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D-Index
51
Citations
8858
World Ranking
13998
National Ranking
2169

Yun He 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 Yun He sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 191 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yun He 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 Yun He sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yun He is affiliated with Chongqing University in China and has contributed extensively to scientific research in fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine. Their work spans various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, and Microbiology.

Their research covers diverse topics with significant publications related to Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms.

Yun He has frequently co-authored with several colleagues, including:

  • Feng Zhang
  • Zhengli Liu
  • Jian Guo
  • Shaolin Zhang
  • Haibo Peng

Their recent publications include:

  • Strategies and progresses for enhancing targeted antibiotic delivery, 2022, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Eradicating intracellular MRSA via targeted delivery of lysostaphin and vancomycin with mannose-modified exosomes, 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Exosomal hsa-miR-21-5p is a biomarker for breast cancer diagnosis, 2021, PeerJ
  • A Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Activated Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Donor with Self-Reporting Fluorescence, 2020, ACS Sensors
  • Experimental and Computational Studies of the Iron-Catalyzed Selective and Controllable Defluorosilylation of Unactivated Aliphatic gem-Difluoroalkenes, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The venues where Yun He frequently publishes include:

  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of epothilones A and B in solid and solution phase

    K. C. Nicolaou;Nicolas Charles Winssinger;Nicolas Charles Winssinger;J. Pastor;J. Pastor;S. Ninkovic;S. Ninkovic

  • Total Syntheses of Epothilones A and B via a Macrolactonization-Based Strategy

    K. C. Nicolaou;S. Ninkovic;F. Sarabia;D. Vourloumis

  • Designed Epothilones: Combinatorial Synthesis, Tubulin Assembly Properties, abd Cytotoxic Action against Taxol-Resistant Tumor Cells†

    K. C. Nicolaou;K. C. Nicolaou;Dionisios Vourloumis;Dionisios Vourloumis;Tianhu Li;Tianhu Li;Joaquin Pastor;Joaquin Pastor

  • Total Synthesis of Epothilone A: The Olefin Metathesis Approach

    Zhen Yang;Yun He;Dionisios Vourloumis;Hans Vallberg

  • The Olefin Metathesis Approach to Epothilone A and Its Analogues

    K. C. Nicolaou;Y. He;D. Vourloumis;H. Vallberg

  • Design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of novel oxindoles as HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Part 2.

    Tao Jiang;Kelli L. Kuhen;Karen Wolff;Hong Yin

  • An Approach to Epothilones Based on Olefin Metathesis

    K. C. Nicolaou;Yun He;Dionisios Vourloumis;Hans Vallberg

  • Identification and initial structure-activity relationships of (R)-5-(2-azetidinylmethoxy)-2-chloropyridine (ABT-594), a potent, orally active, non-opiate analgesic agent acting via neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Mark W. Holladay;James T. Wasicak;Nan-Horng Lin;Yun He

  • Total synthesis of epothilone E and related side-chain modified analogues via a Stille coupling based strategy.

    K.C. Nicolaou;N.P. King;N.P. King;M.R.V. Finlay;M.R.V. Finlay;Y. He;Y. He

  • Design and synthesis of 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as focal adhesion kinase inhibitors. Part 1.

    Ha-Soon Choi;Zhicheng Wang;Wendy Richmond;Xiaohui He

  • 2-piperidin-4-yl-benzimidazoles with broad spectrum antibacterial activities.

    Yun He;Baogen Wu;Jun Yang;Dale Robinson

  • Compounds and compositions as inhibitors of cannabinoid receptor 1 activity

    Hong Liu;Xiaohui He;Ha-Soon Choi;Kunyong Yang

  • Synthesis and biological evaluations of novel benzimidazoles as potential antibacterial agents.

    Yun He;Jun Yang;Baogen Wu;Lisa Risen

  • Total Synthesis of the CP Molecules CP-263,114 and CP-225,917- Part 1: Synthesis of Key Intermediates and Intelligence Gathering.

    K. C. Nicolaou;Phil S. Baran;Yong-Li Zhong;Ha-Soon Choi

  • Total Synthesis of Epothilone E and Analogues with Modified Side Chains through the Stille Coupling Reaction

    K. C. Nicolaou;Yun He;Frank Roschangar;N. Paul King

  • Design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of novel quinolones as HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

    David Ellis;Kelli L. Kuhen;Beth Anaclerio;Baogen Wu

  • Structure-activity studies related to ABT-594, a potent nonopioid analgesic agent: Effect of pyridine and azetidine ring substitutions on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binding affinity and analgesic activity in mice

    Mark W. Holladay;Hao Bai;Yihong Li;Nan-Horng Lin

  • Total Synthesis of the CP Molecules CP-225,917 and CP-263,114- Part 2: Evolution of the Final Strategy.

    K. C. Nicolaou;Phil S. Baran;Yong-Li Zhong;Kin Chiu Fong

  • Epothilone derivatives and their synthesis and use

    Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou;Nigel Paul King;Maurice Raymond Verschoyle Finlay;Yun He

  • Synthesis and biological properties of C12,13-cyclopropylepothilone A and related epothilones

    K.C. Nicolaou;K.C. Nicolaou;M.Ray V. Finlay;M.Ray V. Finlay;Sacha Ninkovic;Sacha Ninkovic;N.Paul King;N.Paul King

  • Exosome-encapsulated antibiotic against intracellular infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

    Xiaohong Yang;Gongming Shi;Jian Guo;Chenhui Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Dionisios Vourloumis
Dionisios Vourloumis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
Phil S. Baran
Phil S. Baran Scripps Research Institute
Zhen Yang
Zhen Yang Peking University
Nathanael S. Gray
Nathanael S. Gray Stanford University
Nicolas Winssinger
Nicolas Winssinger University of Geneva
Eric E. Swayze
Eric E. Swayze Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Ernest Hamel
Ernest Hamel National Institutes of Health
Scott A. Lesley
Scott A. Lesley Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Nicola Tirelli
Nicola Tirelli Italian Institute of Technology

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