Yang Ouyang

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yang Ouyang is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Ouyang has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Pollution and 9 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Yang Ouyang's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Yang Ouyang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Yang Ouyang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yang Ouyang's co-authors include Jeanette M. Norton, John M. Stark, Lisa K. Tiemann, Sarah E. Evans, Jennifer R. Reeve, Maren Friesen, Mussie Y. Habteselassie, Xuyong Li, Da‐Shuai Mu and Zong‐Jun Du and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Yang Ouyang

22 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effect of nitrogen fertilization on the abundance of nitrogen cycling genes in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis of field studies

2018 317 citations Yang Ouyang, Sarah E. Evans et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Ouyang United States	14	807	635	483	466	310	22	1.5k
Guiping Ye China	16	827 1.0×	623 1.0×	287 0.6×	513 1.1×	217 0.7×	39	1.4k
Sho Morimoto Japan	17	710 0.9×	559 0.9×	388 0.8×	531 1.1×	240 0.8×	32	1.4k
Xi‐En Long China	23	573 0.7×	745 1.2×	462 1.0×	438 0.9×	312 1.0×	46	1.6k
Rong Sheng China	17	527 0.7×	460 0.7×	321 0.7×	318 0.7×	250 0.8×	39	1.1k
Saman Bowatte New Zealand	17	938 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	807 1.7×	442 0.9×	484 1.6×	50	1.9k
Juan C. López‐Gutiérrez United States	13	486 0.6×	570 0.9×	534 1.1×	422 0.9×	194 0.6×	24	1.4k
Mengjie Yu China	12	792 1.0×	506 0.8×	253 0.5×	505 1.1×	189 0.6×	20	1.4k
Ezékiel Baudoin France	15	573 0.7×	550 0.9×	413 0.9×	882 1.9×	173 0.6×	27	1.8k
Pauline M. Mele Australia	23	846 1.0×	591 0.9×	281 0.6×	637 1.4×	225 0.7×	45	1.7k
David J. Levy‐Booth Canada	16	580 0.7×	750 1.2×	292 0.6×	488 1.0×	224 0.7×	24	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ouyang, Yang, Rohit Gupte, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, et al.. (2025). Microfluidic droplets with amended culture media cultivate a greater diversity of soil microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(3). e0179424–e0179424. 2 indexed citations

Xie, Yinan, Yang Ouyang, Shun Han, et al.. (2022). Crop rotation stage has a greater effect than fertilisation on soil microbiome assembly and enzymatic stoichiometry. The Science of The Total Environment. 815. 152956–152956. 60 indexed citations

Habteselassie, Mussie Y., et al.. (2022). Changes in microbial communities in soil treated with organic or conventional N sources. Journal of Environmental Quality. 51(6). 1144–1154. 5 indexed citations

Ouyang, Yang, Jennifer R. Reeve, & Jeanette M. Norton. (2022). The quality of organic amendments affects soil microbiome and nitrogen-cycling bacteria in an organic farming system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Jia, Jinlyung Choi, Santosh Gunturu, et al.. (2021). MetaFunPrimer: an Environment-Specific, High-Throughput Primer Design Tool for Improved Quantification of Target Genes. mSystems. 6(5). e0020121–e0020121. 2 indexed citations

Ouyang, Yang. (2021). Agricultural Nitrogen Management Affects Microbial Communities, Enzyme Activities, and Functional Genes for Nitrification and Nitrogen Mineralization. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 3 indexed citations

Ouyang, Yang, Danmei Chen, Ying Fu, et al.. (2021). Direct cell extraction from fresh and stored soil samples: Impact on microbial viability and community compositions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 155. 108178–108178. 31 indexed citations

Ouyang, Yang & Jeanette M. Norton. (2020). Nitrite Oxidizer Activity and Community Are More Responsive Than Their Abundance to Ammonium-Based Fertilizer in an Agricultural Soil. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1736–1736. 15 indexed citations

Mu, Da‐Shuai, Yang Ouyang, Guanjun Chen, & Zong‐Jun Du. (2020). Strategies for culturing active/dormant marine microbes. Marine Life Science & Technology. 3(2). 121–131. 38 indexed citations

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Liang, Di, Yang Ouyang, Lisa K. Tiemann, & G. Philip Robertson. (2020). Niche Differentiation of Bacterial Versus Archaeal Soil Nitrifiers Induced by Ammonium Inhibition Along a Management Gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 568588–568588. 10 indexed citations

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Mu, Da‐Shuai, Shuo Wang, Qi‐Yun Liang, et al.. (2020). Bradymonabacteria, a novel bacterial predator group with versatile survival strategies in saline environments. Microbiome. 8(1). 126–126. 50 indexed citations

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Norton, Jeanette M. & Yang Ouyang. (2019). Controls and Adaptive Management of Nitrification in Agricultural Soils. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1931–1931. 244 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang & Jeanette M. Norton. (2019). Short-Term Nitrogen Fertilization Affects Microbial Community Composition and Nitrogen Mineralization Functions in an Agricultural Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(5). 77 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang, Jennifer R. Reeve, & Jeanette M. Norton. (2018). Soil enzyme activities and abundance of microbial functional genes involved in nitrogen transformations in an organic farming system. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 54(4). 437–450. 82 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang, Sarah E. Evans, Maren Friesen, & Lisa K. Tiemann. (2018). Effect of nitrogen fertilization on the abundance of nitrogen cycling genes in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis of field studies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 127. 71–78. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ouyang, Yang, Jeanette M. Norton, & John M. Stark. (2017). Ammonium availability and temperature control contributions of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrification in an agricultural soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 113. 161–172. 170 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang, Jeanette M. Norton, John M. Stark, Jennifer R. Reeve, & Mussie Y. Habteselassie. (2016). Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are more responsive than archaea to nitrogen source in an agricultural soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 96. 4–15. 244 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang & Xuyong Li. (2013). Recent research progress on soil microbial responses to drying–rewetting cycles. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 33(1). 1–6. 28 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang. (2011). Responses of soil microbial biomass and soil respiration to rainfall. Soil and Environmental Sciences. 1 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Yang, et al.. (2011). Sexual reproduction development in apomictic Eulaliopsis binata (Poaceae). Genetics and Molecular Research. 10(4). 2326–2339. 7 indexed citations

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