2026 Chuangye Yan: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	66	8632	7965	267	262	100	16342

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

8632

7965

267

262

100

16342

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

16342

World Ranking

8632

National Ranking

267

Overview

Chuangye Yan is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a research portfolio primarily centered on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with over 100 publications in this field.

Their work focuses on several subfields including molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Key research topics explored by Yan include:

RNA research and splicing
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Nuclear structure and function
Advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications
Receptor mechanisms and signaling
RNA modifications and cancer
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Yan has contributed to several recent papers published in high-impact journals, such as:

Structural basis of human monocarboxylate transporter 1 inhibition by anti-cancer drug candidates, 2020, Cell
Structural basis of γ-secretase inhibition and modulation by small molecule drugs, 2020, Cell
A structure of human Scap bound to Insig-2 suggests how their interaction is regulated by sterols, 2021, Science
Cryo-EM structure of the human mitochondrial translocase TIM22 complex, 2020, Cell Research
Structure of the cytoplasmic ring of the Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex, 2022, Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yan include:

Jianlin Lei
Yigong Shi
Fang Kong
Angqi Zhu
Nieng Yan

The scientist's publications are often featured in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Cell Research
Science
Cell

Best Publications

Crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1

Dong Deng;Chao Xu;Pengcheng Sun;Jianping Wu

789
Citations
Structural Basis for Sequence-Specific Recognition of DNA by TAL Effectors

Dong Deng;Chuangye Yan;Xiaojing Pan;Magdy M. Mahfouz

760
Citations
An atomic structure of human γ-secretase

Xiao Chen Bai;Chuangye Yan;Guanghui Yang;Peilong Lu

568
Citations
Crystal structure of an orthologue of the NaChBac voltage-gated sodium channel

Xu Zhang;Wenlin Ren;Paul DeCaen;Chuangye Yan

531
Citations
Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of glucose transporters GLUT1–4

Linfeng Sun;Xin Zeng;Chuangye Yan;Xiuyun Sun

514
Citations
Structural insights into the mechanism of abscisic acid signaling by PYL proteins

Ping Yin;He Fan;Qi Hao;Xiaoqiu Yuan

494
Citations
Structure of the rabbit ryanodine receptor RyR1 at near-atomic resolution

Zhen Yan;Xiao Chen Bai;Chuangye Yan;Jianping Wu

482
Citations
Structural basis of ultraviolet-B perception by UVR8

Di Wu;Qi Hu;Zhen Yan;Wen Chen

460
Citations
Crystal Structure of NLRC4 Reveals Its Autoinhibition Mechanism

Zehan Hu;Chuangye Yan;Peiyuan Liu;Zhiwei Huang

434
Citations
Molecular basis of ligand recognition and transport by glucose transporters

Dong Deng;Pengcheng Sun;Chuangye Yan;Meng Ke

417
Citations
Three-dimensional structure of human γ-secretase

Peilong Lu;Xiao Chen Bai;Dan Ma;Tian Xie

408
Citations
Structure of a yeast spliceosome at 3.6-angstrom resolution

Chuangye Yan;Jing Hang;Ruixue Wan;Min Huang

355
Citations
Structural basis for the modular recognition of single-stranded RNA by PPR proteins

Ping Yin;Quanxiu Li;Chuangye Yan;Ying Liu

351
Citations
Structure of the voltage-gated calcium channel Cav1.1 complex

Jianping Wu;Zhen Yan;Zhangqiang Li;Chuangye Yan

343
Citations
The Molecular Basis of ABA-Independent Inhibition of PP2Cs by a Subclass of PYL Proteins

Qi Hao;Ping Yin;Wenqi Li;Li Wang

298
Citations
Structure of a yeast activated spliceosome at 3.5 Å resolution

Chuangye Yan;Ruixue Wan;Rui Bai;Gaoxingyu Huang

256
Citations
An Atomic Structure of the Human Spliceosome

Xiaofeng Zhang;Chuangye Yan;Jing Hang;Lorenzo I. Finci

250
Citations
Structural Basis of RIP1 Inhibition by Necrostatins.

Tian Xie;Wei Peng;Yexing Liu;Chuangye Yan

241
Citations
DeepPicker: A deep learning approach for fully automated particle picking in cryo-EM.

Feng Wang;Huichao Gong;Gaochao Liu;Meijing Li

240
Citations
Structural insights into the mechanism of abscisic acid signaling by PYL proteins. Nat Struct Mol Biol

Ping Yin;He Fan;Qi Hao;Xiaoqiu Yuan

26
Citations