Yongfu Yu

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yongfu Yu is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongfu Yu has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 23 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Yongfu Yu's work include Birth, Development, and Health (29 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (17 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (16 papers). Yongfu Yu is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (29 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (17 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (16 papers). Yongfu Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and United States. Yongfu Yu's co-authors include Jiong Li, Guoyou Qin, Zeyan Liew, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Sven Cnattingius, Meiyan Li, Jørn Olsen, Yuan Li and Haiquan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Yongfu Yu

130 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal diabetes during pregnancy and early onset of car... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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. Maternal diabetes during pregnancy and early onset of cardiovascular disease in offspring: population based cohort study with 40 years of follow-up
    2019 203 citations Yongfu Yu, Zeyan Liew et al. profile →

Peers

Yongfu Yu
Eliza C. Miller United States
Henrik Thybo Christesen Denmark
Bijay Vaidya United Kingdom
Thomas Waldhör Austria
Peter Taylor United Kingdom
Xiang Y. Ye Canada
Paul VanVeldhuisen United States
Wendy White United States
Rhoda H. Cobin United States
Feyza Darendelıler Türkiye
Eliza C. Miller United States
Yongfu Yu
Citations per year, relative to Yongfu Yu Yongfu Yu (= 1×) peers Eliza C. Miller

Countries citing papers authored by Yongfu Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongfu Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yongfu Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yongfu Yu. The network helps show where Yongfu Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongfu Yu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meng, Xia, Yongfu Yu, Zhiping Niu, et al.. (2024). Greenness and its composition and configuration in association with allergic rhinitis in preschool children. Environmental Research. 251. 118627–118627. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Chen, Priscilla Ming Yi Lee, Ce Wang, et al.. (2024). Sibling Death in Childhood and Early Adulthood and Risk of Early-Onset Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA Network Open. 7(1). e2350814–e2350814. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Neng, et al.. (2023). Association of nocturnal sleep duration and midday napping with subjective poor hearing among middle-aged and older adults in China. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1160294–1160294. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Wen, Yating Yang, Jiaqin Xu, et al.. (2023). Association of dietary calcium with mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in people with hypertension. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 25(5). 480–488. 4 indexed citations
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Ren, Tai, Yongfu Yu, Hui Wang, et al.. (2023). Maternal Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Pregnancy and Infectious Disease in Offspring Younger Than 5 Years: A Population-Based Cohort Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 118(3). 491–500. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, Priscilla Ming Yi, Lap Ah Tse, Krisztina D. László, et al.. (2021). Association of maternal body mass index with intellectual disability risk. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 106(6). 584–590. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaohua, Jinling Zhang, Jun Li, et al.. (2021). Time-varying association between body mass index and all-cause mortality in patients with hypertension. International Journal of Obesity. 46(2). 316–324. 12 indexed citations
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Du, Jiangbo, Jiong Li, Xiaoqin Liu, et al.. (2021). Association of maternal diabetes during pregnancy with high refractive error in offspring: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Diabetologia. 64(11). 2466–2477. 13 indexed citations
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Yu, Yongfu, Wan‐Ling Tseng, Eli R. Lebowitz, et al.. (2021). Rates of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Gestational Age at Birth in a Danish Population. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 76(12). 719–721. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, Krisztina D. László, Mika Gissler, et al.. (2021). Maternal hypertensive disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a population-based cohort in two Nordic countries. European Journal of Epidemiology. 36(5). 519–530. 40 indexed citations
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He, Hua, Maohua Miao, Yongfu Yu, et al.. (2021). Maternal migraine and the risk of psychiatric disorders in offspring: a population-based cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 30. e55–e55. 6 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jacqueline M., Carolyn E. Cesta, Kari Furu, et al.. (2020). Prevalence trends and individual patterns of antiepileptic drug use in pregnancy 2006‐2016: A study in the five Nordic countries, United States, and Australia. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 29(8). 913–922. 36 indexed citations
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Yu, Yongfu, Jun Liang, Huan Wang, et al.. (2020). Behavioural Problems Amongst Pre-School Children in Chongqing, China: Current Situation and Influencing Factors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Gao, Yu, Yongfu Yu, Gunnar Toft, et al.. (2020). Associations of parental birth characteristics with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in their offspring: a population-based multigenerational cohort study in Denmark. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(2). 485–495. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yiliang, Yuan Ma, Yuan Li, et al.. (2019). Comparative analysis of co-occurring mutations of specific tumor suppressor genes in lung adenocarcinoma between Asian and Caucasian populations. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 145(3). 747–757. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Fen, Wei Yuan, Hong Liang, et al.. (2019). Preconceptional paternal antiepileptic drugs use and risk of congenital anomalies in offspring: a nationwide cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 34(7). 651–660. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yiliang, Yuan Ma, Yuan Li, et al.. (2017). Are exon 19 deletions and L858R different in early stage lung adenocarcinoma?. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 144(1). 165–171. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, et al.. (2016). [ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the eastern urban China: from 2001 to 2011].. PubMed. 44(4). 303–8. 6 indexed citations

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