Yinkun Yan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yinkun Yan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinkun Yan has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 29 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Yinkun Yan's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (30 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (27 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (19 papers). Yinkun Yan is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (30 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (27 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (19 papers). Yinkun Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yinkun Yan's co-authors include Jie Mi, Bo Xi, Yajun Liang, Junting Liu, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Min Zhao, Chuanwei Ma, Dongqing Hou, Sreenivas P. Veeranki and Yisong Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation Research and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Yinkun Yan

102 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Relationship of Alcohol Consumption to All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer-Related Mortality in U.S. Adults

2017 291 citations Chuanwei Ma, Yinkun Yan et al. profile →

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Jessica Smith United States

Dianjianyi Sun China

Inkyung Baik South Korea

Margareta Norberg Sweden

Toshimi Sairenchi Japan

Sylviane Vol France

Siew Lim Australia

Katja Pahkala Finland

Xiaoguang Yang China

Yangbo Sun United States

Jessica Smith United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yinkun Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yinkun Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yinkun Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yinkun Yan 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 Yinkun Yan. Yinkun Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Hu, Jiajin, Bin Liu, Wenqi Xia, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for childhood obesity in China and future intervention strategies. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 58. 101553–101553. 4 indexed citations

Meng, Xin, et al.. (2024). Identification of sensitive periods of weight status transition over the lifespan in Chinese population. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 507–507. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Ling, Lei Peng, Xiaoying Shi, et al.. (2024). Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic abnormalities in children with different weight statuses. Public Health. 235. 160–166. 2 indexed citations

Li, Chuan, Xiaomeng Ge, Wenli Yang, et al.. (2024). Role of intestinal flora in the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(2). e0100623–e0100623. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Yi‐Wen, Chuanwei Ma, Hongbo Dong, et al.. (2024). Racial diversities in lifespan bone mass: findings from the China BCL Study and US NHANES. QJM. 118(3). 147–153.

Gao, Liwang, Yi‐Wen Huang, Hong Cheng, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of hypertension and its associations with body composition across Chinese and American children and adolescents. World Journal of Pediatrics. 20(4). 392–403. 6 indexed citations

Lv, Jiali, Yang Liu, Yinkun Yan, et al.. (2023). Relationship Between Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diabetes Is Likely Bidirectional: A Temporality Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(6). e028219–e028219. 11 indexed citations

Yan, Yinkun, et al.. (2023). BMI at different childhood age periods associated with cardiometabolic disorders in young adulthood. Obesity. 31(9). 2365–2374. 3 indexed citations

Dong, Hongbo, Hong Cheng, Junting Liu, et al.. (2023). Overfat cutoffs and the optimal combination of body fat indices for detecting cardiometabolic risk among school‐aged children. Obesity. 31(3). 802–810. 1 indexed citations

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Xiang, Shiting, et al.. (2023). Association of intestinal microbiota and its metabolite markers with excess weight in Chinese children and adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 18(6). e13019–e13019. 1 indexed citations

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Lü, Jie, Bi Chen, Nan Li, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and related factors of hyperuricaemia in Chinese children and adolescents: a pooled analysis of 11 population-based studies. Annals of Medicine. 54(1). 1608–1615. 37 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tao, Bingbing Fan, Shengxu Li, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Adiposity and Midlife Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Are Linked Partly Through Intermediate Risk Factors. Hypertension. 80(1). 160–168. 6 indexed citations

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Kong, Yawei, et al.. (2022). Associations between body mass index in different childhood age periods and hyperuricemia in young adulthood: the China Health and Nutrition Survey cohort study. World Journal of Pediatrics. 18(10). 680–686. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Shengxu, Yinkun Yan, Dianjianyi Sun, et al.. (2021). Blood Pressure and Left Ventricular Geometric Changes: A Directionality Analysis. Hypertension. 78(5). 1259–1266. 9 indexed citations

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Dong, Hongbo, Junting Liu, Yinkun Yan, et al.. (2019). Long-term childhood body mass index and adult bone mass are linked through concurrent body mass index and body composition. Bone. 121. 259–266. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Yinkun, Shengxu Li, Liu Yang, et al.. (2019). Temporal relationship between inflammation and insulin resistance and their joint effect on hyperglycemia: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 18(1). 109–109. 44 indexed citations

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Yan, Yinkun, Junting Liu, Xiaoyuan Zhao, et al.. (2019). Cardiovascular health in urban Chinese children and adolescents. Annals of Medicine. 51(1). 88–96. 23 indexed citations

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Tang, Jun, Yinkun Yan, Jie Li, et al.. (2018). Relationship between erythrocyte phospholipid fatty acid composition and obesity in children and adolescents. Journal of clinical lipidology. 13(1). 70–79.e1. 6 indexed citations

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Hou, Dongqing, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Junting Liu, et al.. (2016). [Association of childhood and adolescents obesity with adult diabetes].. PubMed. 50(1). 23–7. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaoyuan, Meixian Zhang, Hong Cheng, et al.. (2013). [Risk of obesity-related gene polymorphism on the incidence and durative of childhood obesity].. PubMed. 34(6). 560–5. 5 indexed citations

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