Yongfu Chen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yongfu Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongfu Chen has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Food Science and 9 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Yongfu Chen's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers), Gut microbiota and health (14 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (13 papers). Yongfu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers), Gut microbiota and health (14 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (13 papers). Yongfu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Fiji. Yongfu Chen's co-authors include Heping Zhang, Lai‐Yu Kwok, Zhihong Sun, Bilige Menghe, Changkun Li, Xiao-Rong An, Zhi Zhong, Wei Chen, Zhihui Mi and Bing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Yongfu Chen

84 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A phylo-functional core of gut microbiota in healthy youn... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. A phylo-functional core of gut microbiota in healthy young Chinese cohorts across lifestyles, geography and ethnicities
    2015 344 citations Yongfu Chen, Heping Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yongfu Chen China 21 995 486 176 161 152 90 1.6k
Shiyu Tao China 33 1.1k 1.1× 302 0.6× 176 1.0× 232 1.4× 332 2.2× 91 2.3k
Mahendra Mariadassou France 25 1.1k 1.1× 318 0.7× 312 1.8× 216 1.3× 161 1.1× 64 2.3k
Gemma Henderson New Zealand 22 875 0.9× 233 0.5× 101 0.6× 204 1.3× 177 1.2× 36 1.8k
Klaus Neuhaus Germany 25 1.5k 1.5× 455 0.9× 172 1.0× 390 2.4× 104 0.7× 84 2.4k
Rafael Muñoz‐Tamayo France 17 959 1.0× 273 0.6× 199 1.1× 183 1.1× 115 0.8× 48 1.5k
Cameron Martino United States 24 1.2k 1.2× 188 0.4× 439 2.5× 139 0.9× 119 0.8× 39 2.1k
Xiaoquan Su China 22 1.1k 1.1× 230 0.5× 105 0.6× 141 0.9× 62 0.4× 68 1.8k
Amélia Camarinha‐Silva Germany 25 1.1k 1.1× 372 0.8× 196 1.1× 228 1.4× 155 1.0× 86 2.2k
Yujing Wang China 30 868 0.9× 235 0.5× 166 0.9× 128 0.8× 101 0.7× 97 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yongfu Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongfu Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongfu Chen

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

All Works

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Wang, Dandan, et al.. (2025). Effects of Lacticaseibacillus casei Zhang addition on physicochemical properties and metabolomics of fermented camel milk during storage. Food Chemistry X. 26. 102318–102318. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Yanan, et al.. (2025). Novel insights into the quality changes and metabolite transfer rules of pickles during fermentation: Pickle versus pickle solution. Food Chemistry X. 25. 102203–102203. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Bohai, Lai‐Yu Kwok, Dandan Wang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Efficacy of Low-dose Lovastatin through Probiotic-Mediated Absorption: Insights from In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. Engineering. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bohai, et al.. (2024). Genomic insights into probiotic metabolism of dietary carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Current Opinion in Food Science. 61. 101241–101241. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Shiqing, et al.. (2024). Dissimilar joining of Ti–6Al–4V to 316L stainless steel by a novel joining process based on arc additive manufacturing and combined twin-wire arc welding. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 1860–1871. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Chengcong, Musu Zha, Lu Li, et al.. (2024). Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis BX-245-fermented milk alleviates tumor burden in mice with colorectal cancer. Journal of Dairy Science. 108(2). 1211–1226. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yongfu, et al.. (2018). Parameters of Multi-Segmentation based on Segmentation Evaluation Function. Yaogan jishu yu yingyong. 33(4). 628–637. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Yongfeng, Ji‐Kai Liu, Yongfu Chen, et al.. (2018). Tomato SlAN11 regulates flavonoid biosynthesis and seed dormancy by interaction with bHLH proteins but not with MYB proteins. Horticulture Research. 5(1). 27–27. 98 indexed citations
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Chen, Yongfu, Wenjun Liu, Jie Yang, et al.. (2014). Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of Lactobacillus helveticus strains from traditional fermented dairy foods and antihypertensive effect of fermented milk of strain H9. Journal of Dairy Science. 97(11). 6680–6692. 93 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaoxia, et al.. (2010). Isolation of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme inhibitory component from tra- ditional fermented mare's milk. Zhongguo rupin gongye. 38(7). 4–6. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Min, et al.. (2008). Characterization of the bovine immunoglobulin lambda light chain constant IGLC genes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 124(3-4). 284–294. 10 indexed citations
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An, Xiao-Rong, et al.. (2005). [Normal mice derived from oocytes following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)].. PubMed. 21(2). 135–10.
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Shen-ming, Zeng, et al.. (2000). Cryopreservation of early sheep blastocysts by vitrification after in vivo or in vitro fertilization.. Zhongguo shouyi xuebao. 20(3). 302–305.
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He, Quan, et al.. (1998). The cloning of MLC_(2)-chymase fusion gene and the production of transgenic mice. Zhongguo shengwu huaxue yu fenzi shengwu xuebao. 14(2). 144–150. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yongfu, et al.. (1997). A novel system for increasing the efficiency of gene transfer in farm animals. 7(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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