Gaowen Yang

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Gaowen Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaowen Yang has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 16 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Gaowen Yang's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers). Gaowen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers). Gaowen Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Gaowen Yang's co-authors include Matthias C. Rillig, Anika Lehmann, Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Yingjun Zhang, Julien Roy, Masahiro Ryo, Anja Wulf, Aiko Iwasaki, Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros and Stavros D. Veresoglou and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gaowen Yang

61 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Microplastic effects on plants

2019 599 citations Matthias C. Rillig, Anika Lehmann et al. New Phytologist profile →
The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity

2019 566 citations Matthias C. Rillig, Masahiro Ryo et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaowen Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gaowen Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gaowen 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 Gaowen Yang. Gaowen Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors 2025 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Xiang Zheng Kong, Baile Xu, James Orr, (unknown), Matthias C. Rillig, Gaowen Yang	2
2	Quantifying the Positive Effect of Ungulate Herbivory on Living Root‐Derived Soil Organic Carbon Formation: Evidence From an Eight‐Year Simulated Grazing Field Experiment With ¹³C Pulse Labeling 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Ruihuan Zhang, Yuqi Wei, (unknown), Bin Wei, Matthias C. Rillig, Warwick Badgery, Gaowen Yang, Nan Liu, Yingjun Zhang	1
3	Grazing regulates temperate grassland multidimensional stability facing extreme winter snowfall reductions by influencing below‐ground bud density 2025 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Hao Zhang, (unknown), Gaowen Yang, (unknown), Xin Jing, Nan Liu, Yingjun Zhang	3
4	Discovering the role of fairy ring fungi in accelerating nitrogen cycling to promote plant productivity in grasslands 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Mohan Liu, Yuqi Wei, (unknown), Junling Zhang, Nan Liu, Gail W. T. Wilson, Matthias C. Rillig, Shangang Jia, Gaowen Yang, (unknown)	5
5	Restored legume acts as a “nurse” to facilitate plant compensatory growth and biomass production in mown grasslands 2024 ·Agronomy for Sustainable Development ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiqiong Zhou, Junyi Liang, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang	4
6	Low legume-grass seeding ratio combined with phosphorus fertilization promotes forage yield and soil quality in managed grasslands 2024 ·Agronomy for Sustainable Development ·(unknown), Gaowen Yang, Yuqi Wei, Gail W. T. Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nan Liu, Yingjun Zhang	5
7	Climate, not grazing, influences soil microbial diversity through changes in vegetation and abiotic factors on geographical patterns in the Eurasian steppe 2023 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·(unknown), Bin Wei, Yuqi Wei, Mohan Liu, (unknown), Ruixuan Xu, Nan Liu, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang	3
8	Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress 2023 ·ISME Communications ·Ernest D. Osburn, Gaowen Yang, Matthias C. Rillig, Michael S. Strickland	53
9	Effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on soil structure and function 2022 ·Soil Ecology Letters ·Baile Xu, Gaowen Yang, Anika Lehmann, Sebastian Riedel, Matthias C. Rillig	36
10	Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Gaowen Yang, Masahiro Ryo, Julien Roy, Daniel R. Lammel, Max‐Bernhard Ballhausen, Xin Jing, Xuefeng Zhu, Matthias C. Rillig	108
11	Plant and soil biodiversity have non‐substitutable stabilising effects on biomass production 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Gaowen Yang, Masahiro Ryo, Julien Roy, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig	66
12	Mycorrhizal suppression and phosphorus addition influence the stability of plant community composition and function in a temperate steppe 2020 ·Oikos ·Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang, (unknown), Nan Liu, Matthias C. Rillig, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Cameron Wagg	6
13	Excluding arbuscular mycorrhiza lowers variability in soil respiration but slows down recovery from perturbations 2020 ·Ecosphere ·Stavros D. Veresoglou, Gaowen Yang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Manfred Forstreuter, Matthias C. Rillig	1
14	Soil biodiversity enhances the persistence of legumes under climate change 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Gaowen Yang, Julien Roy, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Matthias C. Rillig	42
15	The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity breakdown → 2019 ·Science ·Matthias C. Rillig, Masahiro Ryo, Anika Lehmann, Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros, (unknown), Anja Wulf, Aiko Iwasaki, Julien Roy, Gaowen Yang	566
16	Phosphorus and mowing improve native alfalfa establishment, facilitating restoration of grassland productivity and diversity 2019 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Jiqiong Zhou, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang	36
17	Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi‐arid grassland 2018 ·Functional Ecology ·Haiyan Ren, Valerie T. Eviner, (unknown), Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Gaowen Yang, (unknown), Shuijin Hu, Yongfei Bai	90
18	Clonal Integration Enhances the Performance of a Clonal Plant Species under Soil Alkalinity Stress 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Wenjun Zhang, Gaowen Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Yingjun Zhang	16
19	RAPID PREDICTION OF ALUMINUM TOLERANCE IN ALFALFA 1996 ·HortScience ·Deborah H. Powell, (unknown), Gaowen Yang, (unknown)	1
20	1.65-mA Threshold current on short cavity uncoated strained-layer InGaAs-GaAs MQW lasers 1992 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Jin‐Long Xiao, (unknown), Gaowen Yang, (unknown), Zhaokai Xu, (unknown)	1

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