Liyou Wu

25.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
163 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Liyou Wu is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyou Wu has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Ecology, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Liyou Wu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (88 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers). Liyou Wu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (88 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers). Liyou Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Liyou Wu's co-authors include Jizhong Zhou, James M. Tiedje, Zhili He, Ye Deng, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Yunfeng Yang, Kai Xue, Daliang Ning, Mengting Yuan and Zhou Jason Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Liyou Wu

160 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability

2021 1.4k citations Mengting Yuan, Xue Guo et al. profile →
Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem

2014 670 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Spatial and Resource Factors Influencing High Microbial Diversity in Soil

2002 538 citations Jizhong Zhou, Liyou Wu et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

2016 503 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming

2011 501 citations Jizhong Zhou, Kai Xue et al. profile →
Nutrient and moisture limitations reveal keystone metabolites linking rhizosphere metabolomes and microbiomes

2024 45 citations Nameer Baker, Kateryna Zhalnina et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Liyou Wu	9.0k	6.1k	3.3k	3.2k	2.5k	163	16.9k
Yunfeng Yang	9.7k 1.1×	6.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	3.7k 1.5×	223	17.6k
Joy D. Van Nostrand	6.9k 0.8×	3.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	189	13.0k
Werner Liesack	8.2k 0.9×	6.0k 1.0×	4.1k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	159	14.9k
Ye Deng	12.8k 1.4×	8.1k 1.3×	4.7k 1.4×	5.4k 1.7×	5.3k 2.2×	394	24.9k
Blaž Stres	8.1k 0.9×	7.8k 1.3×	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	70	19.8k
Christa Schleper	12.1k 1.3×	8.7k 1.4×	5.1k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	155	19.1k
Allan Konopka	6.4k 0.7×	4.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	148	14.5k
David C. White	7.7k 0.9×	6.6k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	326	21.8k
Zhili He	14.2k 1.6×	9.1k 1.5×	6.1k 1.8×	5.0k 1.6×	4.9k 2.0×	401	27.9k
David J. Horn	8.1k 0.9×	7.5k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	100	19.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyou Wu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Xue, Yamei Gao, Jiajie Feng, et al.. (2025). Warming stimulates cellulose decomposition by recruiting phylogenetically diverse but functionally similar microorganisms. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycae152–ycae152.

Lei, Jiesi, Siyang Jian, Xue Guo, et al.. (2024). Warming effects on grassland soil microbial communities are amplified in cool months. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 5 indexed citations

Baker, Nameer, Kateryna Zhalnina, Mengting Yuan, et al.. (2024). Nutrient and moisture limitations reveal keystone metabolites linking rhizosphere metabolomes and microbiomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2303439121–e2303439121. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Qin, Yujia, Liyou Wu, Qiuting Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effects of error, chimera, bias, and GC content on the accuracy of amplicon sequencing. mSystems. 8(6). e0102523–e0102523. 7 indexed citations

Turkarslan, Serdar, Nejc Stopnišek, Anne Thompson, et al.. (2021). Synergistic epistasis enhances the co-operativity of mutualistic interspecies interactions. The ISME Journal. 15(8). 2233–2247. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Ruilin, S. P. McGrath, P. R. Hirsch, et al.. (2019). Plant–microbe networks in soil are weakened by century‐long use of inorganic fertilizers. Microbial Biotechnology. 12(6). 1464–1475. 116 indexed citations

Yu, Hao, Ye Deng, Zhili He, et al.. (2018). Elevated CO2 and Warming Altered Grassland Microbial Communities in Soil Top-Layers. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1790–1790. 52 indexed citations

Chen, Casey, Zhou Jason Shi, Daliang Ning, et al.. (2018). Oral microbiota of periodontal health and disease and their changes after nonsurgical periodontal therapy. The ISME Journal. 12(5). 1210–1224. 200 indexed citations

Yan, Qingyun, James Stegen, Yuhe Yu, et al.. (2017). Nearly a decade‐long repeatable seasonal diversity patterns of bacterioplankton communities in the eutrophic Lake Donghu (Wuhan, China). Molecular Ecology. 26(14). 3839–3850. 81 indexed citations

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Johnston, Eric R., Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, Chengwei Luo, et al.. (2016). Metagenomics Reveals Pervasive Bacterial Populations and Reduced Community Diversity across the Alaska Tundra Ecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 579–579. 48 indexed citations

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Tu, Qichao, Ye Deng, Qingyun Yan, et al.. (2016). Biogeographic patterns of soil diazotrophic communities across six forests in the North America. Molecular Ecology. 25(12). 2937–2948. 82 indexed citations

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Zhou, Aifen, Zhili He, Yujia Qin, et al.. (2013). StressChip as a High-Throughput Tool for Assessing Microbial Community Responses to Environmental Stresses. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(17). 9841–9849. 15 indexed citations

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He, Zhili, Jinbo Xiong, Angela D. Kent, et al.. (2013). Distinct responses of soil microbial communities to elevated CO2 and O3 in a soybean agro-ecosystem. The ISME Journal. 8(3). 714–726. 67 indexed citations

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Jiang, Helong, Qiang He, Zhili He, et al.. (2012). Continuous Cellulosic Bioethanol Fermentation by Cyclic Fed-Batch Cocultivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(5). 1580–1589. 23 indexed citations

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Nostrand, Joy D. Van, Liyou Wu, Wei‐Min Wu, et al.. (2011). Dynamics of Microbial Community Composition and Function during In Situ Bioremediation of a Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(11). 3860–3869. 46 indexed citations

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He, Zhili, Meiying Xu, Ye Deng, et al.. (2010). Metagenomic analysis reveals a marked divergence in the structure of belowground microbial communities at elevated CO₂. Ecology Letters. 13(5). 564–575. 220 indexed citations

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Yin, Hua, Guanzhou Qiu, Liyou Wu, et al.. (2007). Microbial community diversity and changes associated with a mine drainage gradient at the Dexing copper mine, China. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 51. 67–76. 17 indexed citations

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He, Zhili, Terry J. Gentry, Christopher W. Schadt, et al.. (2007). GeoChip: a comprehensive microarray for investigating biogeochemical, ecological and environmental processes. The ISME Journal. 1(1). 67–77. 413 indexed citations

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Gu, Baohua, David B. Watson, Liyou Wu, et al.. (2002). Microbiological Characteristics in a Zero-Valent Iron Reactive Barrier. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 77(3). 293–309. 81 indexed citations

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Wu, Liyou, Dorothea K. Thompson, Guangshan Li, et al.. (2001). Development and Evaluation of Functional Gene Arrays for Detection of Selected Genes in the Environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(12). 5780–5790. 261 indexed citations

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