Ying Yang

28.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
240 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Ying Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Yang has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cancer Research and 29 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ying Yang's work include RNA modifications and cancer (54 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (26 papers). Ying Yang is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (54 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (26 papers). Ying Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ying Yang's co-authors include Yun‐Gui Yang, Yusheng Chen, Chuan He, Xu Zhao, Phillip J. Hsu, Guanqun Zheng, Ye Fu, Chengqi Yi, Guifang Jia and Qing Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ying Yang

226 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

N6-Methyladenosine in nuclear RNA is a major substrate of the obesity-associated FTO

2011 3.1k citations Ying Yang, Yun‐Gui Yang et al. profile →
Dynamic transcriptomic m6A decoration: writers, erasers, readers and functions in RNA metabolism

2018 1.2k citations Ying Yang, Yun‐Gui Yang et al. profile →
m6A mRNA methylation regulates AKT activity to promote the proliferation and tumorigenicity of endometrial cancer

2018 603 citations Jun Liu, Mark A. Eckert et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
m6A modulates haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell specification

2017 441 citations Ying Yang, Yun‐Gui Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying Yang China	53	11.0k	4.4k	1.2k	910	869	240	13.6k
Jin Chen China	63	8.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	416 0.4×	2.6k 2.8×	1.0k 1.2×	354	14.2k
Miao Yu China	33	5.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	435 0.4×	478 0.5×	483 0.6×	159	7.0k
Paolo Fortina United States	47	4.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	282 0.2×	1.4k 1.6×	875 1.0×	208	9.2k
Takayuki Takahashi Japan	43	3.8k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	364	9.9k
Tao Liu China	63	10.1k 0.9×	5.0k 1.1×	198 0.2×	2.3k 2.5×	575 0.7×	502	16.2k
Li Li China	55	7.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	179 0.2×	685 0.8×	538 0.6×	408	11.4k
Tianhua Zhou China	50	4.6k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	263 0.2×	846 0.9×	366 0.4×	219	8.1k
Toshiaki Watanabe Japan	48	6.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	308 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.6×	262	10.7k
Qian Li China	59	10.0k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	156 0.1×	771 0.8×	644 0.7×	437	14.1k
Zhao‐Qi Wang Germany	61	10.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	565 0.5×	6.9k 7.5×	1.3k 1.5×	198	15.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Fu, Hong, et al.. (2025). Design, synthesis and anti-TMV activity studies of myricetin derivatives containing oxime-ether triazole. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1348. 143431–143431.

Li, Ting, Dingjie Wang, Ying Yang, et al.. (2025). Zygotic activation of transposable elements during zebrafish early embryogenesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3692–3692. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Chunhui, Ying Yang, Wenyi Jia, et al.. (2025). CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockout of BmGDAP2 in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori: Extended Lifespan and Altered Gene Expression Impacting Developmental Pathways. Insects. 16(4). 354–354. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianfeng, Ying Yang, Yinlong Li, et al.. (2025). De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Annotation Elucidate the Response to Extreme Temperature Stress in the Intermediate Host Bulinus globosus of Schistosoma haematobium. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(11). 5326–5326. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Ying, et al.. (2024). The roles of DNA methylation on pH dependent i-motif (iM) formation in rice. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(3). 1243–1257. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Process, advances, and perspectives of graphene oxide-SELEX for the development of aptamer molecular probes: A comprehensive review. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1320. 343004–343004. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Research Progress of Pericytes in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 29(4). 141–141. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Ying, et al.. (2023). A case report of primary para-testicular spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1166503–1166503.

Zhou, Meijuan, et al.. (2023). STRAP binds to and promotes the repair of N1-methyldeoxyadenosine in DNA. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(3). 108673–108673.

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Yang, Ying, et al.. (2023). Genomic variations combined with epigenetic modifications rewire open chromatin in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 193(3). 1880–1896. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying, et al.. (2023). Exploration of the mechanisms of Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. et Arn against influenza A virus (H1N1) infection. Phytomedicine. 123. 155240–155240. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Hanzhong, Mingming Qin, Zhijun Liu, et al.. (2023). Engineering the Active Site Lid Dynamics to Improve the Catalytic Efficiency of Yeast Cytosine Deaminase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6592–6592. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Wenlan, Kai Xu, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2023). Nsun2 coupling with RoRγt shapes the fate of Th17 cells and promotes colitis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 863–863. 30 indexed citations

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Lv, Ying, Guanshen Cui, Jiaojiao Wang, et al.. (2022). Characteristics of N 6 -Methyladenosine Modification During Sexual Reproduction of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 21(4). 756–768. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yuewei, Sixu Chen, Ying Yang, et al.. (2022). Colchicine Inhibits NETs and Alleviates Cardiac Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 38(1). 31–41. 40 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying, Hongwei Wang, Zhaoshi Bao, et al.. (2022). An Optimized Proteomics Approach Reveals Novel Alternative Proteins in Mouse Liver Development. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 22(1). 100480–100480. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yefei, et al.. (2020). Generating Five Independent Molecular Alignments for Simultaneous Protein Structure and Dynamics Determination Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 92(23). 15263–15269. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Jun, Mark A. Eckert, Bryan T. Harada, et al.. (2018). m6A mRNA methylation regulates AKT activity to promote the proliferation and tumorigenicity of endometrial cancer. Nature Cell Biology. 20(9). 1074–1083. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Ying, Rui Wu, Shaohua Huang, & Zheng‐Wu Bai. (2016). Silica sol assisted chromatographic NMR spectroscopy for resolution of trans- and cis-isomers. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 265. 210–214. 9 indexed citations

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Huang, Jingtao, Song‐Mei Liu, Haiqing Ma, et al.. (2015). Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis: Circulating miRNAs for Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 231(2). 328–335. 76 indexed citations

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