Yi Lu

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yi Lu is a scholar working on Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Lu has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Genetics, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yi Lu's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (25 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (7 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers). Yi Lu is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (25 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (7 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers). Yi Lu collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Yi Lu's co-authors include Chikezie O. Madu, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Joanna Martin, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Sara Hägg, Sebastian Lundström, Nancy L. Pedersen, Robert Karlsson and Isabell Brikell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yi Lu

69 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A genome‐wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing

2021 179 citations Janice L. Atkins, Juulia Jylhävä et al. Aging Cell profile →
Impact of COVID-19 on immunocompromised populations during the Omicron era: insights from the observational population-based INFORM study

2023 86 citations Rachael A Evans, Sabada Dube et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Lu Sweden	25	389	384	347	289	251	75	1.9k
John M. Starr United Kingdom	22	607 1.6×	334 0.9×	910 2.6×	473 1.6×	134 0.5×	33	2.7k
Kimio Yoshimura Japan	38	163 0.4×	287 0.7×	666 1.9×	124 0.4×	656 2.6×	87	3.9k
Johannes C. Huber Austria	33	404 1.0×	201 0.5×	295 0.9×	235 0.8×	88 0.4×	99	2.9k
Archie Campbell United Kingdom	31	709 1.8×	239 0.6×	974 2.8×	356 1.2×	156 0.6×	94	2.9k
Hannah Jones United Kingdom	23	586 1.5×	528 1.4×	207 0.6×	229 0.8×	410 1.6×	68	2.2k
Izumi Kawachi Japan	18	770 2.0×	237 0.6×	754 2.2×	639 2.2×	75 0.3×	81	5.3k
Melanie J. Bonner United States	33	241 0.6×	222 0.6×	151 0.4×	87 0.3×	376 1.5×	63	3.0k
Katherine Turner Italy	27	266 0.7×	731 1.9×	152 0.4×	416 1.4×	177 0.7×	95	2.5k
Premal H. Thaker United States	39	235 0.6×	829 2.2×	1.3k 3.7×	258 0.9×	113 0.5×	283	5.5k
Timothy J. Kendall United Kingdom	34	140 0.4×	578 1.5×	823 2.4×	179 0.6×	471 1.9×	107	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Lu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bränn, Emma, Jerry Guintivano, Fang Fang, et al.. (2025). Maternal psychiatric disorders before, during, and after pregnancy: a national cohort study in Sweden. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(1). 309–317. 1 indexed citations

Quint, Jennifer K, Sabada Dube, Lucy Carty, et al.. (2025). Immunocompromised individuals remain at risk of COVID-19: 2023 results from the observational INFORM study. Journal of Infection. 90(3). 106432–106432. 1 indexed citations

Bauer, Anna E., Piotr Jahołkowski, Yi Lu, et al.. (2025). Identification and validation of postpartum depression subtypes: a population-based cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 89. 103540–103540.

Pasman, Joëlle A., Jacob Bergstedt, Arvid Harder, et al.. (2025). An encompassing Mendelian randomization study of the causes and consequences of major depressive disorder. Nature Mental Health. 3(9). 1002–1011.

Yao, Shuyang, Arvid Harder, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2025). Connecting genomic results for psychiatric disorders to human brain cell types and regions reveals convergence with functional connectivity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 395–395. 4 indexed citations

Bai, Yan, et al.. (2025). Water‐Stressed Canopy Stomatal Behaviors Across Environmental Gradients and Ecosystems Within an Inland River Basin. Water Resources Research. 61(8).

Simonsson, Otto, Miriam A. Mosing, Walter Osika, et al.. (2024). Adolescent Psychedelic Use and Psychotic or Manic Symptoms. JAMA Psychiatry. 81(6). 579–579. 16 indexed citations

Song, Jie, Lina Jönsson, Yi Lu, et al.. (2024). Key subphenotypes of bipolar disorder are differentially associated with polygenic liabilities for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(7). 1941–1950. 10 indexed citations

Wu, Xuanyu, et al.. (2024). Causal linkage between type 2 diabetes mellitus and inflammatory bowel disease: an integrated Mendelian randomization study and bioinformatics analysis. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1275699–1275699. 10 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi. (2023). Heart Disease Prediction Model based on Prophet. Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology. 39. 1035–1040. 2 indexed citations

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Kowalec, Kaarina, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Amber Salter, et al.. (2023). Polygenicity of Comorbid Depression in Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology. 101(5). e522–e532. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Xia, Alexander Ploner, Yunzhang Wang, et al.. (2023). Rare functional variants in the CRP and G6PC genes modify the relationship between obesity and serum C‐reactive protein in white British population. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 11(12). e2255–e2255. 1 indexed citations

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Kowalec, Kaarina, Joëlle A. Pasman, Henrik Larsson, et al.. (2023). Genetic Contribution to the Heterogeneity of Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From a Sibling-Based Design Using Swedish National Registers. American Journal of Psychiatry. 180(10). 714–722. 10 indexed citations

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Song, Jie, Shuyang Yao, Kaarina Kowalec, et al.. (2022). The impact of educational attainment, intelligence and intellectual disability on schizophrenia: a Swedish population-based register and genetic study. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(5). 2439–2447. 12 indexed citations

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Tate, Ashley, Hanna Sahlin, Shengxin Liu, et al.. (2022). Borderline personality disorder: associations with psychiatric disorders, somatic illnesses, trauma, and adverse behaviors. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(5). 2514–2521. 28 indexed citations

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Shen, Qing, Huan Song, Thor Aspelund, et al.. (2022). Cardiovascular disease and subsequent risk of psychiatric disorders: a nationwide sibling-controlled study. eLife. 11. 7 indexed citations

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Atkins, Janice L., Juulia Jylhävä, Nancy L. Pedersen, et al.. (2021). A genome‐wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing. Aging Cell. 20(9). e13459–e13459. 179 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clements, Caitlin C., Robert Karlsson, Yi Lu, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide association study of patients with a severe major depressive episode treated with electroconvulsive therapy. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(6). 2429–2439. 32 indexed citations

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Lu, Donghao, Jie Song, Yi Lu, et al.. (2020). A shared genetic contribution to breast cancer and schizophrenia. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4637–4637. 35 indexed citations

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Meier, Madeline H., Nathan A. Gillespie, Narelle K. Hansell, et al.. (2014). Associations Between Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Retinal Vessel Caliber in Adolescents and Young Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine. 76(9). 732–738. 28 indexed citations

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