Yaokai Chen

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yaokai Chen is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaokai Chen has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Infectious Diseases, 64 papers in Epidemiology and 31 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Yaokai Chen's work include HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (22 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (21 papers). Yaokai Chen is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (22 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (21 papers). Yaokai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yaokai Chen's co-authors include Jing Ouyang, Vijay Harypursat, Yanqiu Lu, Haiyu Li, Xiao-Lei Xu, Jean‐Pierre Routy, Fangzhou Song, Stéphane Isnard, Hongjuan Cui and Yuanyuan Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yaokai Chen

129 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Advancements in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaokai Chen China	22	1.0k	644	610	198	172	142	2.0k
Laura Milazzo Italy	23	679 0.7×	752 1.2×	244 0.4×	155 0.8×	194 1.1×	75	2.0k
Giustino Parruti Italy	26	793 0.8×	649 1.0×	622 1.0×	257 1.3×	119 0.7×	144	2.4k
Rupert Beale United Kingdom	24	469 0.5×	905 1.4×	757 1.2×	143 0.7×	430 2.5×	55	2.6k
Jing Lu China	28	1.1k 1.0×	524 0.8×	774 1.3×	103 0.5×	271 1.6×	124	2.5k
Jing Xie China	23	1.1k 1.1×	380 0.6×	370 0.6×	383 1.9×	378 2.2×	80	2.1k
Kazuhiko Nakajima Japan	25	563 0.6×	442 0.7×	282 0.5×	265 1.3×	300 1.7×	89	2.1k
Anil Kumar Tripathi India	26	402 0.4×	270 0.4×	465 0.8×	168 0.8×	178 1.0×	144	2.6k
Charles Langelier United States	23	487 0.5×	417 0.6×	701 1.1×	262 1.3×	249 1.4×	70	2.1k
Mukesh Kumar United States	30	1.2k 1.2×	365 0.6×	597 1.0×	103 0.5×	421 2.4×	97	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaokai Chen

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Zhao, Ting, et al.. (2025). Association Between the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and 24-week Outcomes in Patients with HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 18. 16991–17003.

Li, Tongxin, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates in Chongqing, Southwest China. Heliyon. 10(14). e34546–e34546. 5 indexed citations

Rashid, Farooq, et al.. (2024). Interactions between HIV proteins and host restriction factors: implications for potential therapeutic intervention in HIV infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1390650–1390650. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Chaoyu, Yan Wu, Jun Li, et al.. (2023). Impact of initial chemotherapy cycles and clinical characteristics on outcomes for HIV-associated diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients: The Central and Western China AIDS Lymphoma League 001 study (CALL-001 study). Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1153790–1153790. 7 indexed citations

Harypursat, Vijay, et al.. (2023). Influence of HIV infection on cognition and overall intelligence in HIV-infected individuals: advances and perspectives. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1261784–1261784. 1 indexed citations

Su, Chang, Wenwen Du, Bing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal Association between Physical Activity, Blood Lipids, and Risk of Dyslipidemia among Chinese Adults: Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Surveys in 2009 and 2015. Nutrients. 15(2). 341–341. 9 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaoyan, Ze-Rui Wang, Yan‐Mei Jiao, et al.. (2023). Severe intestinal barrier damage in HIV-infected immunological non-responders. Heliyon. 9(10). e20790–e20790. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Yingjie, Zhenxing Chu, Hongyi Wang, et al.. (2023). Willingness to take long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men who participated in the CROPrEP study: a cross-sectional online study. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2494–2494. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangxiu, Yifan Rao, Lili Tan, et al.. (2023). Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on human fertility: A scientometric and visualized evaluation. Genes & Diseases. 11(4). 101127–101127.

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Guo, Xiaoyan, Lina Fan, Zerui Wang, et al.. (2023). The Imbalance Between Intestinal Th17 and Treg Cells Is Associated with an Incomplete Immune Reconstitution During Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients with HIV. Viral Immunology. 36(5). 331–342. 4 indexed citations

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Qiu, Qian, Yong Chen, Xiaofeng Yan, et al.. (2023). Development, assessment and validation of a novel prediction nomogram model for risk identification of tracheobronchial tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 10(1). e001781–e001781.

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Qin, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2022). The Practice and Potential Role of HIV Self-testing in China: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(12). e41125–e41125. 5 indexed citations

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Deng, Yu, et al.. (2022). The Road Less Traveled: How COVID-19 Patients Use Metaphors to Frame Their Lived Experiences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 15979–15979. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Yu, et al.. (2022). Emotional discourse analysis of COVID-19 patients and their mental health: A text mining study. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0274247–e0274247. 4 indexed citations

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He, Xiaoqing, et al.. (2022). Pretreatment drug resistance in people living with HIV: A large retrospective cohort study in Chongqing, China. HIV Medicine. 23(S1). 95–105. 14 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Jing, et al.. (2022). HIV Infection Predisposes to Increased Chances of HBV Infection: Current Understanding of the Mechanisms Favoring HBV Infection at Each Clinical Stage of HIV Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 853346–853346. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Junjie Xu, Hongyi Wang, et al.. (2021). Preference for daily versus on‐demand pre‐exposure prophylaxis for HIV and correlates among men who have sex with men: the China Real‐world Oral PrEP Demonstration study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(2). e25667–e25667. 30 indexed citations

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Lu, Yanqiu, et al.. (2020). Efficacy and safety of the regimens containing tenofovir alafenamide versus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in fixed-dose single-tablet regimens for initial treatment of HIV-1 infection: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 93. 108–117. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Xiaojie Huang, Yaokai Chen, et al.. (2020). HIV and other STIs self-testing to reduce risk compensation among men who have sex with men who use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in China: protocol for a randomised waitlist-controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(7). e036231–e036231. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, John, Jing Ouyang, Xiaorong Peng, et al.. (2020). Potential therapeutic options for COVID-19: using knowledge of past outbreaks to guide future treatment. Chinese Medical Journal. 133. 1 indexed citations

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