Yichen Wang

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
223 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Yichen Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichen Wang has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 38 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yichen Wang's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (15 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers). Yichen Wang is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (15 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers). Yichen Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yichen Wang's co-authors include Jeffrey E. Pessin, Jiajun Fan, Jingyun Luan, Dianwen Ju, Xuyao Zhang, Wei Chen, Yubin Li, Shaofei Wang, Mingnan Liu and Guangxun Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yichen Wang

188 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Global Burden of Digestive Diseases: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study, 1990 to 2019

2023 94 citations Yichen Wang, Yuting Huang et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Polysaccharides from hawthorn fruit alleviate high-fat diet-induced NAFLD in mice by improving gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic metabolic disorder

2025 14 citations Yichen Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yichen Wang China	33	1.4k	527	423	385	369	223	3.8k
Dan Zhang China	41	2.1k 1.5×	317 0.6×	542 1.3×	263 0.7×	567 1.5×	286	6.0k
Lili Wang China	35	1.8k 1.3×	375 0.7×	432 1.0×	159 0.4×	223 0.6×	209	4.7k
Yi Cai China	37	1.7k 1.2×	256 0.5×	161 0.4×	171 0.4×	403 1.1×	176	4.5k
Ling Wang China	41	2.1k 1.5×	452 0.9×	352 0.8×	536 1.4×	280 0.8×	200	5.4k
Hong Chen China	30	1.3k 0.9×	321 0.6×	394 0.9×	126 0.3×	219 0.6×	118	2.9k
Yuting Li China	29	1.6k 1.2×	415 0.8×	212 0.5×	168 0.4×	230 0.6×	324	3.7k
Junyi Wang China	31	1.7k 1.2×	254 0.5×	351 0.8×	180 0.5×	268 0.7×	270	4.1k
Feng Wang China	37	2.6k 1.9×	418 0.8×	335 0.8×	223 0.6×	1.1k 3.0×	131	4.8k
Jörg Reichrath Germany	48	1.6k 1.2×	903 1.7×	1.0k 2.4×	313 0.8×	901 2.4×	215	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yichen Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yichen Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichen Wang

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

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Wei, Tingting, Yunhai Li, Ze Zhang, et al.. (2025). Global burden and trends analysis of common cancers attributable to dietary risks from 1990 to 2021 and projection to 2050: a secondary analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021. Frontiers in Nutrition. 12. 1673422–1673422.

Zheng, Yuanjin, et al.. (2025). Tri-Memristor Hyperchaotic Ring Neural Network With Hidden Firings: Dynamic Analysis, Hardware Implementation and Application to Image Encryption. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yichen, Xinxin Pan, Wen Li, et al.. (2025). Identification of Key Biomarkers and Immune Microenvironment Features in Ulcerative Colitis: An Integrated Analysis Using WGCNA and Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 18. 13879–13896.

Liu, Jingyu, Jikai Xu, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2024). Pterostilbene nanoemulsion promotes Nrf2 signaling pathway to downregulate oxidative stress for treating Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 655. 124002–124002. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Yichen, Yongfeng Chen, Bao Li, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of a novel biodegradable Poly(amidoamine) with Bis(guanidinium) and benzene ring structures for enhanced gene delivery. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 104. 106452–106452.

Wang, Yichen, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Infection Control Policies on Hospital Acquired Infections by MDROs from 2016 to 2023. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 17. 4213–4221.

Wang, Yichen, et al.. (2024). Ulcer Bleeding in the United States: Epidemiology, Treatment Success, and Resource Utilization. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 69(6). 1963–1971. 4 indexed citations

Li, Bin, Yichen Wang, Haiqing Chen, et al.. (2023). Pattern of tumor regression after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 15(10). 5517–5524. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Wangxiong, Wenjie Hong, Yichen Wang, et al.. (2023). Stromal score is a promising index in tumor patients’ outcome determination. Heliyon. 9(11). e22432–e22432. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Tianxia, Osamu Kikuchi, Jin Zhou, et al.. (2023). Developing SHP2-based combination therapy for KRAS-amplified cancer. JCI Insight. 8(3). 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yichen, et al.. (2023). Predicting osteoporosis preventive behaviors in middle-aged and older urban Shanghai residents: a health belief model-based path analysis in a multi-center population study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1235251–1235251. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yichen, Yuting Huang, Tian Li, et al.. (2023). Sa1102 GLOBAL BURDEN OF DIGESTIVE DISEASES: A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASES STUDY, 1990-2019. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–281. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Si, et al.. (2023). Effect of malnutrition on outcomes of hospitalisations for acute pulmonary embolism: a national inpatient database study. BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. 6(2). 188–195. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yichen, et al.. (2023). Fungal Diversity Associated with Thirty-Eight Lichen Species Revealed a New Genus of Endolichenic Fungi, Intumescentia gen. nov. (Teratosphaeriaceae). Journal of Fungi. 9(4). 423–423. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuqing, et al.. (2023). Matrix stiffness regulates neovascular homeostasis through autophagy in nude mice. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 238(9). 2135–2146. 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Yiwei, et al.. (2022). NMR-based metabonomics reveals the dynamic effect of electro-acupuncture on central nervous system in gastric mucosal lesions (GML) rats. Chinese Medicine. 17(1). 37–37. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuanbo, et al.. (2022). KXS Balances the Tryptophan Metabolism in Mild to Moderate Depressed Patients and Chronic Restraint Stress Induced Depressive Rats. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 18. 2485–2496. 8 indexed citations

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Fan, Jiajun, Shaofei Wang, Xuyao Zhang, et al.. (2018). Quantum Dots Elicit Hepatotoxicity through Lysosome-Dependent Autophagy Activation and Reactive Oxygen Species Production. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 4(4). 1418–1427. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuyao, Jiajun Fan, Shaofei Wang, et al.. (2017). Targeting CD47 and Autophagy Elicited Enhanced Antitumor Effects in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 5(5). 363–375. 89 indexed citations

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Liu, Xin, Keke Jia, Yichen Wang, et al.. (2017). Dual-Responsive Bola-Type Supra-Amphiphile Constructed from Water-Soluble Pillar[5]arene and Naphthalimide-Containing Amphiphile for Intracellular Drug Delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(5). 4843–4850. 82 indexed citations

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