2026 Yi Qin Gao: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	44	16760	15136	2548	2526	222	7965

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Chemistry

16760

15136

2548

2526

222

7965

Overview

Yi Qin Gao is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 199 publications attributed to this broad area. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work cover several specific domains within molecular and computational sciences:

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Protein Structure and Dynamics
RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Yi Qin Gao has been published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Chemical Physics
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Yi Qin Gao include:

"Two-step fitness selection for intra-host variations in SARS-CoV-2," 2021, Cell Reports
"Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Molecular Simulations," 2023, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
"Superresolution imaging reveals spatiotemporal propagation of human replication foci mediated by CTCF-organized chromatin structures," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"A Perspective on Deep Learning for Molecular Modeling and Simulations," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
"Immunosenescence of T cells: a key player in rheumatoid arthritis," 2022, Inflammation Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with a core group of coauthors, including:

Lijiang Yang
Jun Zhang
Yue Xue
Yi Yang
Sirui Liu

This network of frequent collaborators alongside contributions to prominent journals indicates active involvement in interdisciplinary research areas combining molecular biology with computational methods.

Best Publications

Enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics.

Yi Isaac Yang;Qiang Shao;Jun Zhang;Lijiang Yang

401
Citations
Strange and unconventional isotope effects in ozone formation.

Yi Qin Gao;R. A. Marcus

389
Citations
Listeria-based cancer vaccines that segregate immunogenicity from toxicity

Dirk G. Brockstedt;Martin A. Giedlin;Meredith L. Leong;Keith S. Bahjat

384
Citations
The effect of hydration number on the interfacial transport of sodium ions

Jinbo Peng;Jinbo Peng;Duanyun Cao;Zhili He;Jing Guo

341
Citations
Probing Allostery Through DNA

Sangjin Kim;Erik Broströmer;Dong Xing;Jianshi Jin

296
Citations
Effects of urea, tetramethyl urea, and trimethylamine N-oxide on aqueous solution structure and solvation of protein backbones: a molecular dynamics simulation study.

Haiyan Wei;Yubo Fan;Yi Qin Gao

232
Citations
A Simple Theory for the Hofmeister Series

Wen Jun Xie;Yi Qin Gao

215
Citations
An integrate-over-temperature approach for enhanced sampling.

Yi Qin Gao

195
Citations
Tuning ice nucleation with counterions on polyelectrolyte brush surfaces.

Zhiyuan He;Wen Jun Xie;Zhenqi Liu;Guangming Liu

193
Citations
On the structure of water at the aqueous/air interface.

Yubo Fan;Xin Chen;Lijiang Yang;Paul S. Cremer

190
Citations
On the theory of electron transfer reactions at semiconductor electrode'liquid interfaces

Yi Qin Gao;Yuri Georgievskii;R. A. Marcus

186
Citations
A Structure-Based Model for the Synthesis and Hydrolysis of ATP by F1-ATPase

Yi Qin Gao;Wei Yang;Martin Karplus

181
Citations
On the theory of the strange and unconventional isotopic effects in ozone formation

Yi Qin Gao;R. A. Marcus

178
Citations
The missing link between thermodynamics and structure in F1-ATPase

W. Yang;Y. Q. Gao;Q. Cui;J. Ma

138
Citations
Dynamics of spontaneous flipping of a mismatched base in DNA duplex

Yandong Yin;Lijiang Yang;Guanqun Zheng;Chan Gu

108
Citations
Methanol strengthens hydrogen bonds and weakens hydrophobic interactions in proteins--a combined molecular dynamics and NMR study.

Soyoun Hwang;Qiang Shao;Howard Williams;Christian Hilty

106
Citations
On the theory of electron transfer reactions at semiconductor/liquid interfaces. II. A free electron model

Yi Qin Gao;R. A. Marcus

93
Citations
Differences of Cations and Anions: Their Hydration, Surface Adsorption, and Impact on Water Dynamics

Lijiang Yang;Yubo Fan;Yi Qin Gao

93
Citations
A selective integrated tempering method.

Lijiang Yang;Yi Qin Gao

92
Citations
Theoretical Investigation of the Directional Electron Transfer in 4-Aminonaphthalimide Compounds†

Yi Qin Gao;R. A. Marcus

83
Citations
Biomolecular motors: the F1-ATPase paradigm.

Martin Karplus;Yi Qin Gao

81
Citations
Organic Semiconducting Alloys with Tunable Energy Levels.

Jin-Hu Dou;Zhi-Ao Yu;Jun Zhang;Yu-Qing Zheng

80
Citations
A theoretical study of ozone isotopic effects using a modified ab initio potential energy surface

Yi Qin Gao;Wei-Chen Chen;R. A. Marcus

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolph A. Marcus California Institute of Technology

Martin Karplus Harvard University

Pavel Jelínek Czech Academy of Sciences

David H. Russell Texas A&M University

Frank M. Raushel Texas A&M University

Jianpeng Ma Baylor College of Medicine

Zhang-Jie Shi Peking University

Fuchou Tang Peking University

Katrin F. Chua Stanford University

Liying Yan Peking University

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