Yea‐Hung Chen

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yea‐Hung Chen is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yea‐Hung Chen has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Infectious Diseases, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Yea‐Hung Chen's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (40 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (33 papers) and Sex work and related issues (22 papers). Yea‐Hung Chen is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (40 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (33 papers) and Sex work and related issues (22 papers). Yea‐Hung Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Taiwan. Yea‐Hung Chen's co-authors include H. Fisher Raymond, Willi McFarland, Erin C. Wilson, Sean Arayasirikul, Stephen Bent, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo, M. Maria Glymour, Alicia R. Riley, Jonathan M. Snowden and Ellicott C. Matthay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Yea‐Hung Chen

76 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18–65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020
    2021 161 citations Yea‐Hung Chen, M. Maria Glymour et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yea‐Hung Chen 1.0k 833 588 563 486 78 2.3k
Sheryl McCurdy 876 0.8× 941 1.1× 617 1.0× 730 1.3× 199 0.4× 125 2.4k
Eric J. Nehl 397 0.4× 438 0.5× 396 0.7× 410 0.7× 201 0.4× 95 1.8k
Jeffrey S. Mandel 1.2k 1.1× 988 1.2× 821 1.4× 656 1.2× 161 0.3× 56 2.6k
Rhoda K. Wanyenze 1.1k 1.0× 640 0.8× 842 1.4× 292 0.5× 96 0.2× 119 2.4k
Paul Simon 867 0.8× 546 0.7× 708 1.2× 258 0.5× 132 0.3× 122 2.9k
Miriam Lewis Sabin 329 0.3× 425 0.5× 576 1.0× 296 0.5× 130 0.3× 27 1.9k
Alec Miners 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 397 0.7× 251 0.4× 132 0.3× 101 2.7k
Manjulaa Narasimhan 599 0.6× 576 0.7× 791 1.3× 263 0.5× 70 0.1× 95 2.1k
Guy Harling 1.6k 1.5× 897 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 518 0.9× 68 0.1× 132 3.0k
Julia Raifman 520 0.5× 382 0.5× 809 1.4× 574 1.0× 584 1.2× 77 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yea‐Hung Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yea‐Hung Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yea‐Hung Chen

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

All Works

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Gao, Wayne, et al.. (2025). Outcomes of the first national oral cancer screening programme in Taiwan, 2004–2022: a population-based study. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 31(2). 125–131. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Wayne, Mattia Sanna, Yea‐Hung Chen, Min‐Kuang Tsai, & Chi Pang Wen. (2024). Occupational Sitting Time, Leisure Physical Activity, and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality. JAMA Network Open. 7(1). e2350680–e2350680. 36 indexed citations
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Lundberg, Dielle J., Elizabeth Wrigley‐Field, Elaine O. Nsoesie, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022. JAMA Network Open. 6(5). e2311098–e2311098. 48 indexed citations
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Chen, Ruijia, Marie‐Laure Charpignon, Erika Meza, et al.. (2023). Excess Mortality With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias as an Underlying or Contributing Cause During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Neurology. 80(9). 919–919. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Yea‐Hung, Andrew Stokes, Hélène E. Aschmann, et al.. (2022). Excess natural-cause deaths in California by cause and setting: March 2020 through February 2021. PNAS Nexus. 1(3). pgac079–pgac079. 10 indexed citations
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Kiang, Mathew V., Rolando J. Acosta, Yea‐Hung Chen, et al.. (2022). Sociodemographic and geographic disparities in excess fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in California: A population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 11. 100237–100237. 16 indexed citations
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Aschmann, Hélène E., Alicia R. Riley, Ruijia Chen, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of racial disparities in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(40). e2210941119–e2210941119. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Yea‐Hung, Ellicott C. Matthay, Ruijia Chen, et al.. (2022). Excess Mortality in California by Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 63(5). 827–836. 12 indexed citations
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Catalano, Ralph, M. Maria Glymour, Yea‐Hung Chen, & Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo. (2021). Sheltering in Place and the Likelihood of Nonnatural Death. American Journal of Epidemiology. 190(6). 1075–1080. 5 indexed citations
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Wrigley‐Field, Elizabeth, Mathew V. Kiang, Alicia R. Riley, et al.. (2021). Geographically targeted COVID-19 vaccination is more equitable and averts more deaths than age-based thresholds alone. Science Advances. 7(40). eabj2099–eabj2099. 51 indexed citations
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Riley, Alicia R., Yea‐Hung Chen, Ellicott C. Matthay, et al.. (2021). Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM - Population Health. 15. 100860–100860. 60 indexed citations
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Snowden, Jonathan M., Yea‐Hung Chen, Willi McFarland, & H. Fisher Raymond. (2016). Prevalence and characteristics of users of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2014 in a cross-sectional survey: implications for disparities. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 93(1). 52–55. 66 indexed citations
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Chen, Yea‐Hung, Willi McFarland, & H. Fisher Raymond. (2015). Estimated Number of People Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco, 2005, 2009, and 2012. AIDS and Behavior. 20(12). 2914–2921. 9 indexed citations
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Raymond, H. Fisher, Yea‐Hung Chen, Theresa Ick, et al.. (2013). A New Trend in the HIV Epidemic Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, San Francisco, 2004–2011. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 62(5). 584–589. 54 indexed citations
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McFarland, Willi, Yea‐Hung Chen, Binh Nguyen, et al.. (2011). Behavior, Intention or Chance? A Longitudinal Study of HIV Seroadaptive Behaviors, Abstinence and Condom Use. AIDS and Behavior. 16(1). 121–131. 93 indexed citations
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Simon, Joel A., Yea‐Hung Chen, & Stephen Bent. (2009). The relation of α-linolenic acid to the risk of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89(5). 1558S–1564S. 82 indexed citations
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Chen, Yea‐Hung, H. Fisher Raymond, Willi McFarland, & Hong‐Ha M. Truong. (2009). HIV Risk Behaviors in Heterosexual Partnerships: Female Knowledge and Male Behavior. AIDS and Behavior. 14(1). 87–91. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Yea‐Hung & Xiao‐Hua Zhou. (2006). Interval estimates for the ratio and difference of two lognormal means. Statistics in Medicine. 25(23). 4099–4113. 34 indexed citations

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