Ying‐Hui Fu

18.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
106 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Ying‐Hui Fu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying‐Hui Fu has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ying‐Hui Fu's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (42 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (30 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (20 papers). Ying‐Hui Fu is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (42 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (30 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (20 papers). Ying‐Hui Fu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Ying‐Hui Fu's co-authors include Louis J. Ptáček, C. Thomas Caskey, Christopher R. Jones, David L. Nelson, Junko Oshima, Ellen M. Wijsman, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Chang-En Yu, Stephen T. Warren and Ben A. Oostra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ying‐Hui Fu

105 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Candidate Gene for the Chromosome 1 Familial Alzheimer's ... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1995 1996 1991 1992 2001 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Candidate Gene for the Chromosome 1 Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus
    1995 2.0k citations Junko Oshima, Chang-En Yu et al. Science profile →
  2. Positional Cloning of the Werner's Syndrome Gene
    1996 1.4k citations Chang-En Yu, Junko Oshima et al. Science profile →
  3. Absence of expression of the FMR-1 gene in fragile X syndrome
    1991 1.2k citations Ying‐Hui Fu et al. profile →
  4. An Unstable Triplet Repeat in a Gene Related to Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
    1992 1.2k citations Ying‐Hui Fu et al. Science profile →
  5. An h Per2 Phosphorylation Site Mutation in Familial Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome
    2001 1.0k citations Christopher R. Jones, Louis J. Ptáček et al. Science profile →
  6. Functional consequences of a CKIδ mutation causing familial advanced sleep phase syndrome
    2005 593 citations Ying Xu, Quasar Saleem Padiath 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
Ying‐Hui Fu United States 45 7.1k 3.5k 3.1k 3.0k 2.5k 106 13.3k
Louis J. Ptáček United States 63 6.7k 0.9× 4.0k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 981 0.4× 179 12.4k
Christoph Kellendonk United States 51 3.8k 0.5× 4.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 93 11.2k
Mark J. Zylka United States 41 3.1k 0.4× 2.8k 0.8× 3.7k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 96 9.7k
Karl Obrietan United States 51 4.0k 0.6× 4.4k 1.3× 2.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 652 0.3× 105 9.9k
Urs Albrecht Switzerland 61 5.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.1× 12.5k 4.1× 5.6k 1.9× 2.3k 0.9× 168 19.3k
Seiji Shioda Japan 63 4.7k 0.7× 5.8k 1.7× 5.9k 1.9× 2.8k 0.9× 489 0.2× 473 16.7k
Horst‐Werner Korf Germany 55 3.2k 0.4× 4.8k 1.4× 5.0k 1.6× 1.5k 0.5× 341 0.1× 269 10.4k
Amelia J. Eisch United States 60 4.5k 0.6× 7.1k 2.1× 815 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 126 15.9k
Emiliana Borrelli France 62 6.7k 0.9× 6.4k 1.8× 1.0k 0.3× 869 0.3× 2.1k 0.8× 116 12.7k
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Japan 61 6.5k 0.9× 5.5k 1.6× 603 0.2× 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 249 14.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levine, Daniel C., et al.. (2025). Unsaturated fat alters clock phosphorylation to align rhythms to the season in mice. Science. 390(6771). eadp3065–eadp3065.
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Xing, Lijuan, et al.. (2024). Diverse roles of pontine NPS-expressing neurons in sleep regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(9). e2320276121–e2320276121. 4 indexed citations
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McMahon, Thomas, Maya Yamazaki, Thomas D. Arnold, et al.. (2021). Microglia are involved in the protection of memories formed during sleep deprivation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100073–100073. 20 indexed citations
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Ashbrook, Liza, et al.. (2021). Human circadian variations. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(16). 73 indexed citations
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Hirano, Arisa, Pei-Ken Hsu, Luoying Zhang, et al.. (2018). DEC2 modulates orexin expression and regulates sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3434–3439. 55 indexed citations
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Ptáček, Louis J., et al.. (2013). Sick and tired: how molecular regulators of human sleep schedules and duration impact immune function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(5). 873–879. 6 indexed citations
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Hallows, William C., Louis J. Ptáček, & Ying‐Hui Fu. (2013). Solving the mystery of human sleep schedules one mutation at a time. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 48(5). 465–475. 7 indexed citations
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Jones, Christopher R., et al.. (2012). Genetic basis of human circadian rhythm disorders. Experimental Neurology. 243. 28–33. 62 indexed citations
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Shin, Daesung, et al.. (2012). miR-32 and its target SLC45A3 regulate the lipid metabolism of oligodendrocytes and myelin. Neuroscience. 213. 29–37. 52 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Junko, Ying Xu, Xueliang Fan, et al.. (2012). Dopamine dysregulation in a mouse model of paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(2). 507–518. 37 indexed citations
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Costa, Maria José de Carvalho, Alex Yick‐Lun So, Krista Kaasik, et al.. (2011). Circadian Rhythm Gene Period 3 Is an Inhibitor of the Adipocyte Cell Fate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(11). 9063–9070. 78 indexed citations
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Padiath, Quasar Saleem & Ying‐Hui Fu. (2010). Autosomal Dominant Leukodystrophy Caused by Lamin B1 Duplications: A Clinical and Molecular Case Study of Altered Nuclear Function and Disease. Methods in cell biology. 98. 337–357. 25 indexed citations
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He, Ying, Christopher R. Jones, Nobuhiro Fujiki, et al.. (2009). The Transcriptional Repressor DEC2 Regulates Sleep Length in Mammals. Science. 325(5942). 866–870. 226 indexed citations
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Freudenberg, Jan, Ying‐Hui Fu, & Louis J. Ptáček. (2007). Bioinformatic analysis of human CNS-expressed ion channels as candidates for episodic nervous system disorders. Neurogenetics. 8(3). 159–168. 5 indexed citations
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Klein, Brian D., Ying‐Hui Fu, Louis J. Ptáček, & H. Steve White. (2005). Auditory Deficits Associated with the Frings <i>Mgr1 (Mass1)</i> Mutation in Mice. Developmental Neuroscience. 27(5). 321–332. 10 indexed citations
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Klein, Brian D., Ying‐Hui Fu, Louis J. Ptáček, & H. Steve White. (2004). c-Fos immunohistochemical mapping of the audiogenic seizure network and tonotopic neuronal hyperexcitability in the inferior colliculus of the Frings mouse. Epilepsy Research. 62(1). 13–25. 32 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Michael, Jeffrey L. Jensen, Martin Tristani‐Firouzi, et al.. (2003). PIP(2) binding residues of Kir2.1 are common targets of mutations causing Andersen syndrome. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Garden, Gwenn A., Randell T. Libby, Ying‐Hui Fu, et al.. (2002). Polyglutamine-Expanded Ataxin-7 Promotes Non-Cell-Autonomous Purkinje Cell Degeneration and Displays Proteolytic Cleavage in Ataxic Transgenic Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(12). 4897–4905. 125 indexed citations
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Skradski, Shana L., et al.. (2001). A Novel Gene Causing a Mendelian Audiogenic Mouse Epilepsy. Neuron. 31(4). 537–544. 149 indexed citations
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Hisama, Fuki M., Junko Oshima, Chang-En Yu, et al.. (1998). Comparison of Methods for Identifying Transcription Units and Transcription Map of the Werner Syndrome Gene Region. Genomics. 52(3). 352–357. 5 indexed citations

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