Wei Yang

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
230 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Yang is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yang has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 73 papers in Geophysics and 35 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wei Yang's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (75 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (55 papers). Wei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (75 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (55 papers). Wei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Azerbaijan. Wei Yang's co-authors include Fang‐Zhen Teng, Qiuli Li, Yangting Lin, Sen Hu, Shuguang Li, Heng‐Ci Tian, Jialong Hao, Shan Ke, Hongfu Zhang and Shuguang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yang

202 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Deep carbon cycles constrained by a large-scale mantle Mg isotope anomaly in eastern China

2016 319 citations Shuguang Li, Wei Yang et al. profile →
Non-KREEP origin for Chang’e-5 basalts in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane

2021 208 citations Heng‐Ci Tian, Yi Chen et al. profile →
Long-lasting farside volcanism in the Apollo basin: Chang'e-6 landing site

2024 52 citations Yuqi Qian, J. W. Head et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Yang China	43	2.7k	1.3k	840	769	695	230	5.7k
James M.D. Day United States	54	4.7k 1.7×	3.6k 2.8×	644 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	720 1.0×	273	7.8k
T. C. Onstott United States	56	2.6k 1.0×	789 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	1.8k 2.3×	1.0k 1.5×	228	10.9k
Finlay M. Stuart United Kingdom	51	5.4k 2.0×	329 0.3×	486 0.6×	2.6k 3.3×	1.7k 2.4×	244	7.7k
Gregg A. Swayze United States	40	859 0.3×	4.0k 3.1×	431 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	3.3k 4.7×	122	9.6k
John Cliff United States	36	1.5k 0.6×	114 0.1×	492 0.6×	387 0.5×	714 1.0×	91	4.3k
C. R. Neal United States	43	5.1k 1.9×	3.3k 2.6×	800 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.8×	239	8.5k
E. Calvin Alexander United States	29	1.2k 0.5×	491 0.4×	529 0.6×	1.6k 2.0×	275 0.4×	108	4.2k
E. A. Cloutis Canada	45	1.4k 0.5×	5.6k 4.3×	258 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	370	7.7k
T. L. Roush United States	35	512 0.2×	5.3k 4.0×	152 0.2×	1.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.8×	198	7.3k
B. Hallet United States	49	1.6k 0.6×	411 0.3×	210 0.3×	6.1k 7.9×	160 0.2×	134	8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Hao, Siqi Zhou, Qi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Particle Morphology Controls the Bulk Mechanical Behavior of Far-Side Lunar Regolith from Chang’e-6 Samples and Deep Learning. Research. 9. 1064–1064.

Hao, Jialong, Chao Qi, Ruiying Li, et al.. (2025). Micro-scale (1 μm) Mg isotope analysis of olivine by NanoSIMS with online matrix correction and its application to Chang'e−5 sample. Talanta. 289. 127733–127733. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Guoping, et al.. (2025). Near-Surface Stratigraphic Structure of the Regolith Revealed Using Chang'e-2 Microwave Brightness Temperature Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 18. 8696–8705. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Minxia, Wei Yang, Yingxu Wu, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the impacts of drilling and extraction activities on the marine carbonate system in the natural gas fields of Beibu Gulf, Northern South China Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 207. 107058–107058. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Deterioration of physical and mechanical properties of tunnel insulation materials under water–salt immersion and freeze–thaw cycles. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 76. 107384–107384.

Tian, Heng‐Ci, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the formation of lunar anorthosites via the Rb Sr isotope systematics. Lithos. 486-487. 107780–107780. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Sen, M. Anand, I. A. Franchi, et al.. (2024). Multiple hydrothermal events at martian surface revealed by H and Cl isotope systematics of melt inclusions and hydrous minerals from chassignite NWA 2737. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 648. 119072–119072.

Yang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Development and characterization of the PolyU-1 lunar regolith simulant based on Chang’e-5 returned samples. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 34(9). 1317–1326. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Scientists eager for Chang’e-6 lunar farside samples to bring new discoveries. The Innovation. 5(5). 100660–100660. 10 indexed citations

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Qian, Yuqi, J. W. Head, J. R. Michalski, et al.. (2024). Long-lasting farside volcanism in the Apollo basin: Chang'e-6 landing site. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 637. 118737–118737. 52 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tian, Heng‐Ci, Jialong Hao, Yangting Lin, et al.. (2024). Distribution and Abundance of Solar Wind‐Derived Water in Chang'E‐5 Core Samples and Its Implications. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(9). 6 indexed citations

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Qian, Yuqi, J. W. Head, J. R. Michalski, et al.. (2024). Extensive Intrusive Magmatism in the Lunar Farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken Basins, Chang’e-6 Landing Site. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 971(2). L39–L39. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangli, et al.. (2023). Stable chromium isotope compositions of hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts potentially linked to primary productivity. Chemical Geology. 635. 121613–121613. 6 indexed citations

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Su, Bin, Di Zhang, Yi Chen, et al.. (2023). Low Ni and Co olivine in Chang’E-5 basalts reveals the origin of the young volcanism on the Moon. Science Bulletin. 68(17). 1918–1927. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Weitao, et al.. (2023). Imaging the Fault Zone Structure of the Pearl River Estuary Fault in Guangzhou, China, from Waveform Inversion with an Active Source and Dense Linear Array. Remote Sensing. 15(1). 254–254. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Rui, et al.. (2023). Comparison of laboratory and in situ reflectance spectra of Chang’e-5 lunar soil. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674. A68–A68. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, et al.. (2023). Inversion of the Lunar Subsurface Rock Abundance Using CE-2 Microwave Brightness Temperature Data. Remote Sensing. 15(20). 4895–4895. 1 indexed citations

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Tian, Heng‐Ci, Wei Yang, Yubing Gao, et al.. (2023). Reassessing the classification of Chang'e-5 basalts using pyroxene composition. Lithos. 456-457. 107309–107309. 5 indexed citations

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Liao, Shiyong, Zhiyong Xiao, Zongjun Yin, et al.. (2023). Impact-related chemical modifications of the Chang’E-5 lunar regolith. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 363. 94–113. 7 indexed citations

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He, Yongsheng, Shan Ke, Hongjie Wu, et al.. (2019). A nephelinitic component with unusual δ56Fe in Cenozoic basalts from eastern China and its implications for deep oxygen cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 512. 175–183. 62 indexed citations

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