Keming Yang

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 896 citations indexed

About

Keming Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keming Yang has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 896 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Keming Yang's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (7 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Keming Yang is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (7 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Keming Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and United Kingdom. Keming Yang's co-authors include Zhong Wei, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Alexandre Jousset, Ville‐Petri Friman, Xiaofang Wang, Jianing Wang, Qirong Shen, Tianjie Yang and George A. Kowalchuk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Scientific Reports and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Keming Yang

14 papers receiving 886 citations

Hit Papers

Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health
    2020 233 citations Wu Xiong, Keming Yang et al. Microbiome profile →
  2. Network analysis and subsequent culturing reveal keystone taxa involved in microbial litter decomposition dynamics
    2021 205 citations Haiping Zheng, Tianjie Yang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keming Yang China 10 540 400 203 148 79 15 896
Pedro Beschoren da Costa Brazil 19 631 1.2× 341 0.9× 242 1.2× 113 0.8× 76 1.0× 33 1.0k
Donatella Paffetti Italy 16 610 1.1× 215 0.5× 287 1.4× 68 0.5× 79 1.0× 49 1.1k
Cristina M. Herren United States 9 207 0.4× 440 1.1× 253 1.2× 141 1.0× 68 0.9× 12 793
Liliam Montoya United States 9 428 0.8× 217 0.5× 148 0.7× 111 0.8× 102 1.3× 10 697
Maria P. J. Hundscheid Netherlands 17 581 1.1× 191 0.5× 185 0.9× 121 0.8× 157 2.0× 19 872
Viola Kurm Netherlands 8 352 0.7× 700 1.8× 519 2.6× 171 1.2× 95 1.2× 18 1.2k
Pascal Mirleau France 12 216 0.4× 256 0.6× 99 0.5× 132 0.9× 136 1.7× 18 643
Qicheng Xu China 14 303 0.6× 381 1.0× 213 1.0× 289 2.0× 56 0.7× 25 800
Brent K. Lehmkuhl United States 7 156 0.3× 386 1.0× 259 1.3× 160 1.1× 68 0.9× 8 637
W. Smant Netherlands 12 497 0.9× 268 0.7× 111 0.5× 284 1.9× 134 1.7× 13 794

Countries citing papers authored by Keming Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keming Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Keming 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 Keming Yang. The network helps show where Keming Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keming Yang

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Wang, Xiaofang, Shuo Wang, Yilin He, et al.. (2024). Phages enhance both phytopathogen density control and rhizosphere microbiome suppressiveness. mBio. 15(6). e0301623–e0301623. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen, Keming Yang, Shiqi Sun, et al.. (2024). Predatory protist promotes disease suppression against bacterial wilt through enriching plant beneficial microbes at the early stage of plant growth. Plant and Soil. 511(1-2). 1241–1252. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofang, Shuo Wang, Keming Yang, et al.. (2024). The role of rhizosphere phages in soil health. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 100(5). 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianing, Xiaofang Wang, Keming Yang, et al.. (2023). Phage selection drives resistance–virulence trade-offs in Ralstonia solanacearum plant-pathogenic bacterium irrespective of the growth temperature. Evolution Letters. 8(2). 253–266. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Jingxuan, Chunlan Yang, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2023). Engineering multifunctional rhizosphere probiotics using consortia of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens transposon insertion mutants. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Keming, Xiaofang Wang, Zhe Fan, et al.. (2023). Rhizosphere phage communities drive soil suppressiveness to bacterial wilt disease. Microbiome. 11(1). 16–16. 46 indexed citations
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Yang, Keming, Ruixin Fu, Haichao Feng, et al.. (2023). RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota. Molecular Plant. 16(9). 1379–1395. 57 indexed citations
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Zheng, Haiping, Tianjie Yang, Keming Yang, et al.. (2021). Network analysis and subsequent culturing reveal keystone taxa involved in microbial litter decomposition dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 157. 108230–108230. 205 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fu, Ruixin, Haichao Feng, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, et al.. (2021). Modulation of the Tomato Rhizosphere Microbiome via Changes in Root Exudation Mediated by the Ethylene Receptor NR. Microorganisms. 9(12). 2456–2456. 16 indexed citations
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Xiong, Wu, Keming Yang, Yian Gu, et al.. (2020). Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health. Microbiome. 8(1). 27–27. 233 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xiaofang, Zhong Wei, Keming Yang, et al.. (2019). Phage combination therapies for bacterial wilt disease in tomato. Nature Biotechnology. 37(12). 1513–1520. 207 indexed citations
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Liu, Hui, Liwei Zhu, Marjorie R. Lundgren, et al.. (2017). Ecophysiological responses of two closely related Magnoliaceae genera to seasonal changes in subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 11(3). 434–444. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Hui, et al.. (2015). Strong phylogenetic signals and phylogenetic niche conservatism in ecophysiological traits across divergent lineages of Magnoliaceae. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12246–12246. 80 indexed citations
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Yang, Keming. (2010). Propagation, Cultivation and Landscape Application of Manglietia lucida.

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