2026 Robert K. Yu: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	80	4047	3731	1992	1796	415	24935

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Biology and Biochemistry

4047

3731

1992

1796

415

24935

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

24935

World Ranking

4047

National Ranking

1992

Overview

Robert K. Yu is affiliated with Augusta University in the United States. Their research spans significant areas within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Robert K. Yu has contributed to multiple recent publications, notable examples include:

Intranasal infusion of GD3 and GM1 gangliosides downregulates alpha-synuclein and controls tyrosine hydroxylase gene in a PD model mouse, 2021, Molecular Therapy
Distinctive sphingolipid patterns in chronic multiple sclerosis lesions, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research
Ganglioside GD3 regulates dendritic growth in newborn neurons in adult mouse hippocampus via modulation of mitochondrial dynamics, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry
The structure of human sweetness, 2025, Cell
Restoration of Adult Neurogenesis by Intranasal Administration of Gangliosides GD3 and GM1 in The Olfactory Bulb of A53T Alpha-Synuclein-Expressing Parkinson's-Disease Model Mice, 2023, Molecular Neurobiology

The scientist collaborates frequently with various researchers, including:

Yutaka Itokazu
Takahiro Fuchigami
Joël Fokom Domgue
Sanjay Shete
John C. Morgan

Robert K. Yu has published in several scientific journals and venues multiple times, such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Neurochemistry
Advances in Neurobiology
JAMA Oncology
SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their academic output, there is a book published by Springer International Publishing titled Glycobiology of the Nervous System in 2022.

Best Publications

Gangliosides: structure, isolation, and analysis.

Robert W. Ledeen;Robert K. Yu

1005
Citations
GANGLIOSIDES OF HUMAN MYELIN: SIALOSYLGALACTOSYLCERAMIDE (G7) AS A MAJOR COMPONENT

Robert Ledeen;R. K. Yu;L. F. Eng

696
Citations
High-performance thin-layer chromatography and densitometric determination of brain ganglioside compositions of several species.

Susumu Ando;Nan Chen Chang;Robert K. Yu

571
Citations
Gangliosides of human, bovine, and rabbit plasma

Robert K. Yu;Robert W. Ledeen

507
Citations
Analysis of brain lipids by high performance thin-layer chromatography and densitometry.

Lawrence J. Macala;Robert K. Yu;Susumu Ando

502
Citations
Gas–liquid chromatographic assay of lipid-bound sialic acids: measurement of gangliosides in brain of several species

Robert K. Yu;Robert W. Ledeen

484
Citations
Developmental Changes in Ganglioside Composition and Synthesis in Embryonic Rat Brain

Robert K. Yu;Lawrence J. Macala;Takao Taki;Henry M. Weinfeld

385
Citations
Role of tumor-associated gangliosides in cancer progression.

S Birklé;G Zeng;L Gao;R.K Yu

383
Citations
High-resolution proton NMR studies of gangliosides. 1. Use of homonuclear two-dimensional spin-echo J-correlated spectroscopy for determination of residue composition and anomeric configurations.

Theodore A. W. Koerner;James H. Prestegard;Peter C. Demou;Robert K. Yu

311
Citations
GD3 Vaccines for Melanoma: Superior Immunogenicity of Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Conjugate Vaccines

Friedhelm Helling;Ann Shang;Michele Calves;Shengle Zhang

308
Citations
Role of sphingolipid-mediated cell death in neurodegenerative diseases

Toshio Ariga;Toshio Ariga;W. David Jarvis;Robert K. Yu

299
Citations
Gangliosides GM1 and GD1b are antigens for IgM M-protein in a patient with motor neuron disease.

L Freddo;R K Yu;N Latov;P D Donofrio

294
Citations
Gangliosides of human, cat, and rabbit spinal cords and cord myelin.

K Ueno;S Ando;R K Yu

291
Citations
Regulation of protein kinase C activity by gangliosides.

D Kreutter;J Y Kim;J R Goldenring;H Rasmussen

281
Citations
Isolation and characterization of a novel trisialoganglioside, GT1a, from human brain.

S Ando;R K Yu

241
Citations
Regulation of ganglioside biosynthesis in the nervous system

Robert K. Yu;Erhard Bieberich;Tian Xia;Guichao Zeng

235
Citations
Monoclonal IgM with unique specificity to gangliosides GM1 and GD1b and to lacto‐N ‐tetraose associated with human motor neuron disease

N. Latov;A. P. Hays;P. D. Donofrio;J. Liao H. Ito

225
Citations
GD3 ganglioside is a glycolipid characteristic of immature neuroectodermal cells.

James E. Goldman;Michio Hirano;Robert K. Yu;Thomas N. Seyfried

225
Citations
Development regulation of ganglioside metabolism.

Robert K. Yu

220
Citations
Isolation and characterization of two isomers of brain tetrasialogangliosides.

S Ando;R K Yu

208
Citations