Yifan Zhong

629 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 379 citations indexed

About

Yifan Zhong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Zhong has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 379 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Food Science and 5 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Yifan Zhong's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (6 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers). Yifan Zhong is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (6 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers). Yifan Zhong collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and Canada. Yifan Zhong's co-authors include Jianxin Liu, Ming‐Yuan Xue, Hui‐Zeng Sun, Yun‐Yi Xie, Haifeng Wang, Zhaoxi Deng, Yanfei Ma, Shanshan Wang, Le Luo Guan and Teresa G. Valencak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Zhong

20 papers receiving 375 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Integrated meta-omics reveals new ruminal microbial features associated with feed efficiency in dairy cattle
    2022 104 citations Ming‐Yuan Xue, Yun‐Yi Xie et al. Microbiome profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yifan Zhong China 11 206 159 74 55 46 22 379
Zeyi Liang China 9 129 0.6× 155 1.0× 65 0.9× 50 0.9× 47 1.0× 25 307
Hao Ren China 13 131 0.6× 99 0.6× 76 1.0× 103 1.9× 57 1.2× 22 383
Adrián López-García Spain 11 149 0.7× 135 0.8× 31 0.4× 84 1.5× 89 1.9× 21 373
Eóin O’Hara Canada 9 184 0.9× 290 1.8× 54 0.7× 44 0.8× 51 1.1× 22 457
Emmanuelle Apper France 11 190 0.9× 63 0.4× 116 1.6× 58 1.1× 33 0.7× 29 368
Weibing Shi United States 11 225 1.1× 195 1.2× 40 0.5× 22 0.4× 84 1.8× 18 569
A. D. Blair United States 12 123 0.6× 179 1.1× 41 0.6× 124 2.3× 137 3.0× 47 481
Zhaomin Lei China 11 87 0.4× 131 0.8× 71 1.0× 132 2.4× 47 1.0× 35 330

Countries citing papers authored by Yifan Zhong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yifan Zhong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Zhong

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Yanfei, Yifan Zhong, Wenjie Tang, et al.. (2025). Lactobacillus reuteri ZJ617 attenuates metabolic syndrome via microbiota-derived spermidine. Nature Communications. 16(1). 877–877. 12 indexed citations
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Xue, Ming‐Yuan, et al.. (2024). Deciphering functional groups of rumen microbiome and their underlying potentially causal relationships in shaping host traits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). e225–e225. 14 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiao, Tiantian Cui, Tao Wang, et al.. (2024). Beneficial effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on growth performance, immune status, antioxidant function and intestinal microbiota in broilers. Poultry Science. 103(12). 104280–104280. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingliang, et al.. (2024). Calorie restriction improves serum lipid metabolism, colon metabolites and microbiota in pigs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1.
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He, Shanshan, Xianxian Wang, Pingping Liang, et al.. (2023). Physiological and transcriptomic responses to cold waves of the most cold-tolerant mangrove, Kandelia obovata. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1069055–1069055. 5 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, et al.. (2022). Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Donor and Dietary Fiber Intervention Collectively Contribute to Gut Health in a Mouse Model. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 842669–842669. 9 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, et al.. (2022). Gut health benefit and application of postbiotics in animal production. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 13(1). 38–38. 43 indexed citations
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Tang, Wenjie, Yifan Zhong, Zhaoxi Deng, et al.. (2022). Ileum tissue single-cell mRNA sequencing elucidates the cellular architecture of pathophysiological changes associated with weaning in piglets. BMC Biology. 20(1). 123–123. 11 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, Zhaoxi Deng, Wenjie Tang, et al.. (2022). Lactic Acid Bacteria Mixture Isolated From Wild Pig Alleviated the Gut Inflammation of Mice Challenged by Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 822754–822754. 20 indexed citations
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Xue, Ming‐Yuan, et al.. (2022). Integrated meta-omics reveals new ruminal microbial features associated with feed efficiency in dairy cattle. Microbiome. 10(1). 32–32. 104 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Ming‐Yuan, Yun‐Yi Xie, Yifan Zhong, et al.. (2021). Ruminal resistome of dairy cattle is individualized and the resistotypes are associated with milking traits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 18–18. 22 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, Congting Ye, Pingping Liang, et al.. (2021). Multi-omics analyses on Kandelia obovata reveal its response to transplanting and genetic differentiation among populations. BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 341–341. 8 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, et al.. (2021). Effect of Fiber and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Donor on Recipient Mice Gut Microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 757372–757372. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingliang, Yifan Zhong, Xin Luo, et al.. (2021). Intermittent Fasting Reshapes the Gut Microbiota and Metabolome and Reduces Weight Gain More Effectively Than Melatonin in Mice. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. 784681–784681. 20 indexed citations
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Zhu, Tao, Jiangdi Mao, Yifan Zhong, et al.. (2021). L. reuteri ZJ617 inhibits inflammatory and autophagy signaling pathways in gut-liver axis in piglet induced by lipopolysaccharide. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 12(1). 110–110. 12 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yifan, Ming‐Yuan Xue, & Jianxin Liu. (2018). Composition of Rumen Bacterial Community in Dairy Cows With Different Levels of Somatic Cell Counts. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 3217–3217. 46 indexed citations
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Gong, Yanling, Yang Liu, Yifan Zhong, et al.. (2017). Ghrelin projection from the lateral hypothalamus area to the dorsal vagal complex and its regulation of gastric motility in cisplatin-treated rats. Neuropeptides. 66. 69–80. 6 indexed citations

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