Yi Xiao

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
77 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yi Xiao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Xiao has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yi Xiao's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers). Yi Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers). Yi Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yi Xiao's co-authors include Zhiyun Ouyang, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng, Jianguo Liu, Yang Xiao, Enming Rao, Gretchen C. Daily, Stephen Polasky, Ling Jiang and Wu Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yi Xiao

73 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital

2016 1.3k citations Zhiyun Ouyang, Hua Zheng et al. Science profile →
Strengthening protected areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services in China

2017 572 citations Weihua Xu, Yi Xiao et al. profile →
Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making

2020 342 citations Zhiyun Ouyang, Changsu Song et al. profile →
Natural capital investments in China undermined by reclamation for cropland

2023 63 citations Tong Wu, Yi Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Xiao China	26	2.5k	1.1k	538	495	453	77	3.7k
Yang Xiao China	27	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	574 1.1×	459 0.9×	356 0.8×	67	3.7k
David Hole United States	25	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	376 0.7×	428 0.9×	699 1.5×	39	3.9k
Van Butsic United States	30	2.6k 1.1×	841 0.8×	539 1.0×	547 1.1×	421 0.9×	103	4.0k
Andrés Etter Colombia	34	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	350 0.7×	298 0.6×	628 1.4×	63	3.6k
Ariane Walz Germany	22	2.1k 0.8×	650 0.6×	437 0.8×	241 0.5×	509 1.1×	57	3.4k
Christian Levers Germany	28	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	464 0.9×	193 0.4×	425 0.9×	65	3.5k
Nicolas Dendoncker Belgium	29	1.4k 0.6×	627 0.6×	279 0.5×	279 0.6×	478 1.1×	77	2.6k
Timothy Boucher United States	16	1.3k 0.5×	986 0.9×	284 0.5×	269 0.5×	772 1.7×	25	2.9k
Evan Girvetz United States	27	1.2k 0.5×	824 0.7×	278 0.5×	200 0.4×	328 0.7×	70	3.3k
Erfu Dai China	32	2.3k 0.9×	818 0.7×	310 0.6×	176 0.4×	321 0.7×	126	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Xiao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Xiao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Xiao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yi Xiao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yi Xiao 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 Xiao. Yi Xiao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Xin, Liang Chen, Yifu Lu, et al.. (2025). Research on the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions based on the dual perspectives of carbon emission reduction and carbon efficiency. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3416–3416. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Yanbing, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms and influencing factors of cultural ecosystem services value realization. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 26. 100584–100584. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2025). A 0.87-ppm/°C, 3.2−40 V VIN reference voltage source with −121 dB PSRR at 100 Hz. Microelectronics Journal. 157. 106560–106560. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ruixin, Yi Xiao, Douglas R. Tocher, et al.. (2024). Porphyra Polysaccharides Alleviated High‐Carbohydrate Diet‐Induced Growth Retardation, Lipid Deposition, Impairment of Immune and Antioxidant Functions, and Intestinal Morphology in Rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus). Aquaculture Nutrition. 2024(1). 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Yi, et al.. (2024). A Sub-1 ppm/°C Reference Voltage Source with a Wide Input Range. Micromachines. 15(10). 1273–1273.

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). Over 7200 hours commissioning of RF-driven negative hydrogen ion source developed at CSNS. Journal of Instrumentation. 18(4). P04030–P04030. 1 indexed citations

Rao, Enming, Yi Xiao, Fei Lu, Hongbo Yang, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2023). Preservation of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) through Ecosystems’ Soil Retention Services in China. Land. 12(9). 1718–1718. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Ziyan, Tong Wu, Yi Xiao, et al.. (2022). Protecting biodiversity to support ecosystem services: An analysis of trade‐offs and synergies in southwestern China. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(9). 2440–2451. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Liangpei, et al.. (2022). Data-driven multi-source remote sensing data fusion: progress and challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations

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Lin, Ziyan, Yi Xiao, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2021). Assessment of ecological importance of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on ecosystem service flows. Journal of Mountain Science. 18(7). 1725–1736. 30 indexed citations

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Zou, Ziying, Tong Wu, Yi Xiao, et al.. (2020). Valuing natural capital amidst rapid urbanization: assessing the gross ecosystem product (GEP) of China’s ‘Chang-Zhu-Tan’ megacity. Environmental Research Letters. 15(12). 124019–124019. 50 indexed citations

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Yin, Ke & Yi Xiao. (2019). The Effect of Rural Tourism Development on the Migrant Farmers’ Livelihood Income in Three Gorges Reservoir. Ekoloji. 28(107). 81–84. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfei, et al.. (2019). Characteristics and diversity of nekton functional groups in the coastal waters of south-central Zhejiang Province. Biodiversity Science. 27(12). 1330–1338. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Liyan, Yi Xiao, Enming Rao, et al.. (2018). An Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization on Soil Erosion in Inner Mongolia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(3). 550–550. 57 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Zhiyun, Hua Zheng, Yi Xiao, et al.. (2016). Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital. Science. 352(6292). 1455–1459. 1318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Weihua, Xiaosong Li, Stuart L. Pimm, et al.. (2016). The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas. Biological Conservation. 204. 231–236. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Falin, Bo Jiang, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2011). [Relationships between initial chemical composition of forest leaf litters and their decomposition rates in degraded red soil hilly region of Southern China].. PubMed. 22(3). 565–70. 6 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yi. (2011). Urban Function Zoning Based on Multivariate Spatial Analysis——Taking Yubei District of Chongqing City as Example. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation. 1 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yi, et al.. (2010). A Graph-theoretic Analysis of Stressors Confronting Giant Panda Habitat across Minshan Mountain Region, China. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 1(4). 339–344. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Chuansong, Yi Xiao, Xiuping Liu, et al.. (2010). Targeting Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Overcome Tumor Evasion of Immunotherapy by CTLs. The Journal of Immunology. 184(10). 5435–5443. 13 indexed citations

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