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D-Index
77
Citations
25625
World Ranking
1334
National Ranking
39

Yang Wang publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 324 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Yang Wang D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

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 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Yang Wang is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has a significant publication record in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pollution, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

Their main topics of work cover multiple areas related to antimicrobial resistance and bacterial studies, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Escherichia coli research studies

Yang Wang has contributed to several research articles, including these notable papers:

  • "A broad-spectrum antibiotic adjuvant reverses multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens," published in 2020 in Nature Microbiology
  • "Changes in colistin resistance and mcr-1 abundance in Escherichia coli of animal and human origins following the ban of colistin-positive additives in China: an epidemiological comparative study," published in 2020 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Emergence of a Plasmid-Encoded Resistance-Nodulation-Division Efflux Pump Conferring Resistance to Multiple Drugs, Including Tigecycline, in Klebsiella pneumoniae," published in 2020 in mBio
  • "Epidemiology of mobile colistin resistance genes mcr-1 to mcr-9," published in 2020 in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "The Natural Product Curcumin as an Antibacterial Agent: Current Achievements and Problems," published in 2022 in Antioxidants

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

  • Jianzhong Shen
  • Congming Wu
  • Štefan Schwarz
  • Zhangqi Shen
  • Timothy R. Walsh

Yang Wang's research has been published in several key academic venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Among the recognitions received, Yang Wang has been awarded the title of Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: A microbiological and molecular biological study

    Yi-Yun Liu;Yang Wang;Timothy Rutland Walsh;Ling-Xian Yi

  • A novel gene, optrA, that confers transferable resistance to oxazolidinones and phenicols and its presence in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium of human and animal origin

    Yang Wang;Yuan Lv;Jiachang Cai;Stefan Schwarz

  • Emergence of plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance genes in animals and humans

    Tao He;Ran Wang;Dejun Liu;Timothy R. Walsh;Timothy R. Walsh

  • Novel Plasmid-Mediated Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-3 in Escherichia coli.

    Wenjuan Yin;Hui Li;Yingbo Shen;Zhihai Liu

  • Emergence of a novel mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-8, in NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Xiaoming Wang;Yao Wang;Ying Zhou;Jiyun Li

  • Comprehensive resistome analysis reveals the prevalence of NDM and MCR-1 in Chinese poultry production.

    Yang Wang;Rongmin Zhang;Jiyun Li;Zuowei Wu

  • A broad-spectrum antibiotic adjuvant reverses multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens

    Meirong Song;Yuan Liu;Yuan Liu;Xiaoyong Huang;Shuangyang Ding

  • Prevalence, risk factors, outcomes, and molecular epidemiology of mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae in patients and healthy adults from China: an epidemiological and clinical study

    Yang Wang;Guo-Bao Tian;Rong Zhang;Yingbo Shen

  • Changes in colistin resistance and mcr-1 abundance in Escherichia coli of animal and human origins following the ban of colistin-positive additives in China: an epidemiological comparative study

    Yang Wang;Chunyan Xu;Rong Zhang;Yiqiang Chen

  • Presence and dissemination of the multiresistance gene cfr in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

    Jianzhong Shen;Yang Wang;Stefan Schwarz

  • Early emergence of mcr-1 in Escherichia coli from food-producing animals

    Zhangqi Shen;Yang Wang;Yingbo Shen;Jianzhong Shen

  • Emergence of a Plasmid-Encoded Resistance-Nodulation-Division Efflux Pump Conferring Resistance to Multiple Drugs, Including Tigecycline, in Klebsiella Pneumoniae

    Luchao Lv;Miao Wan;Chengzhen Wang;Xun Gao

  • Epidemiology of mobile colistin resistance genes mcr-1 to mcr-9

    Zhuoren Ling;Zhuoren Ling;Wenjuan Yin;Zhangqi Shen;Yang Wang

  • Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella species isolated from pigs, ducks and chickens in Sichuan Province, China.

    Ruichao Li;Jing Lai;Yang Wang;Shuliang Liu

  • Tumor cell-intrinsic PD-1 receptor is a tumor suppressor and mediates resistance to PD-1 blockade therapy.

    Xiaodong Wang;Xiaohui Yang;Xiaohui Yang;Chang Zhang;Yang Wang

  • Balancing mcr-1 expression and bacterial survival is a delicate equilibrium between essential cellular defence mechanisms.

    Qiue Yang;Mei Li;Owen B Spiller;Diego O Andrey;Diego O Andrey

  • Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter isolates in broilers from China

    Xia Chen;Gao-Wa Naren;Cong-Ming Wu;Yang Wang

  • Genetic environment of the transferable oxazolidinone/phenicol resistance gene optrA in Enterococcus faecalis isolates of human and animal origin

    Tao He;Yingbo Shen;Stefan Schwarz;Jiachang Cai

  • Novel Plasmid-Mediated tet(X5) Gene Conferring Resistance to Tigecycline, Eravacycline, and Omadacycline in a Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate.

    Liyuan Wang;Dejun Liu;Yuan Lv;Lanqing Cui

  • Prevalence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes and coselection of heavy metals in Chinese dairy farms.

    Bingrui Zhou;Chong Wang;Qin Zhao;Yang Wang

  • Identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 in Acinetobacter lwoffii of food animal origin.

    Yang Wang;Congming Wu;Qijing Zhang;Jing Qi

  • Iconographies supplémentaires de l'article : Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study

    Yi-Yun Liu;Yang Wang;Timothy R Walsh;Ling-Xian Yi

Frequent Co-Authors

Congming Wu
Congming Wu China Agricultural University
Zhangqi Shen
Zhangqi Shen China Agricultural University
Timothy R. Walsh
Timothy R. Walsh University of Oxford
Shaolin Wang
Shaolin Wang China Agricultural University
Qijing Zhang
Qijing Zhang Iowa State University
Yongning Wu
Yongning Wu Center for Food Safety
Xiaoming Wang
Xiaoming Wang Florida State University
Kristina Kadlec
Kristina Kadlec Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Qiang Sun
Qiang Sun Peking University
Yohei Doi
Yohei Doi University of Pittsburgh

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