Yichun Cheng

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yichun Cheng is a scholar working on Nephrology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichun Cheng has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Nephrology, 7 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yichun Cheng's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (8 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (7 papers) and Acute Kidney Injury Research (6 papers). Yichun Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (8 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (7 papers) and Acute Kidney Injury Research (6 papers). Yichun Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Yichun Cheng's co-authors include Shuwang Ge, Gang Xu, Ran Luo, Ying Yao, Lei Dong, Junhua Li, Meng Zhang, Zhixiang Wang, Kun Wang and L A Brinton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Kidney International.

In The Last Decade

Yichun Cheng

34 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19

2020 1.8k citations Yichun Cheng, Ran Luo et al. Kidney International profile →

Peers

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Ran Luo China

Lei Dong China

Shuwang Ge China

Stefanie W. Benoit United States

Amirali Masoumi United States

Jan M. Griffin United States

Mahesh V. Madhavan United States

Grigoris Gerotziafas France

Meghan E. Sise United States

Ran Luo China

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646 ×1.1

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398 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to Yichun Cheng Yichun Cheng (= 1×) peers Ran Luo

Countries citing papers authored by Yichun Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yichun Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichun Cheng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Ran, et al.. (2025). Identifying potential mechanism and targets for treatment of tertiary lymphoid structure in lupus nephritis based on bioinformatics analysis. International Immunopharmacology. 148. 114084–114084. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Gang, et al.. (2024). Network Pharmacological Analysis of Hydroxychloroquine Intervention in the Treatment of Iga Nephropathy. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 31(9). 730–740.

Wang, Zufeng, et al.. (2024). Deletion of lymphotoxin-β receptor (LTβR) protects against acute kidney injury by PPARα pathway. Molecular Medicine. 30(1). 254–254.

Luo, Ran, Dan Yang, Yichun Cheng, et al.. (2024). Circulating soluble CD30 is associated with renal tertiary lymphoid structures and the progression of IgA nephropathy. Clinica Chimica Acta. 557. 117888–117888. 1 indexed citations

Che, Ting-Fang, Chao‐Hua Chiu, Yu‐Chung Wu, et al.. (2023). Proliferative ability of circulating tumor cells is a prognostic factor in Early-Stage lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 178. 198–205. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Yichun, et al.. (2023). Clinical characteristics and risk factor analysis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with CKD: a machine learning–based approach. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 42(3). 323–338. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Yichun, et al.. (2022). Nut Consumption and Effects on Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality in the United States. American Journal of Nephrology. 53(6). 503–512. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zufeng, Yichun Cheng, Yueqiang Li, et al.. (2022). Characteristics and Prognostic Value of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Membranous Nephropathy: A Retrospective Study. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 803929–803929. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Yichun, Ran Luo, Dan Chang, et al.. (2021). Low-Carbohydrate-Diet Score and Mortality in Adults With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 32(3). 301–311. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Zufeng, et al.. (2021). Effect of Marital Status on Depression and Mortality among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2014. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(5). 391–400. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yichun, Li‐Han Chen, Tzu‐Pin Lu, et al.. (2021). Regulatory Mechanisms and Functional Roles of Hypoxia-Induced Long Non-Coding RNA MTORT1 in Breast Cancer Cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 663114–663114. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Ran Luo, Yichun Cheng, et al.. (2020). Leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein-1 upregulation in plasma and kidney of patients with lupus nephritis. BMC Nephrology. 21(1). 122–122. 29 indexed citations

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Luo, Ran, Yi Yang, Yichun Cheng, et al.. (2020). Plasma chemokine CXC motif-ligand 16 as a predictor of renal prognosis in immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(6). 381–381. 5 indexed citations

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Chang, Dan, Yichun Cheng, Ran Luo, et al.. (2020). The prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio on the long-term renal survival in patients with IgA nephropathy. International Urology and Nephrology. 53(3). 523–530. 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yichun, et al.. (2020). A novel nomogram to predict the reliability of estimated glomerular filtration rate formulae in oncology patients. BMC Cancer. 20(1). 530–530. 5 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yichun, Ran Luo, Meng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Risk Factors and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(2). 111–119. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Ran, Yichun Cheng, Dan Chang, et al.. (2020). Tertiary lymphoid organs are associated with the progression of kidney damage and regulated by interleukin-17A. Theranostics. 11(1). 117–131. 29 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yichun, Ran Luo, Kun Wang, et al.. (2020). Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19. Kidney International. 97(5). 829–838. 1826 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Yichun, et al.. (2019). Identification of primary genes in glomeruli compartment of immunoglobulin A nephropathy by bioinformatic analysis. PeerJ. 7. e7067–e7067. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Junghui, et al.. (2005). Multiloop PID controller design using partial least squares decoupling structure. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering. 22(2). 173–183. 18 indexed citations

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