Zhicong Yang

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Zhicong Yang is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhicong Yang has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Infectious Diseases, 50 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Zhicong Yang's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (45 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (41 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (17 papers). Zhicong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (45 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (41 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (17 papers). Zhicong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhicong Yang's co-authors include Di Wu, Qun Liu, Tiantian Wu, Jianyun Lu, Wenzhe Su, Conghui Xu, Qinlong Jing, Kuibiao Li, Bin Xu and Yu Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhicong Yang

89 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: What we know 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 250 500 750
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.

  1. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: What we know
    2020 915 citations Di Wu, Zhicong Yang et al. International Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020
    2020 644 citations Wenzhe Su, Zhicong Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhicong Yang China 28 1.7k 1.3k 685 546 355 90 3.7k
Clarence C. Tam United Kingdom 35 2.2k 1.3× 476 0.4× 583 0.9× 322 0.6× 148 0.4× 106 4.2k
Yang Yang China 36 1.9k 1.1× 972 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 257 0.5× 163 0.5× 219 5.7k
Bonnie Henry Canada 27 1.7k 1.0× 535 0.4× 563 0.8× 747 1.4× 115 0.3× 74 3.6k
Antonino Bella Italy 40 1.5k 0.9× 568 0.4× 685 1.0× 386 0.7× 190 0.5× 196 4.8k
Christos Hadjichristodoulou Greece 40 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 255 0.4× 303 0.6× 574 1.6× 285 5.9k
Virginia E. Pitzer United States 38 2.7k 1.6× 765 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 255 0.5× 335 0.9× 124 5.0k
Philippe Gautret France 44 2.9k 1.7× 3.5k 2.7× 860 1.3× 275 0.5× 214 0.6× 299 7.2k
Isaac I. Bogoch Canada 38 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 169 0.3× 66 0.2× 195 5.3k
Jacob L. Kool United States 27 2.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.9× 416 0.6× 159 0.3× 371 1.0× 56 4.7k
Li‐Qun Fang China 35 1.9k 1.1× 789 0.6× 484 0.7× 127 0.2× 322 0.9× 161 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhicong Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhicong Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhicong Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhicong Yang. The network helps show where Zhicong Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhicong Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhicong Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhicong 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 Zhicong Yang. Zhicong 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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Jiang, Liyun, Yuan Liu, Wenzhe Su, et al.. (2022). Circulation of genotypes of dengue virus serotype 2 in Guangzhou over a period of 20 years. Virology Journal. 19(1). 47–47. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shi-Xia, Anran Zhang, Qing‐Bin Lu, et al.. (2022). Clinical outcomes of doxycycline, azithromycin and chloramphenicol for the treatment of patients with severe scrub typhus. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 60(4). 106647–106647. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hongjun, Xiaoxiao Lu, Tiegang Li, et al.. (2021). Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a mid-size city of China. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 793–793. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Mengmeng, Sean L. Wu, Zhenjian He, et al.. (2021). New genotype invasion of dengue virus serotype 1 drove massive outbreak in Guangzhou, China. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 126–126. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Liyun, et al.. (2021). Decreased dengue cases attributable to the effect of COVID-19 in Guangzhou in 2020. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009441–e0009441. 19 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Jingwen Liu, Zhicong Yang, et al.. (2021). Duration of SARS-CoV-2 positive in quarantine room environments: A perspective analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 105. 68–74. 20 indexed citations
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Lu, Ying, Mengmeng Ma, Hui Wang, et al.. (2020). An outbreak of norovirus-related acute gastroenteritis associated with delivery food in Guangzhou, southern China. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 25–25. 12 indexed citations
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Ren, Hongyan, Wei Wu, Tiegang Li, & Zhicong Yang. (2019). Urban villages as transfer stations for dengue fever epidemic: A case study in the Guangzhou, China. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(4). e0007350–e0007350. 40 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, Biao Di, Tiejun Zhang, et al.. (2019). Association of meteorological factors with infectious diarrhea incidence in Guangzhou, southern China: A time-series study (2006–2017). The Science of The Total Environment. 672. 7–15. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuan, et al.. (2017). [Phylogenetic analysis of envelope gene of dengue virus serotype 2 in Guangzhou, 2001-2015].. PubMed. 38(1). 90–95. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Yuehong, Lei Luo, Xinwei Wu, et al.. (2017). Differences in Clinical and Laboratory Features for Different Genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Guangzhou, Southern China. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17(4). 260–267. 8 indexed citations
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Luo, Lei, Liyun Jiang, Xincai Xiao, et al.. (2017). The dengue preface to endemic in mainland China: the historical largest outbreak by Aedes albopictus in Guangzhou, 2014. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 6(1). 148–148. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yingtao, Tao Wang, Kangkang Liu, et al.. (2016). Developing a Time Series Predictive Model for Dengue in Zhongshan, China Based on Weather and Guangzhou Dengue Surveillance Data. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(2). e0004473–e0004473. 39 indexed citations
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Jiang, Liyun, et al.. (2016). Molecular characterization and genotype shift of dengue virus strains between 2001 and 2014 in Guangzhou. Epidemiology and Infection. 145(4). 760–765. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Tiegang, Zhicong Yang, & Ming Wang. (2014). Correlation between clonorchiasis incidences and climatic factors in Guangzhou, China. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 29–29. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Tiegang, Zhicong Yang, Zhiqiang Dong, & Ming Wang. (2014). Meteorological factors and risk of scrub typhus in Guangzhou, southern China, 2006–2012. BMC Infectious Diseases. 14(1). 139–139. 79 indexed citations
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Wei, Yuehong, Yong Huang, Lei Luo, et al.. (2014). Rapid Increase of Scrub Typhus: An Epidemiology and Spatial-Temporal Cluster Analysis in Guangzhou City, Southern China, 2006–2012. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101976–e101976. 47 indexed citations

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