Yang Liu

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
216 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Liu has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Molecular Biology, 93 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yang Liu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (64 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (53 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers). Yang Liu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (64 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (53 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers). Yang Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yang Liu's co-authors include Meng Li, Zhichao Zhou, Jie Pan, Ji‐Dong Gu, Yuchun Yang, Bernard Goffinet, Quanchao Zeng, Rafael Medina, Matthew G. Johnson and A. Jonathan Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yang Liu

199 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phylogenetics from high‐throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment

2016 492 citations Yang Liu et al. profile →
METABOLIC: high-throughput profiling of microbial genomes for functional traits, metabolism, biogeochemistry, and community-scale functional networks

2022 341 citations Zhichao Zhou, Yang Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Liu China	36	2.3k	2.2k	953	817	611	216	5.6k
Chris Greening Australia	45	2.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	548 0.7×	351 0.6×	124	6.0k
Chi-Man Liu Hong Kong	8	3.6k 1.6×	2.8k 1.3×	615 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	13	7.4k
Frida Lise Daae Norway	20	2.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	653 0.7×	783 1.0×	788 1.3×	24	4.9k
Dapeng Li China	44	1.4k 0.6×	989 0.4×	591 0.6×	785 1.0×	399 0.7×	304	7.2k
Maria Chuvochina Australia	20	4.7k 2.1×	3.9k 1.7×	1.0k 1.1×	730 0.9×	672 1.1×	50	7.2k
Ben J. Woodcroft Australia	30	2.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	404 0.5×	582 1.0×	59	5.7k
Laura Hug Canada	30	4.1k 1.8×	4.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	480 0.8×	43	6.8k
Anders Lanzén Spain	33	2.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	706 0.7×	621 0.8×	495 0.8×	68	4.8k
Ya Zhang China	29	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	253 0.3×	906 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	102	5.8k
Karoline Faust Belgium	31	4.5k 2.0×	3.6k 1.6×	367 0.4×	689 0.8×	1.5k 2.4×	65	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Liu

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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

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Li, Sihan, Zehua Wang, Xiaofei Wang, et al.. (2025). Integrative characterization of MYC RNA-binding function. Cell Genomics. 5(7). 100878–100878. 1 indexed citations

Li, Huimin, Fangru Nan, Qi Liu, et al.. (2024). Bacterial community and dissolved organic matter networks in urban river: The role of human influence. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 120021–120021. 5 indexed citations

Makarova, Kira S., Victor Tobiasson, Yuri I. Wolf, et al.. (2024). Diversity, origin, and evolution of the ESCRT systems. mBio. 15(3). e0033524–e0033524. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Xiaoyi Qu, Yi Wu, et al.. (2024). A TrmBL2-like transcription factor mediates the growth phase-dependent expression of halolysin SptA in a concentration-dependent manner in Natrinema gari J7-2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(7). e0074124–e0074124. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Ya‐Nan Ou, Bang‐Sheng Wu, et al.. (2024). Large-scale whole-exome sequencing analyses identified protein-coding variants associated with immune-mediated diseases in 350,770 adults. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5924–5924. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Yi-Chun Lin, Hubo Cai, & Ayman Habib. (2024). From Scans to Parametric BIM: An Enhanced Framework Using Synthetic Data Augmentation and Parametric Modeling for Highway Bridges. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 38(3). 9 indexed citations

Wei, Zhuo, et al.. (2023). Application of magnesium and biosurfactant functionalized biochar composite in treating cyanobacteria in phosphorus and crude oil contaminated water. Biochar. 5(1). 9 indexed citations

Yi, Xianliang, Yang Liu, Xuwang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Elucidation of the complete degradation mechanism of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and substrate preference within a synthetic bacterial consortium (DMFsyn) formed via a “top-down” strategy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147658–147658. 10 indexed citations

Dai, Wei, Ning Wang, Xianfeng Ye, et al.. (2023). Positive contribution of predatory bacterial community to multiple nutrient cycling and microbial network complexity in arsenic-contaminated soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 185. 104792–104792. 15 indexed citations

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Du, Huan, Jie Pan, Cui‐Jing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Analogous assembly mechanisms and functional guilds govern prokaryotic communities in mangrove ecosystems of China and South America. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(5). e0157723–e0157723. 3 indexed citations

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Ou, Ya‐Nan, Yi‐Jun Ge, Bang‐Sheng Wu, et al.. (2023). The genetic architecture of fornix white matter microstructure and their involvement in neuropsychiatric disorders. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 180–180. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Yue, Yonggang Qu, Xiaomin Yan, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive Evaluation of RNA and DNA Viromic Methods Based on Species Richness and Abundance Analyses Using Marmot Rectal Samples. mSystems. 7(4). e0043022–e0043022. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Qianqian, Zhenzhen Zhao, Haiyang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Genomic Analysis of Sphingopyxis sp. USTB-05 for Biodegrading Cyanobacterial Hepatotoxins. Toxins. 14(5). 333–333. 9 indexed citations

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Huang, Wen-Cong, Yang Liu, Xinxu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Comparative genomic analysis reveals metabolic flexibility of Woesearchaeota. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5281–5281. 29 indexed citations

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Dong, Hongpo, Lijun Hou, Yang Liu, et al.. (2021). Newly discovered Asgard archaea Hermodarchaeota potentially degrade alkanes and aromatics via alkyl/benzyl-succinate synthase and benzoyl-CoA pathway. The ISME Journal. 15(6). 1826–1843. 42 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhichao, Yang Liu, Wei Xu, et al.. (2020). Genome- and Community-Level Interaction Insights into Carbon Utilization and Element Cycling Functions of Hydrothermarchaeota in Hydrothermal Sediment. mSystems. 5(1). 67 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Yimei Huang, & Quanchao Zeng. (2016). [Soil Bacterial Communities Under Different Vegetation Types in the Loess Plateau].. PubMed. 37(10). 3931–3938. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang. (2011). Quantitative detection of sulfonamides and tetracycline antibiotics and resistance genes in sewage farms. Soil and Environmental Sciences. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, et al.. (2010). [Soil faunal diversity under typical alpine vegetations in West Sichuan].. PubMed. 21(1). 181–90. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2010). Influence on phenol degradation by bacterial strains under different salinity conditions.. Environmental Science & Technology. 33(11). 33–38. 5 indexed citations

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