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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 62 1216 1073 19 18 229 35537

Yi Zeng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yi Zeng between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yi Zeng published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 7.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2021. 44 of the 317 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2021. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 24 publications
1985 2025

317 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yi Zeng: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 3
1990 3
1991 5
1992 4
1993 2
1994 1
1995 2
1996 2
1997 3
1998 3
1999 0
2000 1
2001 1
2002 3
2003 4
2004 3
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 3
2009 6
2010 15
2011 7
2012 12
2013 9
2014 24
2015 9
2016 10
2017 19
2018 12
2019 14
2020 30
2021 32
2022 17
2023 12
2024 20
2025 24
Total 317
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 224–233 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213 229
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94 62
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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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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