Xiao‐Ru Yang

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Xiao‐Ru Yang is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao‐Ru Yang has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Pollution, 52 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiao‐Ru Yang's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (33 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (20 papers). Xiao‐Ru Yang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (33 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (20 papers). Xiao‐Ru Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Xiao‐Ru Yang's co-authors include Yong‐Guan Zhu, Jian‐Qiang Su, Hu Li, Dong Zhu, Qing‐Lin Chen, Bang-Xiao Zheng, Xin‐Li An, Tianling Zheng, Guo‐Wei Zhou and Peter Christie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Xiao‐Ru Yang

110 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

2017 424 citations Dong Zhu, Qing‐Lin Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiao‐Ru Yang China	43	2.6k	1.6k	861	847	748	114	5.3k
Wenzhi Liu China	39	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	526 0.6×	304 0.4×	183	5.9k
Peng Shi China	32	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	609 0.7×	707 0.8×	495 0.7×	111	4.9k
Baolan Hu China	51	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 2.1×	814 1.0×	610 0.8×	188	7.2k
Jaak Truu Estonia	37	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	537 0.6×	492 0.6×	941 1.3×	127	5.1k
Shen Yu China	36	3.2k 1.2×	991 0.6×	415 0.5×	414 0.5×	485 0.6×	135	5.4k
A. Mark Osborn United Kingdom	44	3.7k 1.4×	3.9k 2.5×	873 1.0×	2.4k 2.8×	1.1k 1.4×	91	9.3k
Huaqun Yin China	44	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	976 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	1.7k 2.3×	224	7.3k
Yuyi Yang China	43	4.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	405 0.5×	819 1.0×	371 0.5×	203	7.3k
Yong Li China	40	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	712 0.8×	699 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	210	5.7k
Xueduan Liu China	45	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	1.1k 1.5×	243	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiao‐Ru Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiao‐Ru Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao‐Ru Yang

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

Li, Hu, et al.. (2025). Experimental evidence for viral impact on microbial community, nitrification, and denitrification in an agriculture soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 489. 137532–137532. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Shu‐Yi‐Dan, Lei Zhong, Guanghui Xu, et al.. (2025). Plastic Biofilms as Hotspots of Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine Ecosystems: Comparative Ecological, Genomic, and Transcriptomic Analysis Across Substrates. Global Change Biology. 31(7). e70329–e70329.

Pan, Ting, Yanyan Zhou, Xu Huang, et al.. (2025). Thermophilic degradation of sulfamethazine by Geobacillus sp. S-07: pathway and mechanism. Environmental Research. 279(Pt 2). 121823–121823. 1 indexed citations

Yi-fang, Zhang, Qing‐Lin Chen, Xiao‐Ru Yang, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the Activity and Presence of N₂O Reducers on Urban Greening Tree Leaves. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(7). 4770–4780. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Fei, et al.. (2024). Urbanization reduces the stability of soil microbial community by reshaping the diversity and network complexity. Chemosphere. 364. 143177–143177. 12 indexed citations

Li, Zhipeng, Haifeng Yao, Xiao‐Ru Yang, et al.. (2024). Colonization ability and uniformity of resources and environmental factors determine biological homogenization of soil protists in human land‐use systems. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17411–e17411. 5 indexed citations

Su, Xiaoxuan, Yiyue Zhang, Teng Wen, et al.. (2024). Nitrifying niche in estuaries is expanded by the plastisphere. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5866–5866. 35 indexed citations

Meng, Sida, Xiao‐Ru Yang, Tao Xu, et al.. (2023). Analysis of YUC and TAA/TAR Gene Families in Tomato. Horticulturae. 9(6). 665–665. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Lin, et al.. (2023). Adaptive shifts in plant traits associated with nitrogen removal driven by phytoremediation strategies in subtropical river restoration. Water Research. 249. 121008–121008. 3 indexed citations

10.

Li, Hu, Youwei Hong, Xin‐Li An, et al.. (2023). Distinct responses of airborne abundant and rare microbial communities to atmospheric changes associated with Chinese New Year. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). e140–e140. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Fei, Xin Guo, Dong Zhu, et al.. (2023). Variation in pollution status, sources, and risks of soil heavy metals in regions with different levels of urbanization. The Science of The Total Environment. 866. 161355–161355. 69 indexed citations

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Su, Xiaoxuan, Cui Li, Yijia Tang, et al.. (2022). Denitrification and N₂O Emission in Estuarine Sediments in Response to Ocean Acidification: From Process to Mechanism. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(20). 14828–14839. 20 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shu‐Yi‐Dan, et al.. (2022). Effects of biofertilizer on soil microbial diversity and antibiotic resistance genes. The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 153170–153170. 50 indexed citations

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Xiang, Qian, Dong Zhu, Min Qiao, et al.. (2022). Temporal dynamics of soil bacterial network regulate soil resistomes. Environmental Microbiology. 25(2). 505–514. 8 indexed citations

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Xiang, Qian, Min Qiao, Dong Zhu, et al.. (2021). Seasonal change is a major driver of soil resistomes at a watershed scale. ISME Communications. 1(1). 17–17. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Hu, Jian‐Qiang Su, Xiao‐Ru Yang, et al.. (2019). RNA Stable Isotope Probing of Potential Feammox Population in Paddy Soil. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(9). 4841–4849. 104 indexed citations

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Li, Hu, Xinyuan Zhou, Xiao‐Ru Yang, et al.. (2019). Spatial and seasonal variation of the airborne microbiome in a rapidly developing city of China. The Science of The Total Environment. 665. 61–68. 84 indexed citations

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Xiang, Qian, Dong Zhu, Madeline Giles, et al.. (2019). Agricultural activities affect the pattern of the resistome within the phyllosphere microbiome in peri-urban environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 382. 121068–121068. 38 indexed citations

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Xiang, Qian, Dong Zhu, Qing‐Lin Chen, et al.. (2019). Effects of diet on gut microbiota of soil collembolans. The Science of The Total Environment. 676. 197–205. 34 indexed citations

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Tian, Liyan, Qingjun Guo, Guirui Yu, et al.. (2019). Phosphorus fractions and oxygen isotope composition of inorganic phosphate in typical agricultural soils. Chemosphere. 239. 124622–124622. 33 indexed citations

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