Yao Li

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
137 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yao Li is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Li has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Yao Li's work include Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (18 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers). Yao Li is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (18 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers). Yao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yao Li's co-authors include Lili Wang, Bo Hu, Zirui Liu, Xin Jin, Yuesi Wang, Dongsheng Ji, Guiqian Tang, Yang Sun, Chengming Ye and Jonathan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Yao Li

127 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Mechanism for the formation of the January 2013 heavy haze pollution episode over central and eastern China

2013 649 citations Yao Li et al. profile →
Glacier Retreat in Eastern Himalaya Drives Catastrophic Glacier Hazard Chain

2024 47 citations Yao Li, Jian Guo et al. profile →
A digital-twin platform for cryospheric disaster warning

2024 47 citations Yao Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yao Li China	27	976	741	577	524	390	137	2.8k
Lin Zhu China	36	597 0.6×	571 0.8×	889 1.5×	421 0.8×	776 2.0×	254	5.2k
Chunhua Zhang China	37	575 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	300 0.5×	382 0.7×	914 2.3×	174	5.7k
Shuang Liu China	30	473 0.5×	740 1.0×	402 0.7×	252 0.5×	583 1.5×	218	3.5k
Hone‐Jay Chu Taiwan	31	389 0.4×	880 1.2×	314 0.5×	293 0.6×	854 2.2×	142	3.1k
Xiaojuan Li China	33	858 0.9×	798 1.1×	234 0.4×	585 1.1×	1.4k 3.5×	152	3.9k
Sheng Hu China	35	801 0.8×	641 0.9×	125 0.2×	1.1k 2.1×	503 1.3×	163	3.6k
Rui Li China	39	2.2k 2.2×	1.9k 2.5×	917 1.6×	166 0.3×	971 2.5×	295	4.8k
Jinfei Wang Canada	36	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	243 0.4×	243 0.5×	1.9k 4.8×	218	4.8k
Zhen Li China	26	985 1.0×	492 0.7×	240 0.4×	164 0.3×	625 1.6×	178	2.5k
Fang Li China	33	1.8k 1.8×	2.7k 3.7×	460 0.8×	296 0.6×	245 0.6×	163	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yao Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yao Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Jian, et al.. (2025). Enhancing system kinetics through size segregation in granular materials. Powder Technology. 454. 120706–120706. 3 indexed citations

Lu, Guo-Wei, Yao Li, Jinbo Tang, et al.. (2025). A Semantic-Guided Cross-Attention Network for Change Detection in High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images. Remote Sensing. 17(10). 1749–1749.

Wang, Meng, Jianfei Ma, Yao Li, & Yi Fan. (2024). Efficacy and safety of telitacicept, a BLyS/APRIL dual inhibitor, in the treatment of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective case–control study. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(10). sfae285–sfae285. 11 indexed citations

Li, Bo, et al.. (2024). Variability and Dynamics of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current during the 2010/11 La Niña and in Late 2012. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 54(7). 1431–1448. 4 indexed citations

Pan, Ying, et al.. (2024). The effects of China’s poverty eradication program on sustainability and inequality. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 5 indexed citations

Li, Qing, et al.. (2024). A Renovated Framework of a Convolution Neural Network with Transformer for Detecting Surface Changes from High-Resolution Remote-Sensing Images. Remote Sensing. 16(7). 1169–1169. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yao, et al.. (2024). A universal adapter in segmentation models for transferable landslide mapping. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 218. 446–465. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhengfang, Jing Wang, Kefu Chen, et al.. (2023). Unsupervised learning method for rebar signal suppression and defect signal reconstruction and detection in ground penetrating radar images. Measurement. 211. 112652–112652. 27 indexed citations

Zeng, Jiawei, Yao Li, Yue Wang, et al.. (2023). Mpox multi-antigen mRNA vaccine candidates by a simplified manufacturing strategy afford efficient protection against lethal orthopoxvirus challenge. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 12(1). 2204151–2204151. 45 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Dongliang Yuan, Yao Li, et al.. (2021). Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 51(12). 3557–3572. 14 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiaomin, Ping Ni, Yao Li, et al.. (2021). Short-term resin tapping activities had a minor influence on physiological responses recorded in the tree-ring isotopes of Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis). Dendrochronologia. 70. 125895–125895. 9 indexed citations

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Shen, Ning, Yao Li, Xiaoli Chang, et al.. (2021). Effect of broflanilide on the phytophagous mite Tetranychus urticae and the predatory mite Typhlodromips swirskii. Pest Management Science. 77(6). 2964–2970. 34 indexed citations

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Sun, Jian, et al.. (2021). Characterization and Cause Analysis of Shallow Groundwater Hydrochemistry in the Plains of Henan Province, China. Sustainability. 13(22). 12586–12586. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yao, et al.. (2021). Identifying Building Rooftops in Hyperspectral Imagery Using CNN With Pure Pixel Index. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 12022–12034. 3 indexed citations

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Shen, Ning, et al.. (2021). Novel meta‐diamide insecticide, broflanilide, suppresses the population of common cutworm Spodoptera litura through its lethal and sublethal effects. Pest Management Science. 78(3). 1081–1089. 24 indexed citations

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Chai, Xianzhi, Hai‐Hao Han, Adam C. Sedgwick, et al.. (2020). Photochromic Fluorescent Probe Strategy for the Super-resolution Imaging of Biologically Important Biomarkers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(42). 18005–18013. 169 indexed citations

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Qian, Xuan, et al.. (2020). Validation of the WRF Model for Estimating Precipitable Water Vapor at the Ali Observatory on the Tibetan Plateau. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 132(1018). 125003–125003. 12 indexed citations

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Tan, Jianjun, et al.. (2019). Effects of Flexibility and Suspension Configuration of Main Shaft on Dynamic Characteristics of Wind Turbine Drivetrain. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 32(1). 12 indexed citations

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Li, Yao, et al.. (2016). [Monitor of Cyanobacteria Bloom in Lake Taihu from 2001 to 2013 Based on MODIS Temporal Spectral Data].. PubMed. 36(5). 1406–11. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yuxin, et al.. (2016). [Correlation of Agronomic Character of Panax notoginseng in Guangxi with Soil Physical and Chemical Properties].. PubMed. 39(9). 1982–8. 2 indexed citations

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