Yang Bai

37.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
87 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Bai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Bai has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yang Bai's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (24 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (23 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (10 papers). Yang Bai is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (24 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (23 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (10 papers). Yang Bai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yang Bai's co-authors include Julia A. Vorholt, Daniel Müller, Paul Schulze‐Lefert, Yongxin Liu, Yuan Qin, Christine Vogel, Xiaoxuan Guo, Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Elizabeth S. Sattely and Xubo Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yang Bai

78 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

  1. Functional overlap of the Arabidopsis leaf and root microbiota
    2015 867 citations Yang Bai, Rubén Garrido‐Oter et al. profile →
  2. Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems
    2018 639 citations Klaus Schlaeppi, Yang Bai et al. profile →
  3. A practical guide to amplicon and metagenomic analysis of microbiome data
    2020 566 citations Yongxin Liu, Yuan Qin et al. Protein & Cell profile →
  4. The Plant Microbiota: Systems-Level Insights and Perspectives
    2016 534 citations Yang Bai et al. profile →
  5. Root exudates drive the soil-borne legacy of aboveground pathogen infection
    2018 462 citations Yang Bai et al. profile →
  6. Plant-derived coumarins shape the composition of an Arabidopsis synthetic root microbiome
    2019 343 citations Yang Bai, Paul Schulze‐Lefert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Soil pH correlates with the co-occurrence and assemblage process of diazotrophic communities in rhizosphere and bulk soils of wheat fields
    2018 313 citations Kunkun Fan, Yang Bai et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  8. Variation in rhizosphere microbial communities and its association with the symbiotic efficiency of rhizobia in soybean
    2020 212 citations Yang Bai et al. profile →
  9. Bio‐organic soil amendment promotes the suppression of Ralstonia solanacearum by inducing changes in the functionality and composition of rhizosphere bacterial communities
    2022 117 citations Yang Bai et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yang Bai 4.3k 2.2k 1.2k 578 548 87 6.7k
Daniel K. Manter 4.4k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 2.3× 794 1.4× 104 7.2k
Devin Coleman‐Derr 5.1k 1.2× 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 490 0.8× 586 1.1× 60 7.5k
Dayakar V. Badri 4.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 911 0.8× 947 1.6× 352 0.6× 45 6.2k
Philippe Normand 5.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 231 0.4× 327 0.6× 205 8.1k
Stephanie Malfatti 3.1k 0.7× 3.0k 1.3× 2.4k 2.0× 308 0.5× 489 0.9× 53 7.8k
Tijana Glavina Del Rio 3.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 368 0.6× 611 1.1× 37 5.5k
Anton Hartmann 6.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.8× 743 1.4× 122 9.4k
Gustavo Santoyo 5.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 709 0.6× 417 0.7× 939 1.7× 168 6.8k
Joseph Strauss 2.6k 0.6× 2.9k 1.3× 649 0.5× 704 1.2× 821 1.5× 113 5.8k
Lı Zhang 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 462 0.4× 620 1.1× 161 0.3× 304 6.0k

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All Works

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Li, Qianhua, Yang Bai, Yi Luo, et al.. (2025). Direct writing and modulating of diverse micro/nanostructures on glass substrate by using femtosecond laser. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 191. 109020–109020. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Rui, Jingying Zhang, Fang Liu, et al.. (2025). Crop root bacterial and viral genomes reveal unexplored species and microbiome patterns. Cell. 188(9). 2521–2539.e22. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Lanxiang, Yue Liu, Wenlong Zuo, et al.. (2024). Systematic characterization of plant-associated bacteria that can degrade indole-3-acetic acid. PLoS Biology. 22(11). e3002921–e3002921. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Haoran, et al.. (2024). The plant microbiota: From theoretical advances to applications. Fundamental Research. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Jing, Xinhua Zhang, Bin Zheng, et al.. (2023). Down-regulation of the Smad signaling by circZBTB46 via the Smad2-PDLIM5 axis to inhibit type I collagen expression. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 20(6). 431–447. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingying, et al.. (2023). Host genetics regulate the plant microbiome. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 72. 102268–102268. 38 indexed citations
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Yuan, Mengting, Ertao Wang, Yang Bai, et al.. (2023). Root microbiota confers rice resistance to aluminium toxicity and phosphorus deficiency in acidic soils. Nature Food. 4(10). 912–924. 78 indexed citations
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Fan, Kunkun, Hannah Holland‐Moritz, Corinne Walsh, et al.. (2022). Identification of the rhizosphere microbes that actively consume plant-derived carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 166. 108577–108577. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengfan, Stijn Spaepen, Yang Bai, Stéphane Hacquard, & Rubén Garrido‐Oter. (2021). Rbec: a tool for analysis of amplicon sequencing data from synthetic microbial communities. ISME Communications. 1(1). 73–73. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingying, Yongxin Liu, Xiaoxuan Guo, et al.. (2021). High-throughput cultivation and identification of bacteria from the plant root microbiota. Nature Protocols. 16(2). 988–1012. 162 indexed citations
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Liu, Yongxin, Yuan Qin, Tong Chen, et al.. (2020). A practical guide to amplicon and metagenomic analysis of microbiome data. Protein & Cell. 12(5). 315–330. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bai, Yang, et al.. (2019). Plant-derived coumarins shape the composition of an Arabidopsis synthetic root microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(25). 12558–12565. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Qiwen, Yang Bai, Ling Zhou, et al.. (2017). Phylogenetic and genome analysis of seven senecavirus A isolates in China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 64(6). 2075–2082. 45 indexed citations
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Mai, Kaijie, et al.. (2017). The detection and phylogenetic analysis of porcine deltacoronavirus from Guangdong Province in Southern China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 65(1). 166–173. 47 indexed citations
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Wu, Qiwen, et al.. (2016). The First Identification and Complete Genome ofSenecavirus AAffecting Pig with Idiopathic Vesicular Disease in China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 64(5). 1633–1640. 149 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, et al.. (2009). Tissue layer specific regulation of leaf length and width in Arabidopsis as revealed by the cell autonomous action of ANGUSTIFOLIA. The Plant Journal. 61(2). 191–199. 32 indexed citations

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