Liyan Song

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Liyan Song is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyan Song has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Pollution, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Liyan Song's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers). Liyan Song is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers). Liyan Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bangladesh. Liyan Song's co-authors include Janette R. Hill, Yangqing Wang, Ernise Singleton, Myung Hwa Koh, Yang Shu, Wei Tang, Yu Lei, Xiaoli Chai, Richard E. West and Rui Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Liyan Song

118 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Improving online learning: Student perceptions of useful ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. Improving online learning: Student perceptions of useful and challenging characteristics
    2004 731 citations Liyan Song, Janette R. Hill et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liyan Song China 35 1.3k 1.2k 667 545 495 130 4.5k
Charles Miller United States 32 564 0.4× 371 0.3× 76 0.1× 102 0.2× 153 0.3× 116 3.2k
M.A. de la Rubia Spain 35 654 0.5× 241 0.2× 868 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 18 0.0× 86 4.4k
Xiangling Zhang China 24 233 0.2× 180 0.1× 460 0.7× 393 0.7× 36 0.1× 113 1.9k
Adel S. Abduljabbar Saudi Arabia 26 500 0.4× 827 0.7× 222 0.3× 491 0.9× 278 0.6× 51 3.6k
Kuok Ho Daniel Tang United States 31 1.9k 1.4× 161 0.1× 1.3k 2.0× 185 0.3× 32 0.1× 145 3.8k
Ronald D. Anderson United States 30 332 0.2× 1.5k 1.2× 26 0.0× 129 0.2× 549 1.1× 138 4.9k
Wai Chin Li Hong Kong 29 3.0k 2.2× 62 0.1× 1.0k 1.5× 481 0.9× 22 0.0× 82 4.7k
Robert B. Young United States 23 375 0.3× 218 0.2× 165 0.2× 199 0.4× 12 0.0× 91 2.3k
Kyunghee Choi South Korea 22 514 0.4× 540 0.4× 41 0.1× 95 0.2× 239 0.5× 67 1.9k
Xiaomeng Chen China 33 902 0.7× 65 0.1× 483 0.7× 151 0.3× 20 0.0× 142 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Liyan Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liyan Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyan Song

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jafir, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). A global meta-analysis reveals the toxicity of plastics on insect health. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 302. 118611–118611. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Yang Shu, Feng Ju, et al.. (2025). Natural-selected plastics biodegradation species and enzymes in landfills. PNAS Nexus. 4(3). pgaf066–pgaf066. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, et al.. (2025). Landfills as Hotspots of Multidrug Resistance Genes: Profiles, Drivers, and Hosts. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(48). 25724–25737.
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Shi, Xianyang, et al.. (2024). Viral community distribution, assembly mechanism, and associated hosts in an industrial park wastewater treatment plant. Environmental Research. 247. 118156–118156. 9 indexed citations
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Song, Liyan, et al.. (2023). Occurrence and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens in an industrial park wastewater treatment plant. The Science of The Total Environment. 880. 163278–163278. 25 indexed citations
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Song, Liyan, et al.. (2023). New insights on municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill plastisphere structure and function. The Science of The Total Environment. 888. 163823–163823. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Bai, Huizhen Chen, Chunlei Wang, et al.. (2023). Stacking Multiple Genes Improves Resistance to Chilo suppressalis, Magnaporthe oryzae, and Nilaparvata lugens in Transgenic Rice. Genes. 14(5). 1070–1070. 5 indexed citations
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Cui, Yuanyuan, Sen Li, Yuming Dong, et al.. (2023). Genetic regulation and molecular mechanism of immature cucumber peel color: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Yue, Chunlei Wang, Liyan Song, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Chilo suppressalis resistance and analysis of CRY1C expression in transgenic rice. Agronomy Journal. 114(2). 915–926. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Yi‐Ming, Hongwei Lu, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification (SND) for nitrogen removal: A review and future perspectives. Environmental Advances. 9. 100254–100254. 47 indexed citations
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Li, Lei, Jing Xu, Youcai Zhao, & Liyan Song. (2015). [Investigation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Landfill].. PubMed. 36(5). 1769–75. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Liyan, Yangqing Wang, Wei Tang, & Yu Lei. (2015). Archaeal community diversity in municipal waste landfill sites. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(14). 6125–6137. 83 indexed citations
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Song, Liyan & Scot McNary. (2011). Understanding Students' Online Interaction: Analysis of Discussion Board Postings. 10(1). 1–14. 77 indexed citations
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McNary, Scot & Liyan Song. (2010). Understanding Students’ Collaborative Online Interaction: Analysis of Discussion Board Postings. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2010(1). 716–721. 1 indexed citations
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Kenton, Jeffrey M. & Liyan Song. (2008). Action Research Practitioner Perspectives. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2008(1). 1119–1120.
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Song, Liyan & Janette R. Hill. (2007). A Conceptual Model for Understanding Self-Directed Learning in Online Environments.. 6(1). 27–42. 291 indexed citations
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Song, Liyan, et al.. (2000). The Gene Cloning and Bioactivity of the Expression Product of the Human FKBP12. Zhongguo shengwu huaxue yu fenzi shengwu xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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