Youzhen Yan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Youzhen Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Youzhen Yan has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Youzhen Yan's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (2 papers). Youzhen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (2 papers). Youzhen Yan collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Youzhen Yan's co-authors include Nancy Wu, Chang Tong, Qi‐Long Ying, Houyan Song, Jia Li, Robert E. Maxson, Martín F. Pera, Ruty Mehrian‐Shai, Ping Li and Ping Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Youzhen Yan

9 papers receiving 847 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Germline Competent Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from Rat Blastocysts

2008 501 citations Ping Li, Chang Tong et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Youzhen Yan China	8	732	250	79	65	60	9	862
Justin Langerman United States	11	515 0.7×	160 0.6×	49 0.6×	51 0.8×	22 0.4×	16	690
Melvin Y. Rincón Colombia	14	486 0.7×	262 1.0×	51 0.6×	74 1.1×	54 0.9×	22	804
Dekker C. Deacon United States	8	607 0.8×	114 0.5×	38 0.5×	59 0.9×	30 0.5×	18	734
Seva Kashin United States	6	529 0.7×	284 1.1×	39 0.5×	44 0.7×	14 0.2×	7	768
Rosanna Beraldi United States	13	619 0.8×	142 0.6×	19 0.2×	45 0.7×	46 0.8×	18	822
Lioudmila V. Sharova United States	16	1.0k 1.4×	139 0.6×	58 0.7×	65 1.0×	86 1.4×	23	1.2k
Pablo Morales United States	8	397 0.5×	281 1.1×	31 0.4×	87 1.3×	17 0.3×	17	638
Grant J. Logan Australia	15	529 0.7×	308 1.2×	27 0.3×	67 1.0×	23 0.4×	37	767
Katherine E. Santostefano United States	16	460 0.6×	103 0.4×	52 0.7×	95 1.5×	19 0.3×	23	610
Zhouchun Shang China	13	585 0.8×	98 0.4×	59 0.7×	54 0.8×	76 1.3×	19	801

Countries citing papers authored by Youzhen Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youzhen Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youzhen Yan

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Yan, Youzhen, Xuan Wu, Changjun Li, et al.. (2025). Aging induces sarcopenia by disrupting the crosstalk between the skeletal muscle microenvironment and myofibers. Journal of Advanced Research. 82. 785–802. 4 indexed citations

2.

Lu, Yangfan, et al.. (2023). Mechanotransduction pathways in articular chondrocytes and the emerging role of estrogen receptor-α. Bone Research. 11(1). 13–13. 31 indexed citations

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Zeng, Jianxiong, Zhifei Luo, Xiaochun Xie, et al.. (2021). Functional Mapping of AGO-Associated Zika Virus-Derived Small Interfering RNAs in Neural Stem Cells. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 628887–628887. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingxi, Haijian Wu, Jianxiong Zeng, et al.. (2021). Mild traumatic brain injury induces microvascular injury and accelerates Alzheimer-like pathogenesis in mice. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 74–74. 43 indexed citations

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Jiang, Junfeng, Li Zhang, Xingliang Zhou, et al.. (2016). Induction of site-specific chromosomal translocations in embryonic stem cells by CRISPR/Cas9. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21918–21918. 36 indexed citations

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Feng, Jifan, Junjun Jing, Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara, et al.. (2016). Generation and characterization of tamoxifen‐inducible Pax9‐CreER knock‐in mice using CrispR/Cas9. genesis. 54(9). 490–496. 11 indexed citations

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Tong, Chang, Ping Li, Nancy Wu, Youzhen Yan, & Qi‐Long Ying. (2010). Production of p53 gene knockout rats by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. Nature. 467(7312). 211–213. 210 indexed citations

8.

Li, Ping, Chang Tong, Ruty Mehrian‐Shai, et al.. (2008). Germline Competent Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from Rat Blastocysts. Cell. 135(7). 1299–1310. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Youzhen, et al.. (1994). Dietary Calcium Reduces Blood Pressure, Parathyroid Hormone, and Platelet Cytosolic Calcium Responses in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. American Journal of Hypertension. 7(12). 1052–1057. 11 indexed citations

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