Yi Fan

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yi Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Fan has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Yi Fan's work include Mesenchymal stem cell research (14 papers), dental development and anomalies (8 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (7 papers). Yi Fan is often cited by papers focused on Mesenchymal stem cell research (14 papers), dental development and anomalies (8 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (7 papers). Yi Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yi Fan's co-authors include Ohyun Kwon, Hongchao Guo, Zhanhu Sun, Yang Wu, Xuedong Zhou, Ruiye Bi, Liwei Zheng, Chenchen Zhou, Quan Yuan and Beate Lanske and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yi Fan

84 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Phosphine Organocatalysis 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2023 250 500 750
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. Phosphine Organocatalysis
    2018 901 citations Hongchao Guo, Yi Fan et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Piezo1/2 mediate mechanotransduction essential for bone formation through concerted activation of NFAT-YAP1-ß-catenin
    2020 266 citations Taifeng Zhou, Bo Gao et al. eLife profile →
  3. Hedgehog signaling in tissue homeostasis, cancers and targeted therapies
    2023 103 citations Junjun Jing, Jiahe Wang et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yi Fan China 30 1.6k 1.4k 598 311 295 86 4.0k
Simona Ceccarelli Italy 30 508 0.3× 970 0.7× 186 0.3× 140 0.5× 284 1.0× 86 2.6k
Rui‐Qin Liu United States 30 572 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 396 0.7× 145 0.5× 502 1.7× 107 3.2k
Yiping Li China 30 460 0.3× 2.6k 1.8× 54 0.1× 386 1.2× 571 1.9× 107 4.3k
Jianjun Cao China 17 376 0.2× 1.0k 0.7× 73 0.1× 136 0.4× 607 2.1× 32 2.3k
Xuesong Gu United States 34 184 0.1× 2.8k 1.9× 145 0.2× 147 0.5× 1.0k 3.5× 74 4.3k
Asterios S. Tsiftsoglou Greece 25 158 0.1× 1.3k 0.9× 75 0.1× 295 0.9× 334 1.1× 93 2.5k
Laure C. Bouchez Switzerland 17 606 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 25 0.0× 116 0.4× 389 1.3× 32 2.8k
Atsushi Nakano Japan 31 245 0.1× 2.1k 1.5× 73 0.1× 307 1.0× 124 0.4× 137 4.2k
Lan Yuan China 34 110 0.1× 1.5k 1.0× 141 0.2× 150 0.5× 417 1.4× 111 3.6k
Dong‐Yu Wang China 31 509 0.3× 972 0.7× 66 0.1× 74 0.2× 550 1.9× 105 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Fan

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

All Works

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Liu, Yong-Jun, et al.. (2025). Nicotine’s impact on platelet function: insights into hemostasis mechanisms. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1512142–1512142. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Yi, et al.. (2024). Metabolomic landscape of overall and common cancers in the UK Biobank: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cancer. 155(1). 27–39. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Wei Li, Zhijie Weng, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics approach reveals TGF-β signaling-driven senescence in periodontium stem cells. Journal of Advanced Research. 76. 387–403. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Weimin, Qiwen Li, Qian Wang, et al.. (2024). Early infiltrating NKT lymphocytes attenuate bone regeneration through secretion of CXCL2. Science Advances. 10(20). eadl6343–eadl6343. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Ping Lyu, Jingya Li, et al.. (2024). The Potential Role and Therapeutic Relevance of Cellular Senescence in Skeletal Pathophysiology. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(4). 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiayi, Junjun Jing, Chenchen Zhou, & Yi Fan. (2024). Emerging roles of exosomes in oral diseases progression. International Journal of Oral Science. 16(1). 4–4. 31 indexed citations
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Rao, Pengcheng, Junjun Jing, Yi Fan, & Chenchen Zhou. (2023). Spatiotemporal cellular dynamics and molecular regulation of tooth root ontogeny. International Journal of Oral Science. 15(1). 50–50. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Qin, et al.. (2023). Current Applications and Future Directions of Lasers in Endodontics: A Narrative Review. Bioengineering. 10(3). 296–296. 38 indexed citations
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Jing, Junjun, et al.. (2023). Hedgehog signaling in tissue homeostasis, cancers and targeted therapies. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 315–315. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lyu, Ping, Bo Li, Peiran Li, et al.. (2021). Parathyroid Hormone 1 Receptor Signaling in Dental Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Basic and Clinical Implications. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 654715–654715. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Taifeng, Bo Gao, Yi Fan, et al.. (2020). Piezo1/2 mediate mechanotransduction essential for bone formation through concerted activation of NFAT-YAP1-ß-catenin. eLife. 9. 266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Kai, Ning Wang, Ji Sun, Yi Fan, & Lu Chen. (2019). Primary prostate lymphoma: A case report and literature review. International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 33. 1681100465–1681100465. 6 indexed citations
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Fan, Yi, Weiqing Liu, Ruiye Bi, et al.. (2018). Interrelated role of Klotho and calcium-sensing receptor in parathyroid hormone synthesis and parathyroid hyperplasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(16). E3749–E3758. 41 indexed citations
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Guo, Hongchao, Yi Fan, Zhanhu Sun, Yang Wu, & Ohyun Kwon. (2018). Phosphine Organocatalysis. Chemical Reviews. 118(20). 10049–10293. 901 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2018). Anticancer efficiency of cycloartane triterpenoid derivatives isolated from <em>Cimicifuga yunnanensis</em> Hsiao on triple-negative breast cancer cells. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 10. 6715–6729. 15 indexed citations
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Fan, Yi, Jun‐ichi Hanai, Phuong Le, et al.. (2017). Parathyroid Hormone Directs Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cell Fate. Cell Metabolism. 25(3). 661–672. 305 indexed citations
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Bi, Ruiye, Yi Fan, En Luo, Quan Yuan, & Michael Mannstadt. (2017). Two Techniques to Create Hypoparathyroid Mice: Parathyroidectomy Using GFP Glands and Diphtheria-Toxin-Mediated Parathyroid Ablation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Jiantong, Youping Li, Mike Clarke, et al.. (2011). Visualization studies on evidence‐based medicine domain knowledge (Series 1): Mapping of evidence‐based medicine research subjects. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 4(2). 73–84. 7 indexed citations

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