Yefeng Yang

2.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
72 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yefeng Yang is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Animal Science and Zoology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Yefeng Yang has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 13 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 13 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Yefeng Yang's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (16 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (12 papers). Yefeng Yang is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (16 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (13 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (12 papers). Yefeng Yang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Japan. Yefeng Yang's co-authors include Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz, Daniel W. A. Noble, Rose E. O’Dea, Jinming Pan, Timothy Parker, Joanna Rutkowska, Alistair M. Senior, Alfredo Sánchez‐Tójar and Julia Koricheva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yefeng Yang

59 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and ev... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2021 2020 2023 2023 50 100 150 200
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. Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses
    2021 247 citations Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  2. The orchard plot: Cultivating a forest plot for use in ecology, evolution, and beyond
    2020 165 citations Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz et al. Research Synthesis Methods profile →
  3. Quantitative evidence synthesis: a practical guide on meta-analysis, meta-regression, and publication bias tests for environmental sciences
    2023 85 citations Shinichi Nakagawa, Yefeng Yang et al. Environmental Evidence profile →
  4. orchaRd 2.0: An R package for visualising meta‐analyses with orchard plots
    2023 74 citations Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yefeng Yang Australia 18 214 194 185 156 134 72 1.2k
Philip Turk United States 16 86 0.4× 105 0.5× 263 1.4× 88 0.6× 122 0.9× 54 928
Allan Lisle Australia 22 195 0.9× 292 1.5× 616 3.3× 438 2.8× 185 1.4× 89 1.9k
Michael G. Bertram Australia 25 279 1.3× 98 0.5× 308 1.7× 209 1.3× 307 2.3× 86 2.0k
Bastien Sadoul France 20 164 0.8× 76 0.4× 624 3.4× 183 1.2× 269 2.0× 42 1.5k
Mare Lõhmus Sweden 25 313 1.5× 82 0.4× 359 1.9× 267 1.7× 202 1.5× 56 2.0k
N. J. C. Tyler Norway 23 441 2.1× 110 0.6× 779 4.2× 338 2.2× 96 0.7× 63 2.3k
Mervyn G. Marasinghe United States 12 145 0.7× 85 0.4× 177 1.0× 116 0.7× 180 1.3× 36 1.2k
Luı́s Vicente Portugal 21 322 1.5× 44 0.2× 485 2.6× 437 2.8× 247 1.8× 76 1.6k
Joseph R. Burger United States 22 553 2.6× 33 0.2× 619 3.3× 286 1.8× 161 1.2× 43 1.8k
Ingelin Steinsland Norway 16 171 0.8× 55 0.3× 127 0.7× 177 1.1× 38 0.3× 38 744

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All Works

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Martinig, April Robin, Patrice Pottier, Lorenzo Ricolfi, et al.. (2025). Harnessing meta-analyses’ insights in ecology and evolution research. Royal Society Open Science. 12(10). 250759–250759.
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Nakagawa, Shinichi, David Armitage, Tom Froese, Yefeng Yang, & Malgorzata Lagisz. (2025). Poor hypotheses and research waste in biology: learning from a theory crisis in psychology. BMC Biology. 23(1). 33–33. 2 indexed citations
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Lagisz, Malgorzata, Yefeng Yang, Sarah Young, & Shinichi Nakagawa. (2025). A practical guide to evaluating sensitivity of literature search strings for systematic reviews using relative recall. Research Synthesis Methods. 16(1). 1–14. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Yefeng, Malgorzata Lagisz, & Shinichi Nakagawa. (2025). Visualization toolkits for enriching meta-analyses through evidence maps, bibliometrics, and alternative impact metrics. Research Synthesis Methods. 16(1). 15–29. 2 indexed citations
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Bose, Aneesh P. H., Malgorzata Lagisz, Marcus Michelangeli, et al.. (2025). The impacts of pesticide exposure on fish conspecific interactions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 376. 126353–126353.
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Yang, Yefeng, Qiong Liu, Jintian Chen, et al.. (2024). Species sensitivities to artificial light at night: A phylogenetically controlled multilevel meta‐analysis on melatonin suppression. Ecology Letters. 27(2). e14387–e14387. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Yefeng, et al.. (2024). Robust point and variance estimation for meta‐analyses with selective reporting and dependent effect sizes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(9). 1593–1610. 11 indexed citations
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Lagisz, Malgorzata, et al.. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of eyespot anti-predator mechanisms. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations
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Pottier, Patrice, Malgorzata Lagisz, Samantha Burke, et al.. (2024). Title, abstract and keywords: a practical guide to maximize the visibility and impact of academic papers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2027). 20241222–20241222. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Yefeng, et al.. (2024). A systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis of the behavioural impacts of pesticide exposure on zebrafish. Environmental Pollution. 347. 123630–123630. 5 indexed citations
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Lagisz, Malgorzata, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(6). 2134–2175. 6 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Shinichi, Yefeng Yang, Erin L. Macartney, Rebecca Spake, & Malgorzata Lagisz. (2023). Quantitative evidence synthesis: a practical guide on meta-analysis, meta-regression, and publication bias tests for environmental sciences. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 8–8. 85 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pottier, Patrice, Hsien‐Yung Lin, Rachel Rui Ying Oh, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive database of amphibian heat tolerance. Scientific Data. 9(1). 600–600. 26 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Shinichi, Malgorzata Lagisz, Michael D. Jennions, et al.. (2021). Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). 4–21. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Yefeng, Qiong Liu, Tao Wang, & Jinming Pan. (2020). Light pollution disrupts molecular clock in avian species: A power-calibrated meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yefeng, et al.. (1980). Comparison of high protein sweet potatoes and common sweet potatoes on nutritive value of the growing fattening pigs.. 13(1). 97–112. 1 indexed citations

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