Liang Yan

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Liang Yan is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Yan has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Soil Science and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Liang Yan's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers). Liang Yan is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers). Liang Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Liang Yan's co-authors include Xiaoming Kang, Yong Li, Jinzhi Wang, Zhongqing Yan, Kerou Zhang, Haidong Wu, Guangsheng Zhou, Feng Zhang, Qingzhu Gao and Enze Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Liang Yan

53 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Soil pH and nutrients shape the vertical distribution of microbial communities in an alpine wetland

2021 173 citations Enze Kang, Yong Li et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
GUGEN: Global User Graph Enhanced Network for Next POI Recommendation

2024 36 citations Xu Zhang, Liang Yan et al. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Yan China	20	770	438	342	261	243	58	1.4k
Shikui Dong China	20	562 0.7×	480 1.1×	298 0.9×	192 0.7×	267 1.1×	74	1.3k
Xukun Su China	23	700 0.9×	477 1.1×	448 1.3×	232 0.9×	343 1.4×	62	1.5k
Ning Zong China	20	563 0.7×	563 1.3×	420 1.2×	189 0.7×	347 1.4×	68	1.2k
Xiaoxia Gao China	20	436 0.6×	391 0.9×	228 0.7×	103 0.4×	282 1.2×	35	975
Zhuangsheng Tang China	16	504 0.7×	637 1.5×	233 0.7×	87 0.3×	176 0.7×	32	1.1k
Haishan Dang China	16	308 0.4×	428 1.0×	420 1.2×	252 1.0×	381 1.6×	59	1.1k
Changgui Wan United States	19	384 0.5×	567 1.3×	428 1.3×	136 0.5×	276 1.1×	42	1.3k
Junwei Luan China	23	470 0.6×	577 1.3×	523 1.5×	226 0.9×	213 0.9×	60	1.2k
Ika Djukic Austria	17	553 0.7×	724 1.7×	179 0.5×	169 0.6×	193 0.8×	32	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Yan

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

Hao, Yanbin, Zhongqing Yan, Yong Li, et al.. (2025). Effects of Gradient Warming on Carbon and Water Fluxes in Zoige Plateau Peatland. Water. 17(2). 241–241.

Wang, Huan, Kerou Zhang, Zhongqing Yan, et al.. (2025). Changes in keystone species attenuate the complexity and stability of soil microbial networks during alpine meadow degradation. Ecological Indicators. 179. 114292–114292.

Li, Zheng, Xianning Wang, Tao Jiang, et al.. (2024). Multi-habitat utilization and diverse life history of the endangered Sea Carp (Cyprinus acutidorsalis) in the Wanquan Estuary, Hainan island, China: Evidence from otolith microchemistry. Marine Environmental Research. 204. 106869–106869.

Zhang, Yang, Yi Chen, Jian Ma, et al.. (2024). Controlling citrus Huanglongbing based on soil remediation and biocontrol. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 169(2). 379–393. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Xiaoming Kang, Liang Yan, et al.. (2024). Changes in soil oxidase activity induced by microbial life history strategies mediate the soil heterotrophic respiration response to drought and nitrogen enrichment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1375300–1375300. 10 indexed citations

Kang, Xiaoming, Zhongqing Yan, Yanbin Hao, et al.. (2024). Divergent regulating modes of greenhouse gas emissions at different soil layers under altered precipitation regime. CATENA. 239. 107953–107953. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Xu, et al.. (2024). GUGEN: Global User Graph Enhanced Network for Next POI Recommendation. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(12). 14975–14986. 36 indexed citations breakdown →

Kang, Enze, Zhongqing Yan, Meng Li, et al.. (2024). Non-flooding conditions caused by water table drawdown alter microbial network complexity and decrease multifunctionality in alpine wetland soils. Environmental Research. 254. 119152–119152. 10 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Yanbin Hao, Enze Kang, et al.. (2024). Soil temperature and fungal diversity jointly modulate soil heterotrophic respiration under short-term warming in the Zoige alpine peatland. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122778–122778. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Zheng, Yan Li, Guozheng Hu, et al.. (2023). Reclamation intensifies the positive effects of warming on N2O emission in an alpine meadow. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1162160–1162160. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhongqing, Yanbin Hao, Xiaodong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effects of extreme drought on soil microbial functional genes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling in alpine peatland. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Zhongqing Yan, Yanbin Hao, et al.. (2022). The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 986034–986034. 10 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang, et al.. (2021). Effects of Different Tree Species Plantations on Soil Bacterial Community Diversity in South Subtropical China. 34(4). 120–127. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kerou, Mingxu Li, Zhongqing Yan, et al.. (2021). Changes in precipitation regime lead to acceleration of the N cycle and dramatic N2O emission. The Science of The Total Environment. 808. 152140–152140. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kerou, Zhongqing Yan, Meng Li, et al.. (2021). Divergent responses of CO2 and CH4 fluxes to changes in the precipitation regime on the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from soil enzyme activities and microbial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 801. 149604–149604. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Haidong, Liang Yan, Yong Li, et al.. (2020). Drought-induced reduction in methane fluxes and its hydrothermal sensitivity in alpine peatland. PeerJ. 8. e8874–e8874. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Huai, Peijun Ju, Jiang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Attribution analyses of changes in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 65(22). 2406–2418. 24 indexed citations

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Kang, Xiaoming, Liang Yan, Xiaodong Zhang, et al.. (2018). Modeling Gross Primary Production of a Typical Coastal Wetland in China Using MODIS Time Series and CO2 Eddy Flux Tower Data. Remote Sensing. 10(5). 708–708. 16 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang, et al.. (2014). A review on effect of climate change on grassland ecosystem in China.. Zhongguo nongye ke-ji daobao. 16(2). 1–8. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Liang. (2006). Reflections on Constructing Public Mood Adjustment System.

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