Yul W. Yang

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yul W. Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yul W. Yang has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yul W. Yang's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (3 papers). Yul W. Yang is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (3 papers). Yul W. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Yul W. Yang's co-authors include Howard Y. Chang, Ke Wang, Ryan A. Flynn, Yong Chen, Ming Lei, Joanna Wysocka, Bryan R. Lajoie, M. Ryan Corces, Amartya Sanyal and Job Dekker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Yul W. Yang

7 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression

2011 1.6k citations Ke Wang, Yul W. Yang et al. Nature profile →
The NeST Long ncRNA Controls Microbial Susceptibility and Epigenetic Activation of the Interferon-γ Locus

2013 538 citations Orly L. Wapinski, Yul W. Yang et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yul W. Yang United States	6	2.0k	1.8k	230	173	131	7	2.4k
Xuezhong Cai United States	10	2.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	294 1.3×	465 2.7×	196 1.5×	14	3.4k
Kazimierz T. Tycowski United States	19	1.9k 1.0×	589 0.3×	74 0.3×	104 0.6×	76 0.6×	21	2.1k
Claire Fewell United States	17	944 0.5×	901 0.5×	321 1.4×	232 1.3×	44 0.3×	17	1.6k
Fuh-Mei Duh United States	19	888 0.4×	462 0.3×	164 0.7×	107 0.6×	123 0.9×	22	1.5k
Saori Kitao Japan	11	1.3k 0.6×	423 0.2×	233 1.0×	70 0.4×	175 1.3×	13	1.6k
Weining Wu China	24	897 0.5×	669 0.4×	134 0.6×	279 1.6×	115 0.9×	43	1.5k
Ti‐Chun Chao United States	10	723 0.4×	535 0.3×	192 0.8×	270 1.6×	53 0.4×	12	1.1k
Tirtha Chakraborty United States	16	1.3k 0.7×	591 0.3×	814 3.5×	195 1.1×	119 0.9×	30	2.0k
Qinyan Yin United States	16	772 0.4×	721 0.4×	320 1.4×	190 1.1×	38 0.3×	25	1.4k
Shihua Lu United States	7	1.0k 0.5×	646 0.4×	212 0.9×	322 1.9×	109 0.8×	9	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yul W. Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yul W. Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yul W. Yang

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Carlson, Hanqian L., Jeffrey J. Quinn, Yul W. Yang, et al.. (2015). LncRNA-HIT Functions as an Epigenetic Regulator of Chondrogenesis through Its Recruitment of p100/CBP Complexes. PLoS Genetics. 11(12). e1005680–e1005680. 52 indexed citations

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Yang, Yul W., Ryan A. Flynn, Yong Chen, et al.. (2014). Essential role of lncRNA binding for WDR5 maintenance of active chromatin and embryonic stem cell pluripotency. eLife. 3. e02046–e02046. 162 indexed citations

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Wapinski, Orly L., Yul W. Yang, Jean‐François Bureau, et al.. (2013). The NeST Long ncRNA Controls Microbial Susceptibility and Epigenetic Activation of the Interferon-γ Locus. Cell. 152(4). 743–754. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turner, Paul E., Robert C. McBride, Siobain Duffy, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary genomics of host-use in bifurcating demes of RNA virus phi-6. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1). 153–153. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Ke, Yul W. Yang, Бо Лю, et al.. (2011). A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression. Nature. 472(7341). 120–124. 1581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dennehy, John J., Nicholas A. Friedenberg, Yul W. Yang, & Paul E. Turner. (2007). Virus population extinction via ecological traps. Ecology Letters. 10(3). 230–240. 34 indexed citations

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Dennehy, John J., Nicholas A. Friedenberg, Yul W. Yang, & Paul E. Turner. (2006). Bacteriophage Migration via Nematode Vectors: Host-Parasite-Consumer Interactions in Laboratory Microcosms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(3). 1974–1979. 13 indexed citations

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