Yong Qi

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Yong Qi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Qi has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Physiology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yong Qi's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (17 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (13 papers). Yong Qi is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (17 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (13 papers). Yong Qi collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Yong Qi's co-authors include Rexford S. Ahima, Philipp E. Scherer, Nobuhiko Takahashi, Utpal B. Pajvani, Stanley M. Hileman, Anders H. Berg, Yunlei Yang, Neel S. Singhal, Michael W. Rajala and Ronadip R. Banerjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yong Qi

84 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Adiponectin acts in the brain to decrease body weight 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2004 200 400 600
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. Adiponectin acts in the brain to decrease body weight
    2004 669 citations Yong Qi, Rexford S. Ahima et al. profile →
  2. Regulation of Fasted Blood Glucose by Resistin
    2004 576 citations Yong Qi, Rexford S. Ahima et al. profile →

Peers

Yong Qi
Claudio Pagano Italy
Anthony Kanai United States
Susanna M. Hofmann United States
Min‐Seon Kim South Korea
Sander Kooijman Netherlands
Masanori Nakata Japan
Justin J. Rochford United Kingdom
Silvana Bordin Brazil
Eric D. Berglund United States
Seiichi Chiba Japan
Claudio Pagano Italy
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Countries citing papers authored by Yong Qi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Qi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Qi

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

All Works

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Liu, Jia, Wei Zeng, Rui Yang, et al.. (2025). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the role of immune-related autophagy in aseptic loosening of biomaterials bone-implant. Biomaterials Advances. 169. 214190–214190. 1 indexed citations
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Xie, Peitao, Yingli Liu, Yue Ming, et al.. (2025). TMEM132A: a novel susceptibility gene for lung adenocarcinoma combined with venous thromboembolism identified through comprehensive bioinformatic analysis. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1564114–1564114. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Xing, Min Fang, Jinhuan Tian, et al.. (2023). Photothermal effective CeO2NPs combined in thermosensitive hydrogels with enhanced antibacterial, antioxidant and vascularization performance to accelerate infected diabetic wound healing. Regenerative Biomaterials. 10. rbad072–rbad072. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoju, et al.. (2023). HMMR potential as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of cancer—speculation based on a pan-cancer analysis. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 998598–998598. 7 indexed citations
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Qi, Yanan, et al.. (2023). Short-term smoking cessation leads to a universal decrease in whole blood genomic DNA methylation in patients with a smoking history. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 21(1). 227–227. 2 indexed citations
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Ali, Ashaq, Muhammad Noman, Xu Liu, et al.. (2021). Myoglobin and C-reactive protein are efficient and reliable early predictors of COVID-19 associated mortality. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5975–5975. 28 indexed citations
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Qi, Yong & Yunlei Yang. (2015). Hunger States Control the Directions of Synaptic Plasticity via Switching Cell Type-Specific Subunits of NMDA Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(38). 13171–13182. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenping, et al.. (2014). Epidemiology of bronchial asthma and asthma control assessment in Henan Province, China. PubMed. 2(1). 5–5. 12 indexed citations
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Qi, Yong, Neng‐Wei Hu, & Michael J. Rowan. (2012). Switching off LTP: mGlu and NMDA Receptor-Dependent Novelty Exploration-Induced Depotentiation in the Rat Hippocampus. Cerebral Cortex. 23(4). 932–939. 47 indexed citations
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Qi, Yong, et al.. (2010). Increased plasma levels of endothelin-1 and urotensin-II in patients with coronary heart disease. Heart and Vessels. 25(2). 138–143. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Fang Yu, Xu Teng, et al.. (2010). Adrenomedullin ameliorates the development of atherosclerosis in apoE−/− mice. Peptides. 31(6). 1150–1158. 9 indexed citations
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Jia, Yue, et al.. (2007). Apelin activates l-arginine/nitric oxide synthase/nitric oxide pathway in rat aortas. Peptides. 28(10). 2023–2029. 102 indexed citations
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Ahima, Rexford S., Yong Qi, & Neel S. Singhal. (2006). Adipokines that link obesity and diabetes to the hypothalamus. Progress in brain research. 153. 155–174. 56 indexed citations
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Tang, Chao, et al.. (2004). Plasma Mitochondrial Coupling Factor 6 in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Hypertension Research. 27(10). 717–722. 17 indexed citations
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Qi, Yong, et al.. (2002). Effects of different peptide fragments derived from proadrenomedullin on gene expression of adrenomedullin gene. Peptides. 23(6). 1141–1147. 34 indexed citations

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