Study on the acute toxicity of Tripterygium Hypoglaucum (Levl) Hutch solution in mice. Di-san junyi daxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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