Yi Yang

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
142 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yi Yang is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Yang has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Environmental Engineering, 30 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Yi Yang's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (55 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (27 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (14 papers). Yi Yang is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (55 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (27 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (14 papers). Yi Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Yi Yang's co-authors include Sangwon Suh, David Tilman, Clarence Lehman, Reinout Heijungs, George N. Furey, Wei‐Qiang Chen, Junbeum Kim, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Timothy M. Smith and Matthew J. Eckelman 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

Yi Yang

135 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Soil carbon sequestration accelerated by restoration of grassland biodiversity

2019 359 citations Yi Yang, Clarence Lehman et al. Nature Communications profile →
Efficiency stagnation in global steel production urges joint supply- and demand-side mitigation efforts

2021 191 citations Peng Wang, Morten Ryberg et al. Nature Communications profile →
Carbon Sequestration Strategies in Soil Using Biochar: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

2023 158 citations Lei Luo, Jitao Lv et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

2023 131 citations Longlong Xia, Yi Yang et al. Nature Food profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Yang China	37	1.4k	736	576	573	564	142	4.8k
Benjamin Leon Bodirsky Germany	44	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	504 0.9×	688 1.2×	583 1.0×	98	6.9k
Yunkai Li China	39	923 0.7×	436 0.6×	620 1.1×	1.8k 3.1×	361 0.6×	288	5.6k
Lorenzo Rosa United States	34	900 0.6×	478 0.6×	224 0.4×	368 0.6×	489 0.9×	78	4.7k
Florian Humpenöder Germany	33	1.1k 0.8×	867 1.2×	159 0.3×	289 0.5×	450 0.8×	63	4.2k
Xin Liu China	36	1.6k 1.1×	347 0.5×	1.4k 2.4×	271 0.5×	553 1.0×	251	6.5k
Renqing Wang China	42	625 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	497 0.9×	334 0.6×	822 1.5×	230	5.7k
Timothy D. Searchinger United States	26	956 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	307 0.5×	1.2k 2.1×	408 0.7×	41	5.5k
Rosalie van Zelm Netherlands	35	2.5k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	1.2k 2.1×	137 0.2×	927 1.6×	89	6.5k
Amit Kumar China	39	774 0.6×	461 0.6×	636 1.1×	357 0.6×	1.4k 2.5×	198	5.3k
Gang He China	39	1.2k 0.9×	228 0.3×	233 0.4×	807 1.4×	699 1.2×	150	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Yang

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yi Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yi Yang. The network helps show where Yi Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Yang

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

You, Nanshan, J. L. Till, David B. Lobell, et al.. (2025). Climate-driven global cropland changes and consequent feedbacks. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 639–645. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Lixiao, et al.. (2024). Environmental burden of excessive food intake: Exploring new opportunities to enhance food and environmental sustainability in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 209. 107820–107820. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Peizhi, Jun Tang, Yi Yang, et al.. (2024). Thickness-dependent optoelectronic properties of titanium carbide MXene. Materials Letters. 358. 135862–135862. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Yi, Rudolf S.S. Wu, & Yiu Fai Tsang. (2024). Revealing removal mechanisms of target personal care products in secondary wastewater treatment plants. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 67. 106074–106074. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Yi, Xue Yang, Wenqi Ma, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable smallholder farming via multistakeholder collaboration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2319519121–e2319519121. 23 indexed citations

Shen, Lu, Lidong Wu, Yi Yang, et al.. (2024). Marine aquaculture can deliver 40% lower carbon footprints than freshwater aquaculture based on feed, energy and biogeochemical cycles. Nature Food. 5(7). 615–624. 11 indexed citations

Xu, Qiang, Jiang Lu, Yize Liu, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Blue Foods from Rice–Animal Coculture Systems. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(12). 5310–5324. 1 indexed citations

He, Jianjian, et al.. (2024). Interprovincial food trade aggravates China’s land scarcity. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 15 indexed citations

Song, Jie, Yize Liu, Minghao Zhuang, et al.. (2023). Estimating crop carbon footprint and associated uncertainty at prefecture-level city scale in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 199. 107263–107263. 18 indexed citations

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Luo, Lei, Jitao Lv, Zhengang Liu, et al.. (2023). Carbon Sequestration Strategies in Soil Using Biochar: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(31). 11357–11372. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Beibei & Yi Yang. (2022). Large benefits of timely planting. Nature Food. 3(7). 495–496. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yize, Weiyi Gu, Beibei Liu, et al.. (2022). Closing Greenhouse Gas Emission Gaps of Staple Crops in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(13). 9302–9311. 37 indexed citations

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Heijungs, Reinout, Yi Yang, & Hung‐Suck Park. (2022). A or I ‐ A ? Unifying the computational structures of process‐ and IO‐based LCA for clarity and consistency. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(5). 1824–1836. 4 indexed citations

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Yu, Fengbo, Tao Qin, Yulian Chen, et al.. (2022). Biosafety of human environments can be supported by effective use of renewable biomass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(3). 13 indexed citations

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Chiu, Yi‐Wen, et al.. (2021). Quantifying carbon footprint for ecological river restoration. Environment Development and Sustainability. 24(1). 952–970. 3 indexed citations

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Jungers, Jacob M., Yi Yang, Christopher W. Fernandez, et al.. (2021). Diversifying bioenergy crops increases yield and yield stability by reducing weed abundance. Science Advances. 7(44). eabg8531–eabg8531. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Morten Ryberg, Yi Yang, et al.. (2021). Efficiency stagnation in global steel production urges joint supply- and demand-side mitigation efforts. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2066–2066. 191 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Beibei, Weiyi Gu, Yi Yang, et al.. (2021). Promoting potato as staple food can reduce the carbon–land–water impacts of crops in China. Nature Food. 2(8). 570–577. 91 indexed citations

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Peng, Shitong, et al.. (2019). Environmental Benefits of Engine Remanufacture in China’s Circular Economy Development. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(19). 11294–11301. 19 indexed citations

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Kim, Junbeum, et al.. (2012). The Importance of Normalization References in Interpreting Life Cycle Assessment Results. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 17(3). 385–395. 49 indexed citations

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