Yi Zhang

97.1k total citations · 16 hit papers
1.3k papers, 57.3k citations indexed

About

Yi Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zhang has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 57.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 500 papers in Molecular Biology, 368 papers in Immunology and 363 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yi Zhang's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (139 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (120 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (111 papers). Yi Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (139 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (120 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (111 papers). Yi Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yi Zhang's co-authors include Xiaoying Gu, Jiuyang Xu, Fei Zhou, Bin Cao, Yeming Wang, Guohui Fan, Ying Liu, Bin Song, Ting Yu and Jie Xiang and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zhang

1.3k papers receiving 56.3k citations

Hit Papers

Clinical course and... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2020 2017 2020 2017 2020 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study
    2020 18.1k citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  2. The Role of Tumoral FOXP3 on Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion in Gastric Cancer
    2017 2.4k citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Roles of IFN-γ in tumor progression and regression: a review
    2020 790 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Tumor-associated macrophages: from basic research to clinical application
    2017 670 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  5. COVID-19: immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapeutics
    2020 572 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  6. Biomedical Applications of Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials
    2013 526 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  7. SARS-CoV-2 binds platelet ACE2 to enhance thrombosis in COVID-19
    2020 474 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Scurfin (FOXP3) Acts as a Repressor of Transcription and Regulates T Cell Activation
    2001 434 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  9. Gasdermin E–mediated target cell pyroptosis by CAR T cells triggers cytokine release syndrome
    2020 423 citations Xiaoyu Liang, Ke Tang et al. profile →
  10. Immunosenescence: molecular mechanisms and diseases
    2023 421 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  11. Immunosenescence: a key player in cancer development
    2020 322 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  12. Intratumoral microbiota: roles in cancer initiation, development and therapeutic efficacy
    2023 250 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  13. Contradictory roles of lipid metabolism in immune response within the tumor microenvironment
    2021 170 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  14. Managing the immune microenvironment of osteosarcoma: the outlook for osteosarcoma treatment
    2023 120 citations Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  15. Lithium carbonate revitalizes tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells by shunting lactic acid into mitochondria
    2024 71 citations Jingwei Ma, Ke Tang et al. profile →
  16. PD-1 signaling limits expression of phospholipid phosphatase 1 and promotes intratumoral CD8+ T cell ferroptosis
    2024 59 citations Yi Zhang 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 Zhang China 81 16.5k 14.7k 13.9k 12.8k 7.5k 1.3k 57.3k
Joseph J.�Y. Sung Hong Kong 140 23.3k 1.4× 11.6k 0.8× 13.6k 1.0× 5.2k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 1.3k 86.8k
Giuseppe Lippi Italy 97 5.5k 0.3× 9.7k 0.7× 6.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.2× 4.9k 0.7× 1.7k 53.4k
George F. Gao China 93 10.8k 0.7× 28.3k 1.9× 4.4k 0.3× 7.9k 0.6× 4.3k 0.6× 744 56.2k
Pan‐Chyr Yang Taiwan 99 13.6k 0.8× 4.2k 0.3× 10.5k 0.8× 3.7k 0.3× 843 0.1× 829 39.2k
Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 144 16.0k 1.0× 3.7k 0.3× 4.6k 0.3× 17.9k 1.4× 1.6k 0.2× 1.3k 95.1k
Ramnik J. Xavier United States 116 32.8k 2.0× 9.4k 0.6× 4.0k 0.3× 18.7k 1.5× 899 0.1× 451 62.9k
Jos H. Beijnen Netherlands 111 17.7k 1.1× 6.0k 0.4× 27.4k 2.0× 3.4k 0.3× 697 0.1× 1.5k 57.9k
Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 127 22.9k 1.4× 2.1k 0.1× 5.0k 0.4× 8.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.2× 1.9k 69.4k
Li Zhang China 81 12.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.1× 7.6k 0.5× 7.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.3× 1.9k 39.8k
Yehuda Shoenfeld Israel 115 8.2k 0.5× 5.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.2× 20.2k 1.6× 5.4k 0.7× 1.6k 63.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Zhang

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

All Works

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Zhang, Yi, Mingjie Wang, Ling Ye, et al.. (2024). HKDC1 promotes tumor immune evasion in hepatocellular carcinoma by coupling cytoskeleton to STAT1 activation and PD-L1 expression. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1314–1314. 24 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bin, et al.. (2024). The involvement of VEGF and VEGFR in bacterial recognition and regulation of antimicrobial peptides in Eriocheir sinensis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 270(Pt 1). 132242–132242. 1 indexed citations
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Ruan, Jingya, Huimin Li, Fan Sun, et al.. (2023). Bioactive triterpenes of jujube in the prevention of colorectal cancer and their molecular mechanism research. Phytomedicine. 110. 154639–154639. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Feifei, Yi Zhang, Ling Bai, & Jiuwei Cui. (2023). Natural killer cell therapy targeting cancer stem cells: Old wine in a new bottle. Cancer Letters. 570. 216328–216328. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Huimin, Jingya Ruan, Haiyang Yu, et al.. (2023). Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) and Its Rich Ellagitannins as Potential Inhibitors in Ulcerative Colitis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(24). 17538–17538. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2023). The antibacterial activity and antibacterial mechanism analyses of an LRR-IG protein in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 234. 123732–123732. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Yuyan, et al.. (2023). Tumor-associated NK cells facilitate tumor growth via NKp46 in immunocompetent murine hepatocellular carcinoma. Immunology Letters. 258. 8–19. 3 indexed citations
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Yin, Liyuan, Yi Zhang, Lijuan Yin, et al.. (2021). Novel Mitochondria-Based Targeting Restores Responsiveness in Therapeutically Resistant Human Lung Cancer Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(12). 2527–2538. 6 indexed citations
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Critchley-Thorne, Rebecca J., Jon M. Davison, Jeffrey W. Prichard, et al.. (2016). A Tissue Systems Pathology Test Detects Abnormalities Associated with Prevalent High-Grade Dysplasia and Esophageal Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(2). 240–248. 32 indexed citations
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Critchley-Thorne, Rebecca J., Lucas C. Duits, Jeffrey W. Prichard, et al.. (2016). A Tissue Systems Pathology Assay for High-Risk Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(6). 958–968. 44 indexed citations
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Chen, Lin, Jie Li, Fei Wang, et al.. (2016). Tie2 Expression on Macrophages Is Required for Blood Vessel Reconstruction and Tumor Relapse after Chemotherapy. Cancer Research. 76(23). 6828–6838. 77 indexed citations
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Li, Yong, Shunqun Luo, Ruihua Ma, et al.. (2015). Upregulation of Cytosolic Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Is a Critical Metabolic Event in Melanoma Cells That Repopulate Tumors. Cancer Research. 75(7). 1191–1196. 68 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Ke Tang, Ruihua Ma, et al.. (2014). Cell-free Tumor Microparticle Vaccines Stimulate Dendritic Cells via cGAS/STING Signaling. Cancer Immunology Research. 3(2). 196–205. 125 indexed citations
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Chen, Siqi, Long Wang, Jie Fan, et al.. (2014). Host miR155 Promotes Tumor Growth through a Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell–Dependent Mechanism. Cancer Research. 75(3). 519–531. 80 indexed citations
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Friedline, Randall H., Hai V. Nguyen, Hardy Kornfeld, et al.. (2009). CD4+ regulatory T cells require CTLA-4 for the maintenance of systemic tolerance. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(2). 421–434. 205 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bin, Yi Zhang, Natalie A. Bowerman, et al.. (2008). Equilibrium between Host and Cancer Caused by Effector T Cells Killing Tumor Stroma. Cancer Research. 68(5). 1563–1571. 59 indexed citations
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Raponi, Mitch, Yi Zhang, Jack X. Yu, et al.. (2006). Gene Expression Signatures for Predicting Prognosis of Squamous Cell and Adenocarcinomas of the Lung. Cancer Research. 66(15). 7466–7472. 319 indexed citations

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