Yian Yin

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yian Yin is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Sociology and Political Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yian Yin has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yian Yin's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (7 papers), Conferences and Exhibitions Management (3 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers). Yian Yin is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (7 papers), Conferences and Exhibitions Management (3 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers). Yian Yin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and China. Yian Yin's co-authors include Dashun Wang, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle Myers, Marie Thursby, P. Schiffer, Joseph T. Walsh, Wei Yang Tham, Jerry G. Thursby, Jian Gao and Jichao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yian Yin

13 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

2020 463 citations Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yian Yin United States	11	267	230	185	123	121	15	1.0k
Jens Peter Andersen Denmark	12	204 0.8×	120 0.5×	307 1.7×	240 2.0×	106 0.9×	36	897
Holly Else	14	223 0.8×	139 0.6×	54 0.3×	133 1.1×	110 0.9×	95	1.3k
Chris Woolston United Kingdom	17	120 0.4×	135 0.6×	79 0.4×	203 1.7×	76 0.6×	168	1.2k
Benoît Macaluso Canada	11	399 1.5×	117 0.5×	183 1.0×	242 2.0×	17 0.1×	21	985
Mike Farjam Sweden	10	103 0.4×	165 0.7×	115 0.6×	66 0.5×	41 0.3×	30	581
Gemma Derrick United Kingdom	18	176 0.7×	174 0.8×	24 0.1×	151 1.2×	58 0.5×	56	910
Chaoqun Ni United States	17	679 2.5×	279 1.2×	461 2.5×	267 2.2×	21 0.2×	48	1.7k
Ho Fai Chan Australia	16	187 0.7×	252 1.1×	81 0.4×	46 0.4×	8 0.1×	80	966
Étienne Vignola‐Gagné Canada	10	457 1.7×	121 0.5×	72 0.4×	113 0.9×	11 0.1×	14	896
Abel Brodeur Canada	14	144 0.5×	311 1.4×	48 0.3×	18 0.1×	16 0.1×	39	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yian Yin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yian Yin

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yian Yin

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Ginsparg, Paul, et al.. (2025). Scientific production in the era of large language models. Science. 390(6779). 1240–1243. 1 indexed citations

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Hill, Ryan, et al.. (2025). The pivot penalty in research. Nature. 642(8069). 999–1006. 7 indexed citations

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Liang, Weixin, Hancheng Cao, Daisy Yi Ding, et al.. (2024). Can Large Language Models Provide Useful Feedback on Research Papers? A Large-Scale Empirical Analysis. NEJM AI. 1(8). 70 indexed citations

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Yin, Yian, et al.. (2023). SciSciNet: A large-scale open data lake for the science of science research. Scientific Data. 10(1). 315–315. 63 indexed citations

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Yin, Yian, Yuxiao Dong, Kuansan Wang, Dashun Wang, & Benjamin F. Jones. (2022). Public use and public funding of science. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(10). 1344–1350. 42 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Yian Yin, Kyle Myers, Karim R. Lakhani, & Dashun Wang. (2021). Potentially long-lasting effects of the pandemic on scientists. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6188–6188. 112 indexed citations

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Yin, Yian, Jian Gao, Benjamin F. Jones, & Dashun Wang. (2021). Coevolution of policy and science during the pandemic. Science. 371(6525). 128–130. 70 indexed citations

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Yin, Yian, Yuxiao Dong, Kuansan Wang, Dashun Wang, & Benjamin F. Jones. (2021). Science as a Public Good: Public Use and Funding of Science. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Myers, Kyle, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists. SSRN Electronic Journal. 21 indexed citations

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Myers, Kyle, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, et al.. (2020). Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(9). 880–883. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Jichao, Yian Yin, Santo Fortunato, & Dashun Wang. (2020). Scientific elite revisited: patterns of productivity, collaboration, authorship and impact. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 17(165). 20200135–20200135. 64 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Yian Yin, Benjamin F. Jones, & Dashun Wang. (2020). Quantifying Policy Responses to a Global Emergency: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Jichao, Yian Yin, Santo Fortunato, & Dashun Wang. (2019). A dataset of publication records for Nobel laureates. Scientific Data. 6(1). 33–33. 54 indexed citations

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Yin, Yian, Yang Wang, James A. Evans, & Dashun Wang. (2019). Quantifying the dynamics of failure across science, startups and security. Nature. 575(7781). 190–194. 43 indexed citations

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Li, Jichao, Yian Yin, Santo Fortunato, & Dashun Wang. (2019). Nobel laureates are almost the same as us. Nature Reviews Physics. 1(5). 301–303. 21 indexed citations

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