Yang Yen

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Yen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yen has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yang Yen's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (22 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (20 papers). Yang Yen is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (22 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (20 papers). Yang Yen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Yang Yen's co-authors include P. Stephen Baenziger, G. Kimber, Shaukat Ali, Madhav Nepal, Pamela J. Green, Ethan Andersen, Emmanuel Byamukama, Guangle Li, Kulvinder S. Gill and Lianquan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yen

53 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Plants 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Plants
    2018 274 citations Ethan Andersen, Shaukat Ali et al. Genes 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 Yen United States 20 1.6k 410 349 240 71 57 1.7k
Peidu Chen China 26 2.1k 1.3× 325 0.8× 258 0.7× 275 1.1× 42 0.6× 106 2.2k
Leah K. McHale United States 25 2.3k 1.5× 628 1.5× 358 1.0× 274 1.1× 78 1.1× 72 2.6k
Mauricio La Rota United States 9 1.1k 0.7× 668 1.6× 434 1.2× 115 0.5× 156 2.2× 9 1.5k
Fasong Zhou China 22 2.2k 1.4× 659 1.6× 449 1.3× 196 0.8× 61 0.9× 35 2.5k
Jinguo Hu United States 21 1.5k 0.9× 430 1.0× 419 1.2× 136 0.6× 163 2.3× 66 1.7k
R. M. Biyashev United States 15 1.6k 1.0× 315 0.8× 622 1.8× 123 0.5× 58 0.8× 26 1.8k
Kakoto Yoshida Japan 6 1.3k 0.8× 652 1.6× 358 1.0× 178 0.7× 33 0.5× 9 1.5k
Jun Qin China 24 1.4k 0.9× 385 0.9× 160 0.5× 114 0.5× 59 0.8× 88 1.6k
Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat Thailand 21 1.1k 0.7× 628 1.5× 211 0.6× 193 0.8× 43 0.6× 69 1.4k
O. A. Tanzarella Italy 20 1.4k 0.9× 644 1.6× 264 0.8× 117 0.5× 60 0.8× 44 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Yen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Yen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yang Yen. 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 Yen. The network helps show where Yang Yen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yen

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

All Works

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Qiu, Yinjie, et al.. (2020). WFhb1-1 plays an important role in resistance against Fusarium head blight in wheat. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7794–7794. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Anjun, et al.. (2019). The Genetics and Genome-Wide Screening of Regrowth Loci, a Key Component of Perennialism in Zea diploperennis. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(5). 1393–1403. 8 indexed citations
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Andersen, Ethan, Shaukat Ali, Emmanuel Byamukama, Yang Yen, & Madhav Nepal. (2018). Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Plants. Genes. 9(7). 339–339. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jiaoping, Xianzhi Wang, Qijian Song, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide Scan for Seed Composition Provides Insights into Soybean Quality Improvement and the Impacts of Domestication and Breeding. Molecular Plant. 11(3). 460–472. 108 indexed citations
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Ali, Shaukat, et al.. (2016). Diversity and Evolution of Disease Resistance Genes in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Ali, Shaukat, et al.. (2016). Diversity and Evolution of Disease Resistance Genes in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 12. 99–108. 28 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang, et al.. (2012). Identification of Functional Genic Components of Major Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Quantitative Trait Loci in Wheat Cultivar Sumai 3. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 26(4). 442–450. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lianquan, Lı Zhang, Jiangtao Luo, et al.. (2011). Synthesizing double haploid hexaploid wheat populations based on a spontaneous alloploidization process. Journal of genetics and genomics. 38(2). 89–94. 14 indexed citations
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Yuan, Zhongwei, Dengcai Liu, Lianquan Zhang, et al.. (2011). Mitotic Illegitimate Recombination Is a Mechanism for Novel Changes in High-Molecular-Weight Glutenin Subunits in Wheat-Rye Hybrids. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23511–e23511. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinhui, Wenlu Zhang, Yang Yen, et al.. (2010). A novel herbicide‐inducible male sterility system. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 90(14). 2526–2530. 3 indexed citations
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Babiker, Ebrahiem, et al.. (2009). Identification of a microsatellite marker associated with stem rust resistance gene Sr35 in wheat. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 3(4). 195–200. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Guangle & Yang Yen. (2008). Jasmonate and Ethylene Signaling Pathway May Mediate Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat. Crop Science. 48(5). 1888–1896. 100 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinquan, Chi Yen, Junliang Yang, & Yang Yen. (1998). Cytogenetic analyses inKengyilia laxiflora (Poaceae, Triticeae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 212(1-2). 79–86. 9 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang & P. Stephen Baenziger. (1996). Chromosomal locations of genes that control major RNA-degrading activities in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93(4). 645–648. 2 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang & P. Stephen Baenziger. (1994). Wheat chromosome 2D carries genes controlling the activity of two DNA-degrading enzymes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 88(1). 30–32. 1 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang & P. Stephen Baenziger. (1993). Identification, characterization, and comparison of RNA-degrading enzymes of wheat and barley. Biochemical Genetics. 31(3-4). 133–145. 7 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang & G. Kimber. (1990). The U genome in Triticum ovatum from Turkey.. Cereal Research Communications. 18. 13–19. 7 indexed citations
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Yen, Yang & G. Kimber. (1990). Production and meiotic analysis of autotriploid Triticum speltoides and T. bicorne. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 79(4). 525–528. 4 indexed citations

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