Pingfeng Yu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Pingfeng Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Pingfeng Yu has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Ecology and 23 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Pingfeng Yu's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (12 papers). Pingfeng Yu is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (12 papers). Pingfeng Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Pingfeng Yu's co-authors include Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Jacques Mathieu, Pengxiao Zuo, Ruonan Sun, Cory Schwarz, Qingbin Yuan, Dan Huang, Mao Ye, Xin Jiang and Danning Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Accounts of Chemical Research and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Pingfeng Yu

78 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Adaptive strategies and ecological roles of phages in habitats under physicochemical stress

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pingfeng Yu China	32	843	826	620	432	402	82	2.6k
Chenyuan Dang China	28	935 1.1×	625 0.8×	342 0.6×	328 0.8×	273 0.7×	55	2.1k
Meizhen Wang China	31	874 1.0×	311 0.4×	922 1.5×	383 0.9×	288 0.7×	117	3.0k
Yanping Mao China	23	1.0k 1.2×	455 0.6×	285 0.5×	280 0.6×	215 0.5×	57	1.8k
Zhigang Qiu China	32	1.8k 2.2×	431 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	237 0.5×	378 0.9×	139	3.9k
Elisabet Marti Spain	21	2.4k 2.9×	606 0.7×	543 0.9×	398 0.9×	179 0.4×	26	3.4k
Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió Spain	16	1.7k 2.0×	395 0.5×	350 0.6×	326 0.8×	170 0.4×	25	2.3k
Jincai Ma China	26	739 0.9×	420 0.5×	337 0.5×	224 0.5×	113 0.3×	65	2.3k
Martina Hausner Germany	25	1.1k 1.3×	556 0.7×	901 1.5×	118 0.3×	303 0.8×	44	2.8k
Mingming Sun China	34	1.5k 1.8×	647 0.8×	406 0.7×	167 0.4×	108 0.3×	104	2.8k
Wen Qin China	23	624 0.7×	480 0.6×	376 0.6×	214 0.5×	136 0.3×	107	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pingfeng Yu

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All Works

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Chen, Hanbo, et al.. (2025). Evaluating biochar for adsorption of ammonium nitrogen in wastewater:insights into modifications and mechanisms. Environmental Research. 277. 121615–121615. 5 indexed citations

Xia, Rong, Jingqiu Liao, Liang Zhu, et al.. (2025). Bacterium–Phage Interactions Enhance Biofilm Resilience during Membrane Filtration Biofouling under Oxidative and Hydraulic Stresses. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(17). 8614–8628. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Bo, Ying Zhang, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Phytopathogen Biofilm Control in the Soybean Phyllosphere by the Phoresy of Bacteriophages Hitchhiking on Biocontrol Bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(21). 10334–10346.

Xia, Rong, Xiaole Yin, José Luís Balcázar, et al.. (2025). Bacterium-Phage Symbiosis Facilitates the Enrichment of Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Plastisphere. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(6). 2948–2960. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Jian, Yan He, Dongsheng Wang, et al.. (2025). Polyvalent bacteriophages conjugated with ROS-scavenging nanozymes enhance antibiotic-resistant biofilm disruption and anti-inflammatory therapy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159666–159666. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xinjie, Chaofeng Shen, Jingqiu Liao, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Treatment of Reverse Osmosis Membrane Biofouling with Quorum Quenching Bacteria and Hitchhiking Phages. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(11). 5647–5660. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Huifang, et al.. (2025). Prophage induction and quorum sensing enhance biofilm stability and resistance under ammonia-oxidizing bacteria-mediated oxidative stress. Water Research. 284. 124010–124010. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Pingfeng, et al.. (2024). Deciphering defense system modulating bacteria-mobile genetic elements symbiosis in microbial aggregates under elevated hydraulic stress. Water Research. 268(Pt A). 122590–122590.

Zheng, Xiaoxu, Xiaoxuan Liu, Shengjun Xu, et al.. (2024). Revealing assembly mechanisms of algal communities in aquatic microniches: Shifts in diversity patterns, microbial interactions and stability along nutrient gradients. Environmental Research. 262(Pt 1). 119798–119798. 2 indexed citations

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Liao, Jingqiu, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic insights into microalgae-bacterium-virus interactions and viral functions in phycosphere facing environmental fluctuations. Water Research. 268(Pt A). 122676–122676. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaofang, Wei Gao, Shan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Malodorous volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) formation after dewatering of wastewater sludge: Correlation with the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and microbial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 867. 161491–161491. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Pingfeng, Dan Huang, Mengting Yuan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Bacterium–Phage Symbiosis in Attached Microbial Aggregates on a Membrane Surface Facing Elevated Hydraulic Stress. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(45). 17324–17337. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruonan, Pingfeng Yu, Pengxiao Zuo, et al.. (2022). Biofilm Control in Flow-Through Systems Using Polyvalent Phages Delivered by Peptide-Modified M13 Coliphages with Enhanced Polysaccharide Affinity. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(23). 17177–17187. 16 indexed citations

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Yuan, Qingbin, Pingfeng Yu, Yuan Cheng, et al.. (2022). Chlorination (but Not UV Disinfection) Generates Cell Debris that Increases Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Gene Transfer via Proximal Adsorption to Recipients and Upregulated Transformation Genes. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(23). 17166–17176. 39 indexed citations

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Rho, Hojung, Pingfeng Yu, Chung-Seop Lee, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of biofouling on reverse osmosis membrane surfaces by germicidal ultraviolet light side-emitting optical fibers. Water Research. 224. 119094–119094. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Haibo, Pingfeng Yu, Cory Schwarz, et al.. (2022). Phthalate Esters Released from Plastics Promote Biofilm Formation and Chlorine Resistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(2). 1081–1090. 65 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruonan, Pingfeng Yu, Pengxiao Zuo, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (2021). Bacterial Concentrations and Water Turbulence Influence the Importance of Conjugation Versus Phage-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance Gene Transfer in Suspended Growth Systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 156–165. 24 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Cory, Jacques Mathieu, Jenny A. Laverde Gomez, Pingfeng Yu, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (2021). Renaissance for Phage-Based Bacterial Control. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(8). 4691–4701. 29 indexed citations

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Huang, Dan, Pingfeng Yu, Mao Ye, et al.. (2021). Enhanced mutualistic symbiosis between soil phages and bacteria with elevated chromium-induced environmental stress. Microbiome. 9(1). 150–150. 111 indexed citations

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Yu, Pingfeng, Zijian Wang, Mariana Marcos−Hernández, et al.. (2019). Bottom-up biofilm eradication using bacteriophage-loaded magnetic nanocomposites: a computational and experimental study. Environmental Science Nano. 6(12). 3539–3550. 25 indexed citations

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