Yang Yao

622 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 459 citations indexed

About

Yang Yao is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 459 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yang Yao's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (8 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (6 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (4 papers). Yang Yao is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (8 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (6 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (4 papers). Yang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Yang Yao's co-authors include Weiqi Zhou, Haiming Qin, Weimin Wang, Guo‐Qing Li, Pin‐Jun Wan, Feng‐Gong Lü, Yuguo Qian, Huan Liu, Tao Li and Liwei Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yao

17 papers receiving 452 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.

Individual tree segmentation and tree species classification in subtropical broadleaf forests using UAV-based LiDAR, hyperspectral, and ultrahigh-resolution RGB data

2022 160 citations Haiming Qin, Weiqi Zhou et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yao China	12	181	166	130	116	89	18	459
Lixia Ma China	10	338 1.9×	262 1.6×	108 0.8×	20 0.2×	47 0.5×	22	482
Mauricio Diazgranados United Kingdom	15	42 0.2×	104 0.6×	200 1.5×	118 1.0×	13 0.1×	36	560
Anru Lou China	13	46 0.3×	83 0.5×	152 1.2×	77 0.7×	19 0.2×	27	391
Luciano Di Martino Italy	13	29 0.2×	127 0.8×	173 1.3×	53 0.5×	25 0.3×	47	536
Martin Ricker Mexico	13	58 0.3×	115 0.7×	90 0.7×	21 0.2×	24 0.3×	35	475
Tuomas Rajala Finland	10	39 0.2×	78 0.5×	97 0.7×	24 0.2×	76 0.9×	31	310
Thomas D. Frank United States	8	51 0.3×	119 0.7×	168 1.3×	33 0.3×	41 0.5×	10	346
Daniel Lord Canada	12	51 0.3×	105 0.6×	115 0.9×	53 0.5×	52 0.6×	29	386
Andrew Ford Australia	17	36 0.2×	241 1.5×	199 1.5×	171 1.5×	13 0.1×	46	798
Kade Sidiyasa Indonesia	12	81 0.4×	125 0.8×	93 0.7×	110 0.9×	36 0.4×	36	692

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yao

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Yao, Yang, Xiaoke Wang, Haiming Qin, Weimin Wang, & Weiqi Zhou. (2025). Mapping Urban Tree Species by Integrating Canopy Height Model with Multi-Temporal Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing. 17(5). 790–790. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Cheng, Fang Zhu, Min Du, et al.. (2025). Establishment of efficient Trichosanthes mottle mosaic virus-derived gene silencing in cucurbit plants. Stress Biology. 5(1). 35–35.

Zhou, Weiqi, et al.. (2024). Tree species classification improves the estimation of BVOCs from urban greenspace. The Science of The Total Environment. 914. 169762–169762. 7 indexed citations

Qin, Haiming, Weimin Wang, Yang Yao, et al.. (2024). Estimating aboveground biomass of urban trees based on ICESat-2 LiDAR and Zhuhai-1 hyperspectral data. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 135. 103605–103605. 8 indexed citations

Qin, Haiming, et al.. (2023). First Experience with Zhuhai-1 Hyperspectral Data for Urban Dominant Tree Species Classification in Shenzhen, China. Remote Sensing. 15(12). 3179–3179. 14 indexed citations

Song, Jin Woo, et al.. (2022). Applying spectral fractal dimension index to predict the SPAD value of rice leaves under bacterial blight disease stress. Plant Methods. 18(1). 67–67. 22 indexed citations

Qin, Haiming, Weiqi Zhou, Yang Yao, & Weimin Wang. (2022). Individual tree segmentation and tree species classification in subtropical broadleaf forests using UAV-based LiDAR, hyperspectral, and ultrahigh-resolution RGB data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 280. 113143–113143. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

Qin, Haiming, Weiqi Zhou, Yuguo Qian, Hongxing Zhang, & Yang Yao. (2022). Estimating aboveground carbon stocks of urban trees by synergizing ICESat-2 LiDAR with GF-2 data. Urban forestry & urban greening. 76. 127728–127728. 23 indexed citations

Wu, Ruijun, Yao Ge, Tao Wang, et al.. (2021). Preventive behaviours and family inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 10(1). 100–100. 12 indexed citations

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Qin, Haiming, Weiqi Zhou, Yang Yao, & Weimin Wang. (2021). Estimating Aboveground Carbon Stock at the Scale of Individual Trees in Subtropical Forests Using UAV LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data. Remote Sensing. 13(24). 4969–4969. 26 indexed citations

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Dai, Guanghui, Conghong Huang, Wenli Wang, et al.. (2021). Assessment of karst rocky desertification from the local to regional scale based on unmanned aerial vehicle images: A case‐study of Shilin County, Yunnan Province, China. Land Degradation and Development. 32(18). 5253–5266. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenming, Yang Yao, Teng Yang, et al.. (2018). The synthesis and antistaphylococcal activity of N-sulfonaminoethyloxime derivatives of dehydroabietic acid. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(10). 1943–1948. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuedong, Liwei Gao, Yang Yao, et al.. (2018). Efficient virus-induced gene silencing in Brassica rapa using a turnip yellow mosaic virus vector. Biologia Plantarum. 62(4). 826–834. 51 indexed citations

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Liu, Huan, Tao Li, Yanhua Ding, Yang Yao, & Zhiwei Zhao. (2017). Dark septate endophytes colonizing the roots of ‘non-mycorrhizal’ plants in a mine tailing pond and in a relatively undisturbed environment, Southwest China. Journal of Plant Interactions. 12(1). 264–271. 23 indexed citations

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Song, Yang, et al.. (2014). Grand Total EEG Analyses: A Promising Method Predict The Severity of Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease. 31(1). 40–46. 2 indexed citations

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Wan, Pin‐Jun, et al.. (2014). RNAi suppression of the ryanodine receptor gene results in decreased susceptibility to chlorantraniliprole in Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Journal of Insect Physiology. 63. 48–55. 41 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2014). RNAi mediated knockdown of the ryanodine receptor gene decreases chlorantraniliprole susceptibility in Sogatella furcifera. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 108. 58–65. 35 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang, et al.. (2007). [Roles of fluoxetine and haloperidol in mouse models of DOI-induced head twitch response].. PubMed. 9(5). 469–72. 3 indexed citations

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