Qingjiang Yang

422 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 287 citations indexed

About

Qingjiang Yang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingjiang Yang has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 287 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Qingjiang Yang's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers). Qingjiang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers). Qingjiang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Qingjiang Yang's co-authors include Xiaoqiang Li, Junchi Liu, Keliang Zhao, Xinying Zhou, Peter Weiming Jia, Robert N. Spengler, Yu JianJun, Hui Shên, Junyi Ge and Chun Chang Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geophysical Research Letters and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Qingjiang Yang

12 papers receiving 277 citations

Hit Papers

5,200-year-old cereal grains from the eastern Altai Mount... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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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.

  1. 5,200-year-old cereal grains from the eastern Altai Mountains redate the trans-Eurasian crop exchange
    2020 158 citations Xinying Zhou, Yu JianJun et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qingjiang Yang China 6 159 101 95 83 29 13 287
Barbara Eichhorn Germany 11 197 1.2× 124 1.2× 42 0.4× 227 2.7× 31 1.1× 20 435
Nikos Kourampas United Kingdom 9 198 1.2× 80 0.8× 102 1.1× 275 3.3× 32 1.1× 12 396
Sean Hixon United States 9 77 0.5× 32 0.3× 105 1.1× 75 0.9× 79 2.7× 25 241
Christopher von Nagy United States 4 111 0.7× 75 0.7× 59 0.6× 46 0.6× 69 2.4× 4 332
Zhikun Ma China 14 392 2.5× 161 1.6× 370 3.9× 201 2.4× 58 2.0× 35 580
Dries Tys Belgium 12 185 1.2× 59 0.6× 24 0.3× 58 0.7× 39 1.3× 37 386
Steven R. Bozarth United States 11 270 1.7× 107 1.1× 126 1.3× 87 1.0× 73 2.5× 19 389
Frank Meddens United Kingdom 8 145 0.9× 49 0.5× 41 0.4× 64 0.8× 27 0.9× 23 217
Petra Dark United Kingdom 12 159 1.0× 155 1.5× 18 0.2× 108 1.3× 65 2.2× 24 347
Stefanie Klooß Germany 8 116 0.7× 74 0.7× 28 0.3× 44 0.5× 55 1.9× 14 200

Countries citing papers authored by Qingjiang Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qingjiang Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Qingjiang Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Qingjiang Yang. The network helps show where Qingjiang Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingjiang Yang

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Yang, Qingjiang, et al.. (2024). The adaptation of dryland crops to the climate in southern China. Journal of Archaeological Science. 170. 106057–106057. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guilin, Xinying Zhou, Junchi Liu, et al.. (2024). Seesaw between the westerlies and Asian monsoon regulates vegetation and climate during the last deglaciation in southern Northeast China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 344. 109008–109008. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Jincheng, et al.. (2021). Formation processes of the Banjingzi Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin. 40(3). 378–392. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xinying, Yu JianJun, Robert N. Spengler, et al.. (2020). 5,200-year-old cereal grains from the eastern Altai Mountains redate the trans-Eurasian crop exchange. Nature Plants. 6(2). 78–87. 158 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Qingjiang, Xinying Zhou, Robert N. Spengler, et al.. (2020). Prehistoric agriculture and social structure in the southwestern Tarim Basin: multiproxy analyses at Wupaer. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14235–14235. 58 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xinying, Hai Xu, Junchi Liu, et al.. (2020). Relationship Between C4Biomass and C4Agriculture During the Holocene and its Implications for Millet Domestication in Northeast China. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(1). 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Qingjiang, Keliang Zhao, Xinying Zhou, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the potential of surface pollen spectra from caves in SW China for vegetation reconstruction. Quaternary International. 591. 119–128. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Qingjiang, Xinying Zhou, Chao Zhao, et al.. (2020). Human occupation, slash-burning and vegetation response from the final Pleistocene to the middle Holocene, Daling River basin, NE China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 275. 104158–104158. 3 indexed citations
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Wen, Xiaohao, et al.. (2016). Early Holocene multi-centennial moisture change reconstructed from lithology, grain-size and chemical composition data in the eastern Mu Us desert and potential driving forces. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 459. 440–452. 11 indexed citations
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Wen, Xiaohao, et al.. (2016). The characteristics of major elemental oxides and paleoclimate changes recorded by the major elements of the last deglaciation segment of the Tumen section on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert. 45(6). 633. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Chun Chang, et al.. (2007). Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on soil formation in the semiarid loess tablelands in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, China. Journal of Arid Environments. 71(3). 280–298. 33 indexed citations

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