Yiming Xu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yiming Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiming Xu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Yiming Xu's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers) and Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds (6 papers). Yiming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers) and Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds (6 papers). Yiming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Yiming Xu's co-authors include Shijun Zhang, Hallie Blevins, Savannah Biby, Lisheng Wang, Haroon Ur Rashid, Yaseen Muhammad, Wei‐Shan Zhou, Jun Jiang, Nasir Ahmad and Lixin Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yiming Xu

49 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. The NLRP3 Inflammasome Pathway: A Review of Mechanisms and Inhibitors for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases
    2022 322 citations Hallie Blevins, Yiming Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yiming Xu China 17 634 627 130 120 78 49 1.4k
Hwayoung Yun South Korea 20 686 1.1× 382 0.6× 206 1.6× 101 0.8× 39 0.5× 80 1.8k
Xiangbao Meng China 25 986 1.6× 877 1.4× 205 1.6× 107 0.9× 69 0.9× 103 2.1k
Huibin Zhang China 23 774 1.2× 464 0.7× 166 1.3× 77 0.6× 22 0.3× 91 1.6k
Jian-Shu Lou China 22 864 1.4× 178 0.3× 126 1.0× 138 1.1× 47 0.6× 51 1.6k
Jinpei Zhou China 22 745 1.2× 474 0.8× 148 1.1× 80 0.7× 20 0.3× 90 1.4k
Xiang‐Yang Ye China 25 1.1k 1.7× 711 1.1× 104 0.8× 342 2.9× 66 0.8× 79 2.4k
Fabrício Figueiró Brazil 26 755 1.2× 225 0.4× 295 2.3× 122 1.0× 20 0.3× 81 1.9k
Yuepiao Cai China 25 827 1.3× 351 0.6× 203 1.6× 174 1.4× 13 0.2× 66 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yiming Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yiming Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiming Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yiming Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yiming Xu 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 Yiming Xu. Yiming Xu 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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Zhong, L., Yiming Xu, Xinghai Li, Peng Cheng, & Shengyang Tao. (2025). Production and evaluation of high-throughput reaction data from an automated chemical synthesis platform. Science China Chemistry. 68(10). 5322–5331. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Savannah Biby, Chunqing Guo, et al.. (2024). Characterization of a small molecule inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome and its potential use for acute lung injury. Bioorganic Chemistry. 150. 107562–107562. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, et al.. (2023). Development of NLRP3 PET Radiotracers for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S17). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Yulong Xu, Savannah Biby, et al.. (2023). Design and Discovery of Novel NLRP3 Inhibitors and PET Imaging Radiotracers Based on a 1,2,3-Triazole-Bearing Scaffold. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(1). 555–571. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Yulong Xu, Hallie Blevins, et al.. (2022). Development of sulfonamide-based NLRP3 inhibitors: Further modifications and optimization through structure-activity relationship studies. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 238. 114468–114468. 17 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dong, Yiming Xu, Feng Yu, et al.. (2021). Complex Crystal Structure Determination and in vitro Anti–non–small Cell Lung Cancer Activity of Hsp90N Inhibitor SNX-2112. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 650106–650106. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yuqi, et al.. (2021). Structural understanding of 5-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-N-(2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-ethyl)-3-oxopentanamide as a neuroprotectant for Alzheimer’s disease. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 43. 128081–128081. 2 indexed citations
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Kuwar, Ram, Andrew Rolfe, Hallie Blevins, et al.. (2021). A Novel Inhibitor Targeting NLRP3 Inflammasome Reduces Neuropathology and Improves Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 82(4). 1769–1783. 62 indexed citations
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Rashid, Haroon Ur, Yiming Xu, Yaseen Muhammad, Lisheng Wang, & Jun Jiang. (2018). Research advances on anticancer activities of matrine and its derivatives: An updated overview. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 161. 205–238. 159 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Lichuan Wu, Haroon Ur Rashid, et al.. (2018). Novel indolo-sophoridinic scaffold as Topo I inhibitors: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation as anticancer agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 156. 479–492. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Rui Chen, Haroon Ur Rashid, et al.. (2018). Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel sophoridinic imine derivatives containing conjugated planar structure as potent anticancer agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(14). 4136–4144. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Lichuan Wu, Mingyan Gao, et al.. (2017). Novel α, β-Unsaturated Sophoridinic Derivatives: Design, Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Anti-Cancer Activities. Molecules. 22(11). 1967–1967. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Eugenia Aldeco‐Pérez, H. Rudler, Andrée Parlier, & Cecilio Álvarez. (2006). Selective functionalizations of 2-phenylpyridine: lactones upon organic versus organometallic activations. Tetrahedron Letters. 47(27). 4553–4556. 13 indexed citations
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Rudler, H., Bernard Denise, Yiming Xu, & Jacqueline Vaissermann. (2005). Double nucleophilic addition of bis(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetals to carbon–carbon double bonds of pyrazines: formation of polycyclic γ-lactones. Tetrahedron Letters. 46(20). 3449–3451. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, Seok-Rye Choi, Mei‐Ping Kung, & Hank F. Kung. (1999). Synthesis of radioiodinated 1-deoxy-nojirimycin derivatives: novel glucose analogs. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 26(7). 833–839. 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei‐Shan, et al.. (1999). Synthesis of optically active α-furfuryl amine derivatives and application to the asymmetric syntheses. Tetrahedron. 55(41). 11959–11983. 41 indexed citations
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Liao, Lixin, et al.. (1999). New concise asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-desoxoprosophylline and prosophylline. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 10(12). 2311–2318. 31 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming & Wen Zhou. (1996). ChemInform Abstract: A New Approach to 1‐Deoxyazasugars: Asymmetric Synthesis of Deoxymannojirimycin.. ChemInform. 27(24). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yiming, et al.. (1991). PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENOL AND CHLOROPHENOLS ON Pt/TiO2-COATED PHOTOREACTOR. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry. 8(6). 28–32. 8 indexed citations

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