Nan Yan

969 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 731 citations indexed

About

Nan Yan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Yan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 731 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 7 papers in Soil Science and 3 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nan Yan's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (2 papers). Nan Yan is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (2 papers). Nan Yan collaborates with scholars based in China and Australia. Nan Yan's co-authors include Petra Marschner, Wei Qin, Zuo Chang-qing, Wenhong Cao, Nasrin Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam, Andong Shi, Junjie Yang, Qiang Liu and Yuechen Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Geoderma and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

In The Last Decade

Nan Yan

11 papers receiving 712 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.

Influence of salinity and water content on soil microorganisms

2015 472 citations Nan Yan, Petra Marschner et al. International Soil and Water Conservation Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Yan China	7	325	256	226	97	96	12	731
Shunyao Zhuang China	17	409 1.3×	250 1.0×	399 1.8×	75 0.8×	115 1.2×	61	914
Jianhui Xue China	13	392 1.2×	155 0.6×	227 1.0×	65 0.7×	56 0.6×	28	683
Nasrin Chowdhury Bangladesh	7	273 0.8×	172 0.7×	126 0.6×	91 0.9×	59 0.6×	16	476
Jiangye Li China	18	371 1.1×	262 1.0×	169 0.7×	50 0.5×	73 0.8×	40	732
Zhao Lan-po China	10	274 0.8×	156 0.6×	147 0.7×	57 0.6×	54 0.6×	43	525
Dries Roobroeck Kenya	16	526 1.6×	239 0.9×	285 1.3×	60 0.6×	38 0.4×	31	896
S Mohanty India	15	335 1.0×	144 0.6×	211 0.9×	77 0.8×	40 0.4×	23	705
Yanjiang Zhang China	14	558 1.7×	371 1.4×	241 1.1×	58 0.6×	103 1.1×	34	975
Bingzi Zhao China	16	436 1.3×	164 0.6×	280 1.2×	52 0.5×	53 0.6×	21	743

Countries citing papers authored by Nan Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nan Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nan 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 Nan Yan. Nan 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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12 of 12 papers shown

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Tang, Yun, Weisong Wang, Yalou Xin, et al.. (2025). S-scheme MAPbBr3/ZIF-11 heterojunction enhanced organic pollutants photocatalytic degradation in polar environment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1024. 180117–180117. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Junjie, et al.. (2024). Deteriorated characteristics, elemental zonation, and phase changes in the surface of cemented soil exposed to marine environment. Acta Geotechnica. 20(3). 1157–1176.

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Yang, Junjie, Nan Yan, Qiang Liu, & Yuechen Zhang. (2016). Laboratory test on long-term deterioration of cement soil in seawater environment. Transactions of Tianjin University. 22(2). 132–138. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Bai, Wei Qin, Zuo Chang-qing, et al.. (2015). Study On the Thickness of Biological Soil Crusts in Different Desertification Ecosystem Areas. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Andong, Nan Yan, & Petra Marschner. (2015). Cumulative respiration in two drying and rewetting cycles depends on the number and distribution of moist days. Geoderma. 243-244. 168–174. 21 indexed citations

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Yan, Nan, Petra Marschner, Wenhong Cao, Zuo Chang-qing, & Wei Qin. (2015). Influence of salinity and water content on soil microorganisms. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 3(4). 316–323. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yin, Zhe, Wei C. Qin, Zuo Chang-qing, et al.. (2015). Reflection Model for Soil Moisture Measurement Using Near-infrared Reflection Sensor. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Nan & Petra Marschner. (2014). Previous water content influences the response of soil respiration to changes in water content in non-saline and saline soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 50(7). 1129–1140. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Nan & Petra Marschner. (2013). Response of soil respiration and microbial biomass to changing EC in saline soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 65. 322–328. 66 indexed citations

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Yan, Nan & Petra Marschner. (2012). Response of microbial activity and biomass to increasing salinity depends on the final salinity, not the original salinity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 53. 50–55. 78 indexed citations

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Yan, Nan & Petra Marschner. (2012). Microbial activity and biomass recover rapidly after leaching of saline soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 49(3). 367–371. 37 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Nasrin, Nan Yan, Nazrul Islam, & Petra Marschner. (2011). The extent of drying influences the flush of respiration after rewetting in non-saline and saline soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(11). 2265–2272. 32 indexed citations

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