Zongfang Yang

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Zongfang Yang is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Social Psychology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongfang Yang has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Zongfang Yang's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Zongfang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Zongfang Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Zongfang Yang's co-authors include Bradford B. Lowell, Chianping Ye, Brian Choi, Linh Vong, Streamson C. Chua, Bhavik P. Shah, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, Shuichi Koda, Joel K. Elmquist and Jon M. Resch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Zongfang Yang

11 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Leptin Action on GABAergic Neurons Prevents Obesity and Reduces Inhibitory Tone to POMC Neurons

2011 910 citations Linh Vong, Chianping Ye et al. Neuron profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zongfang Yang United States	11	1.4k	736	578	577	546	12	2.3k
Joseph C. Madara United States	22	1.8k 1.3×	793 1.1×	847 1.5×	673 1.2×	659 1.2×	29	2.8k
Shuichi Koda Japan	13	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	541 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	683 1.3×	18	2.9k
Henning Fenselau Germany	16	964 0.7×	550 0.7×	397 0.7×	383 0.7×	350 0.6×	27	2.0k
Chia Li United States	23	988 0.7×	612 0.8×	650 1.1×	392 0.7×	992 1.8×	38	2.4k
Robert M. Sears United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	489 0.7×	904 1.6×	579 1.0×	764 1.4×	26	2.6k
Wendy Foulds Mathes United States	13	1.2k 0.9×	579 0.8×	362 0.6×	692 1.2×	393 0.7×	19	1.9k
Carlos Arias United States	14	1.1k 0.8×	505 0.7×	558 1.0×	402 0.7×	737 1.3×	17	3.2k
James E. Blevins United States	29	2.2k 1.6×	762 1.0×	243 0.4×	751 1.3×	392 0.7×	58	3.1k
Pastor R. Couceyro United States	17	2.4k 1.7×	1.4k 2.0×	427 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	951 1.7×	26	3.2k
Graciela Sanchez‐Watts United States	23	1.2k 0.9×	407 0.6×	585 1.0×	168 0.3×	442 0.8×	30	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zongfang Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zongfang Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongfang Yang

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

Douglass, Amelia M, Jon M. Resch, Joseph C. Madara, et al.. (2023). Neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Nature. 620(7972). 154–162. 52 indexed citations

Resch, Jon M., Amelia M Douglass, Joseph C. Madara, et al.. (2023). The neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis. Physiology. 38(S1).

Cui, Jing, Yao Qin, Xiaoyan Ge, et al.. (2021). Activities of daily living as a longitudinal moderator of the effect of autonomic dysfunction on anxiety and depression of Parkinson's patients. Brain and Behavior. 11(8). e2297–e2297. 14 indexed citations

Hu, Bo, Chengcheng Jin, Xing Zeng, et al.. (2020). γδ T cells and adipocyte IL-17RC control fat innervation and thermogenesis. Nature. 578(7796). 610–614. 137 indexed citations

Yang, Zongfang, Ying Fan, Long Liu, et al.. (2019). The mediating roles of caregiver social support and self-efficacy on caregiver burden in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Affective Disorders. 256. 302–308. 44 indexed citations

Kong, Dong, Yossi Dagon, John N. Campbell, et al.. (2016). A Postsynaptic AMPK→p21-Activated Kinase Pathway Drives Fasting-Induced Synaptic Plasticity in AgRP Neurons. Neuron. 91(1). 25–33. 69 indexed citations

Fenselau, Henning, John N. Campbell, Anne M.J. Verstegen, et al.. (2016). A rapidly acting glutamatergic ARC→PVH satiety circuit postsynaptically regulated by α-MSH. Nature Neuroscience. 20(1). 42–51. 179 indexed citations

Mandelblat-Cerf, Yael, Rohan N. Ramesh, Christian R. Burgess, et al.. (2015). Arcuate hypothalamic AgRP and putative POMC neurons show opposite changes in spiking across multiple timescales. eLife. 4. 215 indexed citations

Shah, Bhavik P., Linh Vong, David P. Olson, et al.. (2014). MC4R-expressing glutamatergic neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus regulate feeding and are synaptically connected to the parabrachial nucleus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(36). 13193–13198. 170 indexed citations

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Liu, Tiemin, Dong Kong, Bhavik P. Shah, et al.. (2012). Fasting Activation of AgRP Neurons Requires NMDA Receptors and Involves Spinogenesis and Increased Excitatory Tone. Neuron. 73(3). 511–522. 231 indexed citations

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Vong, Linh, Chianping Ye, Zongfang Yang, et al.. (2011). Leptin Action on GABAergic Neurons Prevents Obesity and Reduces Inhibitory Tone to POMC Neurons. Neuron. 71(1). 142–154. 910 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tong, Qingchun, Chianping Ye, Rory J. McCrimmon, et al.. (2007). Synaptic Glutamate Release by Ventromedial Hypothalamic Neurons Is Part of the Neurocircuitry that Prevents Hypoglycemia. Cell Metabolism. 5(5). 383–393. 325 indexed citations

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