Yu Hu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Hu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Hu has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Yu Hu's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (5 papers). Yu Hu is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (5 papers). Yu Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and Hong Kong. Yu Hu's co-authors include Qihui Wang, Jianxun Qi, Lili Wu, Jinghua Yan, Yanfang Zhang, Chengpeng Qiao, Sheng Niu, Guangwen Lu, Chunli Song and Kwok‐Yung Yuen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yu Hu

32 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Us... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Using Human ACE2
    2020 2.0k citations Qihui Wang, Yanfang Zhang et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Yu Hu
Chengpeng Qiao China
Meiqin Liu China
Annika Kratzel Switzerland
Yicheng Guo United States
Zhixia Mu China
Silvio Steiner Switzerland
Xiuyuan Ou China
Cody B. Jackson United States
Qiaoshuai Lan China
Philip V’kovski Switzerland
Chengpeng Qiao China
Yu Hu
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Countries citing papers authored by Yu Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Hu

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

All Works

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Wu, Lian, Yu Hu, Hai‐Xue Pan, et al.. (2025). Targeted Discovery and Characterization of Type‐II PKS‐NRPS Hybrid DNA‐Alkylating Antibiotics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(39). e202512820–e202512820. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yu, et al.. (2025). Potential construction area identification of the transboundary national park bridging ecology, society and economics: A case study of Mount Everest region. Journal of Environmental Management. 381. 125190–125190. 1 indexed citations
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Mei, Jilin, et al.. (2023). Generalized Few-shot Semantic Segmentation for LiDAR Point Clouds. 3. 7622–7628. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Lili, Anqi Zheng, Yan Chai, et al.. (2023). A pan-coronavirus peptide inhibitor prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice by intranasal delivery. Science China Life Sciences. 66(10). 2201–2213. 14 indexed citations
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Su, Chao, Pengcheng Han, Bin Bai, et al.. (2022). Molecular Basis of Mink ACE2 Binding to SARS-CoV-2 and Its Mink-Derived Variants. Journal of Virology. 96(17). e0081422–e0081422. 20 indexed citations
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Hu, Yu, Kefang Liu, Pu Han, et al.. (2022). Host range and structural analysis of bat‐origin RshSTT182 /200 coronavirus binding to human ACE2 and its animal orthologs. The EMBO Journal. 42(4). e111737–e111737. 13 indexed citations
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Song, Fei, Yu Hu, Shanshan Zhao, et al.. (2022). Acacetin attenuates diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy by inhibiting oxidative stress and energy metabolism via PPAR-α/AMPK pathway. European Journal of Pharmacology. 922. 174916–174916. 30 indexed citations
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Jia, Yunfei, Sheng Niu, Yu Hu, et al.. (2022). Cross-reaction of current available SARS-CoV-2 MAbs against the pangolin-origin coronavirus GX/P2V/2017. Cell Reports. 41(11). 111831–111831. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Yu, et al.. (2022). Discovery of glycosylated naphthacemycins and elucidation of the glycosylation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 622. 122–128. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Yue, Yu Hu, Binbin Xia, et al.. (2021). Machine Learning Approach Effectively Predicts Binding Between SARS-CoV-2 Spike and ACE2 Across Mammalian Species — Worldwide, 2021. China CDC Weekly. 3(46). 967–972. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Lili, Qian Chen, Kefang Liu, et al.. (2020). Broad host range of SARS-CoV-2 and the molecular basis for SARS-CoV-2 binding to cat ACE2. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 68–68. 123 indexed citations
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Sun, Huan, Yan Li, Peipei Liu, et al.. (2020). Structural basis of HCoV-19 fusion core and an effective inhibition peptide against virus entry. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 1238–1241. 30 indexed citations
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Wang, Qihui, Yanfang Zhang, Lili Wu, et al.. (2020). Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Using Human ACE2. Cell. 181(4). 894–904.e9. 2018 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhuang, Kai, Huang Changquan, Lige Leng, et al.. (2018). Neuron-Specific Menin Deletion Leads to Synaptic Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairment by Modulating p35 Expression. Cell Reports. 24(3). 701–712. 20 indexed citations
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Nie, Wenhui, Jinhuan Wang, Weiting Su, et al.. (2018). 基于核型和PCR方法对中国人工驯养黑冠长臂猿属（Nomascus）的物种鉴定. 动物学研究. 39(5). 356–363. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Jingwei, Jingtong Zheng, Honglan Huang, et al.. (2011). Measles incidence rate and a phylogenetic study of contemporary genotype H1 measles strains in China: is an improved measles vaccine needed?. Virus Genes. 43(3). 319–326. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Wen Li, & Yu Hu. (2002). Effects of drought stress on chlorophyll fluorescence of winter wheat.. 6 indexed citations

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