Xia Yao

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
218 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Xia Yao is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Yao has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Ecology, 126 papers in Plant Science and 59 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xia Yao's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (160 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (75 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (46 papers). Xia Yao is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (160 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (75 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (46 papers). Xia Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Xia Yao's co-authors include Yan Zhu, Weixing Cao, Yongchao Tian, Tao Cheng, Hengbiao Zheng, Dong Li, Xiaojun Liu, Xiang Zhou, Wei Feng and Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xia Yao

209 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Predicting grain yield in rice using multi-temporal vegetation indices from UAV-based multispectral and digital imagery

2017 498 citations Xia Yao, Tao Cheng et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →
A Wheat Spike Detection Method in UAV Images Based on Improved YOLOv5

2021 167 citations Xia Yao, Yongchao Tian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xia Yao China	48	5.4k	4.4k	2.4k	1.6k	1.4k	218	7.5k
Yongchao Tian China	51	5.8k 1.1×	4.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	219	8.1k
Haikuan Feng China	45	5.2k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	193	6.9k
Tao Cheng China	52	4.9k 0.9×	3.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	257	8.5k
Wenjiang Huang China	50	6.0k 1.1×	4.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	348	9.4k
Jiali Shang Canada	43	3.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	578 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	181	6.7k
Mirco Boschetti Italy	39	3.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	474 0.3×	1.7k 1.2×	156	5.1k
Francisca López Granados Spain	40	3.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	494 0.3×	835 0.6×	120	5.7k
John R. Miller Canada	36	5.8k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	994 0.6×	2.5k 1.8×	101	7.0k
Yuxin Miao China	46	3.7k 0.7×	3.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	637 0.4×	896 0.6×	173	6.7k
Yoshio Inoue Japan	36	3.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	647 0.4×	2.2k 1.6×	111	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xia Yao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Yao

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All Works

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Zhou, Dong, Bin Ding, Peng Xia, et al.. (2025). Design and implementation of a high-throughput field phenotyping robot for acquiring multisensor data in wheat. Plant Phenomics. 7(2). 100014–100014. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Haoran, Weiguo Yu, Hengbiao Zheng, et al.. (2025). SIDEST: A sample-free framework for crop field boundary delineation by integrating super-resolution image reconstruction and dual edge-corrected Segment Anything model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 230. 109897–109897. 7 indexed citations

Yu, Weiguo, Dong Li, Hengbiao Zheng, et al.. (2024). HIDYM: A high-resolution gross primary productivity and dynamic harvest index based crop yield mapper. Remote Sensing of Environment. 311. 114301–114301. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Yongqing, Yapeng Wu, Timothy A. Warner, et al.. (2024). Novel 3D photosynthetic traits derived from the fusion of UAV LiDAR point cloud and multispectral imagery in wheat. Remote Sensing of Environment. 311. 114244–114244. 16 indexed citations

Li, Dong, Yapeng Wu, Katja Berger, et al.. (2024). Estimating canopy nitrogen content by coupling PROSAIL-PRO with a nitrogen allocation model. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 135. 104280–104280. 5 indexed citations

Xiao, Liujun, Xia Yao, Tao Cheng, et al.. (2024). Spatio-temporal change of winter wheat yield and its quantitative responses to compound frost-dry events – An example of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China from 2001 to 2020. The Science of The Total Environment. 940. 173531–173531. 13 indexed citations

Xu, Yueying, Xia Yao, Zi Hui, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel AAK1/HDACs dual inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 entry. Bioorganic Chemistry. 153. 107973–107973. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yapeng, Weiguo Yu, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Accurate estimation of grain number per panicle in winter wheat by synergistic use of UAV imagery and meteorological data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 136. 104320–104320. 1 indexed citations

Xue, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Comparison between two types of fungal diseases in specific spectral responses and monitoring performance. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 28(10). 2485–2499. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Xia, et al.. (2024). Impact‐Rubbing Dynamics of Rotor with Hollow Shaft and Offset Discs Based on MDOF Timoshenko Beam Theory. Shock and Vibration. 2024(1).

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Zhang, Zhihao, et al.. (2024). Improving the estimation accuracy of wheat maturity date by coupling WheatGrow with satellite images. European Journal of Agronomy. 160. 127327–127327. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dong, Jing M. Chen, Weiguo Yu, et al.. (2024). A chlorophyll-constrained semi-empirical model for estimating leaf area index using a red-edge vegetation index. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 220. 108891–108891. 9 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Ghulam, Hengbiao Zheng, İmran Khan, et al.. (2024). Enhancing fusarium head blight detection in wheat crops using hyperspectral indices and machine learning classifiers. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 218. 108663–108663. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Shouyang Liu, Frédéric Baret, et al.. (2023). RSARE: A physically-based vegetation index for estimating wheat green LAI to mitigate the impact of leaf chlorophyll content and residue-soil background. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 200. 138–152. 31 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiguo, Dong Li, Hengbiao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Improved prediction of rice yield at field and county levels by synergistic use of SAR, optical and meteorological data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 342. 109729–109729. 24 indexed citations

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He, Ping, Hengbiao Zheng, Xia Yao, et al.. (2023). Estimating wheat grain yield by assimilating phenology and LAI with the WheatGrow model based on theoretical uncertainty of remotely sensed observation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 339. 109574–109574. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Peng, Yongqing Wang, Hengbiao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Comparison of two novel methods for counting wheat ears in the field with terrestrial LiDAR. Plant Methods. 19(1). 134–134. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Meng, Hengbiao Zheng, Peng Liu, et al.. (2023). Wheat phenology detection with the methodology of classification based on the time-series UAV images. Field Crops Research. 292. 108798–108798. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiawen, Yuejiao Zhao, Jiayi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Estimating leaf nitrogen and chlorophyll content in wheat by correcting canopy structure effect through multi-angular remote sensing. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 208. 107769–107769. 23 indexed citations

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Yao, Xia, Wei Feng, Yan Zhu, Yongchao Tian, & Weixing Cao. (2007). A non‐destructive and real‐time method of monitoring leaf nitrogen status in wheat. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 50(5). 935–942. 6 indexed citations

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