Yaolong Yang

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yaolong Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaolong Yang has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 23 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yaolong Yang's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (23 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (14 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (13 papers). Yaolong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (23 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (14 papers) and GABA and Rice Research (13 papers). Yaolong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Yaolong Yang's co-authors include Dali Zeng, Jiang Hu, Qian Qian, Longbiao Guo, Yuchun Rao, Li Zhu, Guangheng Zhang, Xinghua Wei, Qun Xu and Feng Yue and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yaolong Yang

33 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Rational design of high-yield and superior-quality rice

2017 292 citations Dali Zeng, Zhixi Tian et al. Nature Plants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaolong Yang China	16	1.0k	581	313	59	47	34	1.2k
Muhammad Abdul Rehman Rashid Pakistan	17	1.0k 1.0×	414 0.7×	298 1.0×	30 0.5×	19 0.4×	79	1.2k
Ranjith Kumar Ellur India	19	1.4k 1.4×	539 0.9×	174 0.6×	31 0.5×	28 0.6×	96	1.5k
Haitao Zhu China	23	1.9k 1.9×	1.4k 2.4×	486 1.6×	86 1.5×	49 1.0×	64	2.1k
Anming Ding China	19	1.3k 1.3×	468 0.8×	386 1.2×	29 0.5×	44 0.9×	45	1.4k
Kehui Zhan China	18	935 0.9×	208 0.4×	304 1.0×	43 0.7×	37 0.8×	51	1.1k
Jai Prakash Jaiswal India	13	824 0.8×	188 0.3×	196 0.6×	34 0.6×	34 0.7×	63	916
Dangqun Cui China	24	1.5k 1.4×	471 0.8×	384 1.2×	74 1.3×	46 1.0×	73	1.7k
Zhongmin Han China	18	805 0.8×	518 0.9×	235 0.8×	18 0.3×	14 0.3×	28	911
Xiangqian Zhao China	15	725 0.7×	310 0.5×	122 0.4×	110 1.9×	14 0.3×	23	812
Samuel C. Chukwu Malaysia	15	840 0.8×	190 0.3×	94 0.3×	32 0.5×	100 2.1×	40	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaolong Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yunfei, Yaolong Yang, Jun Lin, et al.. (2025). A Water State Manipulation Strategy for Ultra‐Stiff Yet Highly Sensitive Hydrogels. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(26). 9 indexed citations

Yang, Yaolong, Qun Xu, Feng Yue, et al.. (2025). A comparative study highlights superiority of LSTM in crop genomic prediction. Planta. 262(6). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaoding, Shengyang Wu, Di Cui, et al.. (2024). DeepCCR: large‐scale genomics‐based deep learning method for improving rice breeding. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(10). 2691–2693. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Yaolong, Dandan Zheng, Lili Luo, et al.. (2023). Mussel-inspired hydrogels with UCST for temperature-controlled reversible adhesion. Giant. 16. 100182–100182. 7 indexed citations

Ye, Jing, Yingying Yang, Xiaoping Yuan, et al.. (2022). Identification of SMG3, a QTL Coordinately Controls Grain Size, Grain Number per Panicle, and Grain Weight in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 880919–880919. 12 indexed citations

Yue, Feng, Xiaoping Yuan, Yiping Wang, et al.. (2021). Validation of a QTL for Grain Size and Weight Using an Introgression Line from a Cross between Oryza sativa and Oryza minuta. Rice. 14(1). 43–43. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Xin, Junhua Ye, Yingying Yang, et al.. (2020). Genome-Wide Association Study of Rice Rooting Ability at the Seedling Stage. Rice. 13(1). 59–59. 14 indexed citations

Niu, Xiaojun, Yaolong Yang, Wang Shan, et al.. (2018). Divergent Hd1, Ghd7, and DTH7 Alleles Control Heading Date and Yield Potential of Japonica Rice in Northeast China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 35–35. 43 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengchen, Jing Ye, Qun Xu, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide association study of cold tolerance of Chinese indica rice varieties at the bud burst stage. Plant Cell Reports. 37(3). 529–539. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaolong, Xinghua Wei, Xiaojun Niu, et al.. (2018). PGL3 is required for chlorophyll synthesis and impacts leaf senescence in rice. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 19(4). 263–273. 9 indexed citations

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Zeng, Dali, Zhixi Tian, Yuchun Rao, et al.. (2017). Rational design of high-yield and superior-quality rice. Nature Plants. 3(4). 17031–17031. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yue, Feng, Qing Lu, Rongrong Zhai, et al.. (2016). Genome wide association mapping for grain shape traits in indica rice. Planta. 244(4). 819–830. 37 indexed citations

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Xu, Qun, Xiaoping Yuan, Shan Wang, et al.. (2016). The genetic diversity and structure of indica rice in China as detected by single nucleotide polymorphism analysis. BMC Genetics. 17(1). 53–53. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaolong, Jie Xu, Lichao Huang, et al.. (2015). PGL, encoding chlorophyllide a oxygenase 1, impacts leaf senescence and indirectly affects grain yield and quality in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(5). 1297–1310. 110 indexed citations

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Rao, Yuchun, Yaolong Yang, Jie Xu, et al.. (2015). EARLY SENESCENCE1 Encodes a SCAR-LIKE PROTEIN2 That Affects Water Loss in Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(2). 1225–1239. 42 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaolong, Jie Xu, Yujia Leng, et al.. (2014). Quantitative trait loci identification, fine mapping and gene expression profiling for ovicidal response to whitebacked planthopper (Sogatella furcifera Horvath) in rice (Oryza sativa L.). BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 145–145. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangheng, Shuyu Li, Li Wang, et al.. (2014). LSCHL4 from Japonica Cultivar, Which Is Allelic to NAL1 , Increases Yield of Indica Super Rice 93-11. Molecular Plant. 7(8). 1350–1364. 115 indexed citations

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Rao, Yuchun, Yaolong Yang, Dedong Xin, et al.. (2013). Characterization and cloning of a brittle culm mutant (bc88) in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Chinese Science Bulletin. 58(24). 3000–3006. 9 indexed citations

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Su, Yan, Yuchun Rao, Shikai Hu, et al.. (2011). Map-based cloning proves qGC-6, a major QTL for gel consistency of japonica/indica cross, responds by Waxy in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 123(5). 859–867. 68 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaolong, Yuchun Rao, Huijuan Liu, et al.. (2011). Characterization and fine mapping of an early senescence mutant (es-t) in Oryza sativa L.. Chinese Science Bulletin. 56(23). 2437–2443. 7 indexed citations

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