Dan Liang

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Dan Liang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Liang has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dan Liang's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (27 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers). Dan Liang is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (27 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers). Dan Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Dan Liang's co-authors include Peng Zhang, David B. Wake, Xing‐Xing Shen, David C. Cannatella, Peng Zhang, Meng‐Yun Chen, Adam Ślipiński, Hong Pang, Liheng Che and Yun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dan Liang

83 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species

2018 380 citations Dan Liang, Peng Zhang et al. profile →
Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

2017 276 citations Dan Liang, David B. Wake et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dan Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dan Liang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dan Liang. Dan Liang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Red mud modified biochar for peracetic acid activation to degrade sulfamethazine: A non-radical-dominated mechanism 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Liang, (unknown), Jingyi Huang, (unknown), Jingyong Liu	1
2	Quantifying species biases among multidata sources on illegal wildlife trade and its implications for conservation 2024 ·Conservation Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Liang, Yang Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Tien Ming Lee	4
3	High Incubation Attendance and Nesting Site Constraints of the Sclater's Monal in an Alpine Environment in Southwestern China 2024 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Ge Gao, Dan Liang, Xu Luo	0
4	Chromosome-level genome assembly of the forest pest Achelura yunnanensis (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) 2024 ·Scientific Data ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Liang, Peng Zhang	0
5	VertU: universal multilocus primer sets for eDNA metabarcoding of vertebrate diversity, evaluated by both artificial and natural cases 2023 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Zichen Wang, Xilin Liu, Dan Liang, (unknown), Lu Zhang, Xiaozhong Peng	15
6	BMP-7 Upregulates Id2 Through the MAPK Signaling Pathway to Improve Diabetic Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis and the Intervention of Oxymatrine 2022 ·Frontiers in Pharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Liang, Zhiyang Li, (unknown), (unknown), Fan Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Yüxia Zhou, Mingjun Shi, Lingling Liu, Ying Xiao, Bing Guo	10
7	Positive abundance–elevational range size relationship weakened from temperate to subtropical ecosystems 2021 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Yiming Hu, Brett R. Scheffers, (unknown), (unknown), Zhixin Zhou, Dan Liang, Cheng Wenda, Zhixin Wen, Luke Gibson	4
8	Seasonal variation in community composition and distributional ranges of birds along a subtropical elevation gradient in China 2021 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Dan Liang, (unknown), Xu Luo, Cheng Wenda, Yanyan Zhao, Yiming Hu, Scott K. Robinson, Yang Liu	20
9	A large-scale systematic framework of Chinese snakes based on a unified multilocus marker system 2020 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·(unknown), Dan Liang, Ying-Yong Wang, Peng Guo, Song Huang, Peng Zhang	71
10	Whole-exome sequencing and genome-wide evolutionary analyses identify novel candidate genes associated with infrared perception in pit vipers 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Dan Liang, Peng Zhang	5
11	Oxymatrine Inhibits Twist-Mediated Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis by Upregulating Id2 Expression 2020 ·Frontiers in Physiology ·Ying Xiao, Can Peng, (unknown), Dan Liang, (unknown), Zhiyang Li, Mingjun Shi, Yuanyuan Wang, Fan Zhang, Bing Guo	16
12	Climate, human disturbance and geometric constraints drive the elevational richness pattern of birds in a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China 2019 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·(unknown), Dan Liang, Wei‐Cai Zeng, Yiming Hu, Jianchao Liang, Xinwen Wang, Scott K. Robinson, Xu Luo, Yang Liu	27
13	Niches in the Anthropocene: passerine assemblages show niche expansion from natural to urban habitats 2019 ·Ecography ·Emilio Pagani‐Núñez, Dan Liang, Chao He, (unknown), Xu Luo, Yang Liu, Eben Goodale	37
14	A New Chloroplast DNA Extraction Protocol Significantly Improves the Chloroplast Genome Sequence Quality of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Dan Liu, (unknown), Suying Li, Guihua Bai, Qiang Li, Zilong Zhao, Dan Liang, (unknown), Jianhe Wang, Xiaowei Shi, Chao Chen, Gang Feng, (unknown)	10
15	Genetic Diversity and Classification of the Cytoplasm of Chinese Elite Foxtail Millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.] Parental Lines Revealed by Chloroplast Deoxyribonucleic Acid Variation 2019 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Dan Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Suying Li, Qiang Li, Dan Liang, Jianhe Wang, Xiaowei Shi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lei Zhang, (unknown), Tianyu Yang, Gang Feng, (unknown)	3
16	Breath rate of passerines across an urbanization gradient supports the pace‐of‐life hypothesis and suggests diet‐mediated responses to handling stress 2018 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Dan Liang, Chao He, Xu Luo, Yang Liu, Eben Goodale, Emilio Pagani‐Núñez	5
17	Complete mitochondrial genome of yellow-rumped honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus (Piciformes: Indicatoridae) 2018 ·Mitochondrial DNA Part B ·(unknown), Yuan Li, Dan Liang, (unknown), Xu Luo	1
18	Enlarged Multilocus Data set Provides Surprisingly Younger Time of Origin for the Plethodontidae, the Largest Family of Salamanders 2015 ·Systematic Biology ·Xing‐Xing Shen, Dan Liang, Meng‐Yun Chen, (unknown), David B. Wake, Peng Zhang	62
19	A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of Hynobiidae (Amphibia, Caudata) based on 29 nuclear genes 2014 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Liang, Masaki Kuro‐o, Xiaomao Zeng, Peng Zhang	26
20	A Versatile and Highly Efficient Toolkit Including 102 Nuclear Markers for Vertebrate Phylogenomics, Tested by Resolving the Higher Level Relationships of the Caudata 2013 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Xing‐Xing Shen, Dan Liang, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Zhang	69

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