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9018
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2395
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Jie Yan publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jie Yan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 184 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Jie Yan D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jie Yan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jie Yan is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. Their research output includes over 130 publications in these main fields, alongside work in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Physiology.

The research topics Jie Yan addresses cover several specialized areas. These include:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Jie Yan has published repeatedly in several academic venues. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent scientific contributions by Jie Yan include the following papers:

  • Force-Dependent Interactions between Talin and Full-Length Vinculin, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Talin mechanosensitivity is modulated by a direct interaction with cyclin-dependent kinase-1, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Mechanical instability of adherens junctions overrides intrinsic quiescence of hair follicle stem cells, 2021, Developmental Cell
  • Actin polymerisation and crosslinking drive left-right asymmetry in single cell and cell collectives, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Application of piconewton forces to individual filopodia reveals mechanosensory role of L-type Ca2+ channels, 2022, Biomaterials

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Jie Yan's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shimin Le
  • Wenmao Huang
  • Benjamin T. Goult
  • Mingxi Yao
  • Xiaodan Zhao

Best Publications

  • Force-dependent conformational switch of α-catenin controls vinculin binding.

    Mingxi Yao;Wu Qiu;Ruchuan Liu;Artem K. Efremov

  • Mechanical activation of vinculin binding to talin locks talin in an unfolded conformation

    Mingxi Yao;Benjamin T. Goult;Hu Chen;Peiwen Cong

  • The mechanical response of talin

    Mingxi Yao;Benjamin T. Goult;Benjamin Klapholz;Xian Hu

  • Localized single-stranded bubble mechanism for cyclization of short double helix DNA.

    Jie Yan;John F. Marko

  • A divalent switch drives H-NS/DNA-binding conformations between stiffening and bridging modes.

    Yingjie Liu;Hu Chen;Linda J. Kenney;Linda J. Kenney;Jie Yan

  • Near-field-magnetic-tweezer manipulation of single DNA molecules.

    Jie Yan;Dunja Skoko;John F. Marko

  • Talin as a mechanosensitive signaling hub.

    Benjamin T. Goult;Jie Yan;Martin A. Schwartz;Martin A. Schwartz

  • Overstretching and force-driven strand separation of double-helix DNA.

    Simona Cocco;Jie Yan;Jean Francois Léger;Didier Chatenay

  • Improved High-Force Magnetic Tweezers for Stretching and Refolding of Proteins and Short DNA

    Hu Chen;Hongxia Fu;Xiaoying Zhu;Peiwen Cong

  • Mechanism of chromosome compaction and looping by the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein Fis.

    Dunja Skoko;Daniel Yoo;Hua Bai;Bernhard Schnurr

  • Dynamics of Equilibrium Folding and Unfolding Transitions of Titin Immunoglobulin Domain under Constant Forces

    Hu Chen;Guohua Yuan;Guohua Yuan;Ricksen S. Winardhi;Mingxi Yao

  • Statistics of loop formation along double helix DNAs.

    Jie Yan;Ryo Kawamura;John F. Marko

  • Revealing the competition between peeled ssDNA, melting bubbles, and S-DNA during DNA overstretching by single-molecule calorimetry

    Xinghua Zhang;Hu Chen;Shimin Le;Ioulia Rouzina

  • Two distinct overstretched DNA structures revealed by single-molecule thermodynamics measurements.

    Xinghua Zhang;Hu Chen;Hongxia Fu;Patrick S. Doyle

  • A kinetic proofreading mechanism for disentanglement of DNA by topoisomerases

    Jie Yan;Marcelo O. Magnasco;John F. Marko

  • The mechanotransduction machinery at work at adherens junctions.

    B. Ladoux;B. Ladoux;W. J. Nelson;J. Yan;R. M. Mège

  • Effects of DNA-distorting proteins on DNA elastic response.

    Jie Yan;John F. Marko

  • Defining a Centromere-like Element in Bacillus subtilis by Identifying the Binding Sites for the Chromosome-Anchoring Protein RacA

    Sigal Ben-Yehuda;Sigal Ben-Yehuda;Masya Fujita;Xiaole Shirley Liu;Boris Gorbatyuk

  • Two Distinct Overstretched DNA States

    Hongxia Fu;Hu Chen;John F. Marko;Jie Yan

  • Effect of YOYO-1 on the mechanical properties of DNA.

    Binu Kundukad;Jie Yan;Patrick S. Doyle;Patrick S. Doyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Sheetz
Michael P. Sheetz The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
John F. Marko
John F. Marko Northwestern University
Alexander D. Bershadsky
Alexander D. Bershadsky National University of Singapore
Benoit Ladoux
Benoit Ladoux Université Paris Cité
Chwee Teck Lim
Chwee Teck Lim National University of Singapore
Hanry Yu
Hanry Yu National University of Singapore
René-Marc Mège
René-Marc Mège Université Paris Cité
Jay T. Groves
Jay T. Groves University of California, Berkeley
Kunio Takeyasu
Kunio Takeyasu Kyoto University

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