Yi Fang

1.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 734 citations indexed

About

Yi Fang is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Fang has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 734 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Neurology, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yi Fang's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (9 papers) and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (8 papers). Yi Fang is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (9 papers) and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (8 papers). Yi Fang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yi Fang's co-authors include Baorong Zhang, Jiali Pu, Xiaoli Si, Zhe Song, Ting Gao, Ran Zheng, Luyan Gu, Yaping Yan, Ying Chen and Xinzhen Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Brain Research and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yi Fang

50 papers receiving 729 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.

Neuroimaging evidence of glymphatic system dysfunction in possible REM sleep behavior disorder and Parkinson’s disease

2022 122 citations Xiaoli Si, Tao Guo et al. npj Parkinson s Disease profile →
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 inhibition prevents aquaporin-4 depolarization-mediated glymphatic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease

2023 71 citations Xiaoli Si, Shaobing Dai et al. profile →
Large language models for disease diagnosis: a scoping review

2025 19 citations Yi Fang et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Fang China	14	336	254	170	122	117	56	734
Lin‐Hui Wang China	15	388 1.2×	160 0.6×	192 1.1×	76 0.6×	59 0.5×	30	721
Rebecca Nguyen United States	9	321 1.0×	152 0.6×	130 0.8×	73 0.6×	55 0.5×	17	802
Yaping Yan China	18	286 0.9×	363 1.4×	257 1.5×	51 0.4×	87 0.7×	59	814
Nobuyo Kimura Japan	6	308 0.9×	229 0.9×	182 1.1×	88 0.7×	125 1.1×	10	868
Miriam Ries United Kingdom	8	299 0.9×	161 0.6×	218 1.3×	55 0.5×	27 0.2×	8	871
Miki Nakanishi Japan	10	219 0.7×	157 0.6×	160 0.9×	34 0.3×	17 0.1×	15	719
Siew‐Na Lim Taiwan	19	337 1.0×	330 1.3×	246 1.4×	21 0.2×	28 0.2×	60	1.1k
Gurugirijha Rathnasamy Singapore	11	114 0.3×	94 0.4×	294 1.7×	28 0.2×	79 0.7×	15	852
Yulu Shi China	12	133 0.4×	411 1.6×	102 0.6×	35 0.3×	234 2.0×	25	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Fang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fang, Yi, Haoting Wu, Tao Guo, et al.. (2025). The effects of aquaporin-4 polymorphisms on glymphatic function and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 288–288.

Fang, Yi, et al.. (2025). Minimally invasive versus open surgery in uterine serous carcinoma: impact on recurrence and survival in a multicenter cohort. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1665803–1665803.

Wang, Qirong, et al.. (2024). Higher Serum Galectin‑3 Levels Were Associated with More Severe Motor Performance in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 17. 8207–8214.

Shi, Yiqin, Nana Song, Shuan Zhao, et al.. (2024). Associations between metabolic profiles and incident CKD in the Chinese population aged 45–85 years. International Urology and Nephrology. 56(7). 2325–2336. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Ying, Liying Zhang, Yi Fang, et al.. (2023). Elevated serum anti‐Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody accompanied by gut mycobiota dysbiosis as a biomarker of diagnosis in patients with de novo Parkinson disease. European Journal of Neurology. 30(11). 3462–3470. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Zhiyun, Zhe Song, Cheng Zhou, et al.. (2023). Reduced coupling of global brain function and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 43(8). 1328–1339. 25 indexed citations

Fang, Yi, Xiaoli Si, Jiali Wang, et al.. (2023). Alzheimer Disease and Epilepsy. Neurology. 101(4). e399–e409. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengfei, et al.. (2022). The efficient generation of knockout microglia cells using a dual-sgRNA strategy by CRISPR/Cas9. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 1008827–1008827. 6 indexed citations

Zheng, Ran, Song Qiao, Yi Fang, et al.. (2021). Association analysis and polygenic risk score evaluation of 38 GWAS-identified Loci in a Chinese population with Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Letters. 762. 136150–136150. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, Luyan Gu, Shaobing Dai, et al.. (2021). Associations of Body Mass Index-Metabolic Phenotypes with Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease. European Neurology. 85(1). 24–30. 3 indexed citations

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Pu, Jiali, Ting Gao, Ran Zheng, et al.. (2020). Parkin mutation decreases neurite complexity and maturation in neurons derived from human fibroblasts. Brain Research Bulletin. 159. 9–15. 9 indexed citations

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Pu, Jiali, Ting Gao, Xiaoli Si, et al.. (2020). Parkinson’s Disease in Teneurin Transmembrane Protein 4 (TENM4) Mutation Carriers. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 598064–598064. 4 indexed citations

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Si, Xiaoli, Luyan Gu, Zhe Song, et al.. (2020). Different Perivascular Space Burdens in Idiopathic Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 12. 580853–580853. 32 indexed citations

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Pu, Jiali, Shaobing Dai, Ting Gao, et al.. (2019). Nystagmus‐related FRMD7 gene influences the maturation and complexities of neuronal processes in human neurons. Brain and Behavior. 9(12). e01473–e01473. 5 indexed citations

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Fang, Yi, Ting Gao, Baorong Zhang, & Jiali Pu. (2018). Recent Advances: Decoding Alzheimer’s Disease With Stem Cells. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 10. 77–77. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bailin, WU Jin-qi, Rongshou Zheng, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of menopausal status among breast cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research. 30(4). 468–476. 11 indexed citations

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Fang, Yi, et al.. (2016). Associations of Caspase‐3 gene polymorphism with lumbar disc herniation. The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences. 32(11). 552–558. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Lu, Yi Fang, Jianming Hu, et al.. (2014). BRCA2 promoter polymorphism is associated with breast cancer prognosis in Chinese women. Chinese Medical Journal. 127(11). 2012–2015. 5 indexed citations

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Long, Lili, Yanmin Song, Xü Lin, et al.. (2014). Aberrant neuronal synaptic connectivity in CA1 area of the hippocampus from pilocarpine-induced epileptic rats observed by fluorogold.. PubMed Central. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiaohong, Rongfu Zhou, Shuang Xie, et al.. (2007). [Analysis of phenotype and genotype in two Chinese pedigrees with hereditary protein C deficiency].. PubMed. 28(3). 147–51. 1 indexed citations

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