Yingzhong Yang

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yingzhong Yang is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingzhong Yang has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Genetics, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yingzhong Yang's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (31 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (15 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (9 papers). Yingzhong Yang is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (31 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (15 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (9 papers). Yingzhong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yingzhong Yang's co-authors include Qin Ga, Zhenzhong Bai, Felipe Lorenzo, Tatum S. Simonson, Josef T. Prchal, Haixia Yun, Lynn B. Jorde, Ri-Li Ge, David J. Witherspoon and Jinchuan Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Yingzhong Yang

45 papers receiving 1.3k 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. Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet
    2010 862 citations Tatum S. Simonson, Yingzhong Yang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yingzhong Yang China 15 980 408 304 277 235 45 1.4k
Qin Ga China 14 1.1k 1.1× 402 1.0× 303 1.0× 345 1.2× 258 1.1× 34 1.4k
Zhenzhong Bai China 16 888 0.9× 441 1.1× 289 1.0× 328 1.2× 221 0.9× 34 1.4k
Haixia Yun China 6 735 0.8× 260 0.6× 195 0.6× 201 0.7× 177 0.8× 8 937
Felipe Lorenzo United States 20 966 1.0× 515 1.3× 652 2.1× 399 1.4× 213 0.9× 39 2.0k
Ri-Li Ge United States 15 1.5k 1.5× 531 1.3× 384 1.3× 398 1.4× 459 2.0× 21 1.9k
Ri‐Li Ge China 19 488 0.5× 428 1.0× 197 0.6× 179 0.6× 146 0.6× 76 1.1k
Alex Parker United States 21 931 0.9× 709 1.7× 194 0.6× 198 0.7× 52 0.2× 32 2.4k
Jeremy W. Prokop United States 22 353 0.4× 656 1.6× 86 0.3× 147 0.5× 250 1.1× 91 1.4k
Ryszard Pawłowski Poland 20 416 0.4× 465 1.1× 165 0.5× 72 0.3× 128 0.5× 56 1.1k
Susanna Wang United States 11 883 0.9× 889 2.2× 104 0.3× 198 0.7× 32 0.1× 15 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yingzhong Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingzhong Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yingzhong Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yingzhong 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 Yingzhong Yang. Yingzhong Yang 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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Xu, Jin, Qiang Ma, Feng Tang, et al.. (2022). Association Between the Polymorphism of Steroid Hormone Metabolism Genes and High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in the Chinese Han Population. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Chunmei, et al.. (2022). Comparative genomic analysis of high-altitude adaptation for Mongolia Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, and Canis Lupus. Genomics. 114(3). 110359–110359. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peili, Zhanquan Li, Linhua Ji, et al.. (2021). Novel insights into plasma biomarker candidates in patients with chronic mountain sickness based on proteomics. Bioscience Reports. 41(1). 18 indexed citations
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Du, Hui, et al.. (2018). Sequencing the exons of human glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) gene in Han Chinese with high-altitude pulmonary edema. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 37(1). 7–7. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Yuhong, Tana Wuren, Feng Tang, et al.. (2018). Transcriptomic profiling reveals gene expression kinetics in patients with hypoxia and high altitude pulmonary edema. Gene. 651. 200–205. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Jin, Yingzhong Yang, Feng Tang, et al.. (2015). EPAS1 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated With High Altitude Polycythemia in Tibetans at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 26(3). 288–294. 21 indexed citations
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Ma, Lan, et al.. (2015). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as a Prognostic Parameter in Subjects with “Plateau Red Face”. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 16(2). 147–153. 5 indexed citations
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Su, Juan, Zhanquan Li, Linhua Ji, et al.. (2015). The Local HIF-2α/EPO Pathway in the Bone Marrow is Associated with Excessive Erythrocytosis and the Increase in Bone Marrow Microvessel Density in Chronic Mountain Sickness. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 16(4). 318–330. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaping, et al.. (2015). Thymocytes maintain immune activity through telomere elongation in rats under hypoxic conditions. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 10(5). 1877–1882. 2 indexed citations
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Guan, Wei, Qin Ga, Rong Li, et al.. (2014). Sleep disturbances in long-term immigrants with chronic mountain sickness: A comparison with healthy immigrants at high altitude. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 206. 4–10. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Yingzhong, Yaping Wang, Yujuan Qi, et al.. (2013). Endothelial PAS Domain Protein 1 Chr2:46441523(hg18) Polymorphism Is Associated With Susceptibility to High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Han Chinese. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 24(4). 315–320. 14 indexed citations
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Guan, Wei, et al.. (2013). [Serum levels and significance of HIF-1α and HIF-2α in healthy Tibetan and Han residents at different altitudes].. PubMed. 93(38). 3057–9. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Lan, Xiujuan Shao, Yaping Wang, et al.. (2013). Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of myoglobin in Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), a species with hypoxic tolerance. Gene. 533(2). 532–537. 11 indexed citations
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Ma, Yan, et al.. (2012). Cardiac adaptive mechanisms of Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) at high altitudes. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 73(6). 809–813. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Fang, Tana Wuren, Lan Ma, Yingzhong Yang, & Ri‐Li Ge. (2011). [Genetic cloning and expression of hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha in high altitude hypoxic adaptation species Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)].. PubMed. 63(6). 565–73. 3 indexed citations
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Simonson, Tatum S., Yingzhong Yang, Chad D. Huff, et al.. (2010). Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet. Science. 329(5987). 72–75. 862 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Yingzhong, Yunden Droma, Zhenzhong Bai, et al.. (2007). Molecular Cloning of Hemoglobin Alpha-chain Gene from Pantholops hodgsonii, a Hypoxic Tolerance Species. BMB Reports. 40(3). 426–431. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Yingzhong, Yue Cao, Zhenzhong Bai, et al.. (2007). Molecular cloning and characterization of hemoglobin α and β chains from plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) living at high altitude. Gene. 403(1-2). 118–124. 15 indexed citations

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