Youyong Yuan

9.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
125 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Youyong Yuan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Youyong Yuan has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 49 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Youyong Yuan's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (80 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (44 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (29 papers). Youyong Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (80 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (44 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (29 papers). Youyong Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Youyong Yuan's co-authors include Bin Liu, Chong‐Jing Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang, Jun Wang, Shidang Xu, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jin‐Zhi Du, Ruoyu Zhang, Fang Hu and Guangxue Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Youyong Yuan

122 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Specific Light‐Up Bioprobe with Aggregation‐Induced Emiss... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 2014 2017 2023 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Specific Light‐Up Bioprobe with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image‐Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells
    2014 481 citations Youyong Yuan, Chong‐Jing Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Tuning the singlet-triplet energy gap: a unique approach to efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics
    2015 466 citations Shidang Xu, Youyong Yuan et al. Chemical Science profile →
  3. Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ
    2014 448 citations Youyong Yuan, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. profile →
  4. A Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer with Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Image‐Guided Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy
    2017 417 citations Wenbo Wu, Duo Mao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. Activatable fluorescent probes for real-time imaging-guided tumor therapy
    2023 114 citations Youyong Yuan, Jun Wang 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
Youyong Yuan China 49 5.2k 4.6k 2.4k 2.0k 1.5k 125 8.3k
Chen Xie China 46 6.2k 1.2× 4.0k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 139 9.3k
Deju Ye China 51 4.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 825 0.5× 144 7.5k
Xianglong Hu China 41 3.6k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 710 0.5× 95 6.3k
Guangxue Feng Singapore 55 5.5k 1.0× 7.1k 1.6× 1.8k 0.7× 717 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 114 9.6k
Fang Hu China 47 4.8k 0.9× 5.6k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 667 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 134 8.4k
Qingqing Miao China 43 5.3k 1.0× 3.6k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 766 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 98 7.9k
Bryant C. Yung United States 37 4.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 60 7.9k
Guangbao Yang China 35 5.5k 1.0× 3.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 53 7.5k
Qianli Zou China 44 4.0k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 3.6k 1.8× 963 0.6× 85 8.1k
Xuanjun Zhang China 51 3.0k 0.6× 4.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 820 0.4× 410 0.3× 207 8.0k

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All Works

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Tan, Qiang, et al.. (2025). A Wireless Operated Flexible Bioelectronic Microneedle Patch for Actively Controlled Transdermal Drug Delivery. Advanced Materials. 37(11). e2417136–e2417136. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Kewei, Maolin Jiang, Ye Liu, et al.. (2024). A Synergistic Chemoimmunotherapy System Leveraging PD‐L1 Blocking and Bioorthogonal Prodrug Activation. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2402322–e2402322. 16 indexed citations
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Valiullina, Aygul, et al.. (2024). Breaking the shield of solid tumors: a combined approach for enhanced efficacy of CAR-T cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 74(1). 3–3. 4 indexed citations
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Zmievskaya, Ekaterina, Irina Ganeeva, М. П. Кутырева, et al.. (2024). Artificial Extracellular Vesicles Generated from T Cells Using Different Induction Techniques. Biomedicines. 12(4). 919–919. 6 indexed citations
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Dong, Yansong, Yalan Tu, Ye Liu, et al.. (2023). Perivascular nanocarrier aggregation as a drug reservoir augments tumor drug delivery and treatment efficacy. Nano Today. 53. 102004–102004. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Jilong, Jilong Wang, Shoaib Iqbal, et al.. (2018). Delivery of tacrolimus with cationic lipid-assisted nanoparticles for ulcerative colitis therapy. Biomaterials Science. 6(7). 1916–1922. 19 indexed citations
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Dong, Yansong, Bin Liu, & Youyong Yuan. (2018). AIEgen based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 290. 129–137. 38 indexed citations
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Hu, Fang, Youyong Yuan, Wenbo Wu, Duo Mao, & Bin Liu. (2018). Dual-Responsive Metabolic Precursor and Light-Up AIEgen for Cancer Cell Bio-orthogonal Labeling and Precise Ablation. Analytical Chemistry. 90(11). 6718–6724. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Wenbo, Duo Mao, Fang Hu, et al.. (2017). A Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer with Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Image‐Guided Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy. Advanced Materials. 29(33). 417 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Youyong, Wenbo Wu, Shidang Xu, & Bin Liu. (2017). A biosensor based on self-clickable AIEgen: a signal amplification strategy for ultrasensitive immunoassays. Chemical Communications. 53(38). 5287–5290. 32 indexed citations
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Xu, Shidang, Wenbo Wu, Xiaolei Cai, et al.. (2017). Highly efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics obtained through precise molecular design. Chemical Communications. 53(62). 8727–8730. 107 indexed citations
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Yuan, Youyong, Chong‐Jing Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2017). Light-up probe based on AIEgens: dual signal turn-on for caspase cascade activation monitoring. Chemical Science. 8(4). 2723–2728. 95 indexed citations
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Yuan, Youyong, Chong‐Jing Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2015). Photodynamic Therapy: Light‐Up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real‐Time In Situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses (Adv. Funct. Mater. 42/2015). Advanced Functional Materials. 25(42). 6691–6691. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Youyong, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Ben Zhong Tang, & Bin Liu. (2015). Smart Probe for Tracing Cancer Therapy: Selective Cancer Cell Detection, Image-Guided Ablation, and Prediction of Therapeutic Response In Situ. Small. 11(36). 4682–4690. 54 indexed citations
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Liang, Jing, Haibin Shi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2014). Distinct optical and kinetic responses from E/Z isomers of caspase probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(27). 4363–4370. 46 indexed citations
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Yuan, Youyong, Chong‐Jing Zhang, Meng Gao, et al.. (2014). Specific Light‐Up Bioprobe with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image‐Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(6). 1780–1786. 481 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Youyong, Chong‐Jing Zhang, Meng Gao, et al.. (2014). Specific Light‐Up Bioprobe with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image‐Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 127(6). 1800–1806. 74 indexed citations

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