Xiyang Dong

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Xiyang Dong is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiyang Dong has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiyang Dong's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Xiyang Dong is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Xiyang Dong collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xiyang Dong's co-authors include Xuefeng Zhang, J.P. Lei, Hao Huang, Bo Lv, C. G. Lee, Xiaoyu Zhu, Chris Greening, Casey R. J. Hubert, Mingxiang Chen and Rainer U. Meckenstock and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Xiyang Dong

66 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiyang Dong China	25	1.1k	1.0k	857	517	513	69	3.1k
Xiaoqing Cui China	33	650 0.6×	534 0.5×	507 0.6×	135 0.3×	356 0.7×	90	3.3k
Xinghua Wu China	27	139 0.1×	176 0.2×	613 0.7×	251 0.5×	153 0.3×	122	2.7k
Li Xie China	29	336 0.3×	131 0.1×	184 0.2×	228 0.4×	385 0.8×	127	2.6k
Jun Gong China	48	208 0.2×	2.8k 2.7×	2.1k 2.4×	412 0.8×	2.3k 4.4×	286	8.0k
Toshiyuki Ueki United States	31	211 0.2×	473 0.5×	103 0.1×	338 0.7×	993 1.9×	63	3.5k
Jessica A. Smith United States	32	142 0.1×	346 0.3×	92 0.1×	539 1.0×	491 1.0×	61	2.9k
Xiaoli Zhang China	35	208 0.2×	801 0.8×	30 0.0×	574 1.1×	514 1.0×	168	3.9k
Eric Michel France	18	189 0.2×	116 0.1×	259 0.3×	76 0.1×	88 0.2×	39	1.4k
Kai Sun China	28	145 0.1×	184 0.2×	45 0.1×	439 0.8×	239 0.5×	131	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiyang Dong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiyang Dong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiyang Dong

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

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Jiang, Qiuyun, Lei Cao, Shengjie Li, et al.. (2025). Cold seeps are potential hotspots of deep-sea nitrogen loss driven by microorganisms across 21 phyla. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1646–1646. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Yongqin, Wenqing Shi, Pengfei Liu, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the hidden RNA virus diversity in Lake Nam Co: Evolutionary insights from an extreme high-altitude environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2420162122–e2420162122. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yongfeng, Ying Teng, Jing Liao, et al.. (2025). Carbon Monoxide Exposure Stimulates Growth and Activity of Primary Producers in Diverse Soil Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(33). 17581–17594. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Shihui, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of ultrathin MgO@Ag core–shell nanowires for highly reliable transparent electrode. Materials Letters. 398. 138970–138970.

Zhang, Menghui, Runying Zeng, Ruolin Cheng, et al.. (2024). Diversity and potential host-interactions of viruses inhabiting deep-sea seamount sediments. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3228–3228. 24 indexed citations

Jiang, Lijing, Karine Alain, Liang Cui, et al.. (2024). Chemolithoautotrophic diazotrophs dominate dark nitrogen fixation in mangrove sediments. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 11 indexed citations

Xu, Yongfeng, Ying Teng, Shixiang Dai, et al.. (2024). Atmospheric Trace Gas Oxidizers Contribute to Soil Carbon Fixation Driven by Key Soil Conditions in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(49). 21617–21628. 6 indexed citations

Dong, Xiyang, Cuiling Xu, Xilin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Potential coupling of microbial methane, nitrogen, and sulphur cycling in the Okinawa Trough cold seep sediments. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(6). e0349023–e0349023. 3 indexed citations

Li, Qiushuang, Zhiyuan Ma, Xiumin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Distinct microbial hydrogen and reductant disposal pathways explain interbreed variations in ruminant methane yield. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 16 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiyang, Weichao Wu, Yongyi Peng, et al.. (2024). A vast repertoire of secondary metabolites potentially influences community dynamics and biogeochemical processes in cold seeps. Science Advances. 10(17). eadl2281–eadl2281. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Chengpeng, Wen‐Qing Shi, Yongyi Peng, et al.. (2024). Viral diversity within marine biofilms and interactions with corrosive microbes. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 119991–119991. 3 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiyang, Yongyi Peng, Muhua Wang, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary ecology of microbial populations inhabiting deep sea sediments associated with cold seeps. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1127–1127. 29 indexed citations

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Jia, Kuntong, Yongyi Peng, Huahua Jian, et al.. (2022). A Novel Inovirus Reprograms Metabolism and Motility of Marine Alteromonas. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0338822–e0338822. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Zexin, Donald Pan, Guangshan Wei, et al.. (2021). Deep sea sediments associated with cold seeps are a subsurface reservoir of viral diversity. The ISME Journal. 15(8). 2366–2378. 153 indexed citations

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Bay, Sean K., Xiyang Dong, James A. Bradley, et al.. (2021). Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities. Nature Microbiology. 6(2). 246–256. 127 indexed citations

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Chiri, Eleonora, Chris Greening, Rachael Lappan, et al.. (2020). Termite mounds contain soil-derived methanotroph communities kinetically adapted to elevated methane concentrations. The ISME Journal. 14(11). 2715–2731. 23 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiyang, Chris Greening, Jayne E. Rattray, et al.. (2019). Metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria and archaea associated with petroleum seepage in deep-sea sediments. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1816–1816. 124 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiyang, et al.. (2019). Quantification of microbial degradation activities in biological activated carbon filters by reverse stable isotope labelling. AMB Express. 9(1). 109–109. 12 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiyang, Johannes Dröge, Christine von Toerne, et al.. (2016). Reconstructing metabolic pathways of a member of the genus Pelotomaculum suggesting its potential to oxidize benzene to carbon dioxide with direct reduction of sulfate. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(3). fiw254–fiw254. 19 indexed citations

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Meckenstock, Rainer U., Matthias Boll, Housna Mouttaki, et al.. (2016). Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Microbial Physiology. 26(1-3). 92–118. 199 indexed citations

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