Yifan Cheng
Impact in
- Structural Biology top 0.01%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Sensory Systems top 0.05%
- Ion Channels and Receptors
Papers in
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- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 53
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- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques 28
- Co-authors
- David A. AgardShawn ZhengJean‐Paul ArmacheDavid JuliusEugene PalovcakKliment A. VerbaThomas WalzErhu Cao
- Journals
- Nature (24 papers)Journal of Structural Biology (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (12 papers)Cell (10 papers)Nature Communications (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesChinaGermany
In The Last Decade
Yifan Cheng
206 papers receiving 25.4k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 179
- Structural Biology 3.8k
- Sensory Systems 2.6k
- Molecular Biology 16.6k
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1.6k
- Cell Biology 2.8k
Countries citing papers authored by Yifan Cheng
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yifan Cheng
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Yifan Cheng, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 3 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 4 | 2023 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2023 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2023 | 20 | |
| 7 | 2023 | 20 | |
| 8 | 2022 | 52 | |
| 9 | 2021 | 36 | |
| 10 | 2020 | 25 | |
| 11 | Irritant-evoked activation and calcium modulation of the TRPA1 receptor Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 123 |
| 12 | 2020 | 20 | |
| 13 | 2020 | 65 | |
| 14 | 2020 | 58 | |
| 15 | 2018 | 41 | |
| 16 | Structure of the human TRPM4 ion channel in a lipid nanodisc Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 207 |
| 17 | 2015 | 229 | |
| 18 | EMRinger: side chain–directed model and map validation for 3D cryo-electron microscopy Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 568 |
| 19 | 2012 | 66 | |
| 20 | Direct Membrane Association Drives Mitochondrial Fission by the Parkinson Disease-associated Protein α-Synuclein Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 484 |
About Yifan Cheng
Yifan Cheng is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 213 papers that have together received 25.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (53 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (15 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (15 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (14 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (3.8k citations), Sensory Systems (2.6k citations), Molecular Biology (16.6k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (1.6k citations) and Cell Biology (2.8k citations). Yifan Cheng has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include David A. Agard, Shawn Zheng, Jean‐Paul Armache, David Julius, Eugene Palovcak, Kliment A. Verba, Thomas Walz, Erhu Cao, Maofu Liao and Xueming Li. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Structural Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell and Nature Communications.
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