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Liying Yan

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
14099
World Ranking
17449
National Ranking
479

Liying Yan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 140 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Liying Yan D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Liying Yan is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, including prenatal screening and diagnostics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, reproductive biology and fertility, renal and related cancers, sperm and testicular function, ovarian function and disorders, as well as genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Jie Qiao, Zhiqiang Yan, Rong Li, Xiaohui Zhu, and Peng Yuan.

Liying Yan has published in various scientific venues, with a notable number of papers appearing in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Human Reproduction, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, and Science China Life Sciences.

  • Single-cell transcriptomics identifies divergent developmental lineage trajectories during human pituitary development, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell multiomics sequencing reveals the functional regulatory landscape of early embryos, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) associated gene ACE2 expression in normal and non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) human male testes, 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • Integrated multi-omics reveal epigenomic disturbance of assisted reproductive technologies in human offspring, 2020, EBioMedicine
  • Bioinspired l-Proline Oligomers for the Cryopreservation of Oocytes via Controlling Ice Growth, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Single-cell RNA-Seq profiling of human preimplantation embryos and embryonic stem cells

    Liying Yan;Mingyu Yang;Hongshan Guo;Lu Yang

  • The DNA methylation landscape of human early embryos

    Hongshan Guo;Ping Zhu;Liying Yan;Rong Li

  • A single-cell RNA-seq survey of the developmental landscape of the human prefrontal cortex

    Suijuan Zhong;Shu Zhang;Xiaoying Fan;Qian Wu

  • The Transcriptome and DNA Methylome Landscapes of Human Primordial Germ Cells

    Fan Guo;Liying Yan;Liying Yan;Hongshan Guo;Lin Li

  • Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis Maps Development of Human Germline Cells and Gonadal Niche Interactions

    Li Li;Ji Dong;Ji Dong;Liying Yan;Jun Yong;Jun Yong

  • Transcriptome Landscape of Human Folliculogenesis Reveals Oocyte and Granulosa Cell Interactions.

    Yaoyao Zhang;Yaoyao Zhang;Zhiqiang Yan;Qingyuan Qin;Qingyuan Qin;Vicki Nisenblat

  • Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Maps the Developmental Track of the Human Heart.

    Yueli Cui;Yuxuan Zheng;Xixi Liu;Liying Yan

  • Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Reveals Sequential Cell Fate Transition during Human Spermatogenesis.

    Mei Wang;Xixi Liu;Gang Chang;Yidong Chen

  • Genome Analyses of Single Human Oocytes

    Yu Hou;Wei Fan;Liying Yan;Rong Li

  • Probing Meiotic Recombination and Aneuploidy of Single Sperm Cells by Whole Genome Sequencing

    Sijia Lu;Chenghang Zong;Wei Fan;Mingyu Yang

  • Single-cell multiomics sequencing and analyses of human colorectal cancer

    Shuhui Bian;Shuhui Bian;Yu Hou;Yu Hou;Xin Zhou;Xianlong Li;Xianlong Li

  • Single-cell DNA methylome sequencing of human preimplantation embryos

    Ping Zhu;Hongshan Guo;Hongshan Guo;Yixin Ren;Yixin Ren;Yu Hou

  • Whole-genome analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine at base resolution in the human brain

    Lu Wen;Xianlong Li;Liying Yan;Liying Yan;Yuexi Tan

  • Reconstituting the transcriptome and DNA methylome landscapes of human implantation.

    Fan Zhou;Rui Wang;Peng Yuan;Peng Yuan;Yixin Ren;Yixin Ren

  • Spatial transcriptomic survey of human embryonic cerebral cortex by single-cell RNA-seq analysis.

    Xiaoying Fan;Xiaoying Fan;Ji Dong;Ji Dong;Suijuan Zhong;Yuan Wei;Yuan Wei

  • Single-Cell Multi-omics Sequencing of Human Early Embryos

    Lin Li;Fan Guo;Yun Gao;Yixin Ren

  • ER-α36, a Variant of ER-α, Promotes Tamoxifen Agonist Action in Endometrial Cancer Cells via the MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt Pathways

    Sheng-Li Lin;Li-Ying Yan;Xin-Tian Zhang;Ju Yuan

  • Tracing the expression of circular RNAs in human pre-implantation embryos

    Yujiao Dang;Liying Yan;Liying Yan;Boqiang Hu;Xiaoying Fan

  • Oocyte-expressed yes-associated protein is a key activator of the early zygotic genome in mouse.

    Chao Yu;Shu Yan Ji;Yu Jiao Dang;Qian Qian Sha

  • Tracing the temporal-spatial transcriptome landscapes of the human fetal digestive tract using single-cell RNA-sequencing.

    Shuai Gao;Liying Yan;Liying Yan;Rui Wang;Jingyun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Fuchou Tang
Fuchou Tang Peking University
Qing-Yuan Sun
Qing-Yuan Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing Liu
Jing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ruiqiang Li
Ruiqiang Li Novogene (China)
Meng Li
Meng Li Peking University
Qi Zhou
Qi Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun S. Liu
Jun S. Liu Harvard University
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Yi Qin Gao
Yi Qin Gao Peking University
Lu Yang
Lu Yang Sichuan University

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