Yihan He

685 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 355 citations indexed

About

Yihan He is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Molecular Biology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihan He has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 355 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yihan He's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (11 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (6 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (4 papers). Yihan He is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (11 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (6 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (4 papers). Yihan He collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yihan He's co-authors include Xinfeng Guo, Haibo Zhang, Chuanjian Lu, Brian H. May, Charlie Changli Xue, Anthony Lin Zhang, Yi‐Hong Liu, Jun J. Mao, Shaonan Liu and Huanyu Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Immunology and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Yihan He

14 papers receiving 349 citations

Hit Papers

Clinical Evidence for Association of Acupuncture and Acup... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Clinical Evidence for Association of Acupuncture and Acupressure With Improved Cancer Pain
    2019 252 citations Yihan He, Xinfeng Guo et al. JAMA Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yihan He China 7 208 87 52 46 40 20 355
Hyo‐Ju Park South Korea 13 211 1.0× 57 0.7× 90 1.7× 64 1.4× 7 0.2× 50 442
David Alimi France 4 235 1.1× 97 1.1× 37 0.7× 34 0.7× 24 0.6× 6 303
E Pichard-Léandri France 6 215 1.0× 101 1.2× 41 0.8× 152 3.3× 80 2.0× 14 462
Anna Enblom Sweden 11 219 1.1× 120 1.4× 24 0.5× 52 1.1× 12 0.3× 25 425
Alexandra Dimitrova United States 6 89 0.4× 36 0.4× 30 0.6× 69 1.5× 11 0.3× 13 251
Hongyong Deng China 9 159 0.8× 18 0.2× 84 1.6× 50 1.1× 4 0.1× 22 384
Qing Tu China 12 88 0.4× 25 0.3× 15 0.3× 29 0.6× 31 0.8× 20 418
Mi‐Suk Shin South Korea 15 289 1.4× 39 0.4× 145 2.8× 124 2.7× 4 0.1× 34 644

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yihan He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihan He

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

All Works

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Wu, Wenfeng, et al.. (2024). Bridging the gap: exploring the causal relationship between metformin and tumors. Frontiers in Genetics. 15. 1397390–1397390. 2 indexed citations
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Tong, Ling, Yihan He, Haiyun Huang, et al.. (2024). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: New Thinking on Diagnostic Criteria. Life. 14(12). 1665–1665. 1 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, et al.. (2023). Acupuncture for cancer pain: from clinical evidence to scientific research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Yu, Yaya, Lina Ding, Qing Tang, et al.. (2023). BYL719 reverses gefitinib-resistance induced by PI3K/AKT activation in non-small cell lung cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 732–732. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhanbo, et al.. (2023). Effect of Fu’s subcutaneous needling for cancer pain management: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 13(4). e068232–e068232. 1 indexed citations
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May, Brian H., Yihan He, Xinfeng Guo, et al.. (2023). Topical Traditional Chinese Medicines for Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 22. 1563526006–1563526006.
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He, Yihan, et al.. (2022). Assessment of Reporting Quality in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Primary Insomnia with CONSORT Statement and STRICTA Guidelines. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022. 1–10. 6 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, et al.. (2021). [Acupoint selection for cancer pain: based on current evidence and Delphi method].. PubMed. 41(10). 1161–5.
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He, Yihan, Haibo Zhang, Yifang Li, et al.. (2021). Acupuncture combined with opioids for cancer pain: a pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Acupuncture in Medicine. 40(2). 133–141. 5 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, et al.. (2020). Protocol of the Development of a Core Outcome Set for Ischemic Stroke in Clinical Trials of Chinese Medicine. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020(1). 2649843–2649843. 3 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, Brian H. May, Anthony Lin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Acupuncture for cancer pain: protocol for a pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9(7). e025564–e025564. 6 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, Xinfeng Guo, Brian H. May, et al.. (2019). Clinical Evidence for Association of Acupuncture and Acupressure With Improved Cancer Pain. JAMA Oncology. 6(2). 271–271. 252 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Huanyu, et al.. (2019). Pueraria lobatafor Diabetes Mellitus: Past, Present and Future. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 47(7). 1419–1444. 40 indexed citations
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He, Yihan, Yi‐Hong Liu, Brian H. May, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of acupuncture for cancer pain: protocol for an umbrella review and meta-analyses of controlled trials. BMJ Open. 7(12). e018494–e018494. 16 indexed citations
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