Zhen Yan

20.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
214 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Zhen Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Yan has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Molecular Biology, 133 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zhen Yan's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (114 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (48 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (24 papers). Zhen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (114 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (48 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (24 papers). Zhen Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Zhen Yan's co-authors include Ping Zhong, Eunice Y. Yuen, Jian Feng, D. James Surmeier, Wenhua Liu, Paul Greengard, Bruce S. McEwen, Zhenglin Gu, Wen‐Jie Song and Maurizio Popoli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Yan

211 papers receiving 15.4k 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 stressed synapse: the impact of stress and glucocorticoids on glutamate transmission

2011 1.0k citations Zhen Yan et al. profile →
Coordinated Expression of Dopamine Receptors in Neostriatal Medium Spiny Neurons

1996 608 citations Zhen Yan et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Mechanisms of synaptic transmission dysregulation in the prefrontal cortex: pathophysiological implications

2021 174 citations Zhen Yan, Benjamin Rein Molecular Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Yan United States	68	8.5k	7.5k	3.0k	2.0k	1.7k	214	15.6k
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Japan	61	5.5k 0.6×	6.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	249	14.9k
Amelia J. Eisch United States	60	7.1k 0.8×	4.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	126	15.9k
Teresa A. Milner United States	75	9.2k 1.1×	6.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	3.3k 1.7×	3.0k 1.7×	270	19.6k
Christine M. Gall United States	79	12.3k 1.4×	6.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	257	19.2k
Joel E. Kleinman United States	79	6.5k 0.8×	8.4k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	323	19.7k
Ferdinando Nicoletti Italy	81	13.6k 1.6×	10.5k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	4.3k 2.5×	535	24.6k
Bruno Giros France	71	14.1k 1.7×	10.7k 1.4×	3.7k 1.2×	951 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	212	22.0k
Francis S. Lee United States	58	7.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.4×	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	138	13.4k
Harry W.M. Steinbusch Netherlands	76	9.9k 1.2×	7.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	4.6k 2.7×	388	22.8k
Cynthia Shannon Weickert Australia	80	5.9k 0.7×	5.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	309	18.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Yan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhuang, Pan, Xiaohui Liu, Zhen Yan, et al.. (2025). Impact of dietary transitions on overweight and obesity burden and future trends among Chinese adults. npj Science of Food. 9(1). 257–257.

Jiang, Honglin, Ping Zhong, Li Li, et al.. (2025). Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons expressing the six tau isoforms. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 105(4). 1341–1354. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Guojun, Yong Ren, Ping Zhong, et al.. (2025). Histone demethylase PHF2 regulates inflammatory genes in Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(2). 845–859.

Zhong, Ping, Pei Li, Yong Ren, et al.. (2025). CRISPR-based epigenetic editing of Gad1 improves synaptic inhibition and cognitive behavior in a Tauopathy mouse model. Neurobiology of Disease. 206. 106826–106826. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Qing, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal characterization of behavioral, morphological and transcriptomic changes in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging. 15(21). 11697–11719. 4 indexed citations

Williams, Jamal B., Qing Cao, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of histone methyltransferase Smyd3 rescues NMDAR and cognitive deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Nature Communications. 14(1). 91–91. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Dongming, Jiu Chen, Honglin Ge, et al.. (2023). Structural plasticity of the contralesional hippocampus and its subfields in patients with glioma. European Radiology. 33(9). 6107–6115. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, Qing Cao, Tao Tan, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic treatment of behavioral and physiological deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging Cell. 20(10). e13456–e13456. 23 indexed citations

Zhou, Huan, et al.. (2021). Two citrus KNAT-like genes, CsKN1 and CsKN2, are involved in the regulation of spring shoot development in sweet orange. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(20). 7002–7019. 24 indexed citations

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Tan, Tao, Wei Wang, Tiaotiao Liu, et al.. (2021). Neural circuits and activity dynamics underlying sex-specific effects of chronic social isolation stress. Cell Reports. 34(12). 108874–108874. 71 indexed citations

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Rein, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of histone deacetylase 5 ameliorates abnormalities in 16p11.2 duplication mouse model. Neuropharmacology. 204. 108893–108893. 7 indexed citations

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Bhatti, Dionnet L., Lucian Medrihan, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2019). Ahnak scaffolds p11/Anxa2 complex and L-type voltage-gated calcium channel and modulates depressive behavior. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(5). 1035–1049. 43 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiao, et al.. (2019). Reciprocal relationship between psychosocial work stress and quality of life: the role of gender and education from the longitudinal study of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. BMJ Open. 9(6). e027051–e027051. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhimin, Houbo Jiang, Zhong Pei, et al.. (2015). Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to induced serotonergic neurons. Molecular Psychiatry. 21(1). 62–70. 92 indexed citations

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Jiang, Houbo, Zhimin Xu, Ping Zhong, et al.. (2015). Cell cycle and p53 gate the direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10100–10100. 102 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhixing, Jiali Pu, Houbo Jiang, et al.. (2015). Generation of Naivetropic Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Parkinson's Disease Patients for High-Efficiency Genetic Manipulation and Disease Modeling. Stem Cells and Development. 24(21). 2591–2604. 21 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2015). The novel HSP90 inhibitor NVP-AUY922 shows synergistic anti-leukemic activity with cytarabine in vivo. Experimental Cell Research. 340(2). 220–226. 11 indexed citations

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Duffney, Lara J., Jing Wei, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2013). Shank3 Deficiency Induces NMDA Receptor Hypofunction via an Actin-Dependent Mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(40). 15767–15778. 91 indexed citations

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Jiang, Houbo, Yong Ren, Eunice Y. Yuen, et al.. (2012). Parkin controls dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications. 3(1). 668–668. 205 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhen & Jian Feng. (2004). Alzheimers Disease: Interactions Between Cholinergic Functions and β- amyloid. Current Alzheimer Research. 1(4). 241–248. 74 indexed citations

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