Yangjun Lai

427 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 252 citations indexed

About

Yangjun Lai is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yangjun Lai has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 252 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yangjun Lai's work include Plant and animal studies (14 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (12 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (11 papers). Yangjun Lai is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (14 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (12 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (11 papers). Yangjun Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yangjun Lai's co-authors include Xiaohua Jin, Li D, Wei‐Tao Jin, André Schuiteman, Jianwu Li, Wei‐Chang Huang, Zhenyu Li, Shih‐Wen Chung, Weiming Wang and Yuting Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Yangjun Lai

20 papers receiving 244 citations

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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.

Identifying hotspots and climate drivers of alien plant species for conservation prioritization across the Pan-Himalaya

2025 18 citations Saddam Saqib, Hong‐Yan Tao et al. Biological Conservation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yangjun Lai China	9	148	122	69	60	29	20	252
Shi‐Shun Zhou China	10	198 1.3×	191 1.6×	93 1.3×	19 0.3×	14 0.5×	45	382
Jana Ebersbach Germany	9	205 1.4×	210 1.7×	188 2.7×	65 1.1×	30 1.0×	14	450
Mauro Raffaelli Italy	9	124 0.8×	62 0.5×	160 2.3×	64 1.1×	9 0.3×	48	271
Khang Sinh Nguyen Vietnam	10	314 2.1×	313 2.6×	97 1.4×	29 0.5×	13 0.4×	104	382
Sung Soo Whang South Korea	10	159 1.1×	226 1.9×	292 4.2×	14 0.2×	39 1.3×	31	440
Feng-Ming Yu China	7	48 0.3×	48 0.4×	97 1.4×	60 1.0×	7 0.2×	30	202
Phan Kế Lộc Vietnam	8	183 1.2×	186 1.5×	110 1.6×	11 0.2×	6 0.2×	26	305
J. M. Onana Cameroon	10	188 1.3×	88 0.7×	76 1.1×	6 0.1×	6 0.2×	56	292
Victor Deklerck Belgium	9	33 0.2×	57 0.5×	18 0.3×	15 0.3×	22 0.8×	27	235
Lawrence M. Kelly United States	11	303 2.0×	244 2.0×	139 2.0×	6 0.1×	11 0.4×	20	418

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, Yangjun, Jun Wen, Zhe‐Kun Zhou, et al.. (2025). Uplift history and biological evolution of the Himalaya (I). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(1). 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Lai, Yangjun, Jianfei Ye, Bing Liu, et al.. (2025). Integrating fossil and extant plant communities to calibrate paleoelevation of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(1). 25–38. 2 indexed citations

Saqib, Saddam, Limin Lu, Yangjun Lai, et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic regionalization of the Pan‐Himalayan vascular flora. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(1). 12–24. 8 indexed citations

Saqib, Saddam, Hong‐Yan Tao, Wajid Zaman, et al.. (2025). Identifying hotspots and climate drivers of alien plant species for conservation prioritization across the Pan-Himalaya. Biological Conservation. 302. 110994–110994. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Nie, Ze‐Long, Russell L. Barrett, Yangjun Lai, et al.. (2024). Transition of survival strategies under global climate shifts in the grape family. Nature Plants. 10(7). 1100–1111. 8 indexed citations

Lai, Yangjun, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic relationships of the African Lorantheae (Loranthaceae, Santalales): Insights from plastome, mitochondrial, and nuclear ribosomal sequences. Taxon. 73(6). 1391–1404. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shunjie, Limi Mao, & Yangjun Lai. (2024). Reevaluation of pollen differentiation in Altingiaceae: Challenges in distinguishing deciduous (Liquidambar) and evergreen (Altingia) types using multivariate statistics and machine learning. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 331. 105209–105209. 5 indexed citations

Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro, Russell L. Barrett, Yangjun Lai, et al.. (2024). Spatial heterogeneity of neo- and paleo-endemism for plants in Madagascar. Current Biology. 34(6). 1271–1283.e4. 5 indexed citations

Lai, Yangjun, Jianfei Ye, Hai-Hua Hu, et al.. (2023). The Sino-Himalayan flora evolved from lowland biomes dominated by tropical floristic elements. BMC Biology. 21(1). 239–239. 10 indexed citations

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Li‐Beisson, Yonghua, et al.. (2022). Status, mechanism, suitable distribution areas and protection countermeasure of invasive species in the karst areas of Southwest China. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

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Lai, Yangjun, María A. Gandolfo, William L. Crepet, & Kevin C. Nixon. (2021). Paleoaltingia gen. nov., a new genus of Altingiaceae from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Journal of Botany. 108(3). 461–471. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianquan, Jialiang Li, & Yangjun Lai. (2021). Plant diversity and ecology on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59(6). 1139–1141. 13 indexed citations

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Lai, Yangjun, Han Yu, André Schuiteman, et al.. (2020). Diversification in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Orchidinae (Orchidaceae) clades exhibiting pre-adaptations play critical role. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 157. 107062–107062. 11 indexed citations

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Lai, Yangjun, Shujie Li, & Weiming Wang. (2018). Evolutionary trends in leaf morphology and biogeography of Altingiaceae based on fossil evidence. Palaeoworld. 27(3). 415–422. 10 indexed citations

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Meng, Yuting, et al.. (2017). Vegetation and climate changes over the last 30 000 years on the Leizhou Peninsula, southern China, inferred from the pollen record of Huguangyan Maar Lake. Boreas. 46(3). 525–540. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Bing, Yunqing Hao, Yong Yang, et al.. (2016). A new species of the Ranunculaceae from southwestern China based on morphological and molecular data. Phytotaxa. 283(1). 1 indexed citations

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Schuiteman, André, Li D, Wei‐Chang Huang, et al.. (2013). Molecular systematics of Dendrobium (Orchidaceae, Dendrobieae) from mainland Asia based on plastid and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69(3). 950–960. 100 indexed citations

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Xiang, Xiaoguo, Li D, Xiaohua Jin, et al.. (2012). Monophyly or Paraphyly– The Taxonomy of Holcoglossum (Aeridinae: Orchidaceae). PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52050–e52050. 14 indexed citations

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Lai, Yangjun & Xiaohua Jin. (2012). Micropera tibetica sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 30(6). 687–690. 3 indexed citations

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Jin, Xiaohua, et al.. (2011). Nujiangia(Orchidaceae: Orchideae): A new genus from the Himalayas. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 50(1). 64–71. 6 indexed citations

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