Yang Yu

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Yang Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yu has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yang Yu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers). Yang Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers). Yang Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Yu's co-authors include Yi Lu, Jiangyun Wang, Parisa Hosseinzadeh, Igor D. Petrik, Shiliang Tian, Saumen Chakraborty, Yinsheng Wang, Jing Liu, Min Zhang and Xiaoli Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yu

165 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Metalloproteins Containing Cytochrome, Iron–Sulfur, or Copper Redox Centers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yu China	42	2.4k	909	578	554	443	177	5.2k
E. Neil G. Marsh United States	49	4.4k 1.8×	859 0.9×	720 1.2×	554 1.0×	157 0.4×	175	7.1k
Pedro M. Matias Portugal	34	2.4k 1.0×	776 0.9×	612 1.1×	692 1.2×	141 0.3×	117	4.4k
Zhilin Wang China	38	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	550 1.0×	208 0.4×	199 0.4×	302	5.2k
Cláudio M. Gomes Portugal	39	2.9k 1.2×	494 0.5×	488 0.8×	467 0.8×	238 0.5×	156	4.9k
Ulrich Ermler Germany	31	2.3k 0.9×	662 0.7×	602 1.0×	641 1.2×	388 0.9×	74	3.6k
Kazuya Shimizu Japan	52	2.5k 1.0×	392 0.4×	270 0.5×	998 1.8×	800 1.8×	297	8.4k
Ning Zhang China	36	1.9k 0.8×	674 0.7×	262 0.5×	174 0.3×	148 0.3×	144	5.2k
Simon de Vries Netherlands	44	4.4k 1.8×	782 0.9×	967 1.7×	732 1.3×	137 0.3×	107	7.4k
Hugh H. Harris Australia	40	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	467 0.8×	212 0.4×	242 0.5×	143	6.2k
Anatoly Zhitkovich United States	44	2.0k 0.8×	745 0.8×	277 0.5×	154 0.3×	314 0.7×	94	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang Yu 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 Yu. Yang Yu 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

Liu, Xu, et al.. (2025). Dietary strategies targeting the interplay between obesity and neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. Food Research International. 220. 117072–117072.

Yu, Yang, Chang Wang, Faan‐Fung Hung, et al.. (2025). π‐Extended Heli(aminoborane)s with Highly Bright Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Narrowband Emission. Angewandte Chemie. 137(18). 2 indexed citations

Guo, Changan, et al.. (2025). Confronting allometric and optimal partitioning theories in biomass allocation: evidence from Artemisia species along an elevational gradient in Southwest of China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 19(1).

Zhou, Jing, et al.. (2024). Computational design of myoglobin-based carbene transferases for monoterpene derivatization. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 722. 150160–150160. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yanxia, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jing Zhou, et al.. (2024). Optimizing light-driven ene-reductase reactions with g-C3N4 and electron mediators. Applied Catalysis A General. 679. 119737–119737.

Wang, Yanxia, Zhihua Chai, Ming Gao, et al.. (2024). Enzyme immobilization in a Ru(N^N)₃-modified covalent organic framework for photoenzymatic cascade catalysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(29). 18537–18543. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Jin-Fang, Yang Yu, & Jianxin Liu. (2024). Mechanism of Asperosaponin VI Related to EGFR/MMP9/AKT/PI3K Pathway in Treatment of Rheumtoid Arthritis. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine. 31(2). 131–141. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Yang, Jinqing Liu, Ke Cao, et al.. (2023). Composition, distribution and enrichment of trace metals in sediments from the muddy area off the southern Shandong Peninsula in the Northwestern South Yellow Sea of China since 10,000 years. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 192. 115034–115034. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Fang, Ning Wang, Xudong Feng, et al.. (2023). Light-Driven CO₂ Reduction with a Surface-Displayed Enzyme Cascade–C₃N₄ Hybrid. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12(9). 2715–2724. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanxia, Ying Wang, Jing Li, et al.. (2023). Ru(N^N)₃-docked cationic covalent organic frameworks for enhanced sulfide and amine photooxidation. Dalton Transactions. 52(39). 14100–14109. 5 indexed citations

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Chai, Xianzhi, Hai‐Hao Han, Adam C. Sedgwick, et al.. (2020). Photochromic Fluorescent Probe Strategy for the Super-resolution Imaging of Biologically Important Biomarkers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(42). 18005–18013. 169 indexed citations

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Cui, Yuxiang, Pengcheng Wang, Yang Yu, Jun Yuan, & Yinsheng Wang. (2018). Normalized Retention Time for Targeted Analysis of the DNA Adductome. Analytical Chemistry. 90(24). 14111–14115. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, Pengcheng Wang, Yuxiang Cui, & Yinsheng Wang. (2017). Chemical Analysis of DNA Damage. Analytical Chemistry. 90(1). 556–576. 60 indexed citations

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Wang, Ping, Yangliu Xia, Li‐Wei Zou, et al.. (2017). An Optimized Two‐Photon Fluorescent Probe for Biological Sensing and Imaging of Catechol‐O‐Methyltransferase. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(45). 10800–10807. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Chao, Zhen Yang, Fanxiang Kong, et al.. (2016). Growth, physiochemical and antioxidant responses of overwintering benthic cyanobacteria to hydrogen peroxide. Environmental Pollution. 219. 649–655. 59 indexed citations

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Chen, Haibin, et al.. (2015). Global trends of municipal solid waste research from 1997 to 2014 using bibliometric analysis. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 65(10). 1161–1170. 59 indexed citations

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Pan, Jiao, et al.. (2011). A new taxol-producing fungus ( Pestalotiopsis malicola ) and evidence for taxol as a transient product in the culture. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(34). 6647–6654. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhou & Yang Yu. (2010). Advances of the Correlation between JAK-STAT3 Signaling Pathway and the Biological Behavior of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Tan, Xiao, et al.. (2008). Recruitment of bloom-forming cyanobacteria and its driving factors. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 7(25). 4726–4731. 15 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang. (2008). Determination of moxifloxacin chloride tablets by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. 1 indexed citations

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