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Yi Zeng publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yi Zeng sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 229 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Yi Zeng D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yi Zeng is affiliated with Peking University in China and works primarily in the field of medicine with a focus on various health-related subfields. Their research contributions span health, toxicology and mutagenesis, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and more. The scientist has published extensively, with 102 publications mainly distributed across these areas of study.

Their main research topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Yi Zeng's research often appears in venues such as:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • PubMed
  • China Population and Development Studies

They have collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors including John S. Ji, Linxin Liu, Yao Yao, Lijing L. Yan, and Xurui Jin.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Yi Zeng include:

  • Association of APOE ε4 genotype and lifestyle with cognitive function among Chinese adults aged 80 years and older: A cross-sectional study, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults, 2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
  • The obesity paradox is mostly driven by decreased noncardiovascular disease mortality in the oldest old in China: a 20-year prospective cohort study, 2022, Nature Aging
  • Association of cognitive impairment and elderly mortality: differences between two cohorts ascertained 6-years apart in China, 2020, BMC Geriatrics
  • Risk factors associated with heatwave mortality in Chinese adults over 65 years, 2024, Nature Medicine

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Biodemographic Trajectories of Longevity

    James W. Vaupel;James R. Carey;Kaare Christensen;Thomas E. Johnson

  • Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China: a cohort study.

    Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Qiushi Feng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh;Kaare Christensen

  • Causes and implications of the recent increase in the reported sex ratio at birth in China.

    Zeng Y;Tu P;Gu B;Xu Y

  • The effects of China's universal two-child policy

    Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh

  • Towards Deeper Research and Better Policy for Healthy Aging --Using the Unique Data of Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey.

    Yi Zeng

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Genetic association of FOXO1A and FOXO3A with longevity trait in Han Chinese populations.

    Yang Li;Wen-Jing Wang;Huiqing Cao;Jiehua Lu

  • A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

    Joris Deelen;Joris Deelen;Daniel S. Evans;Dan E. Arking;Niccolò Tesi;Niccolò Tesi

  • All-cause mortality risk associated with long-term exposure to ambient PM2·5 in China: a cohort study.

    Tiantian Li;Yi Zhang;Jiaonan Wang;Dandan Xu

  • Healthy longevity in China : demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological dimensions

    Yi Zeng

  • Cognitive decline and mortality among community-dwelling Chinese older people.

    Xiaozhen Lv;Xiaozhen Lv;Wenyuan Li;Yuan Ma;Huashuai Chen;Huashuai Chen

  • Sociodemographic and Health Correlates of Sleep Quality and Duration among Very Old Chinese

    Danan Gu;Jessica Sautter;Robin Pipkin;Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng

  • Associations of Environmental Factors With Elderly Health and Mortality in China

    Yi Zeng;Danan Gu;Jama Purser;Helen Hoenig

  • Residential greenness and mortality in oldest-old women and men in China: a longitudinal cohort study.

    John S. Ji;Anna Zhu;Chen Bai;Chih Da Wu

  • Revisiting the association of blood pressure with mortality in oldest old people in China: community based, longitudinal prospective study.

    Yue Bin Lv;Xiang Gao;Zhao Xue Yin;Hua Shuai Chen

  • The impact of health insurance on health outcomes and spending of the elderly: evidence from China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme

    Lingguo Cheng;Hong Liu;Ye Zhang;Ke Shen

  • Novel loci and pathways significantly associated with longevity

    Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Chao Nie;Junxia Min;Xiaomin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth C. Land
Kenneth C. Land Duke University
James W. Vaupel
James W. Vaupel University of Southern Denmark
Virginia B. Kraus
Virginia B. Kraus Duke University
Danan Gu
Danan Gu United Nations
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
David B. Matchar
David B. Matchar Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Aletta E. Schutte
Aletta E. Schutte University of New South Wales
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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