Yang Xia

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
228 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yang Xia is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Xia has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Epidemiology, 47 papers in Physiology and 39 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yang Xia's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (30 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (17 papers). Yang Xia is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (30 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (17 papers). Yang Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Xia's co-authors include Yuhong Zhao, Kaijun Niu, Qing Chang, Qi‐Jun Wu, Limin Cao, Yashu Liu, Zhiying Zhao, Shaomei Sun, Chao Ji and Li Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yang Xia

207 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

  1. Global epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in patients with NAFLD or MAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2024 43 citations Limin Cao, Huiyuan Liu et al. BMC Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yang Xia 831 823 729 523 473 228 4.1k
Xiaomin Zhang 664 0.8× 1.5k 1.8× 521 0.7× 552 1.1× 353 0.7× 239 6.1k
Xiang Li 776 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 454 0.6× 598 1.1× 380 0.8× 189 4.1k
Xiaoshu Cheng 455 0.5× 937 1.1× 571 0.8× 405 0.8× 434 0.9× 242 4.1k
Wei‐Liang Chen 1.1k 1.3× 920 1.1× 619 0.8× 347 0.7× 383 0.8× 261 4.5k
Tong Wang 887 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 434 0.6× 413 0.8× 362 0.8× 322 4.6k
Tiange Wang 787 0.9× 881 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 682 1.3× 1.1k 2.4× 231 5.5k
Nicola Di Daniele 1.5k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 622 0.9× 625 1.2× 627 1.3× 193 5.1k
Marcus E. Kleber 588 0.7× 998 1.2× 554 0.8× 383 0.7× 751 1.6× 192 4.8k
Fadi J. Charchar 977 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 518 0.7× 541 1.0× 953 2.0× 117 6.2k
Gemma Rojo‐Martínez 910 1.1× 714 0.9× 699 1.0× 628 1.2× 1.2k 2.5× 158 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yang Xia. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yang Xia. The network helps show where Yang Xia may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang Xia 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 Xia. Yang Xia 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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Yang, Yu, Zihao Chen, Jinjin Li, et al.. (2025). Traditional Chinese medicine preparation Shuang-Huang-Lian in the treatment of influenza: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 346. 119704–119704.
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Shen, Gang, Mian Wu, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Elevated uric acid induces erectile dysfunction in rats by interacting with MLCK and inhibiting its ubiquitin-mediated degradation. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1190–1190.
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Hu, Jiajin, Yilin Liu, Zheng Lu, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal association of cumulative risk factors in early life, genetic risk, and healthy lifestyles during adulthood with the risk of type 2 diabetes. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 239–239. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular‐kidney‐metabolic health, genetic predisposition and incident risk of psoriasis. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 40(3). 455–463.
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Zheng, Gang, Chao Ji, Qing Chang, et al.. (2025). Associations of intrinsic capacity deficit proxy score and genetic susceptibility with incident chronic kidney disease and life expectancy. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(11).
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Wang, Bo, Yang Xia, Jianhao Lin, et al.. (2024). Systematic Characterization of Triterpenoids in Ganoderma lucidum by UHPLC-Q/TOF MS. Current Analytical Chemistry. 21(8). 1073–1089. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hehua, Honghao Yang, Yashu Liu, et al.. (2024). Long-term noise exposure and cause-specific mortality in chronic respiratory diseases, considering the modifying effect of air pollution. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 282. 116740–116740.
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Shen, Gang, Yina Wang, Xiumei Tang, et al.. (2024). Elevated Kallistatin promotes the occurrence and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 66–66. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tingjing, et al.. (2024). Machine learning and statistical models to predict all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes: Results from the UK Biobank study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews. 18(9). 103135–103135. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Jing, et al.. (2024). Air pollution exposure, chemical compositions, and risk of expiratory airflow limitation in youth in Northeast China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 285. 117055–117055. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tingjing, et al.. (2024). Associations between different coffee types, neurodegenerative diseases, and related mortality: findings from a large prospective cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(4). 918–926. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Limin, Huiyuan Liu, Jinguo Jiang, et al.. (2024). Global epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in patients with NAFLD or MAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 101–101. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shan, Lishen, et al.. (2023). Dietary intake patterns during pregnancy and excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Food & Function. 14(13). 5910–5920. 6 indexed citations
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Dai, Wei, Huiyuan Liu, Tingjing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Dairy product consumption was associated with a lower likelihood of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1119118–1119118. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Haochen, et al.. (2023). PGC-1α in osteoarthritic chondrocytes: From mechanism to target of action. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1169019–1169019. 11 indexed citations
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Shan, Liping, et al.. (2023). Associations between grain intake and hospitalized nephrolithiasis in Chinese adults: a case-control study. Food & Function. 14(8). 3863–3870. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Baojun, Yufei Xue, Xiong Liao, et al.. (2019). Cloning and Expression Features of Flowering Integrator Genes ShSOC1-1 and ShSOC1-2 from Chia (Salvia hispanica). International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 23(5). 951–962. 1 indexed citations

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