Yuange Duan

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yuange Duan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuange Duan has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Insect Science and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yuange Duan's work include RNA regulation and disease (27 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers). Yuange Duan is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (27 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers). Yuange Duan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yuange Duan's co-authors include Jian Lü, Hong Zhang, Xiaolu Tang, Changcheng Wu, Yirong Wang, Xiang Li, Jie Cui, Yuhe Song, Zhaohui Qian and Xinkai Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yuange Duan

42 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 250 500 750 1000
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. On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2
    2020 1.1k citations Xiaolu Tang, Changcheng Wu et al. National Science Review profile →

Peers

Yuange Duan
Changcheng Wu China
Xinkai Wu China
Qunfu Wu China
Bruna Marini Italy
Zhaozhong Zhu China
Cedric Tan United Kingdom
Rudy Ippodrino Italy
Craig Schindewolf United States
Liyuan Liu China
Ray T. Y. So Hong Kong
Changcheng Wu China
Yuange Duan
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Countries citing papers authored by Yuange Duan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuange Duan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuange Duan

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

All Works

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Duan, Yuange & Qi Cao. (2025). On the reversibility of RNA deamination versus RNA methylation: exploring the proximate and ultimate causes. Journal of Genetics. 104(2). 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Le, Yuange Duan, Fan Song, et al.. (2025). Turning lances into shields: flower mantids stretch their raptorial forelegs to avert and deflect predator attack. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2044). 20243081–20243081.
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Cao, Qi & Yuange Duan. (2025). RNA modifications as a means of self-recognition and immune protection. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 1–7.
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Xu, Ye, Liang Lü, Yuange Duan, et al.. (2025). Mitonuclear Discordance of Beetles Shaped by Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Introgression Under Loose Interaction Mechanism. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(11). 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Yuange, et al.. (2025). Fascination with RNA Editing: In the Lights of Evolution and Biology. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 93(5). 543–552.
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Huang, Weidong, et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Odonata inferred from mitochondrial genome. iScience. 28(2). 111806–111806. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Ling, Yuange Duan, Fanding Gao, et al.. (2025). Hemipteran insects experience recurrent and synergistic molecular evolution adapting to diet shift. BMC Biology. 23(1). 320–320.
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Duan, Yuange, Shanlin Liu, Li Tian, et al.. (2024). Natural selection and genetic diversity maintenance in a parasitic wasp during continuous biological control application. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1379–1379. 13 indexed citations
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Duan, Yuange, Ling Ma, J. Liu, et al.. (2024). The first A-to-I RNA editome of hemipteran species Coridius chinensis reveals overrepresented recoding and prevalent intron editing in early-diverging insects. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 136–136. 16 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhuocheng, Lin Zhang, Yuange Duan, Xiaolu Tang, & Jian Lü. (2024). Molecular insights into the adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Journal of Infection. 88(3). 106121–106121. 18 indexed citations
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Xu, Ye, J. Liu, Fan Song, et al.. (2023). Identification and Interpretation of A-to-I RNA Editing Events in Insect Transcriptomes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(24). 17126–17126. 12 indexed citations
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Duan, Yuange, Ye Xu, Fan Song, et al.. (2023). Differential adaptive RNA editing signals between insects and plants revealed by a new measurement termed haplotype diversity. Biology Direct. 18(1). 47–47. 20 indexed citations
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Duan, Yuange, Hu Li, & Wanzhi Cai. (2023). Adaptation of A-to-I RNA editing in bacteria, fungi, and animals. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1204080–1204080. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuchen & Yuange Duan. (2023). Genome-Wide Analysis on Driver and Passenger RNA Editing Sites Suggests an Underestimation of Adaptive Signals in Insects. Genes. 14(10). 1951–1951. 13 indexed citations
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Duan, Yuange, et al.. (2023). Autorecoding A-to-I RNA editing sites in theAdargene underwent compensatory gains and losses in major insect clades. RNA. 29(10). 1509–1519. 20 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiaolu, Changcheng Wu, Xiang Li, et al.. (2020). On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2. National Science Review. 7(6). 1012–1023. 1071 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luo, Shiqi, et al.. (2020). The evolutionary arms race between transposable elements and piRNAs in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 14–14. 33 indexed citations

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