Yichuan Shi

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yichuan Shi is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichuan Shi has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yichuan Shi's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (3 papers). Yichuan Shi is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (3 papers). Yichuan Shi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Switzerland. Yichuan Shi's co-authors include Bastian Bertzky, Tim Badman, Soizic Le Saout, Thomas M. Brooks, Adrian Hughes, Simon N. Stuart, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Michael Hoffmann, Cyril Bernard and Stuart H. M. Butchart and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yichuan Shi

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation
    2013 460 citations Soizic Le Saout, Michael Hoffmann et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yichuan Shi United Kingdom 14 520 432 274 242 131 23 1.1k
Matthew A. Williamson United States 21 495 1.0× 534 1.2× 312 1.1× 217 0.9× 137 1.0× 56 1.2k
Scott Atkinson United States 17 597 1.1× 546 1.3× 219 0.8× 229 0.9× 189 1.4× 26 1.3k
Victor Cazalis France 12 518 1.0× 570 1.3× 251 0.9× 296 1.2× 187 1.4× 15 1.1k
Jessie A. Wells Australia 17 425 0.8× 516 1.2× 203 0.7× 118 0.5× 126 1.0× 28 1.1k
Nike Doggart Tanzania 14 379 0.7× 543 1.3× 257 0.9× 226 0.9× 105 0.8× 21 1.2k
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Russia 22 442 0.8× 477 1.1× 363 1.3× 114 0.5× 66 0.5× 79 1.4k
Rachel Neugarten United States 12 451 0.9× 574 1.3× 259 0.9× 227 0.9× 168 1.3× 18 1.1k
Christopher T. Filstrup United States 16 709 1.4× 452 1.0× 527 1.9× 221 0.9× 63 0.5× 40 1.8k
Inês S. Martins Germany 12 469 0.9× 552 1.3× 377 1.4× 300 1.2× 117 0.9× 17 1.2k
Miguel Ángel Esteve Selma Spain 24 598 1.1× 469 1.1× 386 1.4× 250 1.0× 145 1.1× 103 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yichuan Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yichuan Shi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yichuan Shi. 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 Yichuan Shi. The network helps show where Yichuan Shi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichuan Shi

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

All Works

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Lang, Haili, Jie Zeng, Yuqi Wen, et al.. (2025). Oleracein E Rejuvenates Senescent Hippocampal NSCs by Inhibiting the ERK1/2‐mTOR Axis to Improve Cognitive Dysfunction in Vascular Dementia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(9). e70137–e70137.
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Shi, Yichuan, et al.. (2023). Reconciling the personalization–privacy paradox via DoctorBots: The roles of service robot acceptance model elements and technology anxiety. Journal of Consumer Behaviour. 23(3). 1446–1462. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Lili, et al.. (2023). Icariin inhibits osteoblast ferroptosis via Nrf2/HO-1 signaling and enhances healing of osteoporotic fractures. European Journal of Pharmacology. 965. 176244–176244. 13 indexed citations
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Stephenson, Michael H., John Ludden, Jennifer McKinley, et al.. (2023). The need for joined-up thinking in critical raw materials research. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 1(1). 3 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Colleen, Heather Bingham, Yichuan Shi, et al.. (2018). Quantifying the contribution to biodiversity conservation of protected areas governed by indigenous peoples and local communities. Biological Conservation. 227. 403–412. 56 indexed citations
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Mao, Feng, et al.. (2018). Rivervis: A tool for visualising river ecosystems. Computers & Geosciences. 123. 59–64. 5 indexed citations
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Osipova, Elena, Peter Shadie, Yichuan Shi, et al.. (2017). IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites. 67 indexed citations
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Allan, James R., Cyril Kormos, Oscar Venter, et al.. (2017). Gaps and opportunities for the World Heritage Convention to contribute to global wilderness conservation. Conservation Biology. 32(1). 116–126. 21 indexed citations
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Deguignet, Marine, Andy Arnell, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, et al.. (2017). Measuring the extent of overlaps in protected area designations. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188681–e0188681. 40 indexed citations
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Allan, James R., Oscar Venter, Sean Maxwell, et al.. (2016). Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. Biological Conservation. 206. 47–55. 125 indexed citations
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Kormos, Cyril, Bastian Bertzky, Yichuan Shi, et al.. (2015). A Wilderness Approach under the World Heritage Convention. Conservation Letters. 9(3). 228–235. 26 indexed citations
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Abdulla, Ameer, David Obura, Bastian Bertzky, & Yichuan Shi. (2014). Marine World Heritage: creating a globally more balanced and representative list. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 24(S2). 59–74. 7 indexed citations
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Badman, Tim, et al.. (2013). Terrestrial biodiversity and the World Heritage List : identifying broad gaps and potential candidate sites for inclusion in the natural World Heritage network. IUCN eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Abdulla, Ameer, Bastian Bertzky, David Obura, & Yichuan Shi. (2013). Marine natural heritage and the World Heritage List : interpretation of World Heritage criteria in marine systems, analysis of biogeographic representation of sites, and a roadmap for addressing gaps. IUCN eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Saout, Soizic Le, Michael Hoffmann, Yichuan Shi, et al.. (2013). Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation. Science. 342(6160). 803–805. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Darwall, William, Robert A. Holland, Kevin G. Smith, et al.. (2011). Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species. Conservation Letters. 4(6). 474–482. 146 indexed citations

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