Yansheng Li

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yansheng Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yansheng Li has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Soil Science and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yansheng Li's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (46 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers). Yansheng Li is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (46 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers). Yansheng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yansheng Li's co-authors include Xiaobing Liu, Guanghua Wang, Zhenhua Yu, Jian Jin, Junjie Liu, Qin Yao, Mingkai Xu, Huiwen Zhang, Yongqiang Li and Xuanhe Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yansheng Li

99 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Internalization and toxicity: A preliminary study of effects of nanoplastic particles on human lung epithelial cell

2019 484 citations Yansheng Li et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Three years of biochar amendment alters soil physiochemical properties and fungal community composition in a black soil of northeast China

2017 291 citations Qin Yao, Junjie Liu et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yansheng Li China	26	1.2k	1.0k	795	562	345	106	2.8k
Hui Wei China	29	818 0.7×	793 0.8×	517 0.7×	557 1.0×	230 0.7×	118	2.5k
Yadong Yang China	28	817 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	608 0.8×	472 0.8×	304 0.9×	112	2.7k
Xu Zhao China	31	959 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	481 0.6×	417 0.7×	403 1.2×	76	2.9k
Koki Toyota Japan	31	2.1k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	554 0.7×	767 1.4×	255 0.7×	189	4.0k
Fenliang Fan China	30	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	736 0.9×	952 1.7×	159 0.5×	66	3.8k
Zhenhua Yu China	24	968 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	343 0.4×	634 1.1×	130 0.4×	91	2.2k
Xisheng Guo China	21	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	660 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	153 0.4×	47	3.1k
Jingkuan Wang China	36	1.4k 1.2×	2.9k 2.8×	755 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	520 1.5×	151	4.5k
Zhaohai Zeng China	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	440 0.6×	469 0.8×	206 0.6×	133	3.2k
Dan Wei China	28	1.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	645 0.8×	634 1.1×	482 1.4×	95	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yansheng Li

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yansheng Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yansheng Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Xiaojing, Yongbin Wang, Yingying Xu, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable microplastics show greater potential than conventional types in facilitating antibiotic resistance gene enrichment and transfer through viral communities. Environment International. 204. 109855–109855.

Xie, Zhihuang, Yansheng Li, Zhenhua Yu, et al.. (2025). Microbial C/N metabolic capabilities contribute to the fate of crop residue N in plant-soil-microbe continuum over multiple seasons. iScience. 28(5). 112499–112499. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhuxiu, Haidong Gu, Xiaojing Hu, et al.. (2025). Enhancing microbial carbon use efficiency in organic rice farming through improved soil nutrient availability and microbial resource acquisition strategies. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 397. 110097–110097.

Zhou, Meng, Yansheng Li, Jian Liu, et al.. (2024). Simulated erosion of A horizon influences the dissolved organic matter chemodiversity and carbon sequestration of B horizon in Mollisols. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 201. 109648–109648. 4 indexed citations

Song, Bin, Yansheng Li, Zhenhua Yu, et al.. (2024). Changes in enzyme activity, structure and growth strategies of the rhizosphere microbiome influenced by elevated temperature and CO2. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176522–176522. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, J.B., Zhenhua Yu, Yansheng Li, et al.. (2024). Acceleration of straw-nitrogen mineralization under co-elevation of CO2 and temperature is associated with microbial attributes in the rhizosphere of rice. Geoderma. 443. 116834–116834. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Zhenhua, Yanfeng Hu, J.B. Zhang, et al.. (2024). Variability in soybean yield responses to elevated atmospheric CO2: Insights from non-structural carbohydrate remobilisation during seed filling. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 213. 108802–108802. 4 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaojing, Haidong Gu, Xiangxin Sun, et al.. (2023). Distinct influence of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on microbe-driving nitrogen cycling processes in soils and plastispheres as evaluated by metagenomic analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 451. 131097–131097. 115 indexed citations

Yu, Zhenhua, Bin Song, Yansheng Li, et al.. (2023). Elevated CO2 and temperature increase arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity, but decrease root colonization, in maize and wheat. The Science of The Total Environment. 873. 162321–162321. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yansheng, et al.. (2023). Identification of quantitative trait loci and candidate genes for seed sucrose and soluble sugar concentrations in soybean. Crop Science. 63(5). 2976–2992. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yansheng, et al.. (2022). Irradiation with carbon ion beams affects soybean nutritional quality in early generations. PeerJ. 10. e14080–e14080. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Meng, Yansheng Li, Xingyi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Crop Residue Return Rather Than Organic Manure Increases Soil Aggregate Stability under Corn–Soybean Rotation in Surface Mollisols. Agriculture. 12(2). 265–265. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaojing, Haidong Gu, Junjie Liu, et al.. (2021). Biogeographic distribution patterns and assembly processes of nirS‐ type and nirK ‐type denitrifiers across the black soil zone in Northeast China. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86(6). 1383–1396. 9 indexed citations

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Xie, Zhihuang, Yansheng Li, Zhenhua Yu, et al.. (2021). Incorporation of maize crop residue maintains soybean yield through the stimulation of nitrogen fixation rather than residue-derived nitrogen in Mollisols. Field Crops Research. 272. 108269–108269. 8 indexed citations

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Guo, Lili, Yue Yang, Yue Zhao, et al.. (2020). Reducing topsoil depth decreases the yield and nutrient uptake of maize and soybean grown in a glacial till. Land Degradation and Development. 32(9). 2849–2860. 31 indexed citations

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Yao, Qin, Junjie Liu, Yansheng Li, et al.. (2020). Changes of diazotrophic communities in response to cropping systems in a Mollisol of Northeast China. PeerJ. 8. e9550–e9550. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiuying, et al.. (2015). Key Components of Eating Quality and their Dynamic Accumulation in Vegetable Soybean Varieties [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 41(11). 1692–1700. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yansheng, et al.. (2012). Research Note Greater differences exist in seed protein, oil, total soluble sugar and sucrose content of vegetable soybean genotypes (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) in Northeast China. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 6(12). 1681–1686. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiuying, et al.. (2010). Influence of sowing date on phenological stages, seed growth and marketable yield of four vegetable soybean cultivars in North-eastern USA. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(18). 2556–2562. 36 indexed citations

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Liu, Bing, Xiaobing Liu, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2010). Long distance transport of assimilates is shown to exist in soybean plants. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(7). 551–554. 3 indexed citations

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