Ye Deng

35.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
394 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Ye Deng is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye Deng has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Ecology, 166 papers in Molecular Biology and 62 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ye Deng's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (181 papers), Gut microbiota and health (81 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (61 papers). Ye Deng is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (181 papers), Gut microbiota and health (81 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (61 papers). Ye Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ye Deng's co-authors include Jizhong Zhou, Zhili He, Yunfeng Yang, Feng Luo, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Liyou Wu, Yi‐Huei Jiang, Qichao Tu, James M. Tiedje and Kai Feng 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

Ye Deng

369 papers receiving 24.7k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular ecological netw... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2012 2010 2011 2019 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Molecular ecological network analyses
    2012 2.4k citations Ye Deng, Yunfeng Yang et al. profile →
  2. Functional Molecular Ecological Networks
    2010 834 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. mBio profile →
  3. Phylogenetic Molecular Ecological Network of Soil Microbial Communities in Response to Elevated CO 2
    2011 804 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. mBio profile →
  4. A general framework for quantitatively assessing ecological stochasticity
    2019 761 citations Daliang Ning, Ye Deng et al. profile →
  5. Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem
    2014 670 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
  6. Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision
    2016 542 citations Ye Deng, Jizhong Zhou et al. profile →
  7. Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils
    2016 503 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming
    2011 501 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
  9. Biodiversity and species competition regulate the resilience of microbial biofilm community
    2017 381 citations Kai Feng, Zhaojing Zhang et al. profile →
  10. Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K‐selected microbial community
    2021 340 citations Ye Deng et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  11. iNAP: An integrated network analysis pipeline for microbiome studies
    2022 295 citations Kai Feng, Songsong Gu et al. profile →
  12. Microbially mediated mechanisms underlie soil carbon accrual by conservation agriculture under decade-long warming
    2024 102 citations Ye Deng, Yunfeng Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. Inter-bacterial mutualism promoted by public goods in a system characterized by deterministic temperature variation
    2023 97 citations Yuxiang Zhao, Zishu Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ye Deng 12.8k 8.1k 5.4k 5.3k 4.7k 394 24.9k
Zhili He 14.2k 1.1× 9.1k 1.1× 5.0k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 6.1k 1.3× 401 27.9k
Eoin Brodie 10.1k 0.8× 12.8k 1.6× 3.4k 0.6× 4.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 185 29.7k
Yunfeng Yang 9.7k 0.8× 6.0k 0.7× 4.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 223 17.6k
Martin Hartmann 9.5k 0.7× 9.2k 1.1× 3.2k 0.6× 5.2k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 87 24.0k
Jack A. Gilbert 13.6k 1.1× 18.0k 2.2× 3.2k 0.6× 5.0k 0.9× 3.3k 0.7× 383 38.9k
Ji‐Zheng He 11.1k 0.9× 4.5k 0.6× 7.9k 1.5× 6.0k 1.1× 9.9k 2.1× 421 24.7k
James R. Cole 13.0k 1.0× 16.2k 2.0× 2.5k 0.5× 4.7k 0.9× 6.0k 1.3× 98 35.8k
Laurent Philippot 10.5k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 8.2k 1.5× 6.8k 1.3× 6.0k 1.3× 184 21.5k
Michael Schloter 8.0k 0.6× 4.0k 0.5× 7.7k 1.4× 7.8k 1.5× 4.8k 1.0× 474 22.5k
Christian L. Lauber 11.0k 0.9× 7.4k 0.9× 7.7k 1.4× 5.6k 1.1× 2.1k 0.5× 28 22.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye Deng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gu, Songsong, Zhonghua Liu, Wenjun Xiao, et al.. (2025). Comparative Study on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in Five Tea (Camellia sinensis) Cultivars. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 22(6). 1553–1559.
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Zhou, Peirong, Ye Deng, Xuemin Ma, et al.. (2025). Sericin-based conductive hydrogel loaded with MXene@TA-Eu nanosheets promotes the healing of infected wounds through photothermal antibacterial and electrical stimulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159738–159738. 14 indexed citations
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Tang, Qihe, Tiedong Lu, Junya Zhang, et al.. (2025). Response of antibiotic resistance genes expression and mediating role of viral community to antibiotics and heavy metals in anaerobic digestion. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 161396–161396. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenyan, Qi Zhang, Bingfeng Chen, et al.. (2024). Global biogeography of microbes driving ocean ecological status under climate change. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4657–4657. 21 indexed citations
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Zeng, Weiai, Ye Deng, Gongwen Luo, et al.. (2024). High-elevation-induced decrease in soil pH weakens ecosystem multifunctionality by influencing soil microbiomes. Environmental Research. 257. 119330–119330. 13 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xuefeng, Kai Feng, Hongtu Xie, et al.. (2024). Microbial necromass contribution to soil carbon storage via community assembly processes. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175749–175749. 9 indexed citations
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Lei, Yuting, et al.. (2024). Cover crop rotation suppresses root‐knot nematode infection by shaping soil microbiota. New Phytologist. 245(1). 363–377. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Linlin, Xiongfeng Du, Kai Feng, et al.. (2023). Fungi and cercozoa regulate methane-associated prokaryotes in wetland methane emissions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1076610–1076610. 7 indexed citations
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Gu, Songsong, Xueli Zhou, Hao Yu, et al.. (2023). Microbial and chemical fertilizers for restoring degraded alpine grassland. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 59(8). 911–926. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingxing, Ming Zhang, Ye Deng, et al.. (2023). Microbiome-functionality in anaerobic digesters: A critical review. Water Research. 249. 120891–120891. 55 indexed citations
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Huang, Ye, Zhen Jiang, Zonglin Liang, et al.. (2023). Responses of microbial community to geochemical parameters on vertical depth in bioheap system of low-grade copper sulfide. The Science of The Total Environment. 869. 161752–161752. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yuxiang, Zishu Liu, Baofeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Inter-bacterial mutualism promoted by public goods in a system characterized by deterministic temperature variation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5394–5394. 97 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Ke, Bin Liang, Kai Feng, et al.. (2023). Electrostimulation triggers an increase in cross-niche microbial associations toward enhancing organic nitrogen wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Management. 331. 117301–117301. 9 indexed citations
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Sharif, Yasir, Qiang Yang, Tiecheng Cai, et al.. (2023). Genome-Wide Investigation of Apyrase (APY) Genes in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and Functional Characterization of a Pod-Abundant Expression Promoter AhAPY2-1p. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4622–4622. 5 indexed citations
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Feng, Kai, Ziyan Wei, Yueni Wu, et al.. (2022). Evaluation and redesign of the primers for detecting nitrogen cycling genes in environments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). 1976–1989. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, et al.. (2022). Kadsura coccinea Lignan Metabolism Based on Metabolome and Transcriptome Analysis. Journal of Oncology. 2022. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Deng, Ye, et al.. (2022). Competitiveness and sustainable development of Chinableapple industry. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0268476–e0268476. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Baoyu, Baohua Xie, Kai Feng, et al.. (2021). Warming reshaped the microbial hierarchical interactions. Global Change Biology. 27(24). 6331–6347. 149 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jizhong, Zhili He, Yunfeng Yang, et al.. (2015). High-Throughput Metagenomic Technologies for Complex Microbial Community Analysis: Open and Closed Formats. mBio. 6(1). 314 indexed citations
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Jin, Decai, Xiao Kong, Yujie Li, et al.. (2015). Biodegradation of di-n-Butyl Phthalate by Achromobacter sp. Isolated from Rural Domestic Wastewater. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12(10). 13510–13522. 46 indexed citations

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