Yuan Shang

3.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yuan Shang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuan Shang has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yuan Shang's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (9 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers). Yuan Shang is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (9 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers). Yuan Shang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yuan Shang's co-authors include Mingjie Zhang, Dipan Kundu, Jinwei Zhu, Menglong Zeng, Tingfeng Guo, Richard L. Huganir, Yoichi Araki, Kai-Kai Liu, Wenning Wang and Wenyu Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yuan Shang

66 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Phase Transition in Postsynaptic Densities Underlies Form... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2023 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Phase Transition in Postsynaptic Densities Underlies Formation of Synaptic Complexes and Synaptic Plasticity
    2016 420 citations Menglong Zeng, Yuan Shang et al. profile →
  2. A path forward for the translational development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries
    2023 202 citations Yuan Shang, Dipan Kundu profile →
  3. Loss of fatty acid degradation by astrocytic mitochondria triggers neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
    2023 183 citations Yashi Mi, Guoyuan Qi et al. Nature Metabolism profile →

Peers

Yuan Shang
Chengwu Zhang China
Srikanth Ranganathan United States
T Fischer Spain
Takuya Sasaki Japan
Wesley Chang United States
Seung Pyo Park South Korea
Yan Chen China
Ningning Guo China
Shinichi Koizumi Japan
Xuechao Xing United States
Chengwu Zhang China
Yuan Shang
Citations per year, relative to Yuan Shang Yuan Shang (= 1×) peers Chengwu Zhang

Countries citing papers authored by Yuan Shang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuan Shang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuan Shang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuan Shang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuan Shang 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 Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang 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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Shang, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Combination therapy targeting Alzheimer's disease risk factors is associated with a significant delay in Alzheimer's disease–related cognitive decline. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 11(1). e70074–e70074. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Tian, et al.. (2025). Accelerated midlife endocrine and bioenergetic brain aging in APOE4 females. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 17. 1632877–1632877.
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Shang, Yuan, Haoyin Zhong, Erlantz Lizundia, et al.. (2025). Gel electrolyte interdigitation enables stable high areal capacity cycling of the 3D Zn electrode. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(13). 9555–9565. 2 indexed citations
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Shang, Yuan, et al.. (2024). The super raman intensity induced by spin-orbit coupling effect in monolayer MoS2 and WS2 under varying pressures. Materials Today Physics. 46. 101507–101507. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Tian, Zisu Mao, Shuhua Chen, et al.. (2024). Key role of ERβ in estrogenic regulation of neuronal mitochondrial function. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S1). e086633–e086633.
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Shang, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Bowel Habits, Obesity, Intestinal Microbiota and Their Influence on Hemorrhoidal Disease: a Mendelian Randomization Study. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. Volume 17. 157–164. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hao, Qingfeng Liang, Xuchen Zhang, et al.. (2023). A novel chemokine biomarker to distinguish active tuberculosis from latent tuberculosis: a cohort study. QJM. 116(12). 1002–1009. 10 indexed citations
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Mi, Yashi, Guoyuan Qi, Francesca Vitali, et al.. (2023). Loss of fatty acid degradation by astrocytic mitochondria triggers neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Nature Metabolism. 5(3). 445–465. 183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shang, Yuan & Dipan Kundu. (2022). Aqueous Zn-ion batteries: Cathode materials and analysis. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 33. 100954–100954. 28 indexed citations
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Shang, Yuan, Qing Lou, Jinyang Zhu, et al.. (2022). A Molecular Engineering Strategy for Achieving Blue Phosphorescent Carbon Dots with Outstanding Efficiency above 50%. Advanced Materials. 35(6). e2207970–e2207970. 133 indexed citations
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Pan, Shangzhi, et al.. (2021). A Synchronous Auxiliary Resonant Commutated Pole Soft-Switching Inverter With Improved Load Adaptability. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 37(3). 3073–3084. 22 indexed citations
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Pan, Shangzhi, et al.. (2021). A Novel Auxiliary Resonant Commutated Pole Soft-switching Inverter. 2166–2170. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jinwei, Qingqing Zhou, Yuan Shang, et al.. (2017). Synaptic Targeting and Function of SAPAPs Mediated by Phosphorylation-Dependent Binding to PSD-95 MAGUKs. Cell Reports. 21(13). 3781–3793. 52 indexed citations
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Zeng, Menglong, Yuan Shang, Tingfeng Guo, et al.. (2016). A binding site outside the canonical PDZ domain determines the specific interaction between Shank and SAPAP and their function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(22). E3081–90. 35 indexed citations
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Ye, Fei, Wei Liu, Yuan Shang, & Mingjie Zhang. (2016). An Exquisitely Specific PDZ/Target Recognition Revealed by the Structure of INAD PDZ3 in Complex with TRP Channel Tail. Structure. 24(3). 383–391. 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jinwei, et al.. (2016). An Atypical MAGUK GK Target Recognition Mode Revealed by the Interaction between DLG and KIF13B. Structure. 24(11). 1876–1885. 24 indexed citations
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Shang, Yuan, Min Jia, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2013). Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Interaction between LGN and Frmpd1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(6). 1039–1049. 12 indexed citations
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Tao, Youtian, Qiang Wang, Yuan Shang, et al.. (2008). Multifunctional bipolar triphenylamine/oxadiazole derivatives: highly efficient blue fluorescence, red phosphorescence host and two-color based white OLEDs. Chemical Communications. 77–79. 159 indexed citations

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