Yanyan Gao

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yanyan Gao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanyan Gao has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Water Science and Technology, 16 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanyan Gao's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (7 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (6 papers). Yanyan Gao is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (7 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (6 papers). Yanyan Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Bangladesh and Netherlands. Yanyan Gao's co-authors include Hui Qian, Haike Wang, Jie Chen, Hao Wu, Wenhao Ren, Jie Chen, Wengang Qu, Faxuan Yang, Hui Jia and Fengxia Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Yanyan Gao

34 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing Nitrate and Fluoride Contaminants in Drinking W... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2020 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Assessing Nitrate and Fluoride Contaminants in Drinking Water and Their Health Risk of Rural Residents Living in a Semiarid Region of Northwest China
    2016 365 citations Jie Chen, Hao Wu et al. Exposure and Health profile →
  2. Hydrogeochemical characterization and quality assessment of groundwater based on integrated-weight water quality index in a concentrated urban area
    2020 290 citations Yanyan Gao, Hui Qian et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanyan Gao China 19 1.1k 1.0k 771 252 208 38 2.0k
Micòl Mastrocicco Italy 31 1.5k 1.3× 862 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 276 1.1× 430 2.1× 145 3.1k
Panpan Xu China 23 900 0.8× 806 0.8× 740 1.0× 442 1.8× 105 0.5× 69 1.8k
Yuting Zhang China 11 874 0.8× 716 0.7× 564 0.7× 100 0.4× 163 0.8× 32 1.5k
Haike Wang China 14 632 0.6× 583 0.6× 491 0.6× 183 0.7× 112 0.5× 16 1.4k
Song He China 19 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 65 0.3× 307 1.5× 27 2.4k
Mohammad Nakhaei Iran 23 555 0.5× 564 0.5× 692 0.9× 150 0.6× 92 0.4× 70 1.4k
Zheming Shi China 35 1.2k 1.0× 676 0.7× 766 1.0× 82 0.3× 350 1.7× 119 2.8k
Xiaosi Su China 25 763 0.7× 743 0.7× 707 0.9× 94 0.4× 279 1.3× 140 2.1k
Paul Pavelic Australia 29 711 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 150 0.6× 178 0.9× 105 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanyan Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanyan Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanyan Gao

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

All Works

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Liu, Yixin, Hui Qian, Yanyan Gao, et al.. (2025). Identifying nitrate pollution of groundwater based on aquifer vulnerability and surface nitrogen loads in the Northern Foot of the Qinling Mountains, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 495. 138939–138939. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Wenhao, Hui Qian, Shiqiao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Hydrological imbalance in Nam Co Lake, the third-largest lake on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology. 662. 133956–133956.
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Liu, Fengxia, Hui Qian, Guangcai Wang, Yanyan Gao, & Ziwei Shi. (2024). New insights into the parameterization of the dry surface layer and its hydrogeochemical mechanism: An experimental study. Advances in Water Resources. 190. 104738–104738. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaoyang, Xiaopeng Zhu, Lili Zheng, et al.. (2024). Association between fast eating speed and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a multicenter cross-sectional study and meta-analysis. Nutrition and Diabetes. 14(1). 61–61. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Yanyan, Hui Qian, Jie Chen, et al.. (2024). Elucidating the hydrochemistry and REE evolution of surface water and groundwater affected by acid mine drainage. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125495–125495. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuting, Kai Hou, Hui Qian, et al.. (2022). Natural-human driving factors of groundwater salinization in a long-term irrigation area. Environmental Research. 220. 115178–115178. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuting, Kai Hou, Hui Qian, et al.. (2022). Characterization of soil salinization and its driving factors in a typical irrigation area of Northwest China. The Science of The Total Environment. 837. 155808–155808. 98 indexed citations
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Gao, Yanyan, Hui Qian, Yahong Zhou, et al.. (2022). Cumulative health risk assessment of multiple chemicals in groundwater based on deterministic and Monte Carlo models in a large semiarid basin. Journal of Cleaner Production. 352. 131567–131567. 68 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Yanyan Gao, Hui Qian, Wenhao Ren, & Wengang Qu. (2021). Hydrogeochemical evidence for fluoride behavior in groundwater and the associated risk to human health for a large irrigation plain in the Yellow River Basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 800. 149428–149428. 100 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Yanyan Gao, & Enke Hou. (2021). Spatial and temporal variation of precipitation during 1960–2015 in Northwestern China. Natural Hazards. 109(3). 2173–2196. 15 indexed citations
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Gao, Yanyan, et al.. (2020). Assessing natural background levels in shallow groundwater in a large semiarid drainage Basin. Journal of Hydrology. 584. 124638–124638. 79 indexed citations
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Jia, Hui, et al.. (2020). Alterations to groundwater chemistry due to modern water transfer for irrigation over decades. The Science of The Total Environment. 717. 137170–137170. 138 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Hui Qian, Yanyan Gao, Haike Wang, & Maosheng Zhang. (2019). Insights into hydrological and hydrochemical processes in response to water replenishment for lakes in arid regions. Journal of Hydrology. 581. 124386–124386. 146 indexed citations
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Gao, Yanyan, Hui Qian, Haike Wang, et al.. (2019). Assessment of background levels and pollution sources for arsenic and fluoride in the phreatic and confined groundwater of Xi’an city, Shaanxi, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(28). 34702–34714. 41 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Hao Wu, Hui Qian, & Yanyan Gao. (2016). Assessing Nitrate and Fluoride Contaminants in Drinking Water and Their Health Risk of Rural Residents Living in a Semiarid Region of Northwest China. Exposure and Health. 9(3). 183–195. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Yanyan, Shenglai Yang, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2006). Interpretation of Heat Distribution, Remaining Oil Saturation, and Steamflood Potential of Block Wa38, Liaohe Field. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations

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