Ling Yang: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Ling Yang's h-index is 90 (307 i10-index, 42,581+ total citations across 482+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of August 2026. Ling Yang is affiliated with Associate Professor.
Ling Yang is a researcher affiliated with Associate Professor, specializing in Epidemiology, women health, Infection. Their work has been cited 42,581 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Ling Yang's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 482 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 90
- i10-Index
- 307
- Total Citations
- 42,581
- Citing Countries
- 136
As of August 2026.
Ling Yang has an h-index of 90 and 42,581 total citations across 482 publications, with research cited by institutions in 136 countries.
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Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 …
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The researcher established a foundational global evidence base on BMI and mortality, subsequently expanding this framework to analyze rural-urban disparities in obesity and child development.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding diabetes-related mortality disparities in China, subsequently expanding this inquiry to examine long-term trends in chronic kidney disease incidence and the specific impact of adiposity on vascular outcomes.
The researcher established a foundational evidence base on gender-specific tobacco mortality trends in China, subsequently expanding this framework to analyze smoking prevalence and comparative environmental health risks.
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About Ling Yang's research
Ling Yang is a researcher in Epidemiology, women health and Infection at Associate Professor. Their work has been cited 42,581 times across 482 publications (h-index 90), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 …” (2021), has accumulated 4,887 citations. Other influential works include “Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents” (2016) with 3,592 citations and “Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults” (2024) with 2,986 citations.
Citations of Ling Yang's research come primarily from China, United States and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
