Yao Zhang

18.2k total citations · 15 hit papers
320 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Yao Zhang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Zhang has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 83 papers in Ecology and 59 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yao Zhang's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (78 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (65 papers) and Climate variability and models (49 papers). Yao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (78 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (65 papers) and Climate variability and models (49 papers). Yao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yao Zhang's co-authors include Sha Zhou, Pierre Gentine, Xiangming Xiao, Park Williams, Jinwei Dong, Yuanwei Qin, Geli Zhang, Bofu Yu, Xiaocui Wu and Joanna Joiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yao Zhang

304 papers receiving 11.8k 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.

Land–atmosphere feedbacks exacerbate concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity

2019 447 citations Sha Zhou, Park Williams et al. profile →
A global moderate resolution dataset of gross primary production of vegetation for 2000–2016

2017 421 citations Yao Zhang, Xiangming Xiao et al. profile →
A global spatially contiguous solar-induced fluorescence (CSIF) dataset using neural networks

2018 347 citations Yao Zhang, Sha Zhou et al. profile →
Large increase in global storm runoff extremes driven by climate and anthropogenic changes

2018 346 citations Pierre Gentine, Sha Zhou et al. profile →
Projected increases in intensity, frequency, and terrestrial carbon costs of compound drought and aridity events

2019 326 citations Sha Zhou, Yao Zhang et al. profile →
Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

2015 305 citations Yao Zhang, Xiangming Xiao et al. profile →
Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands

2021 253 citations Sha Zhou, Park Williams et al. profile →
Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

2021 222 citations Yuanwei Qin, Xiangming Xiao et al. profile →
Increasing sensitivity of dryland vegetation greenness to precipitation due to rising atmospheric CO2

2022 199 citations Yao Zhang, Pierre Gentine et al. profile →
Global concurrent climate extremes exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change

2023 171 citations Sha Zhou, Yao Zhang et al. profile →
Forestation at the right time with the right species can generate persistent carbon benefits in China

2023 145 citations Yao Zhang, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
Evolution of light use efficiency models: Improvement, uncertainties, and implications

2022 137 citations Jinwei Dong, Yao Zhang et al. profile →
Reformulating lipid nanoparticles for organ-targeted mRNA accumulation and translation

2024 125 citations Yao Zhang et al. profile →
The relationship between amyloid pathology, cerebral small vessel disease, glymphatic dysfunction, and cognition: a study based on Alzheimer’s disease continuum participants

2024 50 citations Yao Zhang et al. profile →
Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation

2025 15 citations Josep Peñuelas, Yao Zhang 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 Zhang China	60	7.2k	3.8k	2.5k	1.9k	1.5k	320	12.0k
S. R. Saleska United States	60	8.1k 1.1×	5.1k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	164	12.4k
Xuhui Wang China	55	10.1k 1.4×	5.2k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	316	16.4k
Claudia Kuenzer Germany	61	4.9k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	210	11.3k
Jinwei Dong China	65	8.2k 1.1×	7.5k 2.0×	3.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	275	13.6k
Min Chen China	47	3.2k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	310	8.5k
Zhi Li China	60	6.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	4.3k 2.9×	462	14.2k
Michael A. White United States	41	5.1k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	776 0.5×	106	8.8k
Jia Li China	53	3.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	601	12.7k
Shuguang Liu China	51	6.4k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	248	10.5k
Kaiyu Guan United States	56	5.2k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	999 0.7×	184	10.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yao Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yao Zhang 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 Zhang. Yao Zhang 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

Zhang, Meinan, Shirong Liu, Xiangzhong Luo, et al.. (2025). Incorporating site suitability and carbon sequestration of tree species into China’s climate-adaptive forestation. Science Bulletin. 70(11). 1834–1845. 5 indexed citations

Lu, Qi, Yao Zhang, Xin Zhuo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Trichinella spiralis excretory/secretory proteins mediated larval invasion via inducing gut epithelial apoptosis and barrier disruption. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0012842–e0012842. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Xili, Cao‐Yuan Niu, Dajing Li, et al.. (2025). Characterization of Myrosinase-Mediated Glucosinolate Degradation Pathways in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZUST49. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(12). 7256–7269. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yao, et al.. (2024). Flash drought and heatwave compound events increased in strength and length from 1980 to 2022 in China. Weather and Climate Extremes. 46. 100720–100720. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Lin, Yao Zhang, Mengjing Li, et al.. (2024). Natural and anthropogenic forcing of ecological and environmental changes at Lake Qilu, SW China, since the last deglaciation. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112514–112514. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yichen, et al.. (2024). Extraction of the spatial structure of Chinese fir plantations stands based on unmanned aerial vehicle and its effect on AGB. Forest Ecology and Management. 558. 121800–121800. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yao, Xiangming Xiao, Xi Yang, et al.. (2024). Immediate and lagged vegetation responses to dry spells revealed by continuous solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence observations in a tall-grass prairie. Remote Sensing of Environment. 305. 114080–114080. 18 indexed citations

Song, Yang, Josep Peñuelas, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2024). Recent Water Constraints Mediate the Dominance of Climate and Atmospheric CO₂ on Vegetation Growth Across China. Earth s Future. 12(6). 12 indexed citations

Lian, Xu, Josep Peñuelas, Youngryel Ryu, et al.. (2024). Diminishing carryover benefits of earlier spring vegetation growth. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(2). 218–228. 38 indexed citations

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Feng, Xiaoming, et al.. (2024). Development of Solid Waste-Based Composite Calcium Ferrite Flux and Its Application in Hot Metal Pre-Dephosphorization. Materials. 17(5). 992–992. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, et al.. (2024). Integrating metabolomics and network pharmacology to assess the effects of Mahuang Xixin Fuzi decoction on migraine rats induced by nitroglycerin. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 76(6). 710–723. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Haipeng, Ningrui Liu, Jian Guo, et al.. (2024). Two-parameter C-history method: A fast and accurate method for determining the characteristic parameters of formaldehyde/VOC early-stage emissions from building materials. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174218–174218. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, Juan Wei, Peng Wang, et al.. (2023). Phage-Displayed Nanobody as a Sensitive Nanoprobe to Enhance Chemiluminescent Immunoassay for Cronobacter sakazakii Detection in Dairy Products. Analytical Chemistry. 95(36). 13698–13707. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, William K. Smith, Xian Wang, et al.. (2023). Satellite solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence tracks physiological drought stress development during 2020 southwest US drought. Global Change Biology. 29(12). 3395–3408. 35 indexed citations

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Feng, Shanshan, Jie Ni, Lu Yang, et al.. (2022). Separation and Removal of Radionuclide Cesium from Water by Biodegradable Magnetic Prussian Blue Nanospheres. Processes. 10(12). 2492–2492. 13 indexed citations

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Dannenberg, Matthew P., Dong Yan, Mallory L. Barnes, et al.. (2022). Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought. Global Change Biology. 28(16). 4794–4806. 91 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhaoying, Yongguang Zhang, Yao Zhang, & Jing M. Chen. (2020). Correcting Clear‐Sky Bias in Gross Primary Production Modeling From Satellite Solar‐Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(9). 20 indexed citations

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Qin, Yuanwei, Xiangming Xiao, Jinwei Dong, et al.. (2019). Improved estimates of forest cover and loss in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000–2017. Nature Sustainability. 2(8). 764–772. 87 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao. (2013). A Method of Terrain Feature Extraction Based on Contour. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao. (2006). Simulation of Seasonal Variation of the East Asian Subtropical Westerly Jet in a Coupled Climate System Model FGCM0. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 5 indexed citations

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