Z. Yan Wang

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 544 citations indexed

About

Z. Yan Wang is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Z. Yan Wang has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 544 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Z. Yan Wang's work include Cephalopods and Marine Biology (6 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Z. Yan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Cephalopods and Marine Biology (6 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Z. Yan Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Austria. Z. Yan Wang's co-authors include Clifton W. Ragsdale, Oleg Simakov, Caroline B. Albertin, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Therese Mitros, Judit R. Pungor, Eric Edsinger, Sydney Brenner, Gustavo Sánchez and Hannah Schmidbaur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Z. Yan Wang

7 papers receiving 535 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.

The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties

2015 404 citations Caroline B. Albertin, Oleg Simakov et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Z. Yan Wang United States	6	278	183	180	88	88	9	544
Judit R. Pungor United States	5	241 0.9×	156 0.9×	161 0.9×	76 0.9×	81 0.9×	6	468
Laure Bonnaud France	17	436 1.6×	191 1.0×	256 1.4×	126 1.4×	93 1.1×	34	655
Caroline B. Albertin United States	13	480 1.7×	384 2.1×	257 1.4×	144 1.6×	113 1.3×	18	974
Julian Finn Australia	16	373 1.3×	109 0.6×	114 0.6×	161 1.8×	99 1.1×	24	581
Luis Alberto Bezares-Calderón Germany	10	99 0.4×	190 1.0×	250 1.4×	96 1.1×	52 0.6×	15	513
Giovanna Ponte Italy	14	682 2.5×	92 0.5×	307 1.7×	93 1.1×	68 0.8×	32	845
Ian G. Gleadall Japan	15	591 2.1×	79 0.4×	179 1.0×	238 2.7×	83 0.9×	30	681
Andy Sombke Germany	17	314 1.1×	102 0.6×	275 1.5×	159 1.8×	75 0.9×	45	773
Dennis Sprenger Germany	12	282 1.0×	104 0.6×	74 0.4×	154 1.8×	75 0.9×	17	542
Rudi Loesel Germany	17	420 1.5×	145 0.8×	559 3.1×	174 2.0×	41 0.5×	23	854

Countries citing papers authored by Z. Yan Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Z. Yan Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z. Yan Wang

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Goodwin, Nastacia L. & Z. Yan Wang. (2025). Facing the heat: behavioral and molecular underpinnings of heat stress in bumblebees. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 66. 101595–101595.

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Wang, Z. Yan & Clifton W. Ragsdale. (2024). Signaling Ligand Heterogeneities in the Peduncle Complex of the Cephalopod Mollusc Octopus bimaculoides. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 99(3). 158–170.

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Wang, Z. Yan, Grace C. McKenzie‐Smith, Weijie Liu, et al.. (2022). Isolation disrupts social interactions and destabilizes brain development in bumblebees. Current Biology. 32(12). 2754–2764.e5. 18 indexed citations

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Albertin, Caroline B., Sofía Medina-Ruiz, Therese Mitros, et al.. (2022). Genome and transcriptome mechanisms driving cephalopod evolution. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2427–2427. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Z. Yan, Melissa R. Pergande, Clifton W. Ragsdale, & Stephanie M. Cologna. (2022). Steroid hormones of the octopus self-destruct system. Current Biology. 32(11). 2572–2579.e4. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Z. Yan & Clifton W. Ragsdale. (2018). Multiple optic gland signaling pathways implicated in octopus maternal behaviors and death. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 19). 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Z. Yan & Clifton W. Ragsdale. (2017). Cadherin genes and evolutionary novelties in the octopus. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 69. 151–157. 20 indexed citations

8.

Albertin, Caroline B., Oleg Simakov, Therese Mitros, et al.. (2015). The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties. Nature. 524(7564). 220–224. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Z. Yan, et al.. (2014). Pregnancy-induced changes in ultradian rhythms persist in circadian arrhythmic Siberian hamsters. Hormones and Behavior. 66(2). 228–237. 5 indexed citations

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