Fan Yang

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Fan Yang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Yang has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 60 papers in Atmospheric Science and 42 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Fan Yang's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (43 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (40 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers). Fan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (43 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (40 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers). Fan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Montenegro. Fan Yang's co-authors include Wen Huo, Ali Mamtimin, Donglai Jiao, Ke Xu, Xinghua Yang, Qing He, Yan Shi, Renwu Wu, Zhiyi Bao and Wenbin Nie and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Fan Yang

152 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Evaluation of spatial-temporal variation performance of ERA5 precipitation data in China

2021 203 citations Fan Yang et al. profile →
Constructing and optimizing ecological network at county and town Scale: The case of Anji County, China

2021 156 citations Fan Yang et al. Ecological Indicators profile →
Simulating future land use by coupling ecological security patterns and multiple scenarios

2022 139 citations Fan Yang et al. profile →

Peers

Fan Yang

GPC

AS

HTM

EE

ECOLO

Faith Ka Shun Chan China

Kangning Xiong China

Jeremy Martinich United States

Ting Wei China

Adriana Bruggeman Cyprus

Jan Corfee-Morlot France

Ruishan Chen China

Minghong Tan China

Barbara Neumann Germany

Marc Van Liedekerke Italy

Faith Ka Shun Chan China

Fan Yang

1.6k ×1.1

GPC

350 ×0.4

AS

351 ×1.0

HTM

916 ×2.6

EE

260 ×0.7

ECOLO

Citations per year, relative to Fan Yang Fan Yang (= 1×) peers Faith Ka Shun Chan

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Yang

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Fan Yang's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Fan Yang with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Fan Yang more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Yang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fan Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Fan Yang. The network helps show where Fan Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fan Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fan Yang 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 Fan Yang. Fan Yang 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

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Li, Yu, et al.. (2025). Engineered biochar with MgO impregnation: A phosphorus vector bridging aquatic systems and agricultural soils via targeted adsorption and controlled release. Industrial Crops and Products. 234. 121596–121596.

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Wang, Xin, Shengqian Chen, Yaqi Chen, et al.. (2025). Warming-Induced Increase in Flooding in the Taklimakan Desert. Journal of Earth Science. 36(3). 1351–1354.

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Guo, Yujia & Fan Yang. (2024). Can Social Mobility Impact Frailty Trajectories of Chinese Adults in Later Life? A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. Innovation in Aging. 8(2). igae003–igae003. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhenxing, Jian Song, Jingyi Ru, et al.. (2023). Divergent responses of reproductive phenology to asymmetric warming: Evidence from a 10-year grassland experiment in the inner mongolian steppe. Ecological Indicators. 154. 110516–110516. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chenglong, Xinghua Yang, Yuzhi Liu, et al.. (2023). Terrain effects of the Tibetan Plateau on dust aerosol distribution over the Tarim Basin, China. Atmospheric Research. 298. 107143–107143. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hong, et al.. (2023). Degradation of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Film by Bacterial Consortium. JOM. 75(12). 5350–5360. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Ali Mamtimin, Yongqiang Liu, et al.. (2023). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Carbon Flux and Their Influencing Mechanisms on the Middle Tien Shan Region Grassland Ecosystem, China. Remote Sensing. 15(16). 4091–4091. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Yongqiang Liu, Ali Mamtimin, et al.. (2023). Effects of Artificial Green Land on Land–Atmosphere Interactions in the Taklamakan Desert. Land. 12(8). 1541–1541. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Ali Mamtimin, Jiacheng Gao, et al.. (2023). Farmland Carbon and Water Exchange and Its Response to Environmental Factors in Arid Northwest China. Land. 12(11). 1988–1988. 1 indexed citations

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Mamtimin, Ali, et al.. (2023). Temporal and Spatial Surface Heat Source Variation in the Gurbantunggut Desert from 1950 to 2021. Remote Sensing. 15(24). 5731–5731. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Jianping Huang, Chenglong Zhou, et al.. (2023). Desert Abiotic Carbon Sequestration Weakening by Precipitation. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(18). 7174–7184. 13 indexed citations

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Mamtimin, Ali, Fan Yang, Wen Huo, et al.. (2023). Diurnal Variation in Urban Heat Island Intensity in Birmingham: The Relationship between Nocturnal Surface and Canopy Heat Islands. Land. 12(11). 2062–2062. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Chengshuai, et al.. (2022). Urban storm flood simulation using improved SWMM based on K‐means clustering of parameter samples. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 15(4). 32 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chenglong, Yuzhi Liu, Qing He, et al.. (2022). Dust Characteristics Observed by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle over the Taklimakan Desert. Remote Sensing. 14(4). 990–990. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Ali Mamtimin, Jiacheng Gao, et al.. (2022). Applicability Assessment of Coherent Doppler Wind LiDAR for Monitoring during Dusty Weather at the Northern Edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing. 14(20). 5264–5264. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, Hongsheng Zhang, Qianhui Li, et al.. (2022). Turbulent Mechanisms for the Deep Convective Boundary Layer in the Taklimakan Desert. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(15). 16 indexed citations

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Mamtimin, Ali, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of turbulence over the semi‐fixed desert area north of Xinjiang, China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46(12). 2365–2378. 9 indexed citations

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He, Peng, et al.. (2021). Spatial and temporal characteristics of surface albedo in Badain Jaran Desert, China. Earth Science Informatics. 14(1). 429–440. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chenglong, Fan Yang, Wen Huo, Ali Mamtimin, & Xinghua Yang. (2021). Size distribution of PM20 observed to the north of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Mountain Science. 18(2). 367–376. 2 indexed citations

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Mamtimin, Ali, Fan Yang, Wen Huo, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Reanalysis Datasets for Solar Radiation with In Situ Observations at a Location over the Gobi Region of Xinjiang, China. Remote Sensing. 13(21). 4191–4191. 13 indexed citations

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