Hong Yang

10.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
228 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Hong Yang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Yang has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 52 papers in Ecology and 51 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Hong Yang's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (22 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Hong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (22 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Hong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Hong Yang's co-authors include Jim Wright, Xianjin Huang, Julian R. Thompson, Robert Bain, Jamie Bartram, Ryan Cronk, Tom Slaymaker, Mingguo Ma, Taiyang Zhong and Xiaowei Chuai and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hong Yang

212 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Carbon emissions from land-use change and management in China between 1990 and 2010

2016 454 citations Hong Yang et al. profile →
Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2014 440 citations Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk et al. profile →
Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review

2014 343 citations Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk et al. Tropical Medicine & International Health profile →
Effects of land use and cover change (LUCC) on terrestrial carbon stocks in China between 2000 and 2018

2022 185 citations Hong Yang et al. profile →
Construction of ecological security pattern adapting to future land use change in Pearl River Delta, China

2023 81 citations Long Li, Xianjin Huang et al. Applied Geography profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Yang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Yang

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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Key industrial sectors and their evolutionary trends in China's embodied carbon emission network 2025 ·Alexandria Engineering Journal ·(unknown), Hong Yang, (unknown), (unknown)	2
2	Elevated N2O emissions from coastal small water bodies: Implications for greenhouse gas inventories 2025 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), (unknown), Hong Yang, Ping Yang, Chuan Tong, Yongxin Lin, Dongyao Sun, (unknown), Wei-Yang Lin, (unknown), Linhai Zhang, Kam W. Tang	0
3	Segmenting ancient cemeteries under forests using synthesized LiDAR-derived data and deep convolutional neural network 2025 ·npj Heritage Science ·Hong Yang	0
4	The Influence of Rural Land Transfer on Rural Households’ Income: A Case Study in Anhui Province, China 2025 ·Land ·Yuting Xu, (unknown), Hong Yang, Guoliang Xu, (unknown)	1
5	Predicting ancient city sites using GEE coupled with geographic element features and temporal spectral features: a case study of the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Jianghan region, China 2025 ·npj Heritage Science ·Hong Yang, Qingwu Hu, (unknown), Mingyao Ai, Pengcheng Zhao, Shaohua Wang	1
6	Knowledge Mapping of Geography Examinations in Chinese National Entrance Examination to Universities: Insights from Four Decades of Research 2025 ·Education Sciences ·Xiaoxue Ma, Hong Yang, Fan Yang, (unknown), Maozhao Xie, Lei Ma	0
7	River ecosystem health assessment in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A novel hybrid method based on artificial intelligence and multi-source data fusion 2024 ·Expert Systems with Applications ·Zhengxian Zhang, (unknown), Yun Li, Yi Liu, Yuan Xu, Jingjuan Li, Wenhao Ding, Hongze Li, Hong Yang	1
8	Efficiently enhancing stability for a low concentration HCHO degradation using hexagonal prism MnCe-MOFs catalysts 2024 ·Materials Chemistry and Physics ·(unknown), Qiong Huang, Xin Li, Junjie Mao, Wei Chen, Bo Yang, Da‐Wei Li, Mindong Chen, Tao Tao, Hong Yang	0
9	Plastic liners as a simple and effective approach to reduce CH4 and N2O emissions from aquaculture ponds 2024 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Ping Yang, (unknown), Kam W. Tang, Hong Yang, (unknown), Linhai Zhang, Juhua Luo, Jiafang Huang, (unknown), Dongyao Sun, Guanglong Qiu	4
10	Employing hybrid deep learning for near-real-time forecasts of sensor-based algal parameters in a Microcystis bloom-dominated lake 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Lan Wang, Kun Shan, Yi Yang, Hong Yang, (unknown), Mingjiang Xie, Qichao Zhou, Mingsheng Shang	12
11	Spatiotemporal distributions of dissolved N2O concentration, diffusive N2O flux and relevant functional genes along a coastal creek in southeastern China 2024 ·Journal of Hydrology ·Ping Yang, Yongxin Lin, Hong Yang, Chuan Tong, Linhai Zhang, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Dongyao Sun, Lishan Tan, (unknown), Yan Hong, Kam W. Tang	5
12	Responses of coastal sediment organic and inorganic carbon to habitat modification across a wide latitudinal range in southeastern China 2023 ·CATENA ·Yan Hong, Linhai Zhang, Ping Yang, Chuan Tong, Yongxin Lin, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Hong Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Kam W. Tang	10
13	Effects of conversion of coastal marshes to aquaculture ponds on sediment anaerobic CO2 production and emission in a subtropical estuary of China 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Lishan Tan, Linhai Zhang, Ping Yang, Chuan Tong, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Hong Yang, Yan Hong, (unknown), Chen Tang, (unknown), Kam W. Tang	19
14	Scenario-based urban growth simulation by incorporating ecological-agricultural-urban suitability into a Future Land Use Simulation model 2023 ·Cities ·Long Li, Xianjin Huang, Hong Yang	47
15	Seasonal variations in source-sink balance of CO2 in subtropical earthen aquaculture ponds: Implications for carbon emission management 2023 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), Linhai Zhang, Ping Yang, Chuan Tong, Hong Yang, Lishan Tan, Yongxin Lin, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Kam W. Tang	8
16	Understanding ecological civilization in China: From political context to science 2023 ·AMBIO ·Bing Xue, Bin Han, Hongqing Li, Xiaohua Gou, Hong Yang, H. Thomas, Stefan Stückrad	44
17	Construction of ecological security pattern adapting to future land use change in Pearl River Delta, China breakdown → 2023 ·Applied Geography ·Long Li, Xianjin Huang, Dafang Wu, Hong Yang	81
18	Enhanced removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus from swine wastewater using MgO modified pig manure biochar 2023 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·(unknown), Defu Xu, Bing Li, (unknown), Hong Yang	21
19	Treatment of steel industry wastewater by Poly-Aluminum-Ferric-Silicate coagulant prepared from coal gasification ash 2023 ·Junhong Yi, Defu Xu, (unknown), Hua Fang, Hong Yang	2
20	Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review breakdown → 2014 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk, Rifat Hossain, Sophie Bonjour, Kyle Onda, Jim Wright, Hong Yang, Tom Slaymaker, Paul Hunter, Annette Prüss‐Üstün, Jamie Bartram	343

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