Xihua Yang

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Xihua Yang is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xihua Yang has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Soil Science, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xihua Yang's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (19 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (13 papers). Xihua Yang is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (19 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (13 papers). Xihua Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xihua Yang's co-authors include De Li Liu, Qinggaozi Zhu, Xiaoping Zhang, Baoyuan Liu, Qiang Yu, Fei Ji, Bofu Yu, Jonathan Gray, Rui Yan and Pengfei Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xihua Yang

98 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Effects of vegetation and rainfall types on surface runoff and soil erosion on steep slopes on the Loess Plateau, China

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xihua Yang China	24	745	669	583	458	306	108	1.9k
Peter A. Nelson United States	29	849 1.1×	833 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	458 1.0×	214 0.7×	90	2.5k
Brent Henderson Australia	21	550 0.7×	390 0.6×	554 1.0×	344 0.8×	582 1.9×	42	2.0k
Mark Robinson United Kingdom	31	511 0.7×	737 1.1×	699 1.2×	905 2.0×	239 0.8×	78	2.6k
Ahmad Jalalian Iran	20	546 0.7×	245 0.4×	187 0.3×	318 0.7×	329 1.1×	78	1.5k
Qinxue Wang Japan	26	284 0.4×	795 1.2×	349 0.6×	449 1.0×	404 1.3×	99	2.0k
Xiankun Yang China	22	343 0.5×	795 1.2×	456 0.8×	663 1.4×	184 0.6×	74	1.8k
Chong Jiang China	28	546 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	529 0.9×	447 1.0×	226 0.7×	73	2.1k
Ping Yang China	27	178 0.2×	878 1.3×	832 1.4×	244 0.5×	98 0.3×	150	2.3k
Zhu China	21	259 0.3×	397 0.6×	280 0.5×	183 0.4×	152 0.5×	300	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xihua Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xihua Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xihua Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xihua Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xihua 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 Xihua Yang. Xihua 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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Wang, Lun, Fenli Zheng, Rui Liang, et al.. (2025). An experimental study on the responses of spring snowmelt erosion to driving factors in a Chinese Mollisol soil. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 13(3). 526–535. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Haijing, Yan Zhang, Xihua Yang, et al.. (2024). A thermal infrared imaging observation system for the measurement of overland flow velocities under controlled laboratory conditions. Journal of Hydrology. 641. 131827–131827. 2 indexed citations

Shi, Haijing, et al.. (2024). Comparative effects of intermittent and continuous simulated rainstorms on rill erosion based on photogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(15). 5227–5243. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yun, Xiaoxia Chen, Zhiyuan Li, et al.. (2024). Securinine inhibits carcinogenesis in gastric cancer by targeting AURKA-β-catenin/Akt/STAT3 and the cell cycle pathway. Phytomedicine. 130. 155735–155735. 7 indexed citations

Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2023). Prognostic potential of preoperative circulating tumor cells to predict the early progression recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma patients after hepatectomy. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 1150–1150. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Xihua, et al.. (2023). Enrichment of Isaria felina Culture with Selenium Enhances its in vivo AntitumorEffects on H22 Hepatoma via Decreasing the Expression of VEGF. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 23(14). 1689–1696. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xihua, Jiao He, Lili Zhao, et al.. (2023). Brazilin inhibits bladder cancer by promoting cell necroptosis. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 50(9). 738–748.

Yang, Xihua, Lili Zhao, Lixia Chen, et al.. (2023). Brazilin Inhibits the Invasion and Metastasis of Breast Cancer. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 46(6). 773–780. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Jiangtao, et al.. (2022). A novel total synthesis of (+)-brazilin. Synthetic Communications. 52(5). 724–732. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, Haoyun Wang, Zhen Tang, et al.. (2022). Accurate Prediction of Metachronous Liver Metastasis in Stage I-III Colorectal Cancer Patients Using Deep Learning With Digital Pathological Images. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 844067–844067. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, et al.. (2020). Impacts of a wildﬁre on soil organic carbon in Warrumbungle National Park, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 142(1). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, Lili Zhao, Xuebing Han, et al.. (2020). A new method for purifying Brazilin from lignum sappan – Cytotoxic and anti-proliferative effects in cell lines and improved survival in mice bearing urinary bladder carcinoma. Pharmacognosy Magazine. 16(69). 409. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, et al.. (2019). Protosappanin B promotes apoptosis and causes G1 cell cycle arrest in human bladder cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1048–1048. 24 indexed citations

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She, Lu, Yong Xue, Xihua Yang, et al.. (2018). Joint Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth and Surface Reflectance Over Land Using Geostationary Satellite Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(3). 1489–1501. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tingting, Jiao He, Guangying Wang, et al.. (2018). Brazilin induces T24 cell death through c‐Fos and GADD45β independently regulated genes and pathways. IUBMB Life. 70(11). 1101–1110. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, et al.. (2018). Lidocaine enhances the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs against bladder cancer. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 598–598. 33 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, et al.. (2018). Use of Computerized Tomography in Abdominal Pain. The American Surgeon. 84(6). 1091–1096. 6 indexed citations

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Xie, Xiaojin, et al.. (2017). Effect of asymmetric warming on rice (Oryza sativa) growth characteristics and yield components under a free air temperature increase apparatus. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 87(10). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Bei, Chao Chen, De Li Liu, et al.. (2015). Effects of climate trends and variability on wheat yield variability in eastern Australia. Climate Research. 64(2). 173–186. 31 indexed citations

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Yang, Xihua, Bofu Yu, & M. Littleboy. (2014). Predicting Rainfall Erosivity and Hillslope Erosion across South-East Australia. 190–191. 1 indexed citations

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