Yang Cao

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yang Cao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Cao has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yang Cao's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (19 papers), Forest ecology and management (16 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). Yang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (19 papers), Forest ecology and management (16 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). Yang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yang Cao's co-authors include Yunming Chen, Shouzhang Peng, Jingyu Ren, Yongxia Ding, Zhongming Wen, Chengcheng Gang, Ping Zhang, Guangqi Zhang, Daniel P. Ames and Jeffery S. Horsburgh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yang Cao

77 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Spatiotemporal change and trend analysis of potential evapotranspiration over the Loess Plateau of China during 2011–2100

2016 367 citations Shouzhang Peng, Yunming Chen et al. profile →

Peers

Yang Cao

GPC

ECOLO

NLC

Xiaohui Yang China

Chuanyan Zhao China

Yanzheng Yang China

Longfei Chen China

Yuqing Zhang China

Jiaqiang Lei China

Bing Liu China

Guodong Yin China

Anke Hildebrandt Germany

Yaping Wang China

Xiaohui Yang China

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399 ×0.8

788 ×1.9

ECOLO

391 ×1.0

NLC

254 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Yang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Cao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Ming, Meng Chen, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Mixed plantations enhance soil aggregation and carbon storage: A global meta-analysis. CATENA. 254. 109013–109013. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Wenfeng, et al.. (2025). Enhancing monthly runoff prediction in arid alpine basins of northwestern China by an EMD-PCA-LSTM hybrid model. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 61. 102748–102748. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Juanjuan, et al.. (2024). Litter decomposition in pure and mixed plantations on the Loess Plateau, China: Lack of home-field advantage. CATENA. 244. 108239–108239. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, et al.. (2024). Effects of different dwarfing interstocks on the rhizosphere, endophytic bacteria, and drought resistance of apple trees. Microbiological Research. 283. 127690–127690. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Meng, et al.. (2024). Biomass difference between mixed plantations and monocultures and its influencing factors: A meta‐analysis. Land Degradation and Development. 35(6). 2284–2296. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, Zhijun Li, Zhihui Xu, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of phlorizin stress resistance and mineral nutrient utilization efficiency in apple seedlings with different dwarfing interstocks. Scientia Horticulturae. 340. 113947–113947. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Kaizhi, Yang Cao, Yuyang Yin, et al.. (2024). High-concentrate diet decreases lamb fatty acid contents by regulating bile acid composition. Food Chemistry X. 24. 101871–101871.

Fu, Congsheng, et al.. (2023). Decoding the hundred-year water level changes of the largest Saline Lake in China: A joint lake-basin modeling study based on a revised SWAT+. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 49. 101521–101521. 11 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, Congsheng Fu, Mingxiang Yang, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Drivers for Changes in Lake Area in a Typical Arid Region during Past Decades. Water. 15(19). 3354–3354. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, et al.. (2023). Drivers of Robinia pseudoacacia L. growth during stand development on the Loess Plateau, China. Dendrochronologia. 81. 126132–126132. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2023). Dopamine alleviates cadmium stress in apple trees by recruiting beneficial microorganisms to enhance the physiological resilience revealed by high-throughput sequencing and soil metabolomics. Horticulture Research. 10(7). uhad112–uhad112. 18 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, Congsheng Fu, Huawu Wu, et al.. (2022). Exploring Methods to Estimate Ice Sublimation and Total Water Vapor Flux of Large Lakes in China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(21). 4 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liangjun, et al.. (2022). Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 964400–964400. 28 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2022). Beneficial Effects of Exogenous Melatonin and Dopamine on Low Nitrate Stress in Malus hupehensis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 807472–807472. 25 indexed citations

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Xia, Ye, Congsheng Fu, Haohao Wu, et al.. (2021). Influences of Extreme Events on Water and Carbon Cycles of Cropland Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Exploration Combining Site and Global Modeling. Water Resources Research. 57(11). 13 indexed citations

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Peng, Shouzhang, et al.. (2018). [Dynamic change of Pinus tabuliformis forest productivity and its response to future climate change in Shaanxi Province, China.]. PubMed. 29(2). 412–420. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2016). [C, N, P stoichiometric characteristics of tree, shrub, herb leaves and litter in forest community of Shaanxi Province, China].. PubMed. 27(2). 365–72. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yunming, et al.. (2015). [Storage and allocation of carbon and nitrogen in Pinus tabuliformis plantations on the south slope of the East Qinling Mountains, China].. PubMed. 26(3). 643–52. 6 indexed citations

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Ai, Zemin, Yunming Chen, & Yang Cao. (2014). [Storage and allocation of carbon and nitrogen in Robinia pseudoacacia plantation at different ages in the loess hilly region, China].. PubMed. 25(2). 333–41. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, Wei Ding, Xinhai Li, et al.. (2011). Effect of transgenic drought resistant soybean on soil microbial community and beneficial microorganism.. Dongbei Nongye Daxue xuebao. 42(1). 17–20. 2 indexed citations

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