Yi Guan

77.0k total citations · 26 hit papers
371 papers, 49.8k citations indexed

About

Yi Guan is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Guan has authored 371 papers receiving a total of 49.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Epidemiology, 159 papers in Infectious Diseases and 149 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Yi Guan's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (233 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (148 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (112 papers). Yi Guan is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (233 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (148 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (112 papers). Yi Guan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Yi Guan's co-authors include Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon, Robert G. Webster, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Huachen Zhu, Gavin J. D. Smith, Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam, Guangchuang Yu, David K. Smith and Honglin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yi Guan

363 papers receiving 48.3k citations

Hit Papers

ggtree : an r package for visu... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2016 2003 2003 2001 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. ggtree : an r package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees with their covariates and other associated data
    2016 2.9k citations Guangchuang Yu, David K. Smith et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  2. Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    2003 2.2k citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  3. Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study
    2003 1.8k citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  4. Universal primer set for the full-length amplification of all influenza A viruses
    2001 1.7k citations Yi Guan, Robert G. Webster et al. profile →
  5. Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China
    2003 1.7k citations Yi Guan, Y. M. Cheung et al. profile →
  6. Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic
    2009 1.7k citations Gavin J. D. Smith, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna et al. Nature profile →
  7. Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia
    2006 1.5k citations Gavin J. D. Smith, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  8. Characterization and Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Coronavirus, Coronavirus HKU1, from Patients with Pneumonia
    2004 1.1k citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  9. Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003
    2003 1.1k citations Leo L. M. Poon, Malik Peiris et al. profile →
  10. Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage
    2003 938 citations Eric J. Snijder, Peter J. Bredenbeek et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  11. Severe acute respiratory syndrome
    2004 843 citations Malik Peiris, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  12. Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome
    2003 802 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  13. Receptor and viral determinants of SARS‐coronavirus adaptation to human ACE2
    2005 735 citations Kemin Xu, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  14. Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?
    2002 718 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  15. Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health
    2007 715 citations Malik Peiris, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  16. Oseltamivir Resistance during Treatment of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection
    2005 691 citations Gavin J. D. Smith, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  17. H5N1 virus outbreak in migratory waterfowl
    2005 648 citations Honglin Chen, Gavin J. D. Smith et al. Nature profile →
  18. Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease
    2004 645 citations Malik Peiris, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  19. Molecular characterization of H9N2 influenza viruses: Were they the donors of the “internal” genes of H5N1 viruses in Hong Kong?
    1999 612 citations Yi Guan, Robert G. Webster et al. profile →
  20. Heterosubtypic Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies Cross-Protective against H5N1 and H1N1 Recovered from Human IgM+ Memory B Cells
    2008 596 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  21. Avian-to-human transmission of H9N2 subtype influenza A viruses: Relationship between H9N2 and H5N1 human isolates
    2000 520 citations Yi Guan, Robert G. Webster et al. profile →
  22. Human Infection with an Avian H9N2 Influenza A Virus in Hong Kong in 2003
    2005 506 citations Gavin J. D. Smith, Honglin Chen et al. profile →
  23. Characterization of Avian H5N1 Influenza Viruses from Poultry in Hong Kong
    1998 479 citations Yi Guan, Robert G. Webster et al. profile →
  24. Two Methods for Mapping and Visualizing Associated Data on Phylogeny Using Ggtree
    2018 409 citations Guangchuang Yu, Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam et al. profile →
  25. Treeio: An R Package for Phylogenetic Tree Input and Output with Richly Annotated and Associated Data
    2019 325 citations Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam, Huachen Zhu et al. profile →
  26. Ggtree : A serialized data object for visualization of a phylogenetic tree and annotation data
    2022 182 citations Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam, Yi Guan et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 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 Guan Hong Kong 105 27.5k 26.4k 13.6k 7.0k 6.7k 371 49.8k
Ron A. M. Fouchier Netherlands 101 30.2k 1.1× 25.7k 1.0× 10.9k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 6.5k 1.0× 462 48.0k
Malik Peiris Hong Kong 131 35.8k 1.3× 41.9k 1.6× 12.9k 0.9× 8.8k 1.3× 8.0k 1.2× 854 75.0k
Yoshihiro Kawaoka United States 128 47.6k 1.7× 27.3k 1.0× 18.0k 1.3× 4.6k 0.6× 13.4k 2.0× 860 64.6k
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus Netherlands 118 40.9k 1.5× 34.5k 1.3× 10.4k 0.8× 7.7k 1.1× 8.3k 1.2× 1.0k 74.2k
Robert G. Webster United States 139 59.8k 2.2× 26.5k 1.0× 28.9k 2.1× 6.0k 0.9× 12.6k 1.9× 811 73.4k
Peter Palese United States 123 35.0k 1.3× 13.9k 0.5× 5.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.5× 13.0k 1.9× 450 49.7k
Kwok‐Yung Yuen Hong Kong 127 22.4k 0.8× 51.0k 1.9× 3.1k 0.2× 11.3k 1.6× 11.4k 1.7× 1.1k 81.4k
Leo L. M. Poon Hong Kong 93 10.7k 0.4× 27.8k 1.1× 3.0k 0.2× 6.9k 1.0× 5.9k 0.9× 303 41.1k
George F. Gao China 93 11.7k 0.4× 28.3k 1.1× 3.0k 0.2× 4.0k 0.6× 10.8k 1.6× 744 56.2k
Kanta Subbarao United States 81 15.3k 0.6× 14.8k 0.6× 4.8k 0.4× 3.2k 0.5× 4.1k 0.6× 305 27.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Guan

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All Works

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Jiang, Chunhong, Jia Wang, Xiaoqian Wu, et al.. (2025). Andrographolide sulfonate alleviates rheumatoid arthritis by inhibiting glycolysis-mediated activation of PI3K/AKT to restrain Th17 cell differentiation. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 23(4). 480–491. 2 indexed citations
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Guan, Yi, et al.. (2025). A Novel Variable-Fidelity Kriging Surrogate Model Based on Global Optimization for Black-Box Problems. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 144(3). 3343–3368.
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Liu, Yongmei, Y. M. Cheung, Shuo Su, et al.. (2023). Discovery of novel Mamastroviruses in Bactrian camels and dromedaries reveals complex recombination history. Virus Evolution. 9(1). veac125–veac125. 4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lunzhi, Ming Zhou, Kun Wu, et al.. (2023). Butyrate Protects against SARS-CoV-2-Induced Tissue Damage in Golden Hamsters. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(18). 14191–14191. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuan, Lunzhi Yuan, Yali Zhang, et al.. (2023). Antiviral Nanobiologic Therapy Remodulates Innate Immune Responses to Highly Pathogenic Coronavirus. Advanced Science. 10(17). e2207249–e2207249. 9 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lunzhi, Huachen Zhu, Peiwen Chen, et al.. (2022). Infection, pathology and interferon treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant in juvenile, adult and aged Syrian hamsters. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 19(12). 1392–1399. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, et al.. (2022). Pulmonary and Systemic Toxicity in a Rat Model of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Induced by Indium-Tin Oxide Nanoparticles. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Bingyi, Bernardo García‐Carreras, Justin Lessler, et al.. (2022). Long term intrinsic cycling in human life course antibody responses to influenza A(H3N2): an observational and modeling study. eLife. 11. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Nan, Yi Guan, Yan Yu, et al.. (2022). Pulmonary effects of exposure to indium and its compounds: cross-sectional survey of exposed workers and experimental findings in rodents. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 19(1). 69–69. 7 indexed citations
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Quandelacy, Talía M., Derek A. T. Cummings, Chao Qiang Jiang, et al.. (2020). Using serological measures to estimate influenza incidence in the presence of secular trends in exposure and immuno‐modulation of antibody response. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(2). 235–244. 7 indexed citations
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Yu, Guangchuang, David K. Smith, Huachen Zhu, Yi Guan, & Tommy Tsan‐Yuk Lam. (2016). ggtree : an r package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees with their covariates and other associated data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(1). 28–36. 2926 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran, Y. M. Cheung, Leo L. M. Poon, et al.. (2014). Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus among Humans and Swine, Sri Lanka. Emerging infectious diseases. 20(12). 2080–4. 4 indexed citations
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Govorkova, Elena A., Tatiana Baranovich, Patrick Seiler, et al.. (2013). Antiviral resistance among highly pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) viruses isolated worldwide in 2002–2012 shows need for continued monitoring. Antiviral Research. 98(2). 297–304. 105 indexed citations
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Smith, Gavin J. D., Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Justin Bahl, et al.. (2009). Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic. Nature. 459(7250). 1122–1125. 1663 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Kangsheng, Kai Huang, Zhen Feng, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of avian influenza virus receptor in human respiratory tract. PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 35(12). 1387–1393. 2 indexed citations
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Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran, Gavin J. D. Smith, Jieze Zhang, et al.. (2007). Evolutionary Insights into the Ecology of Coronaviruses. Journal of Virology. 81(8). 4012–4020. 204 indexed citations
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Tang, Xianfeng, Shiyong Zhang, Xiaomin Fan, et al.. (2006). Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Coronaviruses in Bats from China. Journal of Virology. 80(15). 7481–7490. 256 indexed citations
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Guan, Yi. (2005). Statistical Optimization of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Expression in E. coli. Zhongguo shengwu huaxue yu fenzi shengwu xuebao. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Bo‐Jian, Ming‐Liang He, Ching Tung Lum, et al.. (2004). Potent Inhibition of SARS-Associated Coronavirus (SCoV) Infection and Replication by Type I Interferons (IFN- α/β ) but Not by Type II Interferon (IFN- γ ). Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 24(7). 388–390. 66 indexed citations
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Snijder, Eric J., Peter J. Bredenbeek, Jessika C. Dobbe, et al.. (2003). Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 331(5). 991–1004. 938 indexed citations breakdown →

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