Yanju Gao

743 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 473 citations indexed

About

Yanju Gao is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanju Gao has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 473 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Soil Science, 16 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yanju Gao's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Yanju Gao is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Yanju Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Spain and Argentina. Yanju Gao's co-authors include Akash Tariq, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, Guixin Chu, Zhihao Zhang, Fanjiang Zeng, Corina Graciano, Abd Ullah, Fanjiang Zeng and Zeeshan Ahmed and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, New Phytologist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yanju Gao

30 papers receiving 462 citations

Hit 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.

Plant root mechanisms and their effects on carbon and nutrient accumulation in desert ecosystems under changes in land use and climate

2024 86 citations Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Yanju Gao

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yanju Gao's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Yanju Gao with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yanju Gao more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yanju Gao

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yanju Gao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yanju Gao. The network helps show where Yanju Gao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanju Gao

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Metagenomics reveals divergent functional profiles of soil carbon and nitrogen cycles in an experimental drought and phosphorus-poor desert ecosystem 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Yanju Gao, Akash Tariq, Fanjiang Zeng, Xiangyi Li, Jordi Sardans, (unknown), Josep Peñuelas	2
2	Afforestation-driven soil organic carbon stabilization in a hyper-arid desert: nonlinear dynamics and microbial drivers across a 22-year chronosequence 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano, Zhihao Zhang, Yanju Gao, Maierdang Keyimu, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Yan, Weiqi Wang, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng	1
3	Shifts in microbial- and plant-derived biomass degradation genes with afforestation promoting carbon accumulation 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Zhihao Zhang, Akash Tariq, Jordi Sardans, Weiqi Wang, Yanju Gao, (unknown), (unknown), Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng	1
4	Long‐term fate of photosynthetic carbon in desert plants: microbial necromass‐driven pathways for soil carbon stabilization 2025 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Zhihao Zhang, Yang Hu, Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano, Jordi Sardans, (unknown), Yanju Gao, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Yan, Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng	0
5	Soil minerals regulate soil organic carbon accumulation through glomalin-related soil protein along an elevation gradient in a mountain arid ecosystem 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Zhihao Zhang, Weiqi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yanju Gao, Zhaobin Mu, Yan Lü, Lei Li, Akash Tariq, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng	2
6	Nutrient and stoichiometric characteristics of various organs in three typical desert plants from extreme desert ecosystems 2025 ·Rhizosphere ·Yi Du, Yulin Zhang, Zhihao Zhang, Yanju Gao, Zhaobin Mu, Waqar Islam, Fanjiang Zeng	1
7	Long‐Term Anthropogenic Disturbances Exacerbate Soil Organic Carbon Loss in Hyperarid Desert Ecosystems 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Yanju Gao, Akash Tariq, Fanjiang Zeng, Jordi Sardans, (unknown), Josep Peñuelas	2
8	Dual impacts of long-term vegetation management practices on plant-soil ecological multifunctionality: Call for sustainable management in desert ecosystems 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Akash Tariq, Fanjiang Zeng, Corina Graciano, Abd Ullah, Yanju Gao, Jordi Sardans, Sikandar Ali, Alice C. Hughes, (unknown), Josep Peñuelas	0
9	Guardians of arid lands: deep-rooted defense against desertification and climate change 2025 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Akash Tariq, Yanju Gao, Fanjiang Zeng, Jordi Sardans, Zeeshan Ahmed, Corina Graciano, Alice C. Hughes, Josep Peñuelas	0
10	Plant root mechanisms and their effects on carbon and nutrient accumulation in desert ecosystems under changes in land use and climate breakdown → 2024 ·New Phytologist ·Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano, Jordi Sardans, Fanjiang Zeng, Alice C. Hughes, Zeeshan Ahmed, Abd Ullah, Sikandar Ali, Yanju Gao, Josep Peñuelas	86
11	Combining different species in restoration is not always the right decision: Monocultures can provide higher ecological functions than intercropping in a desert ecosystem 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Akash Tariq, Abd Ullah, Corina Graciano, Fanjiang Zeng, Yanju Gao, Jordi Sardans, Alice C. Hughes, Zhihao Zhang, Josep Peñuelas	2
12	Soil microbial functional profiles of P-cycling reveal drought-induced constraints on P-transformation in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Yanju Gao, Akash Tariq, Fanjiang Zeng, Jordi Sardans, Corina Graciano, Xiangyi Li, Weiqi Wang, Josep Peñuelas	28
13	Depth-dependent responses of soil bacterial communities to salinity in an arid region 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Zhihao Zhang, Yan Lü, (unknown), (unknown), Akash Tariq, Yanju Gao, Zhaobin Mu, (unknown), Weiqi Wang, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, (unknown)	3
14	Potential role of root-associated bacterial communities in adjustments of desert plant physiology to osmotic stress 2023 ·Plant Physiology and Biochemistry ·Zhihao Zhang, Xutian Chai, Bo Zhang, Yan Lü, Yanju Gao, Akash Tariq, Xiangyi Li, (unknown)	2
15	Patterns of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry of three life-form desert plants and responses to soil and microbial biomass factors in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem 2023 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Yanju Gao, Fanjiang Zeng	1
16	Root morphological and physiological traits are committed to the phosphorus acquisition of the desert plants in phosphorus-deficient soils 2023 ·BMC Plant Biology ·Yanju Gao, Zhihao Zhang, Fanjiang Zeng, Xingyu Ma	14
17	Fine‐root traits are devoted to the allocation of foliar phosphorus fractions of desert species under water and phosphorus‐poor environments 2023 ·Physiologia Plantarum ·Yanju Gao, Akash Tariq, (unknown), Xiangyi Li, Jordi Sardans, Chenggang Liu, Josep Peñuelas	3
18	Alhagi sparsifolia: An ideal phreatophyte for combating desertification and land degradation 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Akash Tariq, Abd Ullah, Jordi Sardans, Fanjiang Zeng, Corina Graciano, Xiangyi Li, Weiqi Wang, Zeeshan Ahmed, Sikandar Ali, Zhihao Zhang, Yanju Gao, Josep Peñuelas	45
19	Dynamics in diversity, co-occurrence pattern, and community assembly of a perennial desert plant root-associated bacteria 2022 ·Rhizosphere ·Zhihao Zhang, Xutian Chai, Yanju Gao, Bo Zhang, Yan Lü, (unknown), Lei Li, Akash Tariq, Xiangyi Li, (unknown)	9
20	Groundwater depth alters soil nutrient concentrations in different environments in an arid desert 2022 ·Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Bo Zhang, Fanjiang Zeng, Xiaopeng Gao, Muhammad Shareef, Zhihao Zhang, Qiang Yu, Yanju Gao, Changjun Li, (unknown), Yan Lü, (unknown), (unknown)	8

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact