Yihui Yang

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yihui Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihui Yang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yihui Yang's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Yihui Yang is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Yihui Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yihui Yang's co-authors include Jinhua Wang, Liwen Ren, Jinyi Liu, Xiangjin Zheng, Weiqi Fu, François Diederich, Joan Selverstone Valentine, Guanhua Du, Sha Li and Jie Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yihui Yang

89 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

The biology, function, and applications of exosomes in cancer

2021 395 citations Yihui Yang, Jinhua Wang et al. profile →
Cuproptosis: A novel therapeutic target for overcoming cancer drug resistance

2023 140 citations Yihui Yang, Jinhua Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yihui Yang China	22	933	499	339	320	289	100	2.0k
Samir Kumar Patra India	33	2.3k 2.4×	541 1.1×	208 0.6×	433 1.4×	223 0.8×	104	3.5k
Fang Bai China	33	2.0k 2.2×	326 0.7×	302 0.9×	405 1.3×	361 1.2×	173	3.5k
Jun Yu China	32	1.2k 1.3×	442 0.9×	391 1.2×	625 2.0×	375 1.3×	139	3.0k
Jia Yao China	25	557 0.6×	340 0.7×	219 0.6×	359 1.1×	152 0.5×	95	2.1k
Giovanni Galasso Italy	16	1.1k 1.2×	470 0.9×	209 0.6×	445 1.4×	444 1.5×	24	2.4k
Yanan Liu China	30	1.2k 1.3×	322 0.6×	233 0.7×	506 1.6×	183 0.6×	131	2.8k
Ryota Saito Japan	23	1.0k 1.1×	132 0.3×	352 1.0×	310 1.0×	200 0.7×	179	2.1k
Elena Monti Italy	35	1.1k 1.1×	275 0.6×	538 1.6×	1.2k 3.6×	448 1.6×	119	3.5k
Antonio Pezone Italy	15	1.2k 1.3×	371 0.7×	204 0.6×	280 0.9×	208 0.7×	30	2.3k
Yongmei Xie China	35	1.6k 1.7×	250 0.5×	518 1.5×	492 1.5×	177 0.6×	159	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yihui Yang

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yihui Yang's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Yihui Yang with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yihui Yang more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yihui Yang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yihui Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yihui Yang. The network helps show where Yihui Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihui Yang

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Yihui, Li Wan, Songwen Lin, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Novel PI3K/BRD4 Dual Inhibitors for Esophageal Cancer: Rational Design, Optimization, and Senescence-Inducing Mechanisms. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(21). 23078–23102.

Zhang, Sen, Li Wan, Yizhi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Kaempferol promotes angiogenesis through HIF-1α/VEGF-A/Notch1 pathway in ischemic stroke rats. Neurochemistry International. 185. 105953–105953. 5 indexed citations

Fan, Chenchen, Jingming Hou, Gangfu Song, et al.. (2025). Efficient urban flood control and drainage management framework based on digital twin technology and optimization scheduling algorithm. Water Research. 282. 123711–123711. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Yihui, et al.. (2025). Robust Spline Adaptive Filter with Whiplash Accelerated Gradient Descent. Circuits Systems and Signal Processing. 45(3). 1824–1847.

Li, Chang, et al.. (2024). Honokiol and magnolol: A review of structure-activity relationships of their derivatives. Phytochemistry. 223. 114132–114132. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Yihui, Jian Huang, Dan Li, et al.. (2024). Cholangiocyte-derived exosomal long noncoding RNA PICALM-AU1 promotes pulmonary endothelial cell endothelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatopulmonary syndrome. Heliyon. 10(3). e24962–e24962. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Yan, Lei Cao, Yihui Yang, et al.. (2023). Is OPRM1 genotype a valuable predictor of VAS in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer with fentanyl?. BMC Anesthesiology. 23(1). 173–173. 3 indexed citations

Ding, Lu, Meihong Wang, Yinghui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Hearing characteristics and otoradiological abnormalities in three patients with novel pathogenic variants of KMT2D‐related Kabuki syndrome. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 12(1). e2306–e2306.

Xu, Bin, Shan Chen, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2023). The association of insufficient gestational weight gain in women with gestational diabetes mellitus with adverse infant outcomes: A case-control study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1054626–1054626. 6 indexed citations

10.

Tan, Xiao, Jing Zhu, Jing Yang, et al.. (2023). Status of phlebotomy tube utilization at a major medical center. Are we using too many phlebotomy tubes?. Heliyon. 9(5). e15334–e15334. 3 indexed citations

11.

Wan, Li, Yihui Yang, Yizhi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Actinomycin D synergizes with Doxorubicin in triple-negative breast cancer by inducing P53-dependent cell apoptosis. Carcinogenesis. 45(4). 262–273. 5 indexed citations

12.

Yang, Yihui, et al.. (2023). Ionic Sieving at Sub-Angstrom Precision Enabled by Metal Organic Frameworks. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(34). 40839–40845. 4 indexed citations

13.

Jin, Anli, Yihui Yang, Xi Su, et al.. (2022). High serum soluble CD155 level predicts poor prognosis and correlates with an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 36(3). e24259–e24259. 13 indexed citations

14.

Xu, Xiaojing, Fei Huang, Hao Wang, et al.. (2021). Cross‐platform comparison of next‐generation sequencing and matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry for detecting KRAS/NRAS/BRAF/PIK3CA mutations in cfDNA from metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 35(9). e23818–e23818. 3 indexed citations

15.

Yang, Yihui, et al.. (2021). Regulation of Pancreatic Fibrosis by Acinar Cell-Derived Exosomal miR-130a-3p via Targeting of Stellate Cell PPAR-γ. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

16.

Tian, Yang, Chong Chen, Bo Yang, et al.. (2021). 1,2,5,6,9-Pentaazacoronenes (PACs) and π-Extended PAC Derivatives: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Optical and Redox Properties. Organic Letters. 23(15). 5616–5620. 10 indexed citations

17.

Jiang, Huiqin, Chunyan Zhang, Minna Shen, et al.. (2021). Role of blood mSEPT9 in evaluating tumor burden and disease monitoring in colorectal cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 35(11). e24030–e24030. 6 indexed citations

18.

Li, Shan, Liansheng Liu, Rong Wang, et al.. (2020). Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of Sulfoximines and Arynes by C–H Functionalization as an Approach to Dibenzothiazines. Organic Letters. 22(19). 7470–7474. 31 indexed citations

19.

Ding, Huimin, Yihui Yang, Feng Pan, et al.. (2014). Targeted synthesis of a large triazine-based [4+6] organic molecular cage: structure, porosity and gas separation. Chemical Communications. 51(10). 1976–1979. 87 indexed citations

20.

Ding, Huimin, Xiangshi Meng, Xu Cui, et al.. (2014). Highly-efficient synthesis of covalent porphyrinic cages via DABCO-templated imine condensation reactions. Chemical Communications. 50(76). 11162–11162. 24 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact