Ye Xiang

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ye Xiang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye Xiang has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Ecology and 23 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ye Xiang's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Ye Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Ye Xiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Ye Xiang's co-authors include Miao Gui, Xinquan Wang, Michael G. Rossmann, Jingwei Xu, Silian Chen, Haixia Zhou, Xinzheng Zhang, Richard Kühn, Long Li and Joyce Jose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ye Xiang

85 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Cryo-EM structure of the SARS coronavirus spike glycoprotein in complex with its host cell receptor ACE2

2018 558 citations Miao Gui, Xinquan Wang et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein reveal a prerequisite conformational state for receptor binding

2016 416 citations Miao Gui, Haixia Zhou et al. Cell Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ye Xiang China	32	1.7k	1.6k	845	458	456	94	3.8k
R. Holland Cheng United States	40	1.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	842 1.0×	529 1.2×	1.0k 2.3×	119	5.8k
Xinzheng Zhang China	35	1.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.8×	685 0.8×	523 1.1×	453 1.0×	79	5.0k
Elizabeth E. Fry United Kingdom	41	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	417 0.5×	207 0.5×	851 1.9×	99	6.4k
Stéphane Bressanelli France	29	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	439 0.5×	783 1.7×	1.5k 3.2×	71	3.9k
Owen Pornillos United States	32	1.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.8×	660 0.8×	371 0.8×	1.0k 2.3×	52	5.7k
Alain Roussel France	41	850 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	351 0.4×	648 1.4×	548 1.2×	108	5.2k
Peter B. Rosenthal United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	424 0.5×	106 0.2×	759 1.7×	64	4.5k
Sonja Welsch Germany	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	227 0.3×	771 1.7×	612 1.3×	42	3.5k
José L. Nieva Spain	36	896 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	263 0.3×	241 0.5×	683 1.5×	118	4.1k
François Ferrón France	31	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	308 0.4×	577 1.3×	523 1.1×	64	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ye Xiang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ye Xiang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye Xiang

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

Chen, Danyu, Yufeng Xie, Haoran An, et al.. (2025). C-reactive protein is a broad-spectrum capsule-binding receptor for hepatic capture of blood-borne bacteria. The EMBO Journal. 44(24). 7364–7394.

Zhang, Linjing, Kaiwen Meng, & Ye Xiang. (2025). Cryo-EM structure of the Rift Valley fever virus envelope protein in complex with a potent neutralization antibody. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(51). e2514862122–e2514862122.

Xiang, Ye, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanisms of the viral encoded chaperone 100K in capsid folding and assembly of adenovirus. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4013–4013.

Cao, Duanfang, Bingting Ma, Ziyi Cao, et al.. (2024). The receptor VLDLR binds Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus through multiple distinct modes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6866–6866. 13 indexed citations

Li, Ruofan, et al.. (2024). Multivalent interactions between fully glycosylated influenza virus hemagglutinins mediated by glycans at distinct N-glycosylation sites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 48–48. 3 indexed citations

Xiang, Ye, et al.. (2023). Structural studies of the nucleus-like assembly of jumbo bacteriophage 201φ2-1. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1170112–1170112. 6 indexed citations

Jia, Qi & Ye Xiang. (2023). Cryo-EM structure of a bacteriophage M13 mini variant. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5421–5421. 17 indexed citations

Li, Ruofan, Michael Mor, Bingting Ma, et al.. (2022). Conformational flexibility in neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by naturally elicited anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Communications Biology. 5(1). 789–789. 9 indexed citations

Li, Yangyang, et al.. (2021). Clinically Relevant Mutations of Mycobacterial GatCAB Inform Regulation of Translational Fidelity. mBio. 12(4). e0110021–e0110021. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Bingting Ma, Daniele Bendayan, et al.. (2021). Human antibodies targeting a Mycobacterium transporter protein mediate protection against tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 602–602. 55 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, Bingting Ma, Angqi Zhu, et al.. (2020). Stabilized diverse HIV-1 envelope trimers for vaccine design. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 775–786. 9 indexed citations

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Gui, Miao, et al.. (2020). Structural intermediates in the low pH-induced transition of influenza hemagglutinin. PLoS Pathogens. 16(11). e1009062–e1009062. 23 indexed citations

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Misasi, John, Morgan S. A. Gilman, Masaru Kanekiyo, et al.. (2016). Structural and molecular basis for Ebola virus neutralization by protective human antibodies. Science. 351(6279). 1343–1346. 135 indexed citations

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Gui, Miao, Haixia Zhou, Jingwei Xu, et al.. (2016). Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein reveal a prerequisite conformational state for receptor binding. Cell Research. 27(1). 119–129. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Jingwei, Miao Gui, Dianhong Wang, & Ye Xiang. (2016). The bacteriophage ϕ29 tail possesses a pore-forming loop for cell membrane penetration. Nature. 534(7608). 544–547. 26 indexed citations

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Xiang, Ye, P.G. Leiman, Long Li, et al.. (2009). Crystallographic Insights into the Autocatalytic Assembly Mechanism of a Bacteriophage Tail Spike. Molecular Cell. 34(3). 375–386. 75 indexed citations

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Xiang, Ye, Kayo Masuko, Taichi Sekine, et al.. (2006). Expression of proteinase-activated receptors (PAR)-2 in articular chondrocytes is modulated by IL-1β, TNF-α and TGF-β. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 14(11). 1163–1173. 67 indexed citations

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Yang, Na, Xin Tong, Ye Xiang, et al.. (2005). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of the recombinant antitumour lectin from the edible mushroom Agrocybe aegerita. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1751(2). 209–212. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Yonglin Hu, Miao Wang, et al.. (2002). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a novel mannose-binding lectin fromGastrodia elatawith antifungal properties. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(10). 1833–1835. 10 indexed citations

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Guan, Rongjin, et al.. (2001). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a depressant insect toxin from the scorpionButhus martensiiKarsch. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(9). 1313–1315. 3 indexed citations

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