Yanna Liang

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yanna Liang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanna Liang has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yanna Liang's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (20 papers) and Coal Properties and Utilization (12 papers). Yanna Liang is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (20 papers) and Coal Properties and Utilization (12 papers). Yanna Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Morocco. Yanna Liang's co-authors include Yi Cui, Weilan Zhang, James W. Blackburn, Dongqing Zhang, Jemil Yesuf, Jesse Trushenski, Satya Harpalani, Ronald C. Sims, Arosha Loku Umagiliyage and Ruplal Choudhary and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yanna Liang

67 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Biomass and lipid productivities of Chlorella vulgaris under autotrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophic growth conditions

2009 798 citations Yanna Liang, Yi Cui et al. Biotechnology Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yanna Liang	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	848	507	67	3.6k
Linhua Fan	1.2k 0.9×	150 0.1×	814 0.8×	593 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	112	4.4k
Laurent Mazéas	495 0.4×	392 0.4×	117 0.1×	259 0.3×	348 0.7×	64	2.3k
Zhongzhi Zhang	721 0.5×	211 0.2×	233 0.2×	134 0.2×	338 0.7×	76	2.7k
Zhiguo He	1.1k 0.8×	215 0.2×	260 0.2×	339 0.4×	817 1.6×	109	3.1k
Brian A. Wrenn	755 0.6×	574 0.5×	183 0.2×	207 0.2×	481 0.9×	47	2.8k
Diana Z. Sousa	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	392 0.4×	499 0.6×	164 0.3×	119	4.8k
Sabine Kleinsteuber	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	103 0.1×	544 0.6×	328 0.6×	112	4.2k
Baozhen Li	253 0.2×	216 0.2×	160 0.1×	171 0.2×	227 0.4×	95	2.2k
Lei Zhou	303 0.2×	292 0.3×	108 0.1×	444 0.5×	148 0.3×	107	2.2k
Kerry N. McPhedran	376 0.3×	88 0.1×	169 0.2×	423 0.5×	393 0.8×	87	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanna Liang

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Nason, Sara L., Sara Thomas, Weilan Zhang, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive trial on PFAS remediation: hemp phytoextraction and PFAS degradation in harvested plants. Environmental Science Advances. 3(2). 304–313. 12 indexed citations

Sun, Shiyu, Ying Zheng, Xinyan Wu, et al.. (2024). High Tribocatalytic Performance of FeOOH Nanorods for Degrading Organic Dyes and Antibiotics. Small Methods. 8(12). e2301784–e2301784. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Weilan, Harry Efstathiadis, Lingyun Li, & Yanna Liang. (2020). Environmental factors affecting degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by In2O3 nanoparticles. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 93. 48–56. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Dong Qing, Mo Wang, Qiaochong He, Xiaojun Niu, & Yanna Liang. (2019). Distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in aquatic plant-based systems: From soil adsorption and plant uptake to effects on microbial community. Environmental Pollution. 257. 113575–113575. 101 indexed citations

Zhang, Weilan, Dongqing Zhang, & Yanna Liang. (2019). Nanotechnology in remediation of water contaminated by poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances: A review. Environmental Pollution. 247. 266–276. 99 indexed citations

Donovan, Ariel R., et al.. (2019). Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of mixtures of TiO2, ZnO and Ag ENPs on a river bacterial community. Chemosphere. 230. 567–577. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Dongqing, Weilan Zhang, & Yanna Liang. (2019). Distribution of eight perfluoroalkyl acids in plant-soil-water systems and their effect on the soil microbial community. The Science of The Total Environment. 697. 134146–134146. 74 indexed citations

Zhang, Weilan, Dongqing Zhang, Dmitri V. Zagorevski, & Yanna Liang. (2019). Exposure of Juncus effusus to seven perfluoroalkyl acids: Uptake, accumulation and phytotoxicity. Chemosphere. 233. 300–308. 106 indexed citations

Samad, Abdul, Ji Zhang, Da Chen, & Yanna Liang. (2014). Sophorolipid Production from Biomass Hydrolysates. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 175(4). 2246–2257. 34 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2014). Lipid Production by Cryptococcus curvatus on Hydrolysates Derived from Corn Fiber and Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Following Dilute Acid Pretreatment. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 173(8). 2086–2098. 25 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2010). Use of sweet sorghum juice for lipid production by Schizochytrium limacinum SR21. Bioresource Technology. 101(10). 3623–3627. 135 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2010). Fermentable sugar release from Jatropha seed cakes following lime pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioresource Technology. 101(16). 6417–6424. 42 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, Yi Cui, Jesse Trushenski, & James W. Blackburn. (2010). Converting crude glycerol derived from yellow grease to lipids through yeast fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 101(19). 7581–7586. 169 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2009). Toward Plant Cell Wall Degradation Under Thermophilic Condition: A Unique Microbial Community Developed Originally from Swine Waste. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 161(1-8). 147–156. 11 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2009). Optimization of Growth Medium and Enzyme Assay Conditions for Crude Cellulases Produced by a Novel Thermophilic and Cellulolytic Bacterium, Anoxybacillus sp. 527. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 160(6). 1841–1852. 51 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2009). Study of cellulases from a newly isolated thermophilic and cellulolytic Brevibacillus sp. strain JXL. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 36(7). 961–970. 64 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, et al.. (2009). Biomass and lipid productivities of Chlorella vulgaris under autotrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophic growth conditions. Biotechnology Letters. 31(7). 1043–1049. 798 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Yanna, Darwin L. Sorensen, Joan E. McLean, & Ronald C. Sims. (2008). Pyrene fate affected by humic acid amendment in soil slurry systems. Journal of Biological Engineering. 2(1). 11–11. 5 indexed citations

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Liang, Yanna, David W. Britt, Joan E. McLean, Darwin L. Sorensen, & Ronald C. Sims. (2007). Humic acid effect on pyrene degradation: finding an optimal range for pyrene solubility and mineralization enhancement. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 74(6). 1368–1375. 36 indexed citations

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Child, R. Dennis, Charles Miller, Yanna Liang, et al.. (2007). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium isolates: their association with plant roots. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75(3). 655–663. 41 indexed citations

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