Yun Shen

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
227 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yun Shen is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Shen has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 63 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yun Shen's work include Diabetes Management and Research (36 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (35 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (19 papers). Yun Shen is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (36 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (35 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (19 papers). Yun Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Yun Shen's co-authors include Yuqian Bao, Xiaojing Ma, Jian Zhou, Weiping Jia, Wei Zhu, Gang Hu, Bao‐Cai Tan, Cordula Hohnen-Behrens, Edward W. Kraegen and Jae Bum Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yun Shen

208 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Berberine, a Natural Plant Product, Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase With Beneficial Metabolic Effects in Diabetic and Insulin-Resistant States

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun Shen China	33	1.9k	1.3k	609	599	592	227	4.8k
Kok‐Yong Chin Malaysia	41	2.0k 1.1×	826 0.6×	585 1.0×	279 0.5×	701 1.2×	231	6.6k
Pei‐Wen Wang Taiwan	39	1.9k 1.0×	873 0.7×	258 0.4×	299 0.5×	591 1.0×	232	5.3k
Jiao Guo China	45	3.4k 1.8×	866 0.7×	432 0.7×	320 0.5×	659 1.1×	165	7.2k
George L. Tipoe Hong Kong	45	1.6k 0.9×	547 0.4×	293 0.5×	434 0.7×	591 1.0×	174	6.4k
Eva Kassi Greece	33	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	215 0.4×	255 0.4×	583 1.0×	161	4.6k
Yan Bi China	32	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	172 0.3×	318 0.5×	756 1.3×	176	4.5k
Flávio Reis Portugal	40	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	314 0.5×	147 0.2×	727 1.2×	171	5.6k
Xiaodong Sun China	51	4.2k 2.2×	590 0.5×	246 0.4×	398 0.7×	715 1.2×	305	8.5k
Xin Gao China	47	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	738 1.2×	382 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	466	9.1k
John Beilby Australia	45	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	267 0.4×	208 0.3×	656 1.1×	199	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yun Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Shen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shen, Yun, et al.. (2025). Trends in prevalence of health and cardiovascular risk factors based on Life's Essential 8 among US adults, 2007–2020. Obesity. 33(9). 1756–1764.

Shen, Yun, et al.. (2025). Racial and ethnic disparities in obesity trends among US children and adolescents aged 2–19, 2011–2023. Pediatric Obesity. 20(9). e70032–e70032. 1 indexed citations

Li, Menghan, et al.. (2025). Dynamic phenotypes of preclinical and clinical obesity in relation to new‐onset cancer risk: A longitudinal analysis from the UK biobank. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(9). 5291–5301. 3 indexed citations

Shen, Yun, et al.. (2024). Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and depression in US adults: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 355. 299–307. 11 indexed citations

Huang, Hai, Zhengyu Zhao, Michael Backes, Yun Shen, & Yang Zhang. (2024). Composite Backdoor Attacks Against Large Language Models. 1459–1472. 10 indexed citations

Tang, Ting, Charles Stoecker, Alessandra N. Bazzano, et al.. (2024). CO40 Zero Dollar Drug Co-Pay Program Increases Medication Adherence and Utilization Among Members With Diabetes in Louisiana. Value in Health. 27(6). S23–S24.

Shen, Yun, et al.. (2024). Association between DNA methylation predicted growth differentiation factor 15 and mortality: results from NHANES 1999–2002. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(1). 234–234.

Saha, Orthis, Karine Guyot, Yun Shen, et al.. (2024). The Alzheimer’s disease risk gene BIN1 regulates activity-dependent gene expression in human-induced glutamatergic neurons. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(9). 2634–2646. 12 indexed citations

Shen, Yun, Tingting Hu, Yiting Xu, et al.. (2023). Insight to the association among fibroblast growth factor 21, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular outcomes: A population-based study. Cytokine. 170. 156318–156318. 4 indexed citations

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Sargani, Ghulam Raza, et al.. (2023). No farmer no food, assessing farmers climate change mitigation, and adaptation behaviors in farm production. Journal of Rural Studies. 100. 103035–103035. 36 indexed citations

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Xu, Yiting, Tingting Hu, Yun Shen, et al.. (2023). Neck circumference as a potential indicator of pre-sarcopenic obesity in a cohort of community-based individuals. Clinical Nutrition. 43(1). 11–17. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Tingting, Yun Shen, Yiting Xu, et al.. (2023). Low total osteocalcin levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular events among women with hyperglycaemia: a 7.6-year prospective study. Endocrine. 82(1). 47–56. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Tingting, Yun Shen, Weijie Cao, et al.. (2023). The Association and Joint Effect of Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein and Obesity Phenotype With Cardiovascular Events. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 108(9). 2353–2362. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Bohong, Yongtu Liang, Yun Shen, et al.. (2021). A Continuous Pump Location Optimization Method for Water Pipe Network Design. Water Resources Management. 35(2). 447–464. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Yiting, et al.. (2021). No Association between Neck Circumference and Free Triiodothyronine in Euthyroid Men. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2021. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Yiting, et al.. (2020). Neck Circumference is an Effective Supplement for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Screening in a Community-Based Population. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2020. 1–6. 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaojing, Yun Shen, Xingxing He, et al.. (2019). 1,5-Anhydroglucitol × glycated hemoglobin A1c/100 as a potential biomarker for islet β-cell function among patients with type 2 diabetes. Acta Diabetologica. 57(4). 439–446. 5 indexed citations

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He, Xingxing, Yun Shen, Haoyong Yu, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of Smartphone App–Based Interactive Management on Glycemic Control in Chinese Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(12). e15401–e15401. 45 indexed citations

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Ying, Lingwen, Xingxing He, Xiaojing Ma, et al.. (2017). Serum 1,5-anhydroglucitol when used with fasting plasma glucose improves the efficiency of diabetes screening in a Chinese population. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11968–11968. 26 indexed citations

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Shen, Yun, Lei Zhang, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2013). Correlation between waist circumference and carotid intima-media thickness in women from Shanghai, China.. PubMed. 26(7). 531–8. 6 indexed citations

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