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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
44643
World Ranking
8014
National Ranking
3628

You-Wen He publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where You-Wen He sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 188 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

You-Wen He D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where You-Wen He sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

You-Wen He is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their work spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on subfields such as Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Hepatology, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics include:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

You-Wen He frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Ruchi Saxena
  • Hong You
  • Ligong Lu
  • Lichen Shi
  • Yuanyuan Kong

The researcher's work has been published often in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Hepatology
  • Preprints.org

Some notable recent publications include:

  • A Potential Role of Interleukin 10 in COVID-19 Pathogenesis, 2020, Trends in Immunology
  • Tumor-associated antigen-based personalized dendritic cell vaccine in solid tumor patients, 2020, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
  • Targeting Neoantigens in Hepatocellular Carcinoma for Immunotherapy: A Futile Strategy?, 2020, Hepatology
  • Preventing Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: Which Cytokine to Target in a Raging Storm?, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Clinically approved combination immunotherapy: Current status, limitations, and future perspective, 2022, Current Research in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A critical role for the autophagy gene Atg5 in T cell survival and proliferation

    Heather H. Pua;Ivan Dzhagalov;Mariana Chuck;Noboru Mizushima

  • Autophagy Is Essential for Mitochondrial Clearance in Mature T Lymphocytes

    Heather H. Pua;Jian Guo;Masaaki Komatsu;You-Wen He

  • Correlating Notch Signaling with Thymocyte Maturation

    Michael L. Deftos;You Wen He;Ethan W. Ojala;Michael J. Bevan

  • The crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis: where does this lead?

    Claire Gordy;You-Wen He

  • The autophagy gene ATG5 plays an essential role in B lymphocyte development.

    Brian C Miller;Zijiang Zhao;Linda M Stephenson;Ken Cadwell

  • RORγt, a Novel Isoform of an Orphan Receptor, Negatively Regulates Fas Ligand Expression and IL-2 Production in T Cells

    You Wen He;Michael L. Deftos;Ethan W. Ojala;Michael J. Bevan

  • The antiapoptotic protein Mcl-1 is essential for the survival of neutrophils but not macrophages

    Ivan Dzhagalov;Ashley St. John;You Wen He

  • A Potential Role of Interleukin 10 in COVID-19 Pathogenesis.

    Ligong Lu;Hui Zhang;Danielle J. Dauphars;You-Wen He

  • Interleukin-7 receptor alpha is essential for the development of gamma delta + T cells, but not natural killer cells.

    You Wen He;Thomas R. Malek

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Deletion of PIK3C3/Vps34 in sensory neurons causes rapid neurodegeneration by disrupting the endosomal but not the autophagic pathway

    Xiang Zhou;Liangli Wang;Hiroshi Hasegawa;Priyanka Amin

  • Regulation of the TCRalpha repertoire by the survival window of CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes.

    Jian Guo;Abbas Hawwari;Hong Li;Zuoming Sun

  • Autophagy Regulates Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis and Calcium Mobilization in T Lymphocytes

    Wei Jia;Heather H. Pua;Qi-Jing Li;You-Wen He

  • Selective Autophagy of the Adaptor Protein Bcl10 Modulates T Cell Receptor Activation of NF-κB

    Suman Paul;Anuj K. Kashyap;Wei Jia;You-Wen He

  • Temporal Regulation of Intracellular Organelle Homeostasis in T Lymphocytes by Autophagy

    Wei Jia;You-Wen He

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Galle
Peter R. Galle Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Thomas R. Malek
Thomas R. Malek University of Miami
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Qi-Jing Li
Qi-Jing Li Duke University
Jun-Lin Guan
Jun-Lin Guan University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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