Yu Zeng

804 total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 372 citations indexed

About

Yu Zeng is a scholar working on Genetics, Clinical Psychology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Zeng has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 372 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Clinical Psychology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yu Zeng's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (4 papers). Yu Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (4 papers). Yu Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, Iceland and Sweden. Yu Zeng's co-authors include Huan Song, Huazhen Yang, Yuanyuan Qu, Wenwen Chen, Fang Fang, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, Yao Hu, Yajing Sun, Zhiye Ying and Donghao Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Yu Zeng

34 papers receiving 364 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Metabolic Profile and Long-Term Risk of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress-Related Disorders

2024 45 citations Yu Zeng, Anikó Lovik et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Zeng China	11	93	54	52	47	42	42	372
Yajing Sun China	10	92 1.0×	22 0.4×	22 0.4×	52 1.1×	22 0.5×	27	331
Anna Nager Sweden	14	75 0.8×	61 1.1×	56 1.1×	54 1.1×	61 1.5×	41	555
Alyson K. Myers United States	15	40 0.4×	75 1.4×	69 1.3×	69 1.5×	36 0.9×	47	504
Dayoon Kwon United States	9	25 0.3×	105 1.9×	72 1.4×	46 1.0×	27 0.6×	20	487
Maria Speed Denmark	7	61 0.7×	26 0.5×	72 1.4×	106 2.3×	44 1.0×	19	402
Birgit Teufer Austria	8	61 0.7×	55 1.0×	54 1.0×	29 0.6×	50 1.2×	15	439
Alyse B. Sabina United States	8	54 0.6×	69 1.3×	57 1.1×	28 0.6×	35 0.8×	11	304
Homa Keshavarz Canada	13	44 0.5×	30 0.6×	110 2.1×	36 0.8×	64 1.5×	25	551
Eline S. van der Valk Netherlands	12	107 1.2×	163 3.0×	87 1.7×	82 1.7×	31 0.7×	31	667
Joung Hwan Back South Korea	13	48 0.5×	85 1.6×	66 1.3×	40 0.9×	60 1.4×	19	481

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Zeng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Zeng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Zeng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zeng, Yu, et al.. (2025). Association of childhood maltreatment and adverse lifetime experiences with post-injury psychopathology: evidence from the China Severe Trauma Cohort. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 29–29.

Hou, Can, Haowen Liu, Yu Zeng, et al.. (2025). Disease clusters and their genetic determinants following a diagnosis of depression: analyses based on a novel three-dimensional disease network approach. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(11). 5356–5366.

Xiong, Wei, Yu Zeng, Liying Bin, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics-metabolomics integration reveals the impacts and action mechanisms of sulfamethoxazole in a continuous-flow aerobic granular sludge membrane bioreactor: System performance and microbial functional shifts. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 168034–168034. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Yu, Haifeng Gao, Huiya Huang, et al.. (2025). Performance, metabolism, and resistance of an SMX-stressed continuous-flow AGS-MBR system: Microscopic mechanism of macroscopic instability phenomena. Water Research. 289(Pt B). 124968–124968. 1 indexed citations

Song, Jie, Yanan Zhang, Wenwen Chen, et al.. (2025). Genetic variants associated with chronic postsurgical pain: evidence from the China Surgery and Anaesthesia Cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 135(5). 1257–1268.

Ni, Muyi, Yu Zeng, Lei Shang, et al.. (2025). Transforming behavior and removal mechanism of phosphorus from municipal wastewater in a continuous flow aerobic granular sludge-membrane bioreactor: Unveiling the functional genes associated with phosphorus metabolism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160578–160578. 3 indexed citations

Han, Xin, Qing Shen, Can Hou, et al.. (2024). Disease clusters subsequent to anxiety and stress-related disorders and their genetic determinants. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1209–1209. 6 indexed citations

Zeng, Yu, Anikó Lovik, Dang Wei, et al.. (2024). Metabolic Profile and Long-Term Risk of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress-Related Disorders. JAMA Network Open. 7(4). e244525–e244525. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Zeng, Yu, et al.. (2024). A Comparative Analysis of Low-Carbon Design Strategies for China’s Higher Education Parks Based on Building and Urban Scale in Sustainability Rating Systems. Buildings. 14(6). 1846–1846. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Shishi, Yao Yang, Junhui He, et al.. (2024). Association Between Body Composition Patterns, Cardiovascular Disease, and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in the UK Biobank. Neurology. 103(4). e209659–e209659. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Huazhen, Can Hou, Wenwen Chen, et al.. (2024). Disease Modules Associated with Unfavorable Sleep Patterns and Their Genetic Determinants: A Prospective Cohort Study of the UK Biobank. PubMed. 4(5). 415–429. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Huazhen, Wenwen Chen, Yu Zeng, et al.. (2024). Association of pre-existing depression and anxiety with Omicron variant infection. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(11). 3422–3430. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongxi, Junren Wang, Yu Zeng, et al.. (2024). Association of psychosocial state with subsequent risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study based on the UK Biobank. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 225–225. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Shishi, Caroline Ingre, Rosa Luisa Potenza, et al.. (2024). Association Between Early‐Life and Premorbid Measurements of Body Composition and Risk of Motor Neuron Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study in the UK Biobank. Annals of Neurology. 97(2). 259–269. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Xin, Yu Zeng, Can Hou, et al.. (2024). Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalization After Common Psychiatric Disorders: Analyses of Disease Susceptibility and Progression Trajectory in the UK Biobank. PubMed. 4(4). 327–338. 5 indexed citations

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Han, Xin, Yu Zeng, Jingru Wang, et al.. (2023). Disease trajectory of high neuroticism and the relevance to psychiatric disorders: A retro‐prospective cohort study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 149(2). 133–146. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Shishi, Can Hou, Xin Han, et al.. (2023). Adverse health consequences of undiagnosed hearing loss at middle age: A prospective cohort study with the UK Biobank. Maturitas. 174. 30–38. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Junren, Jiajun Qiu, Ting Zhu, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Suicidal Behaviors in the Middle-aged Population: Machine Learning Analyses of UK Biobank. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e43419–e43419. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Huazhen, Yu Zeng, Wenwen Chen, et al.. (2022). The role of genetic predisposition in cardiovascular risk after cancer diagnosis: a matched cohort study of the UK Biobank. British Journal of Cancer. 127(9). 1650–1659. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yuchen, Yu Zeng, Guangdi Liu, et al.. (2020). Public awareness, emotional reactions and human mobility in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China – a population-based ecological study. Psychological Medicine. 52(9). 1793–1800. 14 indexed citations

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