Yanbing Qi

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yanbing Qi is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanbing Qi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Yanbing Qi's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers). Yanbing Qi is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers). Yanbing Qi collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Yanbing Qi's co-authors include Biao Huang, Jeremy Landon Darilek, Weixia Sun, Yongcun Zhao, Qingrui Chang, Ling Ding, Xiaomei Yang, Xuetao Guo, Xiaoyu Wang and Chutian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Yanbing Qi

32 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Evaluating soil quality indices in an agricultural region of Jiangsu Province, China

2009 373 citations Yanbing Qi, Jeremy Landon Darilek et al. profile →
The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China

2020 368 citations Ling Ding, Xiaoyu Wang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanbing Qi China	13	557	439	328	223	210	37	1.3k
Salar Rezapour Iran	20	332 0.6×	460 1.0×	232 0.7×	160 0.7×	135 0.6×	61	1.2k
Satish Kumar Singh India	22	413 0.7×	333 0.8×	144 0.4×	193 0.9×	433 2.1×	102	1.6k
Douglas D. Malo United States	13	725 1.3×	207 0.5×	262 0.8×	48 0.2×	130 0.6×	25	1.3k
Christina Bogner Germany	17	209 0.4×	760 1.7×	596 1.8×	94 0.4×	134 0.6×	39	1.3k
J. Mataix‐Beneyto Spain	21	909 1.6×	198 0.5×	189 0.6×	138 0.6×	365 1.7×	41	1.9k
Shamim Gul Canada	12	1.1k 1.9×	301 0.7×	240 0.7×	78 0.3×	66 0.3×	44	1.7k
Shihe Xing China	23	787 1.4×	169 0.4×	125 0.4×	58 0.3×	189 0.9×	50	1.4k
Nicola Dal Ferro Italy	24	674 1.2×	112 0.3×	201 0.6×	98 0.4×	258 1.2×	68	1.5k
Ebrahim Pazira Iran	17	373 0.7×	170 0.4×	136 0.4×	84 0.4×	139 0.7×	78	1.1k
R. Raja India	22	907 1.6×	214 0.5×	91 0.3×	112 0.5×	169 0.8×	54	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanbing Qi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanbing Qi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanbing Qi

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

All Works

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Li, Xin, et al.. (2025). Bacterial assemblies in acidic dryland vs. paddy soils across depth profiles in southern China's red soil region. Pedobiologia. 109. 151034–151034. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhigang, et al.. (2025). Linking N2O emissions and nosZ gene abundance: A meta-analysis of organic carbon amendments in agricultural soils. Plant and Soil. 515(1). 613–627. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Hang, et al.. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of Different Algorithms for Estimating Evapotranspiration with Limited Observation Variables: A Case Study in Beijing, China. Remote Sensing. 17(4). 636–636. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Qianqian, et al.. (2025). An Analysis of the Threats to Fish Habitat in the Lower Yellow River due to River Channel Transformation. Ecohydrology. 18(5).

Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2025). Current Status and Future Trends in China’s Photovoltaic Agriculture Development. Sustainability. 17(19). 8625–8625. 1 indexed citations

Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2025). Assessing fish habitat quality and stability in alluvial rivers: Eco-hydraulic insights into designed riffle-pool sequences and sandbar rivers. Journal for Nature Conservation. 86. 126915–126915.

Zhang, Zhen, Qingwang Wang, Yanbing Qi, et al.. (2024). UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Classification: A Systematic Review. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 18. 3099–3124. 25 indexed citations

Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2024). Vertical dynamics of soil organic carbon across Shaanxi Province, China from 1980s to 2010s. Land Degradation and Development. 35(13). 4055–4067.

Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2024). Identifying and Mapping the Spatial Factors That Control Soil Erosion Changes in the Yellow River Basin of China. Land. 13(3). 344–344. 3 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2024). Impact of nighttime light data saturation correction on the application of carbon emissions spatialization: A comparative study of the correction effect and application effect based on five methods in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 438. 140815–140815. 10 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2023). Characteristics and classification of anthropogenic soils with earth-cumulic horizon in Wei River valley of China. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 16(2).

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Ding, Ling, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaomei Yang, et al.. (2020). The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China. The Science of The Total Environment. 720. 137525–137525. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2020). Prediction of soil calcium carbonate with soil visible-near-infrared reflection (Vis-NIR) spectral in Shaanxi province, China: soil groups vs. spectral groups. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 42(7). 2502–2516. 12 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2019). Influence of the application of irrigated water-soluble calcium fertilizer on wine grape properties. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0222104–e0222104. 17 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, Biao Huang, & Jeremy Landon Darilek. (2014). Effect of Drying on Heavy Metal Fraction Distribution in Rice Paddy Soil. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97327–e97327. 30 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2011). Remote sensing-based temporal-spatial variability of desertification and driving forces in an agro-pastoral transitional zone of Northern Shaanxi Province, China. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6(7). 1707–1716. 7 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing, et al.. (2010). Tibetan Plateau Soil moisture products Intercomparison and the field observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jia, Qingrui Chang, & Yanbing Qi. (2009). Fractal characteristics of soil under ecological restoration in the agro‐pastoral transition zone of Northern China. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(4). 471–476. 7 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing. (2006). Effect of vegetation recovery on desertification sand-fixing in high frigid region. Ganhan diqu nongye yanjiu. 1 indexed citations

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Qi, Yanbing. (2006). Soil texture grade and mineral element of plantations with different ages on Loess plateau. Ganhan diqu nongye yanjiu. 1 indexed citations

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