Yu Zheng

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yu Zheng is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Zheng has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yu Zheng's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (18 papers), Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (6 papers). Yu Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (18 papers), Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (6 papers). Yu Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Yu Zheng's co-authors include Xiaofang Li, Long Xie, Qiang Sun, Yanjun Hu, Boqun Li, Yi Xiang, Chunhui Lang, Suxin Wan, Qiuyan Sun and Yang Ruishan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Small.

In The Last Decade

Yu Zheng

45 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Clinical features and treatment of COVID‐19 patients in northeast Chongqing

2020 758 citations Suxin Wan, Yi Xiang et al. Journal of Medical Virology profile →
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. (Lamiaceae): a review of its traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology

2019 349 citations Long Xie, Yu Zheng et al. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Zheng China	19	634	533	511	395	387	48	2.4k
Konstantinos Tsarouhas Greece	27	175 0.3×	522 1.0×	164 0.3×	220 0.6×	173 0.4×	86	2.9k
Anca Dana Buzoianu Romania	26	119 0.2×	653 1.2×	243 0.5×	355 0.9×	126 0.3×	224	3.0k
Davide Grassi Italy	35	150 0.2×	608 1.1×	340 0.7×	208 0.5×	148 0.4×	92	4.5k
Amelia Filippelli Italy	36	271 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	230 0.5×	271 0.7×	199 0.5×	215	4.2k
Denisa Margină Romania	30	215 0.3×	1.0k 1.9×	114 0.2×	171 0.4×	121 0.3×	78	2.8k
Mohammad Safiqul Islam Bangladesh	25	221 0.3×	522 1.0×	87 0.2×	123 0.3×	125 0.3×	159	2.1k
Antonella Riva Italy	41	186 0.3×	1.6k 2.9×	515 1.0×	702 1.8×	100 0.3×	202	5.6k
Amin Gasmi Norway	24	300 0.5×	467 0.9×	110 0.2×	86 0.2×	148 0.4×	80	1.9k
Αλέξανδρος Τσούπρας Greece	28	261 0.4×	676 1.3×	76 0.1×	122 0.3×	126 0.3×	105	2.8k
Abdullah F. Alasmari Saudi Arabia	27	127 0.2×	1.0k 2.0×	183 0.4×	218 0.6×	52 0.1×	274	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Zheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Zheng

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

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Zheng, Yong, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in natural product-based drug delivery systems for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 13(39). 12423–12434.

Yang, Han, Lei Huang, Jia Jia Liu, et al.. (2024). Correlation between acupuncture dose and pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: a systematic review. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 24(1). 407–407. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Yu, Kai Liu, Youdan Liang, et al.. (2023). Lignans as multi‐targeted natural products in neurodegenerative diseases and depression: Recent perspectives. Phytotherapy Research. 37(12). 5599–5621. 13 indexed citations

Xie, Long, Yuxin Zhao, Yu Zheng, & Xiaofang Li. (2023). The pharmacology and mechanisms of platycodin D, an active triterpenoid saponin from Platycodon grandiflorus. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1148853–1148853. 18 indexed citations

Lu, Yongping, Jun Wang, Mingxiang Hu, et al.. (2023). Cancer Cell Membrane‐Based Materials for Biomedical Applications. Small. 20(7). e2306540–e2306540. 19 indexed citations

Zheng, Yu, et al.. (2022). Metal–organic frameworks as a therapeutic strategy for lung diseases. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(30). 5666–5695. 20 indexed citations

Yang, Han, Zhiyong Xiao, Zihan Yin, et al.. (2022). Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for polycystic ovary syndrome: An overview of systematic reviews. Journal of Integrative Medicine. 21(2). 136–148. 11 indexed citations

Lei, Jie, Yongmei Jiang, Yu Zheng, et al.. (2021). Ultrasonic‐Assisted Ionic Liquid Extraction of Four Biflavonoids from Ginkgo biloba L .. ChemistrySelect. 6(14). 3297–3307. 8 indexed citations

Wan, Suxin, Yi Xiang, Wei Fang, et al.. (2020). Clinical features and treatment of COVID‐19 patients in northeast Chongqing. Journal of Medical Virology. 92(7). 797–806. 758 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pu, Chenlu, et al.. (2020). Targeted immobilization of titanium (IV) on magnetic mesoporous nanomaterials derived from metal-organic frameworks for high-efficiency phosphopeptide enrichment in biological samples. Microchimica Acta. 187(10). 568–568. 14 indexed citations

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Guo, Hu, Yi Xiang, Chunhui Lang, et al.. (2020). Xuebijing injection in the treatment of COVID-19: a retrospective case-control study. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 9(5). 3235–3248. 40 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiping, Yanjie Wang, Yu Zheng, et al.. (2019). Different Brain Activation after Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints and Single Acupoint in Hypertension Patients: An Rs-fMRI Study Based on ReHo Analysis. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. 1–10. 21 indexed citations

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Xie, Long, et al.. (2019). Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. (Lamiaceae): a review of its traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 71(9). 1353–1369. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Yu, Lan Bai, Yanping Zhou, et al.. (2018). Polysaccharides from Chinese herbal medicine for anti-diabetes recent advances. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 121. 1240–1253. 122 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiping, Yu Zheng, Yanjie Wang, et al.. (2016). Evidence of a Synergistic Effect of Acupoint Combination: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 22(10). 800–809. 17 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yu, Jiping Zhang, Yanjie Wang, et al.. (2016). Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short‐Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016(1). 6908710–6908710. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanjie, Yu Zheng, Shanshan Qu, et al.. (2016). Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs‐fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016(1). 5392954–5392954. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Mingxiao, Yu Zheng, Shu-fang Deng, et al.. (2016). A Targeted Metabolomics MRM-MS Study on Identifying Potential Hypertension Biomarkers in Human Plasma and Evaluating Acupuncture Effects. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25871–25871. 43 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yu, et al.. (2014). Different manual manipulations and electrical parameters exert different therapeutic effects of acupuncture. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 34(6). 754–758. 30 indexed citations

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Huang, Yong, et al.. (2011). Needling at the Waiguan (SJ5) in healthy limbs deactivated functional brain areas in ischemic stroke patients. Neural Regeneration Research. 6(36). 2829. 6 indexed citations

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