Ying Mao

24.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
650 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Ying Mao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Mao has authored 650 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Molecular Biology, 151 papers in Neurology and 142 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ying Mao's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (133 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (70 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (67 papers). Ying Mao is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (133 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (70 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (67 papers). Ying Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ying Mao's co-authors include Liangfu Zhou, Wei Zhu, Zhifeng Shi, Wei Hua, Jinsong Wu, Yu Yao, Liang Chen, Tiger H. Tao, Weijun Tang and Xuehai Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ying Mao

617 papers receiving 14.4k 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.

Understanding the immunosuppressive microenvironment of glioma: mechanistic insights and clinical perspectives

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Harnessing innate immune pathways for therapeutic advancement in cancer

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Peers

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James T. Rutka Canada

Jeffrey N. Bruce United States

Soon‐Tae Lee South Korea

Peter Canoll United States

Gabriele Schackert Germany

Peter Vajkoczy Germany

Kon Chu South Korea

Michael Platten Germany

Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa United States

Hua Feng China

James T. Rutka Canada

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3.1k ×1.3

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1.6k ×0.8

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1.7k ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to Ying Mao Ying Mao (= 1×) peers James T. Rutka

Countries citing papers authored by Ying Mao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying Mao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Mao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying Mao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying Mao 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 Ying Mao. Ying Mao 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

Zhang, Haoyue, Hao Xu, Ying Mao, et al.. (2025). Point-of-care mass spectrometry metabolomic analysis enabling intraoperative brain tumor diagnosis. Theranostics. 15(16). 8137–8149.

Zhou, Zhirui, Zheng Lin, Yue Qi, et al.. (2025). Optimal treatment strategy for central nervous system non-germinomatous germ cell tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 207. 104615–104615.

Cao, Jian, et al.. (2025). PolaCount: Text-specified zero-shot object counting with pyramid polarity-aware cross-attention. Neurocomputing. 652. 131135–131135.

McMahon, Joe, James C. R. Smart, James S. Shortle, et al.. (2024). Offset integrity reduces environmental risk: Using lessons from biodiversity and carbon offsetting to inform water quality offsetting in the catchments of the Great Barrier Reef. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175786–175786.

Chen, Jian, Yanyan Liu, Feixiang Chen, et al.. (2024). Non-Faradaic optoelectrodes for safe electrical neuromodulation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 405–405. 11 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiangyu, Zengxin Qi, Sheng Wang, et al.. (2023). RCPS: Rectified Contrastive Pseudo Supervision for Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 28(1). 251–261. 43 indexed citations

Li, Haoyuan, Zhipeng Yang, Xiaoqin Liu, et al.. (2023). Engineering brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA delivery for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Chemical Engineering Journal. 466. 143152–143152. 22 indexed citations

Yang, Biao, Qi Yue, Guoqing Wu, et al.. (2023). Intra‐Operative Definition of Glioma Infiltrative Margins by Visualizing Immunosuppressive Tumor‐Associated Macrophages. Advanced Science. 10(28). e2304020–e2304020. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Zhifeng, Kay Ka‐Wai Li, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Molecular landscape of IDH‐wild‐type, H3‐wild‐type glioblastomas of adolescents and young adults. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 48(4). e12802–e12802. 4 indexed citations

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Rao, Yanxia, Siling Du, Yuxin Li, et al.. (2021). NeuroD1 induces microglial apoptosis and cannot induce microglia-to-neuron cross-lineage reprogramming. Neuron. 109(24). 4094–4108.e5. 69 indexed citations

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W, Liu, et al.. (2019). RGDV-modified gemcitabine: a nano-medicine capable of prolonging half-life, overcoming resistance and eliminating bone marrow toxicity of gemcitabine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Min, Ying Mao, Jiancheng Huang, Yudao Ma, & Lei Liu. (2019). Cross-dehydrogenative coupling of secondary benzylic ethers with indoles and pyrroles. Tetrahedron Letters. 60(15). 1075–1078. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Yu, et al.. (2019). A Novel Liposomal S-Propargyl-Cysteine: A Sustained Release of Hydrogen Sulfide Reducing Myocardial Fibrosis via TGF-β1/Smad Pathway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Zeng, Feng, Yingwei Wu, Xinwei Li, et al.. (2018). Custom‐Made Ceria Nanoparticles Show a Neuroprotective Effect by Modulating Phenotypic Polarization of the Microglia. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(20). 5808–5812. 171 indexed citations

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Sun, Shutao, Ying Mao, Lei Chen, et al.. (2018). Iron(II)‐Catalyzed Site‐Selective Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp³)−H Bonds Guided by Alkoxyl Radicals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(35). 11413–11417. 104 indexed citations

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Yao, Yu, Hongxing Ye, Zengxin Qi, et al.. (2016). B7-H4(B7x)–Mediated Cross-talk between Glioma-Initiating Cells and Macrophages via the IL6/JAK/STAT3 Pathway Lead to Poor Prognosis in Glioma Patients. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(11). 2778–2790. 148 indexed citations

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Wu, Xuehai, Qihong Zou, Jin Hu, et al.. (2015). Intrinsic Functional Connectivity Patterns Predict Consciousness Level and Recovery Outcome in Acquired Brain Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(37). 12932–12946. 124 indexed citations

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Zhou, Min, Hai Wang, Keke Zhou, et al.. (2013). A Novel EGFR Isoform Confers Increased Invasiveness to Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 73(23). 7056–7067. 20 indexed citations

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Tang, Hailiang, Hongying Sha, Xing Wu, et al.. (2013). Tracking Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells–Derived Neural Stem Cells in the Central Nervous System of Rats and Monkeys. Cellular Reprogramming. 15(5). 435–442. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Yin, et al.. (2009). [Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor of fourth ventricle: report of two cases].. PubMed. 38(12). 850–1. 3 indexed citations

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