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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	83	3527	3249	1769	1590	374	23366

Overview

Guiyun Yan is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive work in public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, molecular biology, parasitology, and plant science.

Their main research topics include:

Malaria Research and Control
Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Insect Resistance and Genetics
Viral Infections and Vectors
Parasites and Host Interactions
Insect Pest Control Strategies
Vibrio bacteria research studies

Guiyun Yan has contributed to a significant number of publications in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Malaria Journal
Research Square (Research Square)
Scientific Reports
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PLoS ONE

Their recent papers include:

Effects of environmental modification on the diversity and positivity of anopheline mosquito aquatic habitats at Arjo-Dedessa irrigation development site, Southwest Ethiopia, 2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Plasmodium vivax: the potential obstacles it presents to malaria elimination and eradication, 2022, Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Compatibility between snails and schistosomes: insights from new genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping, 2022, Communications Biology
Asymptomatic and submicroscopic malaria infections in sugar cane and rice development areas of Ethiopia, 2023, Malaria Journal
Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya, 2021, Malaria Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guiyun Yan include:

Ming-Chieh Lee
Delenasaw Yewhalaw
Daibin Zhong
Dawit Hawaria
Xiaoming Wang

Best Publications

Association between climate variability and malaria epidemics in the East African highlands

Guofa Zhou;Noboru Minakawa;Andrew K. Githeko;Guiyun Yan

627
Citations
Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

Daniel E. Neafsey;Robert M. Waterhouse;Mohammad R. Abai;Sergey S. Aganezov

604
Citations
Dynamic gut microbiome across life history of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae in Kenya.

Ying Wang;Thomas M. Gilbreath;Phanidhar Kukutla;Guiyun Yan

583
Citations
Urbanization increases Aedes albopictus larval habitats and accelerates mosquito development and survivorship.

Yiji Li;Fatmata Kamara;Guofa Zhou;Santhosh Puthiyakunnon

429
Citations
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of anopheline mosquito larvae in Western Kenya.

Noboru Minakawa;Clifford M. Mutero;John I. Githure;John C. Beier

376
Citations
Malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Heterogeneity and complexity

Liwang Cui;Guiyun Yan;Guiyun Yan;Jetsumon Sattabongkot;Yaming Cao

330
Citations
Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

Xiao-Guang Chen;Xuanting Jiang;Jinbao Gu;Meng Xu

325
Citations
Insecticide-treated net (ITN) ownership, usage, and malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya

Harrysone E. Atieli;Harrysone E. Atieli;Guofa Zhou;Yaw Afrane;Ming Chieh Lee

282
Citations
Association between land cover and habitat productivity of malaria vectors in western Kenyan highlands.

Stephen Munga;Noboru Minakawa;Guofa Zhou;Emmanuel Mushinzimana

248
Citations
Effects of microclimatic changes caused by deforestation on the survivorship and reproductive fitness of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya highlands.

Yaw A. Afrane;Goufa Zhou;Bernard W. Lawson;Andrew K. Githeko

240
Citations
The effects of climatic factors on the distribution and abundance of malaria vectors in Kenya.

Noboru Minakawa;George Sonye;Motoyoshi Mogi;Andrew Githeko

235
Citations
Influence of host and larval habitat distribution on the abundance of African malaria vectors in western Kenya.

Noboru Minakawa;Pamela Seda;Guiyun Yan

222
Citations
Changing Patterns of Malaria Epidemiology between 2002 and 2010 in Western Kenya: The Fall and Rise of Malaria

Guofa Zhou;Yaw A. Afrane;Anne M. Vardo-Zalik;Harrysone Atieli

217
Citations
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANOPHELINE LARVAL HABITATS IN WESTERN KENYAN HIGHLANDS: EFFECTS OF LAND COVER TYPES AND TOPOGRAPHY

Noboru Minakawa;Stephen Munga;Francis Atieli;Emmanuel Mushinzimana

210
Citations
Effects of microclimatic changes caused by land use and land cover on duration of gonotrophic cycles of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Kenya highlands.

Yaw A. Afrane;Yaw A. Afrane;Bernard W. Lawson;Andrew K. Githeko;Guiyun Yan

209
Citations
Landscape determinants and remote sensing of anopheline mosquito larval habitats in the western Kenya highlands

Emmanuel Mushinzimana;Stephen Munga;Noboru Minakawa;Li Li

194
Citations
Topography and malaria transmission heterogeneity in western Kenya highlands: prospects for focal vector control

Andrew K Githeko;John M Ayisi;Peter K Odada;Francis K Atieli

187
Citations
Habitat characteristics of Anopheles gambiae s.s. larvae in a Kenyan highland.

N. Minakawa;G. Sonye;M. Mogi;G. Yan

181
Citations
Spatial relationship between adult malaria vector abundance and environmental factors in western Kenya highlands.

Guofa Zhou;Stephen Munga;Noboru Minakawa;Andrew K. Githeko

179
Citations
Effects of larval competitors and predators on oviposition site selection of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto.

Stephen Munga;Stephen Munga;Noboru Minakawa;Guofa Zhou;Okeyo-Owuor J. Barrack

174
Citations