Yu Ru

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yu Ru is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Ru has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Yu Ru's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (6 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (5 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (4 papers). Yu Ru is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (6 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (5 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (4 papers). Yu Ru collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yu Ru's co-authors include Prabhakar K. Jadhav, Michaël Otto, C. Nicholas Hodge, Charles J. Eyermann, Lee T. Bacheler, Thomas R. Sharpe, James L. Meek, David A. Jackson, Patrick Y. S. Lam and Patricia C Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yu Ru

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rational Design of Potent, Bioavailable, Nonpeptide Cycli... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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. Rational Design of Potent, Bioavailable, Nonpeptide Cyclic Ureas as HIV Protease Inhibitors
    1994 680 citations Yu Ru 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
Yu Ru China 11 671 293 220 191 167 24 1.1k
Baoguang Zhao United States 18 752 1.1× 222 0.8× 100 0.5× 252 1.3× 69 0.4× 24 1.0k
Chih‐Tai Leu United States 17 1.1k 1.6× 348 1.2× 883 4.0× 454 2.4× 816 4.9× 25 2.2k
Thaddeus A. Tomaszek United States 23 1.4k 2.0× 469 1.6× 687 3.1× 535 2.8× 594 3.6× 40 2.2k
Eric A. Toth United States 23 1.2k 1.8× 67 0.2× 110 0.5× 72 0.4× 30 0.2× 53 1.5k
Guodong Hu China 21 912 1.4× 79 0.3× 110 0.5× 246 1.3× 54 0.3× 86 1.5k
John P. Priestle Switzerland 18 889 1.3× 135 0.5× 169 0.8× 158 0.8× 71 0.4× 32 1.4k
Pierre Bonneau Canada 24 677 1.0× 394 1.3× 411 1.9× 199 1.0× 257 1.5× 39 1.6k
Mark J. Forster United Kingdom 20 1.0k 1.5× 340 1.2× 32 0.1× 71 0.4× 38 0.2× 35 1.5k
Vincent Lévêque United States 28 549 0.8× 219 0.7× 659 3.0× 180 0.9× 128 0.8× 41 1.7k
Marc C. Deller United States 14 828 1.2× 69 0.2× 265 1.2× 84 0.4× 665 4.0× 18 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Ru

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Ru

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Ru

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Ru. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Ru 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 Ru. Yu Ru 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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Ma, Xiaoting, Jingyi Gao, Yu Ru, et al.. (2025). Long‐Lasting Moisture Energy Scavenging in Dry Ambient Air Empowered by a Salt Concentration‐Gradient Cationic Hydrogel. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(25). 2 indexed citations
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Ru, Yu, Lingling Jiang, Mengyu Su, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the molecular basis of salt tolerance in potatoes through miRNA expression and phenotypic analysis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 2635–2635. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaoting, Jingyi Gao, Yu Ru, et al.. (2025). Long‐Lasting Moisture Energy Scavenging in Dry Ambient Air Empowered by a Salt Concentration‐Gradient Cationic Hydrogel (Adv. Funct. Mater. 25/2025). Advanced Functional Materials. 35(25). 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Jingyi, Ran Tao, Yingliang Liu, et al.. (2024). Accelerated Selective Li+ Transports Assisted by Microcrack‐Free Anionic Network Polymer Membranes for Long Cyclable Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Science. 11(17). e2308530–e2308530. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Qingshuai, Kui Liu, Yu Ru, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of FAR1-RELATED SEQUENCE (FRS) Family Members in Potato (Solanum tuberosum). Plants. 12(13). 2575–2575. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bailing, Baohua Ji, Congcong Shen, et al.. (2023). EVLncRNAs 3.0: an updated comprehensive database for manually curated functional long non-coding RNAs validated by low-throughput experiments. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(D1). D98–D106. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Na, Tingting Yan, Chunhui Li, et al.. (2021). Improved separation performance of polyamide based reverse osmosis membrane incorporated with poly(dopamine) coated carbon nanotubes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 138(32). 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Qingshuai, Yu Ru, Bailing Zhou, et al.. (2021). From “Dark Matter” to “Star”: Insight Into the Regulation Mechanisms of Plant Functional Long Non-Coding RNAs. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 650926–650926. 25 indexed citations
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Ma, Lin, Xu Huang, Yu Ru, et al.. (2015). Elevated Ambient Temperature Differentially Affects Virus Resistance in Two Tobacco Species. Phytopathology. 106(1). 94–100. 10 indexed citations
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Marquis, Robert W., Ian E. James, Jin Zeng, et al.. (2005). Azepanone-Based Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin L. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48(22). 6870–6878. 22 indexed citations
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Marquis, Robert W., Keith W. Ward, Theresa J. Roethke, et al.. (2003). An Azepanone-Based Inhibitor of Human Cathepsin K with Improved Oral Bioavailability in the Rat and the Monkey. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 1(1). 97–100. 6 indexed citations
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Lark, Michael W., George B. Stroup, Ian E. James, et al.. (2002). A potent small molecule, nonpeptide inhibitor of cathepsin K (SB 331750) prevents bone matrix resorption in the ovariectomized rat. Bone. 30(5). 746–753. 62 indexed citations
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James, Ian E., Robert W. Marquis, Simon Blake, et al.. (2001). Potent and Selective Cathepsin L Inhibitors Do Not Inhibit Human Osteoclast Resorption in Vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(15). 11507–11511. 28 indexed citations
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Stroup, George B., Michael W. Lark, Daniel F. Veber, et al.. (2001). Potent and Selective Inhibition of Human Cathepsin K Leads to Inhibition of Bone Resorption In Vivo in a Nonhuman Primate. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 16(10). 1739–1746. 120 indexed citations
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Marquis, Robert W., Dennis S. Yamashita, Yu Ru, et al.. (1998). Conformationally Constrained 1,3-Diamino Ketones:  A Series of Potent Inhibitors of the Cysteine Protease Cathepsin K. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 41(19). 3563–3567. 43 indexed citations

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