Yifan Yu

970 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 610 citations indexed

About

Yifan Yu is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Yu has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 610 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Yifan Yu's work include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (2 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (1 paper) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (1 paper). Yifan Yu is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (2 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (1 paper) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (1 paper). Yifan Yu collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Yifan Yu's co-authors include Yuquan Wei, Xuemei He, Tingmei Zhao, Xiaohe Tian, Yulong Cai, Yujie Jiang, Anuj Chauhan, Olivia L. Lanier, Rui Sang and Xu Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Autophagy and Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Yu

8 papers receiving 597 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.

Vaccine adjuvants: mechanisms and platforms

2023 435 citations Tingmei Zhao, Yulong Cai et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yifan Yu China	7	249	234	129	92	71	9	610
Elham Mohit Iran	17	206 0.8×	402 1.7×	101 0.8×	104 1.1×	109 1.5×	39	804
Tingmei Zhao China	5	290 1.2×	245 1.0×	98 0.8×	141 1.5×	61 0.9×	6	563
Asghar Abdoli Iran	16	135 0.5×	260 1.1×	205 1.6×	155 1.7×	46 0.6×	70	636
Ewa Oleszycka Ireland	9	616 2.5×	349 1.5×	194 1.5×	153 1.7×	87 1.2×	14	996
Farzaneh Barkhordari Iran	13	185 0.7×	258 1.1×	121 0.9×	44 0.5×	31 0.4×	44	559
Rouhollah Vahabpour Iran	19	85 0.3×	293 1.3×	226 1.8×	130 1.4×	43 0.6×	65	759
Youhui Si China	15	226 0.9×	305 1.3×	133 1.0×	143 1.6×	29 0.4×	39	734
Wafa Hanna Koury Cabrera Brazil	14	295 1.2×	227 1.0×	91 0.7×	50 0.5×	22 0.3×	52	681
Ranveig Braathen Norway	13	362 1.5×	210 0.9×	108 0.8×	71 0.8×	39 0.5×	22	684
Pramod Upadhyay India	13	171 0.7×	162 0.7×	129 1.0×	83 0.9×	135 1.9×	47	542

Countries citing papers authored by Yifan Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yifan Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Yu

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Wang, Yaning, et al.. (2025). Influence of complex flotation reagents on flotation effect of low-rank coal and mechanism analysis. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization. 46(1). 211–230. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Numerical Simulation of Mass Transfer in Hollow Fiber Membrane Module for Membrane-Based Artificial Organs. Membranes. 14(3). 67–67.

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Zhao, Tingmei, Yulong Cai, Yujie Jiang, et al.. (2023). Vaccine adjuvants: mechanisms and platforms. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 435 indexed citations breakdown →

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Feng, Kai, Yifan Yu, Feng Wang, et al.. (2023). Injectable hypoxia-preconditioned cartilage progenitor cells-laden GelMA microspheres system for enhanced osteoarthritis treatment. Materials Today Bio. 20. 100637–100637. 20 indexed citations

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Lanier, Olivia L., et al.. (2020). Commercialization challenges for drug eluting contact lenses. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 17(8). 1133–1149. 44 indexed citations

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Yu, Yifan, et al.. (2019). Improving wettability and lubricity of commercial contact lenses by polymerizing a thin film of dimethylacryamide. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 583. 123974–123974. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Jinxia, Xu Lu, Rui Sang, et al.. (2018). Immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects of total flavonoids of Astragalus by regulating NF-ΚB and MAPK signalling pathways in RAW 264.7 macrophages.. PubMed. 73(10). 589–593. 30 indexed citations

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Feng, Lijie, Jin Zhang, Na Zhu, et al.. (2017). Ubiquitin ligase SYVN1/HRD1 facilitates degradation of the SERPINA1 Z variant/α-1-antitrypsin Z variant via SQSTM1/p62-dependent selective autophagy. Autophagy. 13(4). 686–702. 47 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shengnai, Qingqiang Yao, Pengfei Zheng, et al.. (2017). Application of 3D printing rapid prototyping-assisted percutaneous fixation in the treatment of intertrochanteric fracture. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 14(4). 3644–3650. 19 indexed citations

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