Yihua Chen

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yihua Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihua Chen has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Pharmacology and 30 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yihua Chen's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (55 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (12 papers). Yihua Chen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (55 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (12 papers). Yihua Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yihua Chen's co-authors include Ben Shen, Zhengyan Guo, Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski, Geoff P. Horsman, Brett F. Carver, Liuling Yan, Yuwei Zhang, Michael J. Smanski, Scott R. Rajski and Shuwen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yihua Chen

116 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Identification of antimicrobial peptides from the human gut microbiome using deep learning

2022 296 citations Yue Ma, Zhengyan Guo et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yihua Chen China	29	1.7k	1.1k	484	482	328	123	2.8k
Andreas Kulik Germany	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	605 1.3×	329 0.7×	349 1.1×	82	2.1k
Xiaoying Bian China	28	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	380 0.8×	253 0.5×	444 1.4×	91	2.7k
Satoshi Ōmura Japan	35	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	553 1.1×	909 1.9×	457 1.4×	121	4.0k
In‐Kyoung Lee South Korea	30	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	486 1.0×	420 0.9×	210 0.6×	120	3.0k
Xuefu You China	29	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	257 0.5×	483 1.0×	138 0.4×	102	2.8k
Xiaofei Shang China	29	1.2k 0.7×	581 0.5×	1.2k 2.4×	729 1.5×	72 0.2×	89	3.3k
Ming Ma China	29	1.2k 0.7×	868 0.8×	255 0.5×	697 1.4×	254 0.8×	86	2.4k
Thorsten Heinekamp Germany	40	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 3.3×	315 0.7×	273 0.8×	83	4.5k
Christoph Freiberg Germany	22	909 0.5×	262 0.2×	636 1.3×	172 0.4×	84 0.3×	33	2.0k
Changlin Zhou China	35	1.6k 0.9×	436 0.4×	326 0.7×	220 0.5×	96 0.3×	108	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yihua Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yihua Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihua Chen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Chenguang, et al.. (2025). Potential benefits and challenges of simulation-based neonatal resuscitation competition: A survey analysis of provincial competition in China. Resuscitation Plus. 22. 100875–100875.

Li, Chao, Junying Ma, Chao Xu, et al.. (2025). Selective Synthesis of Cyclopeptides with a 2-Oxindole or 3a-Hydroxy-hexahydropyrrolo-[2,3-b]indole Structure by Cytochrome P450 Enzymes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 3304–3314. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Yanhong, Sijia Li, Shu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quantitative Characterization of Gene Regulatory Circuits Associated With Fungal Secondary Metabolism to Discover Novel Natural Products. Advanced Science. 11(47). e2407195–e2407195. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Yue, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the ADP-β-d-manno-heptose biosynthetic enzymes from two pathogenic Vibrio strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 267–267. 2 indexed citations

Miao, Lili, Tingting Hou, Lan Ma, et al.. (2023). N-Hydroxylation and Hydrolysis by the DnfA/B/C Multienzyme System Involved in the Aerobic N₂ Formation Process. ACS Catalysis. 13(18). 11963–11976. 8 indexed citations

Dai, Huanqin, Junjie Han, Tao Wang, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in gut microbiota-associated natural products: structures, bioactivities, and mechanisms. Natural Product Reports. 40(6). 1078–1093. 20 indexed citations

Ma, Yue, Zhengyan Guo, Binbin Xia, et al.. (2022). Identification of antimicrobial peptides from the human gut microbiome using deep learning. Nature Biotechnology. 40(6). 921–931. 296 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Yihua, et al.. (2022). Highly selective synthesis of functionalized morphan derivatives through a multi-component cascade reaction of 3-formylchromones, 2-naphthols, and enaminones. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 4(4). 321–329. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuwei, et al.. (2022). Artificial intelligence accelerates the mining of bioactive small molecules from human microbiome. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 12(8). e1011–e1011. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Dongwei, Wei Tang, Yuwei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Whole lifecycle observation of single‐spore germinated Streptomyces using a nanogap‐stabilized microfluidic chip. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 341–349. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhengyan, Yue Tang, Wei Tang, & Yihua Chen. (2021). Heptose-containing bacterial natural products: structures, bioactivities, and biosyntheses. Natural Product Reports. 38(10). 1887–1909. 14 indexed citations

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Tang, Yue, Min Wang, Zhengyan Guo, et al.. (2020). Deciphering the Biosynthesis of TDP-β-l-oleandrose in Avermectin. Journal of Natural Products. 83(10). 3199–3206. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Zhoujie Xie, Shoubin Tang, et al.. (2020). Reductase of Mutanobactin Synthetase Triggers Sequential C–C Macrocyclization, C–S Bond Formation, and C–C Bond Cleavage. Organic Letters. 22(3). 960–964. 6 indexed citations

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Du, Pei, Haoqian Zhang, Jianyi H. Huang, et al.. (2020). De novo design of an intercellular signaling toolbox for multi-channel cell–cell communication and biological computation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4226–4226. 73 indexed citations

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Yang, Keqian, et al.. (2019). Characterization of a Bi-directional Promoter OtrRp Involved in Oxytetracycline Biosynthesis. Current Microbiology. 76(11). 1264–1269. 5 indexed citations

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Tang, Wei, Zhengyan Guo, Min Wang, et al.. (2018). d -Sedoheptulose-7-phosphate is a common precursor for the heptoses of septacidin and hygromycin B. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(11). 2818–2823. 41 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanlong, Shasha Zhang, Ke Ma, et al.. (2017). Discovery and Characterization of a New Family of Diterpene Cyclases in Bacteria and Fungi. Angewandte Chemie. 129(17). 4827–4830. 18 indexed citations

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Zheng, Feng, et al.. (2011). A quantitative method for the measurement of membrane affinity by polydiacetylene-based colorimetric assay. Analytical Biochemistry. 420(2). 171–176. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Yihua, Michael J. Smanski, & Ben Shen. (2010). Improvement of secondary metabolite production in Streptomyces by manipulating pathway regulation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 86(1). 19–25. 86 indexed citations

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Chen, Yihua, et al.. (2000). Inducing somatic meiosis-like reduction at high frequency by caffeine in root-tip cells of Vicia faba. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 452(1). 67–72. 11 indexed citations

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