Yang Liu

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
228 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Yang Liu is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Liu has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Ecology, 89 papers in Genetics and 54 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yang Liu's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (70 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (38 papers). Yang Liu is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (70 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (38 papers). Yang Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Liu's co-authors include Chenwei Li, Zhengwang Zhang, Junhua Hu, Ling Qiu, Baoqing Zhang, Dan Li, Meichun Ding, Pinjia Que, Panpan Feng and Wei Rui and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yang Liu

221 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Highly efficient three‐dimensional solar evaporator for z... 2024 2026 2025 2024 2024 25 50 75
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. Highly efficient three‐dimensional solar evaporator for zero liquid discharge desalination of high‐salinity brine
    2024 92 citations Yang Liu et al. profile →
  2. Gradient Graphene Spiral Sponges for Efficient Solar Evaporation and Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination with Directional Salt Crystallization
    2024 91 citations Yang Liu 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
Yang Liu China 32 952 905 833 657 446 228 3.5k
Yibo Hu China 31 1.2k 1.3× 621 0.7× 812 1.0× 384 0.6× 289 0.6× 114 3.0k
Stefan Richter Germany 35 1.5k 1.6× 640 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 543 0.8× 247 0.6× 146 3.9k
Erik Stokstad Netherlands 26 534 0.6× 349 0.4× 464 0.6× 374 0.6× 657 1.5× 348 3.0k
Hemin Zhang China 45 1.6k 1.6× 497 0.5× 743 0.9× 433 0.7× 168 0.4× 215 6.1k
Bisong Yue China 32 1.1k 1.1× 1.8k 2.0× 2.0k 2.4× 642 1.0× 725 1.6× 327 4.8k
Matthew D. Kane United States 18 2.0k 2.1× 402 0.4× 1.3k 1.6× 430 0.7× 475 1.1× 28 3.7k
Sorel Fitz‐Gibbon United States 34 766 0.8× 772 0.9× 2.4k 2.9× 159 0.2× 475 1.1× 60 4.2k
David S. Richardson United Kingdom 50 2.9k 3.0× 1.9k 2.1× 740 0.9× 3.6k 5.4× 354 0.8× 182 7.6k
Matthew D. Shawkey United States 46 1.6k 1.7× 642 0.7× 558 0.7× 3.1k 4.7× 175 0.4× 170 7.1k
Andrew Whitehead United States 35 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 792 1.0× 428 0.7× 227 0.5× 77 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yang Liu. 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 Yang Liu. The network helps show where Yang Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Liu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liang, Dan, et al.. (2024). Quantifying species biases among multidata sources on illegal wildlife trade and its implications for conservation. Conservation Biology. 38(5). e14351–e14351. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wenjun, Kaichi Huang, Jie Tu, et al.. (2024). Divergent Selection in Low Recombination Regions Shapes the Genomic Islands in Two Incipient Shorebird Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(2). 3 indexed citations
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Almalki, Mohammed, Qin Huang, Tongzuo Zhang, et al.. (2024). Breeding ecology of a high-altitude shorebird in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Journal für Ornithologie. 165(3). 713–724. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Fang, Qin Zhu, Yunchao Luo, et al.. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in human dimensions behind cat–wildlife conflict. Conservation Biology. 38(4). e14253–e14253. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Liping, Yang Liu, Edward L. Braun, et al.. (2024). Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush. Royal Society Open Science. 11(4). 230976–230976. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Donglai, Yu Bai, Weipan Lei, et al.. (2023). Mammalian predators and vegetated nesting habitat drive reduced protected area nesting success of Kentish plovers, Yellow Sea region, China. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9884–e9884. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Jiachen, et al.. (2023). Large-scale assessment of exposure to legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in China's shorebirds. Environmental Research. 229. 115946–115946. 11 indexed citations
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Kimball, Rebecca T., et al.. (2023). Functions of avian elongated tails, with suggestions for future studies. Ibis. 165(4). 1091–1106.
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Xiao, Lingyun, Yixuan Fang, Yuan Xie, et al.. (2023). A nanocomposite hydrogel for co-delivery of multiple anti-biofilm therapeutics to enhance the treatment of bacterial biofilm-related infections. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 649. 123638–123638. 12 indexed citations
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Liang, Dan, Xu Luo, Cheng Wenda, et al.. (2021). Seasonal variation in community composition and distributional ranges of birds along a subtropical elevation gradient in China. Diversity and Distributions. 27(12). 2527–2541. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Shuxin, Yang Liu, Chaobin He, et al.. (2021). Combining NanoKnife with M1 oncolytic virus enhances anticancer activity in pancreatic cancer. Cancer Letters. 502. 9–24. 36 indexed citations
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Burri, Reto, et al.. (2021). Seasonal migration patterns and the maintenance of evolutionary diversity in a cryptic bird radiation. Molecular Ecology. 31(2). 632–645. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Simin, Yang Liu, Cheng‐Te Yao, et al.. (2020). Regional drivers of diversification in the late Quaternary in a widely distributed generalist species, the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus. Journal of Biogeography. 47(12). 2714–2727. 14 indexed citations
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Sin, Simon Yung Wa, H. Pieter J. van Veelen, M. de L. Brooke, et al.. (2020). Genetic diversity, demographic history and neo-sex chromosomes in the Critically Endangered Raso lark. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1922). 20192613–20192613. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Simin Liu, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2019). Genome assembly of the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus, a model for speciation and ecological genomics. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(12). 3326–3331. 13 indexed citations
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Liang, Dan, Wei‐Cai Zeng, Yiming Hu, et al.. (2019). Climate, human disturbance and geometric constraints drive the elevational richness pattern of birds in a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 18. e00630–e00630. 27 indexed citations
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Pagani‐Núñez, Emilio, Dan Liang, Chao He, et al.. (2019). Niches in the Anthropocene: passerine assemblages show niche expansion from natural to urban habitats. Ecography. 42(8). 1360–1369. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cuijuan, Si‐Guo Wu, Yang Liu, et al.. (2019). The substituent guest effect on four-step spin-crossover behavior. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(4). 911–917. 32 indexed citations
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