Youyou Tu

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Youyou Tu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Youyou Tu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Youyou Tu's work include Malaria Research and Control (10 papers), Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (4 papers). Youyou Tu is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (10 papers), Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (6 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (4 papers). Youyou Tu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Youyou Tu's co-authors include Jiang Ting-liang, Fulong Liao, Nan Ma, Ziyue Zhang, Chengchao Xu, Jigang Wang, Weidong Li, Zhibin Lin, Yin Kwan Wong and Yujie Li and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Youyou Tu

27 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

The discovery of artemisinin (qinghaosu) and gifts from C... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2016 2020 250 500 750
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. The discovery of artemisinin (qinghaosu) and gifts from Chinese medicine
    2011 987 citations Youyou Tu Nature Medicine profile →
  2. Artemisinin—A Gift from Traditional Chinese Medicine to the World (Nobel Lecture)
    2016 621 citations Youyou Tu profile →
  3. The birth of artemisinin
    2020 229 citations Nan Ma, Ziyue Zhang et al. Pharmacology & Therapeutics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Youyou Tu China 13 962 554 386 282 253 29 2.4k
Mohamed E.M. Saeed Germany 28 1.3k 1.3× 201 0.4× 277 0.7× 247 0.9× 290 1.1× 70 2.5k
Rahul Singh India 29 1.1k 1.2× 403 0.7× 222 0.6× 755 2.7× 327 1.3× 79 2.9k
Vikash Kumar Dubey India 34 1.7k 1.7× 817 1.5× 172 0.4× 298 1.1× 358 1.4× 168 3.3k
Marta R. Romero Spain 28 949 1.0× 365 0.7× 323 0.8× 128 0.5× 117 0.5× 57 2.6k
Kesara Na‐Bangchang Thailand 35 1.2k 1.2× 1.6k 3.0× 827 2.1× 331 1.2× 434 1.7× 261 4.6k
Jin‐Ching Lee Taiwan 35 1.2k 1.3× 384 0.7× 172 0.4× 81 0.3× 249 1.0× 99 3.0k
Vikash Kumar India 23 789 0.8× 333 0.6× 112 0.3× 167 0.6× 223 0.9× 86 1.9k
Pei‐Lan He China 26 697 0.7× 171 0.3× 250 0.6× 99 0.4× 173 0.7× 40 2.1k
Hye‐Sook Kim Japan 31 1.0k 1.0× 498 0.9× 272 0.7× 147 0.5× 236 0.9× 110 2.6k
Gabriel Navarrete‐Vázquez Mexico 35 1.2k 1.3× 229 0.4× 241 0.6× 288 1.0× 348 1.4× 145 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Youyou Tu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youyou Tu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Youyou Tu. 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 Youyou Tu. The network helps show where Youyou Tu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youyou Tu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Youyou Tu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Youyou Tu 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 Youyou Tu. Youyou Tu 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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Gao, Chang, Youyou Tu, Zhan Shi, et al.. (2025). Ab initio perspectives on surface photocatalysis: advances, challenges, and opportunities. Nanoscale Horizons. 10(12). 3148–3157.
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Li, Qilong, Tong Liu, Fulong Liao, et al.. (2025). Malaria: past, present, and future. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 188–188. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Huaming, et al.. (2024). [Reconsideration of the indications for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty].. PubMed. 104(5). 319–324.
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Tu, Youyou. (2023). Congratulations on the inaugural issue of Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine!. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Tu, Youyou, Weibin Chu, Yongliang Shi, et al.. (2022). High Photoreactivity on a Reconstructed Anatase TiO2(001) Surface Predicted by Ab Initio Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(25). 5766–5775. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaohong, Youyou Tu, Lin-hua Tang, Qi Gao, & Pedro L. Alonso. (2022). The role of research in China’s successful elimination of malaria. Nature Medicine. 28(7). 1336–1338. 6 indexed citations
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Lyu, Haining, Nan Ma, Yuqing Meng, et al.. (2021). Study towards improving artemisinin-based combination therapies. Natural Product Reports. 38(7). 1243–1250. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Jigang, Chengchao Xu, Yin Kwan Wong, et al.. (2020). Preparedness is essential for malaria-endemic regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet. 395(10230). 1094–1096. 53 indexed citations
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Ma, Nan, Ziyue Zhang, Fulong Liao, Jiang Ting-liang, & Youyou Tu. (2020). The birth of artemisinin. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 216. 107658–107658. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tu, Youyou. (2020). [Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: challenges and hopes].. PubMed. 58(9). 687–690. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jigang, et al.. (2019). A Temporizing Solution to “Artemisinin Resistance”. New England Journal of Medicine. 380(22). 2087–2089. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Jigang, Chengchao Xu, Yin Kwan Wong, et al.. (2018). Artemisinin, the Magic Drug Discovered from Traditional Chinese Medicine. Engineering. 5(1). 32–39. 134 indexed citations
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Tu, Youyou. (2011). The discovery of artemisinin (qinghaosu) and gifts from Chinese medicine. Nature Medicine. 17(10). 1217–1220. 987 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2006). Dihydroarteannuin ameliorates lupus symptom of BXSB mice by inhibiting production of TNF-alpha and blocking the signaling pathway NF-kappa B translocation. International Immunopharmacology. 6(8). 1243–1250. 112 indexed citations
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Yang, Lan, et al.. (2005). [Chemical constituents of the rhizome of Matteuccia struthiopteris].. PubMed. 40(3). 252–4. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Manyuan, et al.. (2005). [Phenylethanoid glycosides from stem of Chirita longgangensis var. hongyao].. PubMed. 30(24). 1921–3. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2003). [Effect of dihydro-qinghaosu on auto-antibody production, TNF alpha secretion and pathologic change of lupus nephritis in BXSB mice].. PubMed. 23(9). 676–9. 24 indexed citations
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Tu, Youyou, et al.. (1998). [Effect of dihydroquinghaosu on the development of Plasmodium yoelii yoelii in Anopheles stephensi].. PubMed. 16(6). 421–4. 1 indexed citations
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Tu, Youyou. (1997). New antimalarial drug — Qinghaosu and Dihydro-Qinghaosu. Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine. 3(4). 312–312. 2 indexed citations

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