World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 89 2226 2001 796 663 283 21542
Biology and Biochemistry 87 2892 2659 1483 1334 278 21309

Yi Tang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yi Tang between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yi Tang published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 9.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2021. 34 of the 338 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2021. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 24 publications
1992 2025

338 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Yi Tang: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 1
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 3
2002 1
2003 4
2004 7
2005 4
2006 4
2007 12
2008 8
2009 13
2010 19
2011 21
2012 16
2013 20
2014 14
2015 16
2016 18
2017 13
2018 19
2019 19
2020 16
2021 25
2022 12
2023 15
2024 10
2025 24
Total 338
Download as CSV

Yi Tang publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–300 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 283 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939 283
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
Download as CSV

Yi Tang D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 88–89 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235 89
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
Download as CSV

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yi Tang is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Plant Science.

Their main research topics include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Alkaloids: Synthesis and Pharmacology
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization

Yi Tang has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • M. Ohashi (25 publications)
  • K. N. Houk (18 publications)
  • Cooper S. Jamieson (10 publications)
  • Mengbin Chen (8 publications)
  • Neil K. Garg (8 publications)

Their work has been published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (24 publications)
  • Organic Letters (6 publications)
  • Nature Chemical Biology (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Chemical Science (3 publications)

Notable recent papers authored by Yi Tang are:

  • "Recent developments in self-resistance gene directed natural product discovery," 2020, published in Natural Product Reports
  • "Genome mining for unknown-unknown natural products," 2023, published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Deciphering chemical logic of fungal natural product biosynthesis through heterologous expression and genome mining," 2022, published in Natural Product Reports
  • "Structural basis for the biosynthesis of lovastatin," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "An enzymatic Alder-ene reaction," 2020, published in Nature

Yi Tang was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Tailoring nanocarriers for intracellular protein delivery.

    Zhen Gu;Anuradha Biswas;Muxun Zhao;Yi Tang

  • A novel intracellular protein delivery platform based on single-protein nanocapsules

    Ming Yan;Juanjuan Du;Zhen Gu;Min Liang

  • Complete reconstitution of a highly reducing iterative polyketide synthase.

    Suzanne M. Ma;Jesse W.-H. Li;Jin W. Choi;Hui Zhou

  • Metabolic engineering for the production of natural products.

    Lauren B. Pickens;Yi Tang;Yit-Heng Chooi

  • Oxidative Cyclization in Natural Product Biosynthesis

    Man-Cheng Tang;Yi Zou;Kenji Watanabe;Christopher T. Walsh

  • Fluorinated Coiled‐Coil Proteins Prepared In Vivo Display Enhanced Thermal and Chemical Stability

    Yi Tang;Giovanna Ghirlanda;Wendy A. Petka;Tadashi Nakajima

  • Eight Kinetically Stable but Thermodynamically Activated Molecules that Power Cell Metabolism

    Christopher T. Walsh;Benjamin P. Tu;Yi Tang

  • Navigating the Fungal Polyketide Chemical Space: From Genes to Molecules

    Yit-Heng Chooi;Yi Tang

  • Biosynthesis of a Highly Stable Coiled-Coil Protein Containing Hexafluoroleucine in an Engineered Bacterial Host

    Yi Tang;David A. Tirrell

  • HEx: A heterologous expression platform for the discovery of fungal natural products

    Colin J. B. Harvey;Mancheng Tang;Ulrich Schlecht;Joe Horecka

  • Resistance-gene-directed discovery of a natural-product herbicide with a new mode of action.

    Yan Yan;Qikun Liu;Xin Zang;Xin Zang;Shuguang Yuan

  • Stabilization of coiled-coil peptide domains by introduction of trifluoroleucine.

    Yi Tang;Giovanna Ghirlanda;Nagarajan Vaidehi;Jeremy Kua

  • Cyclization of fungal nonribosomal peptides by a terminal condensation-like domain

    Xue Gao;Stuart W Haynes;Brian D Ames;Peng Wang

  • The role of distant mutations and allosteric regulation on LovD active site dynamics

    Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés;Sílvia Osuna;Xue Gao;Michael R Sawaya

  • Identification of the Viridicatumtoxin and Griseofulvin Gene Clusters from Penicillium aethiopicum

    Yit-Heng Chooi;Ralph A Cacho;Yi Tang

  • Biosynthesis of fungal indole alkaloids.

    Wei Xu;Diego J. Gavia;Yi Tang

  • Redox-responsive nanocapsules for intracellular protein delivery.

    Muxun Zhao;Anuradha Biswas;Biliang Hu;Kye-Il Joo

  • SAM-dependent enzyme-catalysed pericyclic reactions in natural product biosynthesis

    Masao Ohashi;Fang Liu;Yang Hai;Mengbin Chen

  • The fumagillin biosynthetic gene cluster in Aspergillus fumigatus encodes a cryptic terpene cyclase involved in the formation of β-trans-bergamotene.

    Hsiao-Ching Lin;Yit-Heng Chooi;Sourabh Dhingra;Wei Xu

  • Detection of mercury ion by infrared fluorescent protein and its hydrogel-based paper assay.

    Zhen Gu;Muxun Zhao;Yuewei Sheng;Laurent A Bentolila

  • Biosynthesis of Lovastatin Analogs with a Broadly Specific Acyltransferase

    Xinkai Xie;Kenji Watanabe;Wladyslaw A. Wojcicki;Clay C.C. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Neil K. Garg
Neil K. Garg University of California, Los Angeles
Chaitan Khosla
Chaitan Khosla Stanford University
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Zhen Gu
Zhen Gu Zhejiang University
John C. Vederas
John C. Vederas University of Alberta
David A. Tirrell
David A. Tirrell California Institute of Technology
Stefan Iglauer
Stefan Iglauer Edith Cowan University
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For students interested in Chemistry, exploring related fields such as forensic science can expand career opportunities. Online programs like a forensic science degree online offer specialized training that integrates chemistry with criminal investigations, providing a practical application of chemical principles.

Those interested in psychological aspects of crime may consider forensic psychology master's programs online, which complement scientific knowledge with behavioral analysis. These programs can be pursued remotely, offering flexibility for working professionals or students in various locations.

For hands-on roles, learning how to become a medical examiner assistant can be a strategic step. This position involves supporting autopsies and requires a strong foundation in biological and chemical sciences.

Overall, pursuing these paths leads to diverse careers in forensic science that combine analytical skills with scientific expertise. This multidisciplinary approach can enhance job prospects in law enforcement, healthcare, and research sectors.

Best Scientists Citing Yi Tang

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles