Xiangyan Su

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 896 citations indexed

About

Xiangyan Su is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangyan Su has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 896 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Xiangyan Su's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Xiangyan Su is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Xiangyan Su collaborates with scholars based in China, Norway and Switzerland. Xiangyan Su's co-authors include Zhiheng Wang, Xiaoting Xu, Nawal Shrestha, Xiaojuan Feng, Qinggang Wang, Huifeng Hu, Dima Chen, Wenxuan Han, Tian Ma and Shanshan Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Xiangyan Su

25 papers receiving 879 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.

Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils

2018 354 citations Zhiheng Wang, Dima Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangyan Su China	14	337	334	305	285	216	28	896
Julia Seeber Austria	19	321 1.0×	264 0.8×	299 1.0×	346 1.2×	109 0.5×	52	906
David S. Pescador Spain	15	289 0.9×	353 1.1×	248 0.8×	244 0.9×	105 0.5×	38	969
Leigh C. Moorhead United States	9	296 0.9×	352 1.1×	170 0.6×	280 1.0×	124 0.6×	13	1.0k
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte Belgium	19	375 1.1×	394 1.2×	232 0.8×	544 1.9×	124 0.6×	54	1.2k
Franklin Galvão Brazil	17	391 1.2×	428 1.3×	124 0.4×	211 0.7×	166 0.8×	89	950
Saori Fujii Japan	19	295 0.9×	448 1.3×	397 1.3×	407 1.4×	69 0.3×	45	1.1k
Jiangshan Lai China	13	256 0.8×	613 1.8×	135 0.4×	256 0.9×	145 0.7×	27	1.1k
Gianalberto Losapio Switzerland	18	274 0.8×	340 1.0×	108 0.4×	251 0.9×	147 0.7×	41	725
Fabrice Grassein France	10	348 1.0×	537 1.6×	222 0.7×	199 0.7×	173 0.8×	11	924
Yaoxin Guo China	14	155 0.5×	261 0.8×	269 0.9×	289 1.0×	65 0.3×	45	700

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangyan Su

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yunpeng, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, et al.. (2025). Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(5).

Luo, Ao, Xiangyan Su, Yunpeng Liu, et al.. (2024). The Phylogenetic Structure Patterns of Angiosperm Species and Their Determinants in East Eurasia. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(10). 1 indexed citations

Luo, Ao, Yaoqi Li, Nawal Shrestha, et al.. (2024). Global multifaceted biodiversity patterns, centers, and conservation needs in angiosperms. Science China Life Sciences. 67(4). 817–828. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Mingyao, et al.. (2024). Native shrub and plant diversity mitigate plant invasion in eastern China's humid grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science. 27(4). 1 indexed citations

Dimitrov, Dimitar, Xiaoting Xu, Xiangyan Su, et al.. (2023). Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7609–7609. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Qinggang, Dimitar Dimitrov, Ao Luo, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary history and global angiosperm species richness–climate relationships. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(7). 1059–1072. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yunpeng, Xiaoting Xu, Dimitar Dimitrov, et al.. (2023). An updated floristic map of the world. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2990–2990. 36 indexed citations

Liu, Nana, Huifeng Hu, Wenhong Ma, et al.. (2022). Relationships Between Soil Microbial Diversities Across an Aridity Gradient in Temperate Grasslands. Microbial Ecology. 85(3). 1013–1027. 16 indexed citations

Luo, Ao, Xiaoting Xu, Yunpeng Liu, et al.. (2022). Spatio‐temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(3). 384–396. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Qinggang, Yaoqi Li, Dongting Zou, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic niche conservatism and variations in species diversity–climate relationships. Ecography. 44(12). 1856–1868. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunyun, Ao Luo, Tong Lyu, et al.. (2021). Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1835–1847. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Lian, Xiaoting Xu, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2021). Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herbSaxifraga: the role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(2). 237–252. 6 indexed citations

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Su, Xiangyan, Nawal Shrestha, Xiaoting Xu, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic conservatism and biogeographic affinity influence woody plant species richness–climate relationships in eastern Eurasia. Ecography. 43(7). 1027–1040. 19 indexed citations

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Cai, Hongyu, Nawal Shrestha, Zhiyao Tang, et al.. (2020). Geographical patterns in phylogenetic diversity of Chinese woody plants and its application for conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions. 27(1). 179–194. 27 indexed citations

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Cai, Hongyu, Wenhong Ma, Kechang Niu, et al.. (2020). Seasonal dynamics of leaf C, N and P stoichiometry in plants of typical steppe in Nei Mongol, China. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 44(11). 1138–1153. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiheng, Yaoqi Li, Xiangyan Su, et al.. (2019). Patterns and ecological determinants of woody plant height in eastern Eurasia and its relation to primary productivity. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(5). 791–803. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Qinggang, Shengdan Wu, Xiangyan Su, et al.. (2018). Niche conservatism and elevated diversification shape species diversity in drylands: evidence from Zygophyllaceae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1890). 20181742–20181742. 26 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Nawal, Zhiheng Wang, Xiangyan Su, et al.. (2018). Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: The role of evolutionary time and diversification rates. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27(8). 913–924. 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Qinggang, Xiangyan Su, Nawal Shrestha, et al.. (2017). Historical factors shaped species diversity and composition of Salix in eastern Asia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42038–42038. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Yunpeng, Zehao Shen, Qinggang Wang, et al.. (2016). Determinants of richness patterns differ between rare and common species: implications for Gesneriaceae conservation in China. Diversity and Distributions. 23(3). 235–246. 56 indexed citations

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