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51
Citations
18009
World Ranking
16935
National Ranking
6978

Yuguang Shi 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 Yuguang Shi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 95 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuguang Shi 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 Yuguang Shi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yuguang Shi is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broad areas, Yuguang Shi focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's work concentrates on key topics related to mitochondrial function and pathology, cardiovascular function and risk factors, metabolism and genetic disorders, adipose tissue and metabolism, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, and amino acid enzymes and metabolism.

Yuguang Shi has contributed to a range of scientific publications, often appearing in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include Molecular Metabolism, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, Molecular Therapy, and Autophagy.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Cardiolipin remodeling by ALCAT1 links hypoxia to coronary artery disease by promoting mitochondrial dysfunction (2021, Molecular Therapy)
  • Aster-B coordinates with Arf1 to regulate mitochondrial cholesterol transport (2020, Molecular Metabolism)
  • Restoration of mitophagy ameliorates cardiomyopathy in Barth syndrome (2022, Autophagy)
  • In Search of the Holy Grail: Toward a Unified Hypothesis on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Age-Related Diseases (2022, Cells)
  • Aster-C coordinates with COP I vesicles to regulate lysosomal trafficking and activation of mTORC1 (2020, EMBO Reports)

Collaborations are frequent with several researchers, notably Jun Zhang, Jia Nie, John-Paul Andersen, Haoran Sun, and Xueling Liu. These coauthors have worked with Yuguang Shi on multiple projects, reflecting an engaged network in their scientific inquiries.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Identification and characterization of pancreatic eukaryotic initiation factor 2 α-subunit kinase, PEK, involved in translational control

    Yuguang Shi;Krishna M. Vattem;Ruchira Sood;Jie An

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

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

  • Targeted disruption of the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor-1 results in hyperphagia and resistance to diet-induced obesity.

    Yanyun Chen;Changzhi Hu;Chiun Kang Hsu;Qing Zhang

  • Lipid metabolic enzymes: emerging drug targets for the treatment of obesity

    Yuguang Shi;Paul Burn;Paul Burn

  • Hepatitis C therapeutics: current status and emerging strategies.

    Seng-Lai Tan;Arnim Pause;Yuguang Shi;Nahum Sonenberg

  • Cardiolipin Remodeling by ALCAT1 Links Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Obesity

    Jia Li;Caroline Romestaing;Xianlin Han;Yuan Li

  • 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

  • Beyond triglyceride synthesis: the dynamic functional roles of MGAT and DGAT enzymes in energy metabolism

    Yuguang Shi;Dong Cheng

  • A Novel Cardiolipin-remodeling Pathway Revealed by a Gene Encoding an Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Acyl-CoA:Lysocardiolipin Acyltransferase (ALCAT1) in Mouse

    Jingsong Cao;Yanfang Liu;John Lockwood;Paul Burn

  • Differential expression of GAD65 and GAD67 in human, rat, and mouse pancreatic islets.

    John Kim;Wiltrud Richter;Henk Jan Aanstoot;Yuguang Shi

  • Higher autoantibody levels and recognition of a linear NH2-terminal epitope in the autoantigen GAD65, distinguish stiff-man syndrome from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    John Kim;Marc Namchuk;Teodorica Bugawan;Quin Fu

  • Autoreactive epitopes defined by diabetes-associated human monoclonal antibodies are localized in the middle and C-terminal domains of the smaller form of glutamate decarboxylase.

    Wiltrud Richter;Yuguang Shi;Steinunn Baekkeskov

  • Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Mouse Intestinal Acyl-CoA:Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase, MGAT2

    Jingsong Cao;John Lockwood;Paul Burn;Yuguang Shi

  • ALCAT1 controls mitochondrial etiology of fatty liver diseases, linking defective mitophagy to steatosis.

    Li Wang;Li Wang;Xiaolei Liu;Jia Nie;Jun Zhang

  • Ultraviolet Light Inhibits Translation through Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response Kinase PERK in the Lumen of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Shiyong Wu;Yuanyuan Hu;Ju-Lin Wang;Madhumita Chatterjee

  • Emerging roles of cardiolipin remodeling in mitochondrial dysfunction associated with diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases

    Yuguang Shi

  • Cardiolipin remodeling by TAZ/tafazzin is selectively required for the initiation of mitophagy

    Paul Hsu;Xiaolei Liu;Jun Zhang;Hong Gang Wang

  • MARK4 regulates NLRP3 positioning and inflammasome activation through a microtubule-dependent mechanism

    Xuan Li;Sarah Thome;Xiaodan Ma;Mamta Amrute-Nayak

  • Catalytic properties of MGAT3, a putative triacylgycerol synthase.

    Jingsong Cao;Long Cheng;Yuguang Shi;Yuguang Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Steinunn Baekkeskov
Steinunn Baekkeskov University of California, San Francisco
Wiltrud Richter
Wiltrud Richter University Hospital Heidelberg
Hong-Gang Wang
Hong-Gang Wang Pennsylvania State University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Paul Burn
Paul Burn Roche (Switzerland)
Sam Gandy
Sam Gandy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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