Yunkai Yang

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 735 citations indexed

About

Yunkai Yang is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunkai Yang has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 735 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Oncology, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yunkai Yang's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (2 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (2 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (2 papers). Yunkai Yang is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (2 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (2 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (2 papers). Yunkai Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Austria and United States. Yunkai Yang's co-authors include Qian Chu, Wanling Lin, Yaling Long, Kongming Wu, Huan Zhang, Shanshan Huang, Huan Zhang, Xun Yuan, Yang Miao and Litao Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Medicine, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy and Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Yunkai Yang

8 papers receiving 731 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.

Notch signaling pathway: architecture, disease, and therapeutics

2022 646 citations Wanling Lin, Yaling Long et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunkai Yang China	5	403	180	132	84	82	8	735
Wanling Lin China	5	392 1.0×	159 0.9×	131 1.0×	79 0.9×	79 1.0×	7	701
Yaling Long China	6	384 1.0×	170 0.9×	130 1.0×	89 1.1×	77 0.9×	8	683
Seung Ah Choi South Korea	19	549 1.4×	148 0.8×	196 1.5×	81 1.0×	73 0.9×	52	957
Xinyu Wen United States	15	444 1.1×	200 1.1×	190 1.4×	136 1.6×	102 1.2×	42	839
Yihong Zhou China	20	458 1.1×	142 0.8×	160 1.2×	107 1.3×	78 1.0×	61	934
Xiaoming Hou China	19	382 0.9×	175 1.0×	207 1.6×	126 1.5×	111 1.4×	60	747
Harvey E. Johnston United Kingdom	13	329 0.8×	134 0.7×	89 0.7×	50 0.6×	62 0.8×	15	617
Hongjun Jin China	19	465 1.2×	167 0.9×	157 1.2×	72 0.9×	123 1.5×	64	925
Khoa Nguyen United States	17	399 1.0×	216 1.2×	167 1.3×	62 0.7×	172 2.1×	38	976
Chenghua Luo China	15	283 0.7×	118 0.7×	84 0.6×	96 1.1×	73 0.9×	59	749

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunkai Yang

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Yang, Yunkai, et al.. (2025). Clinical efficacy of selenium supplementation in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine. 104(35). e44043–e44043. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Li, et al.. (2023). Sarcopenia as an important determinant for adverse outcomes in patients with pyogenic liver abscess. PeerJ. 11. e16055–e16055. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Yunkai, Aidong Qu, Dandan Chen, et al.. (2023). Modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors: A better response evaluation criteria for patients with non‐squamous non‐small cell lung cancer after bevacizumab treatment. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 20(1). 101–108. 1 indexed citations

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Jia, Chenghao, et al.. (2023). A Review of Hydrogen Sensors for ECLSS: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Challenges. Applied Sciences. 13(12). 6869–6869. 15 indexed citations

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Xia, Han, Jianjun Li, Xia Xie, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of using chest computed tomography (CT) imaging at the first lumbar vertebra (L1) level to assess skeletal muscle mass: a retrospective study. PeerJ. 11. e16652–e16652. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Yunkai, et al.. (2023). KRAS Mutations in Solid Tumors: Characteristics, Current Therapeutic Strategy, and Potential Treatment Exploration. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(2). 709–709. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huan, et al.. (2023). Targeting the Notch signaling pathway and the Notch ligand, DLL3, in small cell lung cancer. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 159. 114248–114248. 37 indexed citations

8.

Lin, Wanling, Yaling Long, Yunkai Yang, et al.. (2022). Notch signaling pathway: architecture, disease, and therapeutics. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 95–95. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

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