Yan Xu

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
195 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oceanography and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xu has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Oceanography and 40 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Yan Xu's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (41 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (19 papers). Yan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (41 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (19 papers). Yan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Yan Xu's co-authors include Jian Xu, Yi Luo, Dehua Ji, Chaotian Xie, Xiangqun Zheng, Daqing Mao, Changsheng Guo, Houyu Li, Changsheng Chen and Xiaochen Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

181 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 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. Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in a sewage treatment plant and its effluent-receiving river
    2014 557 citations Jian Xu, Yan Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Xu China 34 1.8k 823 771 701 690 195 4.6k
Qi Zhang China 40 2.3k 1.3× 934 1.1× 748 1.0× 399 0.6× 959 1.4× 208 5.3k
Joanne C. Chee‐Sanford United States 24 2.6k 1.4× 740 0.9× 1.5k 1.9× 734 1.0× 418 0.6× 43 4.2k
Peng Shi China 32 1.8k 1.0× 707 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 563 0.8× 495 0.7× 111 4.9k
Haifeng Qian China 56 4.0k 2.2× 1.9k 2.3× 1.2k 1.6× 376 0.5× 2.8k 4.0× 237 10.5k
Yuyi Yang China 43 4.5k 2.5× 819 1.0× 1.3k 1.7× 659 0.9× 371 0.5× 203 7.3k
Hui Lin China 40 4.3k 2.3× 679 0.8× 676 0.9× 568 0.8× 266 0.4× 127 6.1k
Kristian K. Brandt Denmark 34 3.0k 1.7× 981 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 444 0.6× 83 5.1k
Jun Wu China 41 2.9k 1.6× 590 0.7× 579 0.8× 350 0.5× 321 0.5× 175 5.3k
Daniel D. Snow United States 45 3.8k 2.1× 547 0.7× 521 0.7× 466 0.7× 325 0.5× 216 6.7k
Anyi Hu China 39 1.9k 1.0× 933 1.1× 1.5k 1.9× 189 0.3× 213 0.3× 154 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yan Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yan Xu. The network helps show where Yan Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xu

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

All Works

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He, Ping, et al.. (2025). Integrating nutrient balance, environmental footprints and nutrient optimization strategies for sustainable potato production system in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 221. 108399–108399. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Fansheng, et al.. (2024). Spatio-temporal evolution of water erosion in the western Songnen Plain: Analysis of its response to land use dynamics and climate change. Soil and Tillage Research. 245. 106299–106299. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Lianbo, Lijuan Kang, Songtao Xue, et al.. (2024). 807MO High efficacy and safety of interleukin-6-knockdown CD19-targeted CAR-T cells in relapsed/refractory B-ALL patients. Annals of Oncology. 35. S599–S599. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiangbo, Qiran Zhao, Chang Li, et al.. (2024). Inequality in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions intensity has risen in rural China from 1993 to 2020. Nature Food. 5(11). 916–928. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Yuanyuan Huang, Lulu Zhou, et al.. (2024). MS2/GmAMS1 encodes a bHLH transcription factor important for tapetum degeneration in soybean. Plant Cell Reports. 43(9). 211–211. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, Xiaoxuan Chen, Ziping Wang, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Mitigates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Physiological Decline in Aging Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 155(1). 237–249.
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Zhang, Dandan, Xiaojing Li, Houyu Li, & Yan Xu. (2023). Microbial inoculants enhance the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in aerobic compost of food waste mainly by altering interspecific relationships. Bioresource Technology. 385. 129443–129443. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiangbo, Yan Xu, Yonglong Lü, et al.. (2023). Coupling of crop and livestock production can reduce the agricultural GHG emission from smallholder farms. iScience. 26(6). 106798–106798. 28 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Xiangbo Xu, Jing Li, et al.. (2023). Excessive synthetic fertilizers elevate greenhouse gas emissions of smallholder-scale staple grain production in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 430. 139720–139720. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Liyuan, Xiangqun Zheng, Chunxue Zhang, et al.. (2022). Construction of the evaluation index system for soil environment of paddy fields with organic fertilizer supplementation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Houyu Li, Rongguang Shi, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic resistance genes in different animal manures and their derived organic fertilizer. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 44 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Changsheng Guo, Jiapei Lv, et al.. (2018). Spatiotemporal profile of tetracycline and sulfonamide and their resistance on a catchment scale. Environmental Pollution. 241. 1098–1105. 33 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan. (2015). QTL Mapping for Morphological Traits of Flag Leaf in Wheat. Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences. 4 indexed citations
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Fan, Fangyuan, et al.. (2011). Isolation and characterization of high caffeine-tolerant bacterium strains from the soil of tea garden. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 5(16). 2278–2286. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan. (2011). Study on Obstacle Factors of Technology Transformation in Tianjin from the Perspective of Enterprises. Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology.
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Xu, Yan. (2002). Deformation characteristicsof the thick unconsolidated layers due to mining by UDEC. Meitan xuebao. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan. (2000). Calculating method and experimental study of torsion strength of concrete box beams under combing loading. Zhongguo gonglu xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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