Yiyi Chen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 736 citations indexed

About

Yiyi Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiyi Chen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 736 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yiyi Chen's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (4 papers). Yiyi Chen is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (4 papers). Yiyi Chen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Chile. Yiyi Chen's co-authors include Aimee A. Malzahn, Levi G. Lowder, Daniel F. Voytas, Tao Zhang, Xu Tang, Zhaohui Zhong, Qiurong Ren, Yiping Qi, Qian Li and Xuelian Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Journal of Neurochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yiyi Chen

21 papers receiving 721 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.

A CRISPR–Cpf1 system for efficient genome editing and transcriptional repression in plants

2017 447 citations Xu Tang, Levi G. Lowder et al. Nature Plants profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiyi Chen Germany	11	570	285	102	76	54	22	736
Frédérique Tellier France	11	317 0.6×	309 1.1×	45 0.4×	52 0.7×	21 0.4×	21	535
Zehua Bao United States	11	824 1.4×	67 0.2×	20 0.2×	46 0.6×	7 0.1×	17	885
Tadas Jakočiūnas Denmark	15	1.2k 2.1×	84 0.3×	13 0.1×	89 1.2×	8 0.1×	23	1.3k
David A. Toke United States	7	712 1.2×	163 0.6×	28 0.3×	16 0.2×	26 0.5×	9	909
Thomas P. Nicholson United Kingdom	7	293 0.5×	90 0.3×	29 0.3×	9 0.1×	15 0.3×	7	505
Haruko Ueda Japan	24	1.2k 2.1×	900 3.2×	58 0.6×	10 0.1×	14 0.3×	47	1.5k
Siwei Li China	16	862 1.5×	143 0.5×	2 0.0×	42 0.6×	7 0.1×	27	944
Ursula Hoja Germany	10	605 1.1×	153 0.5×	21 0.2×	14 0.2×	22 0.4×	11	695
Susanne M. Germann Denmark	10	614 1.1×	109 0.4×	11 0.1×	18 0.2×	11 0.2×	12	711
Wen‐qiu Wang China	17	543 1.0×	672 2.4×	30 0.3×	9 0.1×	10 0.2×	31	988

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiyi Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Yiyi, Laimdota Zizmare, Lan Wang, et al.. (2024). Retinal metabolism displays evidence for uncoupling of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation via Cori-, Cahill-, and mini-Krebs-cycle. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2024). Extracellular lactate as an alternative energy source for retinal bipolar cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(4). 106794–106794. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, Laimdota Zizmare, Lan Wang, et al.. (2023). Retinal metabolism displays evidence for uncoupling of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation via Cori-, Cahill-, and mini-Krebs-cycle. eLife. 12. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, Laimdota Zizmare, Christoph Trautwein, & François Paquet‐Durand. (2023). Measuring the Release of Lactate from Wild-Type and rd1 Mouse Retina. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1415. 429–434. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2023). Pyruvate-conjugation of PEGylated liposomes for targeted drug delivery to retinal photoreceptors. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 163. 114717–114717. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2022). Imaging of lactate metabolism in retinal Müller cells with a FRET nanosensor. Experimental Eye Research. 226. 109352–109352. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2022). Pathomechanisms of Inherited Retinal Degeneration and Perspectives for Neuroprotection. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 13(6). a041310–a041310. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2022). Single-Cell Transcriptomic Profiling in Inherited Retinal Degeneration Reveals Distinct Metabolic Pathways in Rod and Cone Photoreceptors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12170–12170. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2021). The role of cGMP-signalling and calcium-signalling in photoreceptor cell death: perspectives for therapy development. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 473(9). 1411–1421. 31 indexed citations

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Yan, Jie, Yiyi Chen, Yu Zhu, & François Paquet‐Durand. (2021). Programmed Non-Apoptotic Cell Death in Hereditary Retinal Degeneration: Crosstalk between cGMP-Dependent Pathways and PARthanatos?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10567–10567. 17 indexed citations

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Huang, Risheng, et al.. (2021). A novel salt responsive PvHAK16 negatively regulates salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 194. 104689–104689. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Min, Yiyi Chen, Elöd Körtvely, et al.. (2021). Expression of glucose transporter‐2 in murine retina: Evidence for glucose transport from horizontal cells to photoreceptor synapses. Journal of Neurochemistry. 160(2). 283–296. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2020). Long-Term, Serum-Free Cultivation of Organotypic Mouse Retina Explants with Intact Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2020). Long-Term, Serum-Free Cultivation of Organotypic Mouse Retina Explants with Intact Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Tang, Xu, Levi G. Lowder, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2017). A CRISPR–Cpf1 system for efficient genome editing and transcriptional repression in plants. Nature Plants. 3(3). 17018–17018. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Qiaoxian, Jian Chen, Chunjiang Liu, et al.. (2017). Curcumin and its two analogues improve oxidative stability of fish oil under long‐term storage. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 119(10). 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Yulong, Yiyi Chen, Wei Li, Qiong Xie, & Liming Shao. (2016). Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Phenanthridines by Radical Insertion/Cyclization of Biphenyl Isocyanides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(18). 8426–8435. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Yuanyuan Qian, Xuejun Xu, et al.. (2016). The Pharmacological Heterogeneity of Nepenthone Analogs in Conferring Highly Selective and Potent κ-Opioid Agonistic Activities. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 8(4). 766–776. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2015). Generation of hydrogen free radicals from water for fuels by electric field induction. Energy Conversion and Management. 105. 545–551. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiyi. (2009). The Chemical Composition and Energy Density in Hemiculter lcucisculus with Different Body Size. Chongqing Shifan Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban.

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