Yong Peng

17.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Yong Peng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Peng has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Cancer Research and 28 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yong Peng's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (29 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers). Yong Peng is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (29 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers). Yong Peng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Israel. Yong Peng's co-authors include Carlo M. Croce, Yuquan Wei, Xiawei Wei, Wenchen Pu, Xuelei Ma, Ji Nie, Jing Yang, Yizheng Zhang, Jiao Li and Jiankang Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yong Peng

154 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

The role of MicroRNAs in human cancer

2016 1.9k citations Yong Peng, Carlo M. Croce Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
Targeting PI3K in cancer: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

2019 1.1k citations Yuquan Wei, Yong Peng et al. profile →
Circular RNAs in Cancer: Biogenesis, Function, and Clinical Significance

2020 525 citations Jiao Li, Wenchen Pu et al. profile →
The role of long noncoding RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma

2020 360 citations Jiankang Zhou, Yong Peng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Peng China	48	7.1k	4.4k	1.7k	1.2k	741	160	10.2k
Xin Li China	55	5.5k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	390	9.6k
Rajiv Kumar Germany	52	5.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	3.2k 1.9×	959 0.8×	650 0.9×	259	9.6k
Hui Li China	55	8.3k 1.2×	4.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	766 0.6×	598 0.8×	458	12.9k
Jiří Zavadil United States	56	8.1k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	147	12.6k
Li Li China	57	8.9k 1.3×	2.8k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	784 1.1×	493	13.6k
Chenguang Wang China	60	7.8k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.6×	644 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	249	12.0k
Thorsten Cramer Germany	35	3.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	651 0.9×	78	8.2k
Hua Lu United States	51	7.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.3×	3.7k 2.2×	596 0.5×	529 0.7×	225	10.1k
Hitoshi Nakagama Japan	55	7.6k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	3.3k 1.9×	877 0.7×	718 1.0×	219	11.1k
David W. M. Leung New Zealand	38	9.6k 1.4×	2.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	951 1.3×	173	15.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Peng

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Wu, Wendi, et al.. (2025). Microstructure and mechanical properties of laminated heterostructured material composed of martensite steel and high nitrogen steel fabricated by selective laser melting. Materials Characterization. 221. 114748–114748. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Rui, Xiaojin Wu, Lei Tian, et al.. (2025). NKp46 enhances type 1 innate lymphoid cell proliferation and function and anti-acute myeloid leukemia activity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 989–989.

Zhang, Tingting, Zhang Li, Yue Ming, et al.. (2025). A positive feedback loop between TNS1 and ZEB1 promotes TGFβ-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1686–1686.

Duan, Wentao, et al.. (2024). LASSO-derived prognostic model predicts cancer-specific survival in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma over 50 years of age: a retrospective study of SEER database research. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1336251–1336251. 5 indexed citations

Peng, Yong, et al.. (2024). Transcription Factor TFAP2B Exerts Neuroprotective Effects Targeting BNIP3-Mediated Mitophagy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(10). 7319–7334. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Fuyan, Jiao Li, Min Ai, et al.. (2024). Penfluridol inhibits melanoma growth and metastasis through enhancing von Hippel‒Lindau tumor suppressor‐mediated cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) degradation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(10). e758–e758. 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Sai Jin, Shoubao Ma, Baofa Sun, et al.. (2024). The tumor-intrinsic role of the m ⁶ A reader YTHDF2 in regulating immune evasion. Science Immunology. 9(95). eadl2171–eadl2171. 30 indexed citations

Meng, Zhongji, Yanli Peng, Song Fangmin, et al.. (2024). Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus isolates in the northwest of Hubei Province, China. Acta Tropica. 260. 107397–107397.

Gao, Zhenguo, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and safety of anastomotic leak testing in gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(7). 5265–5273. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiawei, et al.. (2023). BET proteins: Biological functions and therapeutic interventions. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 243. 108354–108354. 47 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhen, Yuanli Zuo, Yang Jin, Yong Peng, & Xiaofeng Zhu. (2022). Identification of Extracellular Matrix Signatures as Novel Potential Prognostic Biomarkers in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 872380–872380. 6 indexed citations

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Ma, Rui, Ting Lu, Zhenlong Li, et al.. (2021). An Oncolytic Virus Expressing IL15/IL15Rα Combined with Off-the-Shelf EGFR-CAR NK Cells Targets Glioblastoma. Cancer Research. 81(13). 3635–3648. 162 indexed citations

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Khawaled, Saleh, Giovanni Nigita, Rosario Distefano, et al.. (2020). Pleiotropic tumor suppressor functions of WWOX antagonize metastasis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 5(1). 43–43. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianfu, Zhiwei Huang, Niu Huang, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of KPNB1 Inhibits Proliferation and Promotes Apoptosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells Through Regulation of E2F1. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Gou, Qiheng, Linbo Gao, Wenchen Pu, et al.. (2018). Long Noncoding RNA AB074169 Inhibits Cell Proliferation via Modulation of KHSRP-Mediated CDKN1a Expression in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 78(15). 4163–4174. 78 indexed citations

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Huang, Tianxiao, Li-Wa Shao, Yong Peng, et al.. (2018). N6-methyldeoxyadenine is a transgenerational epigenetic signal for mitochondrial stress adaptation. Nature Cell Biology. 21(3). 319–327. 126 indexed citations

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Chu, Jianhong, Shun He, Youcai Deng, et al.. (2014). Genetic Modification of T Cells Redirected toward CS1 Enhances Eradication of Myeloma Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(15). 3989–4000. 92 indexed citations

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Peng, Yong, et al.. (2014). Role of endometrial cancer abnormal MMR protein in screening Lynch-syndrome families.. PubMed. 7(10). 7297–303. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Wei, et al.. (2013). Study on medium and long-term hydrological forecasting based on data fusion. 32(6). 11–18. 1 indexed citations

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Nechama, Morris, Yong Peng, Paola Briata, et al.. (2009). KSRP-PMR1-exosome association determines parathyroid hormone mRNA levels and stability in transfected cells. BMC Cell Biology. 10(1). 70–70. 18 indexed citations

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