Yi Rao

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Yi Rao is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Rao has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yi Rao's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (40 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (26 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Yi Rao is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (40 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (26 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Yi Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yi Rao's co-authors include Jane Y. Wu, Juan Huang, Leslie B. Vosshall, Gabriel Gasque, Stephen Conway, Zhi‐Hong Jiang, Kun‐Liang Guan, Guofa Liu, Hui Jiang and Wei Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yi Rao

115 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies th... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies the 5HT2A receptor as a feeding modulation target
    2013 2.1k citations Yi Rao et al. 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 Rao China 49 5.1k 4.7k 1.8k 1.6k 1.0k 124 10.3k
Takeharu Nagai Japan 54 4.1k 0.8× 10.6k 2.3× 491 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 228 15.4k
Jeff W. Lichtman United States 73 10.5k 2.1× 10.6k 2.3× 3.0k 1.6× 2.7k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 222 24.1k
Shigeo Okabe Japan 53 4.2k 0.8× 5.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 2.1k 1.3× 706 0.7× 211 11.7k
Hitoshi Okamoto Japan 57 2.6k 0.5× 5.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 3.0k 1.9× 949 0.9× 209 9.6k
Lu Chen China 56 5.5k 1.1× 5.2k 1.1× 905 0.5× 902 0.6× 893 0.9× 336 12.2k
Eric R. Schreiter United States 31 5.9k 1.2× 4.4k 0.9× 203 0.1× 945 0.6× 786 0.8× 50 12.0k
David H. Hall United States 64 2.8k 0.5× 6.7k 1.4× 424 0.2× 2.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 236 15.4k
Thomas S. Reese United States 66 8.1k 1.6× 11.4k 2.4× 836 0.5× 7.4k 4.7× 1.0k 1.0× 268 22.1k
Ryōsuke Takahashi Japan 68 4.9k 1.0× 10.9k 2.3× 730 0.4× 3.1k 2.0× 959 1.0× 622 23.5k
Yasunori Hayashi Japan 54 9.7k 1.9× 7.9k 1.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 949 0.9× 263 16.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Rao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Rao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Rao

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

All Works

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Chen, Yiming, et al.. (2025). The association between insomnia (related symptoms) and glycaemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4016–4016.
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Chen, Biqing, Ren Na, Fang Wan, et al.. (2020). A genome-wide association study reveals a substantial genetic basis underlying the Ebbinghaus illusion. Journal of Human Genetics. 66(3). 261–271. 4 indexed citations
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Kinoshita-Kawada, Mariko, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tsunaki Hongu, et al.. (2019). A crucial role for Arf6 in the response of commissural axons to Slit. Development. 146(3). 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Biqing, Ren Na, Fang Wan, et al.. (2019). Heritability of human visual contour integration—an integrated genomic study. European Journal of Human Genetics. 27(12). 1867–1875. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Biqing, Ren Na, Fang Wan, et al.. (2018). Genomic Analyses of Visual Cognition: Perceptual Rivalry and Top-Down Control. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(45). 9668–9678. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Biqing, Yingying Wang, Xiaohu Ding, et al.. (2018). Nature vs. nurture in human sociality: multi-level genomic analyses of social conformity. Journal of Human Genetics. 63(5). 605–619. 11 indexed citations
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Ishimoto, Hiroshi, Zhe Wang, Yi Rao, Chun‐Fang Wu, & Toshihiro Kitamoto. (2013). A Novel Role for Ecdysone in Drosophila Conditioned Behavior: Linking GPCR-Mediated Non-canonical Steroid Action to cAMP Signaling in the Adult Brain. PLoS Genetics. 9(10). e1003843–e1003843. 60 indexed citations
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Hagihara, Kazuki, Eric Erquan Zhang, Yuehai Ke, et al.. (2009). Shp2 acts downstream of SDF-1α/CXCR4 in guiding granule cell migration during cerebellar development. Developmental Biology. 334(1). 276–284. 36 indexed citations
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Guo, Wei, Hui Jiang, Virginia Gray, Shoukat Dedhar, & Yi Rao. (2007). Role of the integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in determining neuronal polarity. Developmental Biology. 306(2). 457–468. 44 indexed citations
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Lin, Ling, Yi Rao, & Ole Isacson. (2005). Netrin-1 and slit-2 regulate and direct neurite growth of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 28(3). 547–555. 104 indexed citations
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Ward, Michael E., Jane Y. Wu, & Yi Rao. (2004). Visualization of spatially and temporally regulated N-WASP activity during cytoskeletal reorganization in living cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(4). 970–974. 27 indexed citations
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Kanellis, John, Gabriela García, Ping Li, et al.. (2004). Modulation of Inflammation by Slit Protein In Vivo in Experimental Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. American Journal Of Pathology. 165(1). 341–352. 47 indexed citations
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Guan, Hongbing, Yi Xie, Hao Tang, et al.. (2003). Neuronal Repellent Slit2 Inhibits Dendritic Cell Migration and the Development of Immune Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 171(12). 6519–6526. 73 indexed citations
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Sang, Q., et al.. (2002). Slit Promotes Branching and Elongation of Neurites of Interneurons But Not Projection Neurons from the Developing Telencephalon. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 21(2). 250–265. 21 indexed citations
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Wu, Wei, Lijuan Zhou, Wenlin Yuan, et al.. (1999). Vertebrate Slit, a Secreted Ligand for the Transmembrane Protein Roundabout, Is a Repellent for Olfactory Bulb Axons. Cell. 96(6). 807–818. 384 indexed citations
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Wu, Jane Y. & Yi Rao. (1999). Fringe: defining borders by regulating the Notch pathway. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 9(5). 537–543. 42 indexed citations

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