Xiaolin Yang

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaolin Yang is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolin Yang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Xiaolin Yang's work include Bioenergy crop production and management (7 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers). Xiaolin Yang is often cited by papers focused on Bioenergy crop production and management (7 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers). Xiaolin Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiaolin Yang's co-authors include Wangsheng Gao, Yuanquan Chen, Peng Sui, Steven Pacenka, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Min Zhang, Huimin Xie, Chaochen Tang, Kadambot H. M. Siddique and Qingquan Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolin Yang

47 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health

2024 196 citations Xiaolin Yang, Taisheng Du et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaolin Yang China	18	431	310	280	225	194	48	1.1k
Kiril Manevski Denmark	23	393 0.9×	429 1.4×	268 1.0×	376 1.7×	312 1.6×	64	1.3k
Roland Kröbel Canada	20	445 1.0×	212 0.7×	235 0.8×	307 1.4×	213 1.1×	47	961
Girisha Ganjegunte United States	22	510 1.2×	315 1.0×	136 0.5×	256 1.1×	156 0.8×	68	1.5k
John Katzenberger United States	6	493 1.1×	432 1.4×	182 0.7×	221 1.0×	223 1.1×	10	1.3k
Javed Iqbal United States	20	573 1.3×	550 1.8×	246 0.9×	170 0.8×	146 0.8×	62	1.3k
Nicolas Beaudoin France	13	565 1.3×	565 1.8×	362 1.3×	184 0.8×	237 1.2×	19	1.3k
Sanatan Pradhan India	18	467 1.1×	582 1.9×	289 1.0×	269 1.2×	165 0.9×	53	1.2k
Domenico Ventrella Italy	24	709 1.6×	628 2.0×	269 1.0×	208 0.9×	316 1.6×	62	1.7k
Rogerio Cichota New Zealand	20	525 1.2×	322 1.0×	272 1.0×	131 0.6×	159 0.8×	76	1.2k
Rafael A. Martinez‐Feria United States	16	318 0.7×	474 1.5×	345 1.2×	173 0.8×	137 0.7×	24	947

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaolin Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaolin Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaolin Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaolin 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 Xiaolin Yang. Xiaolin Yang 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

Fang, Jing, et al.. (2025). Do China's greenfield foreign direct investments promote short-term innovation output growth in host countries?. Economics Letters. 247. 112206–112206. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yang, Tiegui Nan, Xiaolin Yang, et al.. (2025). Climate change impacts on spatiotemporal variability of soybean water demands in North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management. 310. 109381–109381.

Zhong, Dongling, Yuan Chen, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2025). Emerging exosomal biomarkers for essential hypertension: a systematic review. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 15(4). 915–926. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yifei, Xiaolin Yang, Lars Elsgaard, et al.. (2024). Diversified crop rotations improve soil microbial communities and functions in a six-year field experiment. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122604–122604. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaolin, Taisheng Du, Xiaotang Ju, et al.. (2024). Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health. Nature Communications. 15(1). 198–198. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Xiaolin, et al.. (2024). Reductions in nitrous oxide emissions in diverse crop rotations linked to changes in prokaryotic community structure. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110370–110370. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Chu, Xiaoling Cai, Fang Lv, et al.. (2024). One or two? Comparison of the cardiorenal effects between combination therapy and monotherapy with SGLT2i or GLP1RA. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(2). 806–815. 6 indexed citations

Peng, Huanhuan, et al.. (2023). Water Requirements and Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation of Diversified Crop Rotations in the Huang-Huai Plain. Sustainability. 15(13). 10229–10229. 3 indexed citations

Li, Shaobin, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus (P) recovery from corn biorefineries is promising for mitigating environmental impacts and promoting the P circular economy. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 198. 107194–107194. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Fangfang, Guoping Liu, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Natural selenium stress influences the changes of antibiotic resistome in seleniferous forest soils. Environmental Microbiome. 17(1). 26–26. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Kyle Frankel Davis, et al.. (2021). Diversified crop rotations enhance groundwater and economic sustainability of food production. Food and Energy Security. 10(4). 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin, Yuanquan Chen, Tammo S. Steenhuis, et al.. (2017). Mitigating Groundwater Depletion in North China Plain with Cropping System that Alternate Deep and Shallow Rooted Crops. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 980–980. 29 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin, Yuanquan Chen, Steven Pacenka, et al.. (2015). Recharge and Groundwater Use in the North China Plain for Six Irrigated Crops for an Eleven Year Period. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0115269–e0115269. 74 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin. (2014). Effects of ecological security trend of pressure indexes on land eco-security ——A case study in Zhuanglang County of Gansu Province. Gansu Nongye Daxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Hua, Keke, Bo Zhu, Xiaolin Yang, & Xiaoguo Wang. (2014). Effects of long-term different fertilization on soil aggregates and organic carbon fractions on sloping upland of purple soil.. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery. 45(10). 167–174. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin. (2010). Game Analysis of Cooperative Relationship between General Contractor and Subcontractors. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin, et al.. (2010). Study on the Phenology Characteristics of Juglans regia L. in Linzhi Area of Tibet. Anhui nongye kexue. 38(33). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin, et al.. (2010). Zur dispulsiven Wirkung von Moxibustion. 25(4). 214–222. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ximing, et al.. (2009). Effects of Salt Stress on Photosynthesis and Osmoregulation Substances of Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.. Arid Zone Research. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaolin. (2008). Effect of Irrigation Volume on the Water Physiological Characters and Growth of Tamarix ramosissima Shelter Belts along the Tarim Desert Highway. Arid Zone Research. 1 indexed citations

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