Yang An

13.4k citations

192 papers · 9.4k · 4 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Biological Psychiatry top 1%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.5%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Papers in

Psychiatry and Mental health 55
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research 46
- Epilepsy research and treatment 8
Physiology 31
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 19
- Diet and metabolism studies 7

Co-authors: Susan M. Resnick (121 shared papers)Luigi Ferrucci (94 shared papers)Alan B. Zonderman (15 shared papers)Madhav Thambisetty (29 shared papers)Richard O’Brien (19 shared papers)Lori L. Beason‐Held (23 shared papers)Dean F. Wong (21 shared papers)Juan C. Troncoso (14 shared papers)
Journals: Alzheimer s & Dementia (19 papers)Neurobiology of Aging (15 papers)The Journals of Gerontology Series A (13 papers)NeuroImage (11 papers)Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Yang An

183 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Yang An's Hit Papers

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Brain and blood metabolite signatures of pathology and progression in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomics study 2018 · 368 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 PLoS Medicine
2017 Alzheimer s & Dementia
2013 JAMA Neurology
2011 Neuropsychology

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1	Hearing loss and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Neuropsychology ·Frank R. Lin, Luigi Ferrucci, E. Jeffrey Metter, Yang An, Alan B. Zonderman, Susan M. Resnick Hit paper breakdown →	2011	568
2	Self-reported Sleep and β-Amyloid Deposition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults JAMA Neurology ·Adam P. Spira, Alyssa Gamaldo, Yang An, Mark N. Wu, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Murat Bilgel, Yun Zhou, Dean F. Wong, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick Hit paper breakdown →	2013	439
3	Evidence for brain glucose dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Yang An, Vijay R. Varma, Sudhir Varma, Ramon Casanova, Eric B. Dammer, Olga Pletniková, Chee W. Chia, Josephine M. Egan, Luigi Ferrucci, Juan C. Troncoso, Allan I. Levey, James J. Lah, Nicholas T. Seyfried, Cristina Legido‐Quigley, Richard O’Brien, Madhav Thambisetty Hit paper breakdown →	2017	384
4	Brain and blood metabolite signatures of pathology and progression in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomics study PLoS Medicine ·Vijay R. Varma, Anup Mammen Oommen, Sudhir Varma, Ramon Casanova, Yang An, Ryan M. Andrews, Richard O’Brien, Olga Pletniková, Juan C. Troncoso, Jon B. Toledo, Rebecca Baillie, Matthias Arnold, Gabi Kastenmueller, Kwangsik Nho, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Andrew J. Saykin, Rima Kaddurah‐Daouk, Cristina Legido‐Quigley, Madhav Thambisetty Hit paper breakdown →	2018	368
5	Sex differences in cognitive trajectories in clinically normal older adults. Psychology and Aging ·Anna McCarrey, Yang An, Melissa Kitner‐Triolo, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick	2016	337
6	The Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms Across the Adult Life Span JAMA Psychiatry ·Angelina R. Sutin, Antonio Terracciano, Yuri Milaneschi, Yang An, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B. Zonderman	2013	263
7	Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness associated with normal aging NeuroImage ·Madhav Thambisetty, Jing Wan, Aaron Carass, Yang An, Jerry L. Prince, Susan M. Resnick	2010	263
8	Personality and risk of Alzheimer's disease: New data and meta‐analysis Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Antonio Terracciano, Angelina R. Sutin, Yang An, Richard O’Brien, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B. Zonderman, Susan M. Resnick	2013	254
9	Association between fatty acid metabolism in the brain and Alzheimer disease neuropathology and cognitive performance: A nontargeted metabolomic study PLoS Medicine ·Stuart G. Snowden, Amera A. Ebshiana, Abdul Hye, Yang An, Olga Pletniková, Richard O’Brien, (unknown), Cristina Legido‐Quigley, Madhav Thambisetty	2017	247
10	Changes in Brain Function Occur Years before the Onset of Cognitive Impairment Journal of Neuroscience ·Lori L. Beason‐Held, Joshua Oon Soo Goh, Yang An, Michael A. Kraut, Richard O’Brien, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick	2013	201
11	Aging and the Burden of Multimorbidity: Associations With Inflammatory and Anabolic Hormonal Biomarkers The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Elisa Fabbri, Yang An, Marco Zoli, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jack M. Guralnik, Stefania Bandinelli, Cynthia M. Boyd, Luigi Ferrucci	2014	192
12	Association of Extracellular Vesicle Biomarkers With Alzheimer Disease in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging JAMA Neurology ·Dimitrios Kapogiannis, Maja Mustapić, Michelle Shardell, Sean T. Berkowitz, Thomas C. Diehl, Ryan D. Spangler, Joyce Tran, Michael P. Lazaropoulos, Sahil Chawla, Seema Gulyani, Erez Eitan, Yang An, Chiung-Wei Huang, Esther S. Oh, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Susan M. Resnick, Edward J. Goetzl, Luigi Ferrucci	2019	183
13	APOE ε4 Genotype and Longitudinal Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow in Normal Aging Archives of Neurology ·Madhav Thambisetty, Lori L. Beason‐Held, Yang An, Michael A. Kraut, Susan M. Resnick	2010	182
14	Recent Changes Leading to Subsequent Changes: Extensions of Multivariate Latent Difference Score Models Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal ·Kevin J. Grimm, Yang An, John J. McArdle, Alan B. Zonderman, Susan M. Resnick	2012	165
15	Neuronal Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Alzheimer Disease Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology ·Diego Iacono, Richard O’Brien, Susan M. Resnick, Alan B. Zonderman, Olga Pletnikova, Gay Rudow, Yang An, Mark J. West, Barbara J. Crain, Juan C. Troncoso	2008	150
16	Glucose Intolerance, Insulin Resistance, and Pathological Features of Alzheimer Disease in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging JAMA Neurology ·Madhav Thambisetty, E. Jeffrey Metter, Yang An, Hillary Dolan, Christopher Marano, Alan B. Zonderman, Juan C. Troncoso, Yun Zhou, Dean F. Wong, Luigi Ferrucci, Josephine M. Egan, Susan M. Resnick, Richard O’Brien	2013	130
17	Dysregulation of multiple metabolic networks related to brain transmethylation and polyamine pathways in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomic and transcriptomic study PLoS Medicine ·Uma V. Mahajan, Vijay R. Varma, Michael Griswold, Chad Blackshear, Yang An, Anup Mammen Oommen, Sudhir Varma, Juan C. Troncoso, Olga Pletnikova, Richard O’Brien, Timothy J. Hohman, Cristina Legido‐Quigley, Madhav Thambisetty	2020	116
18	Impact of Alzheimer's pathology on cognitive trajectories in nondemented elderly Annals of Neurology ·Ira Driscoll, Susan M. Resnick, Juan C. Troncoso, Yang An, Richard O’Brien, Alan B. Zonderman	2006	114
19	Long-term cortisol measures predict Alzheimer disease risk Neurology ·Gilda E. Ennis, Yang An, Susan M. Resnick, Luigi Ferrucci, Richard O’Brien, Scott D. Moffat	2016	114
20	Blood metabolite markers of preclinical Alzheimer's disease in two longitudinally followed cohorts of older individuals Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Ramon Casanova, Sudhir Varma, Brittany Simpson, Min Kim, Yang An, Santiago Saldana, Carlos Riveros, Pablo Moscato, Michael Griswold, Denise Sonntag, Judith Wahrheit, Kristaps Klavins, Pálmi V. Jónsson, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, Thor Aspelund, Lenore J. Launer, Vilmundur Guðnason, Cristina Legido‐Quigley, Madhav Thambisetty	2016	113

About Yang An

Yang An is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 192 papers that have together received 9.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (46 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (19 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (13 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (8 papers), Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (331 citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (1.8k citations), Neurology (858 citations), Physiology (2.4k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (1.7k citations). Yang An has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Susan M. Resnick, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B. Zonderman, Madhav Thambisetty, Richard O’Brien, Lori L. Beason‐Held, Dean F. Wong, Juan C. Troncoso, Antonio Terracciano and Angelina R. Sutin. Their work appears in journals such as Alzheimer s & Dementia, Neurobiology of Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, NeuroImage and Journal of Alzheimer s Disease.

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