Yang Yao

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Yao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yao has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yang Yao's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (10 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Yang Yao is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (10 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Yang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Yang Yao's co-authors include Wen Liao, Yu Du, Qiang Peng, Xu Jia, Yunfeng Li, Yanjun Du, Fangji Gan, Chenghao Zhang, Fangwei Pan and Ting Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yao

44 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Salivary Glands: Potential Reservoirs for COVID-19 Asymptomatic Infection

2020 262 citations Yang Yao et al. profile →
Blocking IL-17A enhances tumor response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer

2021 170 citations Chao Liu, Ruiqi Liu et al. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yao China	19	735	408	344	224	155	45	1.6k
Yu‐Xiong Su China	31	607 0.8×	307 0.8×	481 1.4×	608 2.7×	38 0.2×	203	3.1k
Jean‐Christophe Farges France	26	756 1.0×	186 0.5×	266 0.8×	68 0.3×	18 0.1×	54	2.8k
Alfredo De Rosa Italy	36	1.2k 1.7×	328 0.8×	1.1k 3.1×	501 2.2×	68 0.4×	71	4.3k
Hongyuan Song China	19	488 0.7×	185 0.5×	294 0.9×	91 0.4×	72 0.5×	45	1.3k
Kazuhiro Tominaga Japan	27	516 0.7×	90 0.2×	158 0.5×	365 1.6×	33 0.2×	170	2.1k
Keisuke Nakano Japan	20	512 0.7×	98 0.2×	357 1.0×	222 1.0×	10 0.1×	160	1.7k
Ana Angelova Volponi United Kingdom	16	556 0.8×	160 0.4×	243 0.7×	59 0.3×	24 0.2×	33	1.5k
Jung‐Wook Kim South Korea	31	1.9k 2.6×	123 0.3×	136 0.4×	139 0.6×	24 0.2×	166	3.0k
Yoshiyuki Mori Japan	25	372 0.5×	159 0.4×	229 0.7×	391 1.7×	19 0.1×	162	2.1k
Thomas Ziebart Germany	29	603 0.8×	176 0.4×	393 1.1×	948 4.2×	24 0.2×	76	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gong, Zhongying, Dan Guo, Yufeng Lin, et al.. (2025). A single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals astrocyte heterogeneity and identifies CHI3L1 as a diagnostic biomarker in Parkinson's disease. Heliyon. 11(3). e42051–e42051. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, et al.. (2025). Advances of Functional Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Oral Diseases. Bioengineering. 12(10). 1021–1021.

Zhou, Sisi, et al.. (2024). Garlic-Derived Exosome-like Nanovesicles-Based Wound Dressing for Staphylococcus aureus Infection Visualization and Treatment. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(3). 1888–1898. 14 indexed citations

Zhou, Sisi, et al.. (2023). Analyses of chemical components and their functions in single species plant-derived exosome like vesicle. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 167. 117274–117274. 13 indexed citations

Li, Yiling, et al.. (2022). Irradiated Cell-Derived Exosomes Transmit Essential Molecules Inducing Radiation Therapy Resistance. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 113(1). 192–202. 10 indexed citations

Shi, Yixin, et al.. (2022). Exosomes and ferroptosis: roles in tumour regulation and new cancer therapies. PeerJ. 10. e13238–e13238. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Ruixin, et al.. (2022). Three-dimensional bioprinting: A cutting-edge tool for designing and fabricating engineered living materials. Biomaterials Advances. 140. 213053–213053. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Chao, Ruiqi Liu, Bojun Wang, et al.. (2021). Blocking IL-17A enhances tumor response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(1). e001895–e001895. 170 indexed citations breakdown →

Du, Yu, et al.. (2021). Radiation Can Regulate the Expression of miRNAs Associated with Osteogenesis and Oxidation in Exosomes from Peripheral Blood Plasma. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 6646323–6646323. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yiling, et al.. (2021). Antioxidative Stress: Inhibiting Reactive Oxygen Species Production as a Cause of Radioresistance and Chemoresistance. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 6620306–6620306. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Jialing, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Vesicles in Liquid Biopsies: Potential for Disease Diagnosis. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 6611244–6611244. 56 indexed citations

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Zhou, Sisi, Yang Yao, Yafeng Wu, & Songqin Liu. (2021). Review: Multiplexed profiling of biomarkers in extracellular vesicles for cancer diagnosis and therapy monitoring. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1175. 338633–338633. 43 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2021). Aesthetic evaluation of the labiolingual position of maxillary lateral incisors by orthodontists and laypersons. BMC Oral Health. 21(1). 42–42. 3 indexed citations

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Song, Wenpeng, et al.. (2020). Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) may be helpful in the osseointegration of dental implants: A hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses. 145. 110294–110294. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2019). Amifostine inhibited the differentiation of RAW264.7 cells into osteoclasts by reducing the production of ROS under 2 Gy radiation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 121(1). 497–507. 11 indexed citations

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Liao, Wen, Yu Du, Chenghao Zhang, et al.. (2018). Exosomes: The next generation of endogenous nanomaterials for advanced drug delivery and therapy. Acta Biomaterialia. 86. 1–14. 333 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, Linglin Zhang, Bo Huang, et al.. (2015). The effects of nerve growth factor on endothelial cells seeded on different titanium surfaces. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 44(12). 1506–1513. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Li, Lin Xiang, Yang Yao, et al.. (2013). CGRP-alpha application: A potential treatment to improve osseoperception of endosseous dental implants. Medical Hypotheses. 81(2). 297–299. 12 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2013). An animal model of Kashin–Beck disease induced by a low-nutrition diet and exposure to T-2 toxin. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 21(8). 1108–1115. 23 indexed citations

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Yuan, Ang, Pan‐Chyr Yang, Chong‐Jen Yu, et al.. (1995). Tumor Angiogenesis Correlates With Histologic Type and Metastasis in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 152(6). 2157–2162. 85 indexed citations

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