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Y. Eugene Chen 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 Y. Eugene Chen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 254 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Y. Eugene Chen 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 Y. Eugene Chen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Y. Eugene Chen is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans broad areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on subfields including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, genetics, and cancer research.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics such as aortic aneurysm repair treatments, CRISPR and genetic engineering, aortic disease and treatment approaches, connective tissue disorders research, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, microRNA in disease regulation, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Chen has contributed to numerous publications in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • JCI Insight
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science Translational Medicine

Notable recent papers associated with Chen, with publication year and venue, include:

  • "Causal relationships between NAFLD, T2D and obesity have implications for disease subphenotyping" (2020, Journal of Hepatology)
  • "Glycine-based treatment ameliorates NAFLD by modulating fatty acid oxidation, glutathione synthesis, and the gut microbiome" (2020, Science Translational Medicine)
  • "Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the cellular heterogeneity of aneurysmal infrarenal abdominal aorta" (2020, Cardiovascular Research)
  • "A polygenic risk score improves risk stratification of coronary artery disease: a large-scale prospective Chinese cohort study" (2022, European Heart Journal)
  • "Macrophage M2 polarization induced by exosomes from adipose-derived stem cells contributes to the exosomal proangiogenic effect on mouse ischemic hindlimb" (2020, Stem Cell Research & Therapy)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors who have contributed to multiple projects together. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jifeng Zhang
  • Yanhong Guo
  • Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio
  • Haocheng Lu
  • Lin Chang

Best Publications

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • RS-1 enhances CRISPR/Cas9- and TALEN-mediated knock-in efficiency.

    Jun Song;Dongshan Yang;Jie Xu;Tianqing Zhu

  • The unfolded protein response transducer IRE1α prevents ER stress-induced hepatic steatosis

    Kezhong Zhang;Kezhong Zhang;Shiyu Wang;Jyoti Malhotra;Justin R Hassler

  • Loss of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor-γ Deletion in Smooth Muscle Cells Impairs Intravascular Thermoregulation and Enhances Atherosclerosis

    Lin Chang;Luis Villacorta;Rongxia Li;Milton Hamblin

  • miR-497 regulates neuronal death in mouse brain after transient focal cerebral ischemia

    Ke Jie Yin;Zhen Deng;Huarong Huang;Milton Hamblin

  • Rabbit models for the study of human atherosclerosis: from pathophysiological mechanisms to translational medicine.

    Jianglin Fan;Shuji Kitajima;Teruo Watanabe;Jie Xu

  • High-Density Lipoproteins: Nature’s Multifunctional Nanoparticles

    Rui Kuai;Dan Li;Y. Eugene Chen;James J. Moon

  • Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Vascular Function and Disease: A Review of Current Research and Animal Models

    Nicholas K. Brown;Zhou Zhou;Jifeng Zhang;Rong Zeng

  • Systematic evaluation of coding variation identifies a candidate causal variant in TM6SF2 influencing total cholesterol and myocardial infarction risk

    Oddgeir L Holmen;He-Ming Zhang;Yanbo Fan;Daniel H. Hovelson

  • PPARs and the cardiovascular system.

    Milton Hamblin;Lin Chang;Yanbo Fan;Jifeng Zhang

  • Molecular recognition of nitrated fatty acids by PPAR gamma.

    Yong Li;Yong Li;Jifeng Zhang;Francisco J Schopfer;Dariusz Martynowski

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta regulation of miR-15a in ischemia-induced cerebral vascular endothelial injury.

    Ke Jie Yin;Zhen Deng;Zhen Deng;Milton Hamblin;Yi Xiang

  • Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare and Low-Frequency Coding Variants Associated with LDL Cholesterol

    Leslie A Lange;Youna Hu;He Zhang;Chenyi Xue

  • Cell-free 3D scaffold with two-stage delivery of miRNA-26a to regenerate critical-sized bone defects.

    Xiaojin Zhang;Yan Li;Yan Li;Y. Eugene Chen;Jihua Chen

  • Porous nanofibrous PLLA scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering

    Jiang Hu;Xuan Sun;Xuan Sun;Haiyun Ma;Changqing Xie

  • Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Induce Angiogenesis via Microvesicle Transport of miRNA-31

    Ting Kang;Tia M. Jones;Clayton Naddell;Methode Bacanamwo

  • Generation of PPARγ mono-allelic knockout pigs via zinc-finger nucleases and nuclear transfer cloning

    Dongshan Yang;Huaqiang Yang;Wei Li;Bentian Zhao

  • Glycine-based treatment ameliorates NAFLD by modulating fatty acid oxidation, glutathione synthesis, and the gut microbiome

    Oren Rom;Yuhao Liu;Zhipeng Liu;Ying Zhao

  • Covalent Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Adduction by Nitro-fatty Acids SELECTIVE LIGAND ACTIVITY AND ANTI-DIABETIC SIGNALING ACTIONS

    Francisco J. Schopfer;Marsha P. Cole;Alison L. Groeger;Chen Shan Chen

  • Effective gene targeting in rabbits using RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases

    Dongshan Yang;Jie Xu;Tianqing Zhu;Jianglin Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jifeng Zhang
Jifeng Zhang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jianglin Fan
Jianglin Fan University of Yamanashi
Cristen J. Willer
Cristen J. Willer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter X. Ma
Peter X. Ma University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lars G. Fritsche
Lars G. Fritsche University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce A. Freeman
Bruce A. Freeman University of Pittsburgh
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kristian Hveem
Kristian Hveem Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Francisco J. Schopfer
Francisco J. Schopfer University of Pittsburgh
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University

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