Fan Yang

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Fan Yang is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Yang has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 32 papers in Soil Science and 31 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Fan Yang's work include Phosphorus and nutrient management (29 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (24 papers). Fan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Phosphorus and nutrient management (29 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (24 papers). Fan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Fan Yang's co-authors include Kui Cheng, Markus Antonietti, Shuaishuai Zhang, Jingpeng Song, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Qing Du, Chunyu Tang, Jiangshan Li, Ying Zhao and Yuqing Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Fan Yang

135 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Natural and artificial humic substances to manage minerals, ions, water, and soil microorganisms

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fan Yang China	38	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	840	752	145	5.2k
Yanfang Feng China	48	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 2.1×	1.3k 1.8×	175	5.9k
Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana South Korea	34	1.4k 0.7×	781 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	486 0.6×	45	5.0k
Lu Zhou China	32	1.5k 0.8×	561 0.4×	953 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	556 0.7×	63	4.7k
Ran Xiao China	34	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	718 0.6×	1.9k 2.2×	862 1.1×	70	4.8k
Yaoning Chen China	41	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	811 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	90	4.8k
Avelino Núñez‐Delgado Spain	44	2.0k 1.0×	847 0.7×	657 0.5×	2.5k 3.0×	774 1.0×	211	6.6k
Hai Lin China	43	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 2.1×	224 0.3×	180	6.1k
Lizhong Zhu China	45	1.5k 0.8×	548 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.4k 2.9×	714 0.9×	187	6.9k
Shengdao Shan China	40	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	388 0.5×	157	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Yang

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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

Gai, Shuang, et al.. (2025). From precious metal recovery to value-added MOF synthesis: Stable ZIF-8-hydrogel beads for sustainable multistage pollutant treatment. Separation and Purification Technology. 367. 132900–132900. 3 indexed citations

Qu, Minglu, et al.. (2025). Hydrothermal humification of organic waste for sustainable remediation of heavy metal–contaminated soils: mechanisms, applications, and future prospects. Biomass and Bioenergy. 205. 108521–108521.

Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). A new sight into the roles of NO3-/NO2- in the degradation of sulfadiazine in the UV based process. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 114037–114037. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaobin, Jiayu Zhu, Xianghui Meng, et al.. (2024). Microbial community assemblage altered by coprecipitation of artificial humic substances and ferrihydrite: Implications for carbon fixation pathway transformation. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 174838–174838. 5 indexed citations

Li, Ronghui, et al.. (2024). Effects of artificial humic acid on decomposition of returning straw and enhancement of carbon sequestration. Applied Soil Ecology. 203. 105619–105619. 5 indexed citations

Yuan, Yue, Fan Yang, Zhuqing Liu, & Kui Cheng. (2024). Artificial humic acid improves P availability via regulating P-cycling microbial communities for crop growth. Plant and Soil. 512(1-2). 639–656. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Fan, Weifeng Dai, Yuan Cheng, et al.. (2024). The Effect and Potential Mechanism of Fulvic Acid on Flavonoids in Lemon Leaves. Horticulturae. 10(2). 144–144. 3 indexed citations

Qiao, Hui, et al.. (2024). Significance of humic matters-soil mineral interactions for environmental remediation: A review. Chemosphere. 365. 143356–143356. 7 indexed citations

Gai, Shuang, Bing Liu, Lin Han, et al.. (2024). Artificial humic acid coated ferrihydrite strengthens the adsorption of phosphate and increases soil phosphate retention. The Science of The Total Environment. 915. 169870–169870. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Salt distribution and alkalinity characterization in bauxite residue disposal areas from the spatial scale range. Journal of Cleaner Production. 462. 142585–142585. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Prediction of the degradation of organic pollutants by metal-activated peracetic acid using machine learning. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113700–113700. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Effects of DOM and cations on the diffusion migration of PPCPs through ion exchange membranes. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130508–130508. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). A quantitative method of PPCPs in DOM-PPCPs coexisting system by differential spectroscopy. Microchemical Journal. 200. 110357–110357. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Wenzhou, et al.. (2024). A new strategy for extracting aluminum and iron from red mud via vacuum thermal reduction, alkali-leaching and magnetic separation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 485. 144409–144409. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of artificial humic acid-urea complex improves nitrogen utilization. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118377–118377. 17 indexed citations

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Shi, Lin, et al.. (2023). Spatio-Temporal Difference in Agricultural Eco-Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors Based on the SBM-Tobit Models in the Yangtze River Delta, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(6). 4786–4786. 3 indexed citations

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Antonietti, Markus, Fan Yang, Shuaishuai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Tackling the world’s phosphate problem : synthetic humic acids solubilize otherwise insoluble phosphates for fertilization. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Shuaishuai Zhang, Yuqing Sun, et al.. (2018). A novel electrochemical modification combined with one-step pyrolysis for preparation of sustainable thorn-like iron-based biochar composites. Bioresource Technology. 274. 379–385. 107 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Shuaishuai Zhang, Dong-Wan Cho, et al.. (2018). Porous biochar composite assembled with ternary needle-like iron-manganese-sulphur hybrids for high-efficiency lead removal. Bioresource Technology. 272. 415–420. 103 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Shuaishuai Zhang, Yuqing Sun, et al.. (2018). Assembling biochar with various layered double hydroxides for enhancement of phosphorus recovery. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 665–673. 277 indexed citations

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