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Ping Yang

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
39933
World Ranking
10744
National Ranking
5525

Ping Yang publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ping Yang sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 523 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Ping Yang D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For sustained pioneering research in light scattering and radiative transfer with various applications, especially in remote sensing of the Earths atmosphere
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ping Yang is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The subfields covered in their work include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology.

The scientist has focused on a range of main topics, which include:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria" (2023) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals the developmental trajectory and transcriptional regulatory networks of pigment glands in Gossypium bickii" (2023) published in Molecular Plant
  • "Bymovirus-induced yellow mosaic diseases in barley and wheat: viruses, genetic resistances and functional aspects" (2020) published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • "Alleles of a wall-associated kinase gene account for three of the major northern corn leaf blight resistance loci in maize" (2021) published in The Plant Journal
  • "Simultaneous editing of host factor gene TaPDIL5-1 homoeoalleles confers wheat yellow mosaic virus resistance in hexaploid wheat" (2022) published in New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors in Ping Yang's research include:

  • Congcong Jiang
  • Sanhu Gou
  • Jingman Ni
  • Xu Ouyang
  • Beibei Li

Their work has been published in notable journals with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Molecular Plant
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Communications

Best Publications

  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Survivorship

    Julian R. Molina;Ping Yang;Stephen D. Cassivi;Steven E. Schild

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Pembrolizumab in Microsatellite-Instability-High Advanced Colorectal Cancer.

    Thierry André;Kai-Keen Shiu;Tae Won Kim;Benny Vittrup Jensen

  • T-Cell–Inflamed Gene-Expression Profile, Programmed Death Ligand 1 Expression, and Tumor Mutational Burden Predict Efficacy in Patients Treated With Pembrolizumab Across 20 Cancers: KEYNOTE-028

    Patrick A. Ott;Yung Jue Bang;Sarina A. Piha-Paul;Albiruni R. Abdul Razak

  • Gene expression signature of cigarette smoking and its role in lung adenocarcinoma development and survival.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Tatiana Dracheva;Melissa Rotunno;Jonine D. Figueroa

  • MiR-21 is an EGFR-regulated anti-apoptotic factor in lung cancer in never-smokers

    Masahiro Seike;Akiteru Goto;Tetsuya Okano;Tetsuya Okano;Elise D. Bowman

  • Variants in the CDKN2B and RTEL1 regions are associated with high grade glioma susceptibility

    Margaret Wrensch;Robert B. Jenkins;Jeffrey S. Chang;Ru Fang Yeh

  • Clinical features of 5,628 primary lung cancer patients: experience at Mayo Clinic from 1997 to 2003.

    Ping Yang;Mark S. Allen;Marie C. Aubry;Jason A. Wampfler

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 30 new susceptibility loci for schizophrenia.

    Zhiqiang Li;Jianhua Chen;Hao Yu;Hao Yu;Hao Yu;Lin He

  • Lung Cancer in China: Challenges and Interventions

    Jun She;Ping Yang;Qunying Hong;Chunxue Bai

  • A gene expression signature predicts survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

    Yan Lu;William Lemon;Peng Yuan Liu;Yijun Yi

  • Gender differences in non-small-cell lung cancer survival: an analysis of 4,618 patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2002.

    Antonio L. Visbal;Brent A. Williams;Francis C. Nichols;Randolph S. Marks

  • Survival after recurrent nonsmall-cell lung cancer after complete pulmonary resection.

    Hiroshi Sugimura;Francis C. Nichols;Ping Yang;Mark S. Allen

  • Role of imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin in cancer development and progression

    Zhifu Sun;Ping Yang

  • Correlation of IHC and FISH for ALK Gene Rearrangement in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma: IHC Score Algorithm for FISH

    Eunhee S. Yi;Jennifer M. Boland;Joseph J. Maleszewski;Anja C. Roden

  • The relationship between cigarette smoking and quality of life after lung cancer diagnosis.

    Yolanda I. Garces;Ping Yang;Julia Parkinson;Xinghua Zhao

  • Genetic variants and risk of lung cancer in never smokers: a genome-wide association study

    Yafei Li;Chau Chyun Sheu;Yuanqing Ye;Mariza de Andrade

  • Common variants on 8p12 and 1q24.2 confer risk of schizophrenia

    Yongyong Shi;Zhiqiang Li;Qi Xu;Ti Wang

  • Primary salivary gland-type lung cancer: spectrum of clinical presentation, histopathologic and prognostic factors.

    Julian R. Molina;Marie Christine Aubry;Jean E. Lewis;Jason A. Wampfler

  • Choice of Surgical Procedure for Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer ≤ 1 cm or > 1 to 2 cm Among Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, and Wedge Resection: A Population-Based Study.

    Chenyang Dai;Jianfei Shen;Yijiu Ren;Shengyi Zhong

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhifu Sun
Zhifu Sun Mayo Clinic
Mariza de Andrade
Mariza de Andrade Mayo Clinic
Ann G. Schwartz
Ann G. Schwartz Wayne State University
Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Jin Jen
Jin Jen Bristol Myers Squibb
Ming You
Ming You Medical College of Wisconsin
Rayjean J. Hung
Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Jeff A. Sloan
Jeff A. Sloan Mayo Clinic
George Vasmatzis
George Vasmatzis Mayo Clinic
Joan E. Bailey-Wilson
Joan E. Bailey-Wilson National Institutes of Health

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