Nan Yang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nan Yang is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Yang has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Water Science and Technology and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nan Yang's work include Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (6 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (4 papers). Nan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (6 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (4 papers). Nan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Nan Yang's co-authors include Youzhi Li, Xin Yao, Hualin Bian, Xiaohui Ding, Bo Ren, Qiaoqiao Zhou, Li Dong, Hainan Yan, Feng Li and Zhengmiao Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Nan Yang

43 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Total concentrations and sources of heavy metal pollution in global river and lake water bodies from 1972 to 2017

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Yang China	12	414	314	273	272	238	47	1.3k
Ursula S. McKnight Denmark	18	275 0.7×	271 0.9×	327 1.2×	248 0.9×	130 0.5×	46	1.2k
Julie A. Korak United States	15	351 0.8×	349 1.1×	152 0.6×	136 0.5×	268 1.1×	28	1.2k
Christopher D. Knightes United States	21	421 1.0×	579 1.8×	369 1.4×	222 0.8×	302 1.3×	50	1.4k
Brijesh Kumar Yadav India	22	366 0.9×	131 0.4×	250 0.9×	481 1.8×	301 1.3×	107	1.5k
Sujoy B. Roy United States	18	450 1.1×	179 0.6×	222 0.8×	431 1.6×	147 0.6×	47	1.1k
Mingjun Ding China	22	373 0.9×	284 0.9×	494 1.8×	121 0.4×	121 0.5×	57	1.3k
Debra Phillips United Kingdom	24	287 0.7×	279 0.9×	221 0.8×	252 0.9×	151 0.6×	72	1.9k
Xiaoyu Li China	25	403 1.0×	187 0.6×	417 1.5×	231 0.8×	485 2.0×	107	1.8k
Jianping Wang China	16	293 0.7×	404 1.3×	258 0.9×	183 0.7×	179 0.8×	51	1.4k
Ranjan Sarukkalige Australia	20	629 1.5×	256 0.8×	294 1.1×	419 1.5×	569 2.4×	77	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Nan Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Yang

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

Yang, Nan, et al.. (2025). PHDT-DETR: A lightweight end-to-end detector for on-device truss tomato detection in greenhouses. Smart Agricultural Technology. 13. 101742–101742.

Yang, Nan, Zhenzhen Li, Chao Li, et al.. (2025). Construction of Multicolor Phosphorescent Carbon Dots via Multiple Confinement Strategies. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(15). 7499–7507. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Long, Nan Yang, Yang Zhao, & Qianqian Zhang. (2025). Research on the Features and Driving Factors of Shallow Groundwater Quality in Arid Areas, Northwest China. Water. 17(7). 934–934. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Siliang, Ruochen Zhang, Xuan Xiao, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanism of Production–Living–Ecological Space from 1990 to 2020 in Hunan, Central China. Sustainability. 17(4). 1703–1703. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Nan, Wenjia Song, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Physicochemical properties and immune enhancement activity of oligosaccharide fraction purified from biomass of green macro-algal Ulva prolifera. Food Bioscience. 61. 104819–104819. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Yuqing, Chao Li, Guangsong Zheng, et al.. (2024). Construction of photoluminescence-afterglow dual-mode white emission materials from carbon dots via Förster resonance energy transfer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(36). 14246–14252. 2 indexed citations

Li, Qingqing, Ruohan Wang, Nan Yang, et al.. (2023). A highly credible and efficient real-time carbon MRV + O system for delicacy management of distributed carbon abatement behaviors. Applied Energy. 355. 122265–122265. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yunlin, et al.. (2023). Ecological function zoning based on ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs: a study of Dongjiang Lake Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(14). 40388–40404. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengfeng, et al.. (2023). Effects of Different Sources of Culture Substrate on the Growth and Immune Performance of the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(18). 14098–14098. 1 indexed citations

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Liao, Xia, Tianheng Shu, Liyin Shen, Yitian Ren, & Nan Yang. (2021). Identification and evolution of peri-urban areas in the context of urban-rural integrated development:A case study of Suzhou City. 地理科学进展. 40(11). 1847–1860. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Nan, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Atrichum undulatum as an effective indicator of lead pollution in soil. Journal of Environmental Biology. 42(3). 582–588. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Nan, Xiao Yang, Kui Jiang, Aimin Sang, & Huiqun Wu. (2021). Association between cystatin C and diabetic retinopathy among type 2 diabetic patients in China: a Meta-analysis. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 14(9). 1430–1440. 6 indexed citations

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Mo, Tingting, et al.. (2020). Key elements that determine the efficacy of cupping therapy: A bibliometric analysis and review of clinical studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 345–354. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Kelin, Nan Yang, Feng Li, et al.. (2020). Evaluation and variation trends analysis of water quality in response to water regime changes in a typical river-connected lake (Dongting Lake), China. Environmental Pollution. 268(Pt A). 115761–115761. 85 indexed citations

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Hu, Cong, Feng Li, Nan Yang, et al.. (2020). Testing the Growth Rate Hypothesis in Two Wetland Macrophytes Under Different Water Level and Sediment Type Conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 1191–1191. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaobin, Yesong Liu, Nan Yang, et al.. (2018). Association of systolic blood pressure with cardiovascular outcomes in elderly patients with hypertension in Northern China. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 23(5). 271–276. 2 indexed citations

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Luo, Man, et al.. (2016). Characteristics of Heavy Metals Contamination in Lotus Root in the Dongting Lake Area, China. 33(6). 554–559. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Huibin, Yonghui Song, Erdeng Du, et al.. (2016). Comparison of PARAFAC components of fluorescent dissolved and particular organic matter from two urbanized rivers. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(11). 10644–10655. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Nan, et al.. (2013). Non-destructive Estimation of Rice Leaf Area by Leaf Length and Width Measurements. International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics. 42(12). 230–240.

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Yang, Nan. (2011). Secure-base Priming of Attachment System and Its Brain Mechanism. Xinli fazhan yu jiaoyu. 1 indexed citations

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