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127
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2798
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Yuqing Zhang publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuqing Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 775 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Yuqing Zhang D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuqing Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yuqing Zhang is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on rheumatology. Their work spans various interconnected areas such as surgery, pharmacology, neurology, and molecular biology. Zhang's research interests emphasize osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, drug-induced adverse reactions, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, gout and related conditions like hyperuricemia and uric acid, inflammatory mediators, NSAID effects, systemic lupus erythematosus research, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Recent representative publications by Yuqing Zhang include:

  • "Zinc-Dependent Regulation of ZEB1 and YAP1 Coactivation Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Plasticity and Metastasis in Pancreatic Cancer," 2021, Gastroenterology
  • "Burden of osteoarthritis in China, 1990-2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017," 2020, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • "Trends in Prevalence of Gout Among US Asian Adults, 2011-2018," 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • "Exploration of metformin as novel therapy for osteoarthritis: preventing cartilage degeneration and reducing pain behavior," 2020, Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • "Machine learning-based LIBS spectrum analysis of human blood plasma allows ovarian cancer diagnosis," 2021, Biomedical Optics Express

Zhang frequently publishes in venues such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, SSRN Electronic Journal, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, and Lara D. Veeken. These outlets reflect the focus on rheumatological and clinical research.

Collaborative work is a significant part of Zhang's career. Frequent coauthors include Guanghua Lei, Hyon K. Choi, Jie Wei, Chao Zeng, and Kimberly G. Blumenthal. The volume of joint publications with these collaborators suggests established research partnerships in multiple studies.

The research topics covered by Zhang frequently revolve around:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

In their subfields, Zhang's publications are distributed principally across rheumatology, surgery, pharmacology, neurology, and molecular biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within medicine.

Best Publications

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights Part 1: The Disease and Its Risk Factors

    D. T. Felson;R. C. Lawrence;P. A. Dieppe;R. Hirsch

  • Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis

    Yuqing Zhang;Joanne M. Jordan

  • The effects of specific medical conditions on the functional limitations of elders in the Framingham Study.

    A. A. Guccione;D. T. Felson;J. J. Anderson;J. M. Anthony

  • An update on the epidemiology of knee and hip osteoarthritis with a view to prevention

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang

  • European Society of Hypertension Position Paper on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

    Eoin O’Brien;Gianfranco Parati;George Stergiou;Roland Asmar

  • Weight loss reduces the risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women. The Framingham Study.

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;John M. Anthony;Allan Naimark

  • Frequency of specific cancer types in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a population-based study.

    Catherine L Hill;Yuqing Zhang;Bardur Sigurgeirsson;Eero Pukkala

  • Effects of weight and body mass index on bone mineral density in men and women : the Framingham study

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan;Jennifer J. Anderson

  • Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with better lower-extremity function in both active and inactive persons aged ≥60 y

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Thomas Dietrich;E John Orav;Frank B Hu

  • European Society of Hypertension practice guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

    Gianfranco Parati;George S. Stergiou;Eoin O'Brien;Roland P Asmar

  • Risk factors for incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The framingham study

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan;Allan Naimark

  • The incidence and natural history of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly, the framingham osteoarthritis study

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan;Allan Naimark

  • Increasing Incidence of Shoulder Arthroplasty in the United States

    Sunny H Kim;Barton L Wise;Yuqing Zhang;Robert M Szabo

  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

    Thomas L. Ortel;Ignacio Neumann;Walter Ageno;Rebecca Beyth;Rebecca Beyth

  • Weight Loss Reduces the Risk for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in Women

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;John M. Anthony;Allan Naimark

  • The Effect of Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy on Bone Density in Elderly Women

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan;Douglas P. Kiel

  • Prevalence of Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis and Its Impact on Functional Status among the Elderly: The Framingham Study

    Yuqing Zhang;Jingbo Niu;Margaret Kelly-Hayes;Christine E. Chaisson

  • Increasing prevalence of knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: survey and cohort data.

    Uyen Sa D T Nguyen;Yuqing Zhang;Yanyan Zhu;Jingbo Niu

  • Relation of Dietary Intake and Serum Levels of Vitamin D to Progression of Osteoarthritis of the Knee among Participants in the Framingham Study

    Timothy E. McAlindon;David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan

  • Epidemiology of OA

    Tuhina Neogi;Yuqing Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Jingbo Niu
Jingbo Niu Boston University
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Hyon K. Choi
Hyon K. Choi Harvard Medical School
Tuhina Neogi
Tuhina Neogi Boston University
Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ji-Guang Wang
Ji-Guang Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham

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