Yi Wan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yi Wan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Wan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yi Wan's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (16 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (9 papers). Yi Wan is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (16 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (9 papers). Yi Wan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yi Wan's co-authors include Duo Li, Fenglei Wang, Ju‐Sheng Zheng, Jihong Yuan, Tao Huang, Hao Li, Jingjing Zhang, Jun Tang, Jim Mann and Dandan Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Yi Wan

29 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of dietary fat on gut microbiota and faecal metab... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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. Effects of dietary fat on gut microbiota and faecal metabolites, and their relationship with cardiometabolic risk factors: a 6-month randomised controlled-feeding trial
    2019 459 citations Yi Wan, Fenglei Wang et al. Gut 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 Wan China 18 571 496 356 200 155 34 1.3k
Clara E. Cho Canada 18 724 1.3× 676 1.4× 433 1.2× 231 1.2× 140 0.9× 38 1.7k
Negar Naderpoor Australia 20 607 1.1× 493 1.0× 418 1.2× 198 1.0× 183 1.2× 38 1.8k
Michael A. Zulyniak United Kingdom 17 359 0.6× 490 1.0× 429 1.2× 264 1.3× 145 0.9× 51 1.4k
Araceli Muñoz‐Garach Spain 18 533 0.9× 472 1.0× 147 0.4× 151 0.8× 178 1.1× 37 1.3k
Louise Brunkwall Sweden 16 611 1.1× 573 1.2× 331 0.9× 147 0.7× 100 0.6× 24 1.2k
Minghao Gong United States 11 1.1k 1.9× 665 1.3× 263 0.7× 176 0.9× 144 0.9× 16 1.6k
Brian D. Piccolo United States 23 713 1.2× 509 1.0× 190 0.5× 315 1.6× 169 1.1× 54 1.4k
Corrie M. Whisner United States 18 611 1.1× 455 0.9× 248 0.7× 268 1.3× 62 0.4× 70 1.4k
Kati Mokkala Finland 18 539 0.9× 314 0.6× 189 0.5× 220 1.1× 121 0.8× 33 1.1k
Ehud Rinott Israel 15 385 0.7× 379 0.8× 225 0.6× 102 0.5× 215 1.4× 29 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Wan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Wan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Wan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yeli, Yang Hu, Yi Wan, et al.. (2025). Low-Carbohydrate Diets of Varying Macronutrient Quality and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Three U.S. Prospective Cohort Studies. Diabetes Care. 48(12). 2095–2102.
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Cai, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). Salivary proteins NlSP5 and NlSP7 are required for optimal feeding and fitness of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Pest Management Science. 80(9). 4297–4305. 4 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, Deirdre K. Tobias, Kristine K. Dennis, et al.. (2023). Association between changes in carbohydrate intake and long term weight changes: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 382. e073939–e073939. 28 indexed citations
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Wu, Hui‐Jie, et al.. (2023). LC‒MS/MS and transcriptome analyses reveal saliva components of the seed-feeding truebug Pyrrhocoris apterus. PubMed. 1(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yeli, Yang Hu, Yi Wan, et al.. (2022). Abstract 13226: Low-Carbohydrate Diets and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Men and Women. Circulation. 146(Suppl_1).
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Wang, Fenglei, Tomotaka Ugai, Koichiro Haruki, et al.. (2021). IDDF2021-ABS-0085 Association of healthy and unhealthy plant-based diets with the risk of colorectal cancer overall and by molecular subtypes. A112.1–A112. 1 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, Fred K. Tabung, Dong Hoon Lee, et al.. (2021). Dietary Insulinemic Potential and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Diabetes Care. 45(2). 451–459. 11 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, Jihong Yuan, Jie Li, et al.. (2020). Overweight and underweight status are linked to specific gut microbiota and intestinal tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. Clinical Nutrition. 39(10). 3189–3198. 46 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, Jun Tang, Jiaomei Li, et al.. (2020). Contribution of diet to gut microbiota and related host cardiometabolic health: diet-gut interaction in human health. Gut Microbes. 11(3). 603–609. 22 indexed citations
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Wan, Yi, Fenglei Wang, Jihong Yuan, et al.. (2019). Effects of dietary fat on gut microbiota and faecal metabolites, and their relationship with cardiometabolic risk factors: a 6-month randomised controlled-feeding trial. Gut. 68(8). 1417–1429. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, Jun, Yi Wan, Minjie Zhao, et al.. (2019). Legume and soy intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 111(3). 677–688. 58 indexed citations
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Tang, Jun, Yinkun Yan, Jie Li, et al.. (2018). Relationship between erythrocyte phospholipid fatty acid composition and obesity in children and adolescents. Journal of clinical lipidology. 13(1). 70–79.e1. 6 indexed citations
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Bennett, Christie, Ruth Walker, Michelle Blumfield, et al.. (2018). Attenuation of maternal weight gain impacts infant birthweight: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 10(4). 387–405. 14 indexed citations
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Bennett, Christie, Ruth Walker, Michelle Blumfield, et al.. (2018). Interventions designed to reduce excessive gestational weight gain can reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 141. 69–79. 58 indexed citations
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Wang, Fenglei, Huijuan Liu, Yi Wan, et al.. (2016). Prolonged Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration Is Positively Associated with Risk of Anemia in Infants Aged 12 Months. Journal of Nutrition. 146(9). 1707–1713. 21 indexed citations

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