Xiaodong Yang

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
159 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaodong Yang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaodong Yang has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 47 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Xiaodong Yang's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). Xiaodong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). Xiaodong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xiaodong Yang's co-authors include Jin Chen, Arshad Ali, En‐Rong Yan, Jingzhe Wang, Mingshan Xu, Guanghui Lv, Shengtian Yang, Jianli Ding, Scott X. Chang and Yan-Tao Zhao 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

Xiaodong Yang

148 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective

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Role of biochar toward carbon neutrality

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xiaodong Yang	839	837	634	603	554	159	3.4k
A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi	853 1.0×	951 1.1×	599 0.9×	251 0.4×	598 1.1×	147	4.1k
Dong Wang	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	1.5k 2.4×	464 0.8×	550 1.0×	278	4.9k
Mark S. Johnson	947 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	880 1.4×	308 0.5×	588 1.1×	138	4.1k
Fernando Miralles‐Wilhelm	636 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	326 0.5×	589 1.0×	660 1.2×	91	3.7k
Simon Langan	778 0.9×	934 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	478 0.8×	791 1.4×	136	4.7k
Yong Wang	1.4k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	351 0.6×	400 0.7×	318 0.6×	209	4.6k
Jinxing Zhou	666 0.8×	934 1.1×	571 0.9×	233 0.4×	402 0.7×	168	2.8k
Meng Wang	1.4k 1.6×	976 1.2×	755 1.2×	284 0.5×	327 0.6×	254	4.8k
Susanne Rolinski	1.1k 1.3×	865 1.0×	545 0.9×	159 0.3×	450 0.8×	69	3.7k
Liu	888 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	486 0.8×	163 0.3×	421 0.8×	637	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaodong Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaodong Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaodong Yang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2025). Differential influences of island biogeographic effects on the diversity among three plant life-forms. Global Ecology and Conservation. 58. e03499–e03499. 1 indexed citations

Biswas, Shekhar R., et al.. (2024). Putting space into trait ecology: Trait, environment and biodiversity relationships at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Ecology. 112(3). 613–628. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Mingshan, Xiaodong Yang, Yu Han, et al.. (2024). Variations in macrofaunal communities along sand physico-chemical gradient across the intertidal zones on island beaches. Ecological Indicators. 161. 111957–111957.

Xia, Shangwen, et al.. (2024). Regional and local patterns of soil arthropod diversity are explained by different processes in southwest China. CATENA. 246. 108426–108426. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). The Sympatric Coexistence Mechanism: A Case Study of Two Penahia Species in the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea. Animals. 14(6). 849–849. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Yongchao, et al.. (2022). Effects of Salinity and Oil Contamination on the Soil Seed Banks of Three Dominant Vegetation Communities in the Coastal Wetland of the Yellow River Delta. Forests. 13(4). 615–615. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yingying, et al.. (2022). Effects of the Microstructural Characteristics of Leaves on the Dew Evaporation Duration and Absorption Capacity. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 69(7).

Gao, Yongchao, Jianhua Du, Hui Wang, et al.. (2021). Bacterial community profile of the crude oil-contaminated saline soil in the Yellow River Delta Natural Reserve, China. Chemosphere. 289. 133207–133207. 38 indexed citations

Ma, Yubo, Lei Wang, Xiaodong Yang, & Ronghui Zhang. (2018). Environmental-Friendly Synthesis of Alkyl Carbamates from Urea and Alcohols with Silica Gel Supported Catalysts. Catalysts. 8(12). 579–579. 3 indexed citations

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Ali, Arshad, En‐Rong Yan, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2016). Relative contribution of stand characteristics on carbon stocks in subtropical secondary forests in Eastern China. 2 indexed citations

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Ali, Arshad, En‐Rong Yan, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2016). Stand structural diversity rather than species diversity enhancesaboveground carbon storage in secondary subtropical forests in Eastern China. Biogeosciences. 13(16). 4627–4635. 165 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2014). GONADAL DEVELOPMENT AND FECUNDITY OF CORALS PORITES LUTEA, GONIOPORA DJIBOUTIENSIS, AND GALAXEA FASCICULARIS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. 45(2). 314–321. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Yue, et al.. (2013). Twig size-number trade-off among woody plants in Tiantong region, Zhejiang Province of China: Twig size-number trade-off among woody plants in Tiantong region, Zhejiang Province of China. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 36(12). 1268–1276. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaodong. (2012). The Multi-wave Field Forward Simulation of Micro-seismic Based on Ray Tracing. Progress in geophysics. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Cunjun, et al.. (2010). Methods and algorithms of data assimilation and its application in agriculture. World Automation Congress. 29–34. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaodong. (2010). Water use efficiency of halophytes in Ebinur Lake Wetland Nature Reserve of Xinjiang. Shengtaixue zazhi. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2010). Analysis on spatial distribution pattern of eight arbor-shrub populations in Ebinur Lake Wetland Nature Reserve.. Zhiwu ziyuan yu huanjing. 19(4). 37–42. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2009). Biodiversity of ground-dwelling spider in six forest types in Xishuangbanna, S. W. China.. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 52(8). 875–884. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Jihua, et al.. (2009). Estimation of crop yield based on weight optimization combination and multi-temporal remote sensing data.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 25(9). 137–142. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Rui, et al.. (2009). Winter wheat yield estimation based on support vector machine regression and multi-temporal remote sensing data.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 25(7). 114–117. 6 indexed citations

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