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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
101
Citations
56727
World Ranking
1412
National Ranking
30

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D-Index
99
Citations
56121
World Ranking
766
National Ranking
9

Nancy Y. Ip publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy Y. Ip sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 601 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Nancy Y. Ip D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy Y. Ip sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Nancy Y. Ip is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience. The scientist's work includes significant contributions to molecular biology, neurology, physiology, biomedical engineering, and genetics.

The main topics addressed in their research include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, the IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, optical coherence tomography applications, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nancy Y. Ip include Amy K.Y. Fu, Xiaopu Zhou, Fanny C.F. Ip, Kin Y. Mok, and John Hardy.

Some of the notable recent papers published by Nancy Y. Ip are:

  • Single-nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of angiogenic endothelial cells and neuroprotective glia in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • AAV capsid variants with brain-wide transgene expression and decreased liver targeting after intravenous delivery in mouse and marmoset, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Large-scale plasma proteomic profiling identifies a high-performance biomarker panel for Alzheimer's disease screening and staging, 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Astrocyte-secreted IL-33 mediates homeostatic synaptic plasticity in the adult hippocampus, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • IL-33-PU.1 Transcriptome Reprogramming Drives Functional State Transition and Clearance Activity of Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Cell Reports

Publication venues where Nancy Y. Ip has frequently published include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • npj Parkinson's Disease

Nancy Y. Ip has received recognition in the form of the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2004

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • ERKs: A family of protein-serine/threonine kinases that are activated and tyrosine phosphorylated in response to insulin and NGF

    Teri G. Boulton;Steven H. Nye;David J. Robbins;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Neurotrophin-3: a neurotrophic factor related to NGF and BDNF

    Peter C. Maisonpierre;Leonardo Belluscio;Stephen Squinto;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Association and activation of Jak-Tyk kinases by CNTF-LIF-OSM-IL-6 beta receptor components.

    Neil Stahl;Teri G. Boulton;Thomas Farruggella;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Potentiation of developing neuromuscular synapses by the neurotrophins NT-3 and BDNF

    Ann M. Lohof;Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip;Mu-ming Poo

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor

    Piotr Masiakowski;Vivien Wong;Nikos Panayotatos;Hans Friedrich Erwin Thoenen

  • LIFR beta and gp130 as heterodimerizing signal transducers of the tripartite CNTF receptor.

    Samuel Davis;Thomas H. Aldrich;Neil Stahl;Li Pan

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mammalian neurotrophin-4: structure, chromosomal localization, tissue distribution, and receptor specificity.

    N Y Ip;C F Ibáñez;S H Nye;J McClain

  • CNTF and LIF act on neuronal cells via shared signaling pathways that involve the IL-6 signal transducing receptor component gp130

    Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip;Steven H. Nye;Tert G. Boulton;Samuel Davis

  • Human and rat brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3: gene structures, distributions, and chromosomal localizations.

    Peter C. Maisonpierre;Michelle M. Le Beau;Rafael Espinosa;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Similarities and differences in the way neurotrophins interact with the Trk receptors in neuronal and nonneuronal cells.

    Nancy Y. Ip;Trevor N. Stitt;Peter Tapley;Rudiger Klein

  • Neuronal deficits, not involving motor neurons, in mice lacking BDNF and/or NT4.

    J. C. Conover;J. T. Erickson;David M Katz;L. M. Bianchi

  • The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Hendrik G. Stunnenberg;Martin Hirst

  • Overlapping and Distinct Actions of the Neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4/5 on Cultured Dopaminergic and GABAergic Neurons of the Ventral Mesencephalon

    Carolyn Hyman;Melissa Juhasz;Carl Jackson;Paul Wright

  • AAV capsid variants with brain-wide transgene expression and decreased liver targeting after intravenous delivery in mouse and marmoset

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  • Mice lacking the CNTF receptor, unlike mice lacking CNTF, exhibit profound motor neuron deficits at birth

    Thomas M. DeChiara;Richard Vejsada;William T. Poueymirou;Ann Acheson

  • The α component of the CNTF receptor is required for signaling and defines potential CNTF targets in the adult and during development

    Nancy Y. Ip;Joyce McClain;Nestor X. Barrezueta;Thomas H. Aldrich

  • Alternative forms of rat TrkC with different functional capabilities

    David M. Valenzuela;Peter C. Maisonpierre;David J. Glass;Eduardo Rojas

  • Single-nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of angiogenic endothelial cells and neuroprotective glia in Alzheimer's disease.

    Shun-Fat Lau;Han Cao;Amy K. Y. Fu;Nancy Y. Ip

  • Released form of CNTF receptor alpha component as a soluble mediator of CNTF responses

    Samuel Davis;Thomas H. Aldrich;Nancy Y. Ip;Neil Stahl

  • Cultured hippocampal neurons show responses to BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4, but not NGF

    Nancy Y. Ip;Yanping Li;George D. Yancopoulos;Ronald M. Lindsay

Frequent Co-Authors

George D. Yancopoulos
George D. Yancopoulos Regeneron (United States)
Yung Hou Wong
Yung Hou Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ronald M. Lindsay
Ronald M. Lindsay Zebra Biologics (United States)
Karl Wah Keung Tsim
Karl Wah Keung Tsim Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
David J. Glass
David J. Glass Regeneron (United States)
Wing-Ho Yung
Wing-Ho Yung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tao Ye
Tao Ye Pennsylvania State University
Calvin B. Harley
Calvin B. Harley Geron (United States)
Wen-Cai Ye
Wen-Cai Ye Jinan University
Richard E. Zigmond
Richard E. Zigmond Case Western Reserve University

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