Yi Cheng

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Yi Cheng is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Cheng has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Soil Science, 52 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 44 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yi Cheng's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (84 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (50 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (35 papers). Yi Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (84 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (50 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (35 papers). Yi Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Ireland. Yi Cheng's co-authors include Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Jing Wang, Scott X. Chang, Christoph Müller, Shenqiang Wang, Ahmed S. Elrys, Gang Liu, Shaofei Kong and Xin Pang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yi Cheng

174 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Ultrasound-Switchable Nanozyme Augments Sonodynamic Therapy against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infection

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Cheng China	45	2.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	184	6.8k
Marco Keiluweit United States	31	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	550 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	59	9.0k
William C. Hockaday United States	30	3.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	642 0.5×	618 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	67	7.5k
Caroline A. Masiello United States	44	5.0k 1.9×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	108	12.9k
Markus Flury United States	65	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	871 0.7×	581 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	177	12.2k
Mark G. Johnson United States	33	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	475 0.4×	448 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	92	6.1k
Xu Liu China	26	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	740 0.6×	465 0.4×	593 0.5×	86	5.5k
Jing Ma China	41	1.5k 0.6×	761 0.6×	879 0.7×	344 0.3×	526 0.5×	139	4.8k
Zhen Li China	45	637 0.2×	1.4k 1.1×	422 0.3×	899 0.8×	899 0.8×	344	8.3k
Patricia A. Holden United States	55	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	892 0.7×	308 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	154	11.5k
Lianqing Li China	60	6.9k 2.7×	3.1k 2.4×	1.4k 1.1×	360 0.3×	959 0.9×	318	13.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Cheng

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

Cheng, Yi, Xiaoying Chen, Hao Ren, et al.. (2025). Deep nitrogen fertilizer placement improves the yield of summer maize (Zea mays L.) by enhancing its photosynthetic performance after silking. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 172–172. 3 indexed citations

Tu, Xiaoshun, Jing Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Effects of warming and elevated CO2 on gross nitrogen dynamics and N2O emissions disappeared under combined treatment in waterlogged paddy soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 396. 109989–109989.

Tang, Quan, Wei Li, Jing Wang, et al.. (2024). Coupled iron oxides and microbial-mediated soil organic carbon stabilization across tea plantation chronosequences. Soil and Tillage Research. 247. 106382–106382. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Yuxuan Zhang, D.S. Yu, et al.. (2024). pH threshold in controlling dominant nitrification pathway in acidic soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 377. 109278–109278. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Siyi, Di Wu, Xiaotang Ju, et al.. (2024). Nitrification inhibitor induced microbial NH4+-N immobilization improves maize nitrogen use efficiency in strong ammonia oxidation soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109687–109687. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Zhaoxiong, Jing Wang, Ahmed S. Elrys, et al.. (2024). Unveiling ammonium concentration ranges that determine competition for mineral nitrogen among soil nitrogen transformations under increased carbon availability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109495–109495. 11 indexed citations

Tang, Quan, Jing Wang, Zhaoxiong Chen, et al.. (2023). Awakening soil microbial utilization of nitrate by carbon regulation to lower nitrogen pollution. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 362. 108848–108848. 22 indexed citations

Cheng, Yi, Fangying Wu, Yao Huang, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal characteristics of ozone and the formation sensitivity over the Fenwei Plain. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163369–163369. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Huimin, Yu Liu, Yinghua Zhang, et al.. (2023). A tradeoff between denitrification and nitrate leaching into the subsoil in nitrate-rich vegetable soils treated by reductive soil disinfestation. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 356. 108633–108633. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Hu, Kun Gao, Kelin Wang, et al.. (2023). Plant species diversity enhances soil gross nitrogen transformations in a subtropical forest, southwest China. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(7). 1364–1375. 18 indexed citations

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Jing, Hang, Jing Wang, Guoliang Wang, Guobin Liu, & Yi Cheng. (2023). Enzyme activities of rhizosphere soil with different root diameters had varied responses to N deposition in Pinus tabuliformis forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 548. 121396–121396. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Huang, Shaofei Kong, Shixian Zhai, et al.. (2023). An intercomparison of weather normalization of PM2.5 concentration using traditional statistical methods, machine learning, and chemistry transport models. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 16 indexed citations

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Elrys, Ahmed S., Jing Wang, Lei Meng, et al.. (2023). Integrative knowledge-based nitrogen management practices can provide positive effects on ecosystem nitrogen retention. Nature Food. 4(12). 1075–1089. 49 indexed citations

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Elrys, Ahmed S., Jing Wang, Yves Uwiragiye, et al.. (2022). Global patterns of soil gross immobilization of ammonium and nitrate in terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 28(14). 4472–4488. 83 indexed citations

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Elrys, Ahmed S., Yves Uwiragiye, Yanhui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Expanding agroforestry can increase nitrate retention and mitigate the global impact of a leaky nitrogen cycle in croplands. Nature Food. 4(1). 109–121. 94 indexed citations

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Elrys, Ahmed S., Jing Wang, Yi Cheng, et al.. (2021). Global gross nitrification rates are dominantly driven by soil carbon‐to‐nitrogen stoichiometry and total nitrogen. Global Change Biology. 27(24). 6512–6524. 150 indexed citations

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Hu, Dawei, Dantong Liu, Shaofei Kong, et al.. (2021). Direct Quantification of Droplet Activation of Ambient Black Carbon Under Water Supersaturation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(13). 13 indexed citations

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Elrys, Ahmed S., Ahmad Ali, Huimin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Patterns and drivers of global gross nitrogen mineralization in soils. Global Change Biology. 27(22). 5950–5962. 179 indexed citations

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Li, Siyuan, Dantong Liu, Dawei Hu, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Organic Aerosol From Wood Smoke Influenced by Burning Phase and Solar Radiation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(8). 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaoying, Peng Liu, Yi Cheng, et al.. (2019). The root-layer regulation based on the depth of phosphate fertilizer application of summer maize improves soil nitrogen absorption and utilization. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 46(2). 238–248. 4 indexed citations

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