Yang Yang

8.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
203 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Yang Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yang has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Plant Science, 64 papers in Soil Science and 47 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yang Yang's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (32 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). Yang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (32 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). Yang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Yang's co-authors include Shaoshan An, Shaoshan An, Yanxing Dou, Yunqiang Wang, Jian Peng, Yanxu Liu, Huan Cheng, Scott X. Chang, Yueyue Du and Yi’na Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yang

193 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2021 2022 2022 2022 200 400 600
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. Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify ecological security patterns
    2018 602 citations Jian Peng, Yang Yang et al. profile →
  2. Negative effects of multiple global change factors on soil microbial diversity
    2021 176 citations Yang Yang, Ting Li et al. profile →
  3. Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: A global meta‐analysis
    2022 162 citations Yang Yang, Xinli Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  4. Increasing contribution of microbial residues to soil organic carbon in grassland restoration chronosequence
    2022 155 citations Yang Yang, Yanxing Dou et al. profile →
  5. Initial soil formation by biocrusts: Nitrogen demand and clay protection control microbial necromass accrual and recycling
    2022 128 citations Yang Yang, Shaoshan An 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 Yang China 45 2.2k 2.0k 1.7k 1.4k 626 203 6.1k
Hui Wang China 41 1.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 797 0.6× 458 0.7× 223 5.4k
Susanne Schmidt Australia 47 3.2k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 637 1.0× 183 7.2k
Xiaoyong Cui China 39 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 397 0.6× 173 5.1k
Stephen A. Wood United States 35 1.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 232 0.4× 69 5.6k
Niall P. McNamara United Kingdom 43 1.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 2.7k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 526 0.8× 136 6.5k
Weijun Shen China 38 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 333 0.5× 142 4.3k
Xinhui Han China 48 1.4k 0.7× 3.9k 2.0× 2.5k 1.5× 612 0.4× 562 0.9× 154 6.7k
Hui Guo China 35 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 259 0.4× 170 4.0k
Timothy R. Cavagnaro Australia 53 4.8k 2.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 604 0.4× 421 0.7× 192 7.6k
Yue Li China 40 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 188 0.3× 192 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yang

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

All Works

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Zheng, Yunan, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal evolution of ecological vulnerability on the Loess Plateau. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113060–113060. 5 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhi‐Kai, Yibo Yang, Hui Wang, et al.. (2025). Coordinated PIN7 and AUX1 responses to arsenite-restrained root growth in Arabidopsis. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 234. 106147–106147. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Liangxu, et al.. (2024). Land Use Evolution and Its Driving Factors over the Past 30 Years in Luochuan County. Forests. 15(8). 1346–1346. 2 indexed citations
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Jin, Jie, Wang Li, Xianlei Chen, et al.. (2024). Intrinsic and extrinsic regulatory mechanisms of Pseudomonas palleroniana GZNU148 for enhancing Themeda japonica tolerance to drought stress. Plant and Soil. 508(1-2). 589–612. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Shaozhen, Yunqiang Wang, Yang Yang, & Zimin Li. (2023). A Bayesian network simulates the responses of soil organic carbon to environmental factors at a catchment scale. CATENA. 233. 107493–107493. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive zoning scheme for vernacular landscapes of China. 25(1). 8–20. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Xinfang Wang, Jie Zheng, et al.. (2022). Amino acid transporter (AAT) gene family in Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum L. Gaertn.): Characterization, expression analysis and functional prediction. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 217. 330–344. 12 indexed citations
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Xue, Shi, Zhou Fang, Yang Bai, et al.. (2022). The next step for China's national park management: Integrating ecosystem services into space boundary delimitation. Journal of Environmental Management. 329. 117086–117086. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Xinli Chen, Liangxu Liu, et al.. (2022). Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: A global meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 28(21). 6446–6461. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tu, Peng‐Fei, et al.. (2020). Ability of red leaf beet-peanut and oil sunflower-peanut rotation patterns to remediate soil Cd. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Shilong, Yang Yang, Zhongmin Fu, et al.. (2020). A combination of Tropilaelaps mercedesae and imidacloprid negatively affects survival, pollen consumption and midgut bacterial composition of honey bee. Chemosphere. 268. 129368–129368. 12 indexed citations
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Jiang, Cong, Yang Yang, Shijie Zhang, et al.. (2020). An orphan protein of Fusarium graminearum modulates host immunity by mediating proteasomal degradation of TaSnRK1α. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4382–4382. 123 indexed citations
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Dai, Pingli, Shilong Ma, Yang Yang, et al.. (2018). The Herbicide Glyphosate Negatively Affects Midgut Bacterial Communities and Survival of Honey Bee during Larvae Reared in Vitro. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(29). 7786–7793. 133 indexed citations
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Xiaobo, Yang Yang, Chunyan, et al.. (2016). Stability of growth periods traits for soybean cultivars across multiple locations. 农业科学学报：英文版. 963–972. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, et al.. (2015). [Land Use Pattern Change and Regional Sustainability Evaluation of Wetland in Jiaogang Lake].. PubMed. 36(6). 2320–6.
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Li, Qiang, et al.. (2014). [Community structure and diversity of entophytic bacteria in Tricholoma matsutake in Sichuan Province, Southwest China].. PubMed. 25(11). 3316–22. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Juanjuan, et al.. (2013). Research on nitrogen metabolism characteristics and use efficiency in different winter wheat cultivars grown on three soil textures. 37(7). 601–610. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiao, et al.. (2010). Effect of Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Utilization in Upland Rice-Mungbean Intercropping System. 中国农业科学：英文版. 528–535. 2 indexed citations

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