Liyan Yang

768 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 525 citations indexed

About

Liyan Yang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyan Yang has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 525 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Liyan Yang's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers). Liyan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers). Liyan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Bangladesh and United States. Liyan Yang's co-authors include Jie Zeng, Wanxu Chen, Tianci Gu, Chuanglin Fang, Sipei Pan, Yi Ji, Qiang Fu, Renjie Hou, Tianxiao Li and Zhaoqiang Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Liyan Yang

23 papers receiving 516 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.

Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages in the Yangtze River Basin: a Geodetector model

2023 71 citations Wanxu Chen, Liyan Yang et al. Heritage Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liyan Yang China	14	260	80	79	75	69	24	525
Ligang Lv China	12	255 1.0×	58 0.7×	139 1.8×	81 1.1×	75 1.1×	32	555
Wei Hong China	15	304 1.2×	121 1.5×	64 0.8×	130 1.7×	77 1.1×	57	698
Chunxia Lu China	14	433 1.7×	105 1.3×	84 1.1×	141 1.9×	93 1.3×	56	744
Gabriele Standardi Italy	10	232 0.9×	128 1.6×	203 2.6×	99 1.3×	60 0.9×	23	707
Pei Xu China	12	279 1.1×	50 0.6×	97 1.2×	89 1.2×	32 0.5×	35	509
Jing Ning China	13	180 0.7×	78 1.0×	78 1.0×	34 0.5×	42 0.6×	26	496
Bangbang Zhang China	13	261 1.0×	107 1.3×	123 1.6×	83 1.1×	36 0.5×	30	517
Meirong Tian China	11	177 0.7×	68 0.8×	40 0.5×	104 1.4×	47 0.7×	28	394
Ramón García Marín Spain	12	145 0.6×	48 0.6×	76 1.0×	68 0.9×	52 0.8×	86	506

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyan Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Liyan, et al.. (2025). Declining Urban–Rural Population Densities: How Do They Affect Natural Habitat?. Land Degradation and Development. 36(6). 1939–1951. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Liyan, Wanxu Chen, Chuanglin Fang, & Jie Zeng. (2024). How does the coordinated development of population urbanization and land urbanization affect residents' living standards? Empirical evidence from China. Cities. 149. 104922–104922. 32 indexed citations

Chen, Wanxu, et al.. (2024). Ecosystem health in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins in China: Regional differences and driving forces. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112422–112422. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Wanxu, et al.. (2024). Slope-climbing of cropland and its effects in China. Journal of Mountain Science. 21(8). 2754–2769. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Jiahui, et al.. (2024). Spatial Variations in Relationships between Urbanization and Carbon Emissions in Chinese Urban Agglomerations. Land. 13(8). 1303–1303. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yujuan, et al.. (2024). Clostridium perfringens sepsis after comprehensive multicourse treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report and review. Heliyon. 10(12). e33279–e33279.

Huang, Yanzhong, et al.. (2024). Rural revitalization in China: Measurement indicators, regional differences and dynamic evolution. Heliyon. 10(8). e29880–e29880. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Wanxu, Liyan Yang, Guangqing Chi, & Jie Zeng. (2024). Ecosystem degradation or restoration? The evolving role of land use in China, 2000–2020. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(3). 304–304. 11 indexed citations

Wu, Jiahui, et al.. (2024). Conflict or Coordination? Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand in Chinese Urban Agglomerations. Land. 13(10). 1650–1650. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Liyan, Sipei Pan, Wanxu Chen, et al.. (2023). Spatially non-stationary response of habitat quality to land use activities in World's protected areas over 20 years. Journal of Cleaner Production. 419. 138245–138245. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Wanxu, Guanzheng Wang, Liyan Yang, et al.. (2023). Spillover effects of urbanization on carbon emissions: A global view from 2000 to 2019. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 102. 107182–107182. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Liyan, et al.. (2023). Identifying the impact of global human activities expansion on natural habitats. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140247–140247. 29 indexed citations

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Yang, Liyan, Sipei Pan, Wanxu Chen, et al.. (2023). Assessing the conservation effectiveness of theWorld’s protected areas: A habitat quality and human activities perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. 431. 139772–139772. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Wanxu, et al.. (2023). Untangling the increasing elevation of cropland in China from 1980 to 2020. Geography and sustainability. 4(4). 281–293. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Wanxu, et al.. (2023). Identifying the spatial differentiation factors of traditional villages in China. Heritage Science. 11(1). 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Liyan, et al.. (2023). Regional differences and driving forces of ecosystem health in Yangtze River Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(27). 70985–71000. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Liyan, et al.. (2023). Spatial relationship between land urbanization and ecosystem health in the Yangtze River Basin, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(8). 957–957. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Wanxu, Liyan Yang, Jian Wu, et al.. (2023). Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages in the Yangtze River Basin: a Geodetector model. Heritage Science. 11(1). 71 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Liyan, Wanxu Chen, Jie Zeng, & Sipei Pan. (2023). Regional differences in spatial determinants of land urbanization in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(56). 119260–119274. 5 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiang, Tianxiao Li, Renjie Hou, et al.. (2019). Effects of biochar addition on soil hydraulic properties before and after freezing-thawing. CATENA. 176. 112–124. 112 indexed citations

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