Xinyan Yu

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xinyan Yu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinyan Yu has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Soil Science, 6 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xinyan Yu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (3 papers). Xinyan Yu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (3 papers). Xinyan Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Xinyan Yu's co-authors include Jinwei Zheng, Lianqing Li, Genxing Pan, Jufeng Zheng, Xuhui Zhang, Qaiser Hussain, Xiaojun Han, Rongjun Bian, Afeng Zhang and Liqiang Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Chemosphere and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Xinyan Yu

11 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles
    2011 524 citations Afeng Zhang, Rongjun Bian et al. Field Crops Research profile →

Peers

Xinyan Yu
Nele Ameloot Belgium
Gemini Delle Vedove Italy
Daniel D. Warnock United States
Shamim Gul Canada
Priit Tammeorg Finland
Zheke Zhong China
Yu Lan China
Dali Song China
Nele Ameloot Belgium
Xinyan Yu
Citations per year, relative to Xinyan Yu Xinyan Yu (= 1×) peers Nele Ameloot

Countries citing papers authored by Xinyan Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinyan Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinyan Yu

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Liu, Yuejun, et al.. (2025). A risk assessment model for ships besetting in ice along the Arctic Northeast Passage. Ocean Engineering. 333. 121434–121434. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuan, Li Mao, Jinwei Zheng, et al.. (2014). Short-term responses of microbial community and functioning to experimental CO2 enrichment and warming in a Chinese paddy field. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 77. 58–68. 67 indexed citations
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Li, Qian, Stephen Joseph, Genxing Pan, et al.. (2014). Biochar compound fertilizer as an option to reach high productivity but low carbon intensity in rice agriculture of China. Carbon Management. 5(2). 145–154. 90 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuan, Yongzhuo Liu, Jinwei Zheng, et al.. (2014). Abundance, Composition and Activity of Ammonia Oxidizer and Denitrifier Communities in Metal Polluted Rice Paddies from South China. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102000–e102000. 40 indexed citations
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Lashari, Muhammad Siddique, Yuming Liu, Lianqing Li, et al.. (2013). Effects of amendment of biochar-manure compost in conjunction with pyroligneous solution on soil quality and wheat yield of a salt-stressed cropland from Central China Great Plain. Field Crops Research. 144. 113–118. 244 indexed citations
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Chen, Junhui, Xiaoyu Liu, Jinwei Zheng, et al.. (2013). Biochar soil amendment increased bacterial but decreased fungal gene abundance with shifts in community structure in a slightly acid rice paddy from Southwest China. Applied Soil Ecology. 71. 33–44. 317 indexed citations
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Yu, Xinyan. (2012). Adsorption of Cd~(2+) and Pb~(2+) in aqueous solution by biochars produced from the pyrolysis of different crop feedstock. Soil and Environmental Sciences. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Yongzhuo, Tong Zhou, David E. Crowley, et al.. (2012). Decline in Topsoil Microbial Quotient, Fungal Abundance and C Utilization Efficiency of Rice Paddies under Heavy Metal Pollution across South China. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38858–e38858. 54 indexed citations
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Song, Xiangyun, Lianqing Li, Jufeng Zheng, et al.. (2012). Sequestration of maize crop straw C in different soils: Role of oxyhydrates in chemical binding and stabilization as recalcitrance. Chemosphere. 87(6). 649–654. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Afeng, Rongjun Bian, Genxing Pan, et al.. (2011). Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles. Field Crops Research. 127. 153–160. 524 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Xinyan, Yongfeng Li, Jinwei Zheng, et al.. (2010). Comamonas zonglianii sp. nov., isolated from phenol-contaminated soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 61(2). 255–258. 26 indexed citations

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