Yanjie Liu

2.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yanjie Liu is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanjie Liu has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 27 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Yanjie Liu's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (19 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (12 papers). Yanjie Liu is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (19 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (12 papers). Yanjie Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Kenya. Yanjie Liu's co-authors include Mark van Kleunen, Zhijie Zhang, Ayub M. O. Oduor, Xingliang Xu, Zhen Zhang, Ling Yuan, Ewald Weber, Wei Ke, Zhenyao Wang and Michelle R. Leishman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yanjie Liu

78 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Do invasive alien plants benefit more from global environmental change than native plants?

2016 273 citations Yanjie Liu, Ayub M. O. Oduor et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: a meta‐analysis

2020 197 citations Zhijie Zhang, Yanjie Liu et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil

2024 83 citations Yanjie Liu, Yanmei Fu et al. profile →
Soil viral–host interactions regulate microplastic-dependent carbon storage

2024 39 citations Da Lin, Yanmei Fu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions

2025 38 citations Lu Xiao, Da Lin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanjie Liu China	24	754	643	447	291	221	82	2.0k
Baoming Chen China	25	993 1.3×	519 0.8×	364 0.8×	272 0.9×	266 1.2×	124	2.4k
Congcong Liu China	25	1.1k 1.4×	953 1.5×	468 1.0×	425 1.5×	809 3.7×	66	2.6k
Liang Song China	23	438 0.6×	282 0.4×	570 1.3×	280 1.0×	347 1.6×	87	1.5k
Yong‐Jiang Zhang United States	29	1.1k 1.4×	537 0.8×	326 0.7×	265 0.9×	1.2k 5.7×	115	2.4k
Shuoxin Zhang China	29	1.4k 1.9×	287 0.4×	256 0.6×	260 0.9×	493 2.2×	130	3.0k
Mingzhu He China	21	559 0.7×	310 0.5×	252 0.6×	304 1.0×	387 1.8×	76	1.8k
Hongzhang Kang China	22	431 0.6×	379 0.6×	175 0.4×	295 1.0×	434 2.0×	68	1.4k
Sheng Du China	33	820 1.1×	632 1.0×	235 0.5×	560 1.9×	989 4.5×	116	3.0k
Hui Zhu China	18	400 0.5×	446 0.7×	286 0.6×	343 1.2×	115 0.5×	51	1.3k
Di Tian China	25	826 1.1×	583 0.9×	260 0.6×	685 2.4×	644 2.9×	75	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanjie Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanjie Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanjie Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanjie Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanjie 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 Yanjie Liu. Yanjie 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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Xiao, Lu, Haobin Zhang, Ayub M. O. Oduor, & Yanjie Liu. (2025). Artificial night-time lighting and herbivory interactively reduce the biomass production of invasive plants while enhancing that of native plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2048). 20242811–20242811. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jian‐Yong, Yingxia Liu, Ayub M. O. Oduor, Mark van Kleunen, & Yanjie Liu. (2025). Diversity and productivity of a natural grassland decline with the number of global change factors. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(6). 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Lu, Da Lin, Tian-Lun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(2). e2419917122–e2419917122. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Oduor, Ayub M. O., et al.. (2025). Nutrient enrichment and interspecific competition modulate growth performance of invasive plant species regardless of nematodes. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(4).

Oduor, Ayub M. O., Mark van Kleunen, & Yanjie Liu. (2024). Investigating the drivers of negative diversity-invasibility relationship: The role of nutrient availability, allelopathy, soil biota, and soil legacy effects. Fundamental Research. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yifei, Peiyao Li, Qingyan Qiu, et al.. (2024). Silicon fertiliser application increases the terrestrial ecosystem carbon pool at the global scale. Geoderma. 442. 116806–116806. 12 indexed citations

Fu, Yanmei, et al.. (2024). The more microplastic types pollute the soil, the stronger the growth suppression of invasive alien and native plants. Journal of Ecology. 112(7). 1444–1457. 12 indexed citations

Fu, Yanmei, Ayub M. O. Oduor, Ming Jiang, & Yanjie Liu. (2024). Soil biota modulate the effects of microplastics on biomass and diversity of plant communities. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(11). 2653–2665. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaocong, et al.. (2024). Shallow Convection Dataset Simulated by Three Different Large Eddy Models. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 41(4). 754–766. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Design and Study on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of the Cryostat for High Sensitivity Terahertz Detection Module. Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics. 47(2). 410–423. 2 indexed citations

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Oduor, Ayub M. O., et al.. (2022). Invasive plants have greater growth than co‐occurring natives in live soil subjected to a drought‐rewetting treatment. Functional Ecology. 37(3). 513–522. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanjie, et al.. (2022). The Matthew effect: Common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night. Global Change Biology. 28(11). 3674–3682. 24 indexed citations

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Kleunen, Mark van, et al.. (2022). Soil mesofauna may buffer the negative effects of drought on alien plant invasion. Journal of Ecology. 110(10). 2332–2342. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Liqing, Yanli Huang, & Yanjie Liu. (2021). Health risk assessment of heavy metals in direct drinking water among middle and primary schools in Huangpi District of Wuhan. Chinese Journal of School Health. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xue, et al.. (2021). Native woody legumes respond more negatively to extreme drought than invasive ones. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(3). 485–493. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhijie, Yanjie Liu, Ling Yuan, Ewald Weber, & Mark van Kleunen. (2020). Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: a meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 24(2). 348–362. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yanjie, Ayub M. O. Oduor, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2016). Do invasive alien plants benefit more from global environmental change than native plants?. Global Change Biology. 23(8). 3363–3370. 273 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yanjie, Xia Gao, Xia Hu, et al.. (2014). Monitoring bisphenol A and its biodegradation in water using a fluorescent molecularly imprinted chemosensor. Chemosphere. 119. 515–523. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanjie, et al.. (2012). Asymmetric bioreduction of activated alkenes by a novel isolate of Achromobacter species producing enoate reductase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 95(3). 635–645. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Yanjie, et al.. (2009). Decreased learning and memory ability in rats with fluorosis: increased oxidative stress and reduced cholinesterase activity in the brain.. 42(4). 277–285. 31 indexed citations

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