Yikun Yang

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yikun Yang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yikun Yang has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yikun Yang's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (49 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (48 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (15 papers). Yikun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (49 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (48 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (15 papers). Yikun Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yikun Yang's co-authors include Chuanfeng Zhao, Hao Fan, Xingchuan Yang, Lin Sun, Yue Sun, Xueyan Liu, Yang Qu, Linlin Hou, Hezhong Tian and Min Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yikun Yang

92 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Formation and evolution mechanism of regional haze: a case study in the megacity Beijing, China

2013 383 citations Yikun Yang et al. profile →
A comprehensive analysis of the spatio-temporal variation of urban air pollution in China during 2014–2018

2019 351 citations Hao Fan, Chuanfeng Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yikun Yang China	25	1.7k	1.5k	911	759	129	99	2.5k
Chang‐Keun Song South Korea	29	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	847 1.1×	42 0.3×	150	2.8k
Yang Zhao China	24	820 0.5×	900 0.6×	253 0.3×	423 0.6×	80 0.6×	104	1.6k
Xiaoming Cai United Kingdom	33	890 0.5×	715 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	2.1k 2.8×	53 0.4×	100	3.1k
Leena Järvi Finland	28	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	103 0.8×	86	3.0k
Qingchun Guo China	21	309 0.2×	339 0.2×	444 0.5×	642 0.8×	44 0.3×	41	1.2k
Xiujuan Zhao China	27	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 2.3×	923 1.2×	23 0.2×	65	2.9k
Hosni Ghedira United Arab Emirates	28	669 0.4×	913 0.6×	254 0.3×	698 0.9×	225 1.7×	104	2.3k
Thomas E. L. Smith United Kingdom	23	541 0.3×	903 0.6×	156 0.2×	337 0.4×	303 2.3×	41	1.5k
Weiwen Wang China	24	638 0.4×	788 0.5×	396 0.4×	873 1.2×	40 0.3×	68	1.7k
Alain Clappier France	27	1.5k 0.9×	909 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	2.2k 2.9×	31 0.2×	78	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yikun Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yikun Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yikun Yang

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

Liu, Xin, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal analysis of sea ice in the Weddell Sea of Antarctic based on GTWR. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5863–5863. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Na, Da Song, Hongli Yang, et al.. (2025). E-jet 3D printed aligned nerve guidance conduits incorporated with decellularized extracellular matrix hydrogel encapsulating extracellular vesicles for peripheral nerve repair. Acta Biomaterialia. 194. 122–139. 9 indexed citations

Li, Jiefeng, Chuanfeng Zhao, Yue Sun, et al.. (2025). Distinct Aerosol Impacts on Local Scale Convective Rainfall Between Sichuan Basin and North China Plain Regions in China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(5). 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Xin, Chuanfeng Zhao, Jie Yang, et al.. (2025). Different Impacts of Aerosols on Cloud Development over Land and Ocean Regions in East China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 42(4). 731–743. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Chuanfeng, et al.. (2024). Global characteristics of cloud macro-physical properties from active satellite remote sensing. Atmospheric Research. 302. 107316–107316. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Mingzhong, Yan Wu, Zheng Gao, et al.. (2024). Design, test, and verification of in-situ condition preserved coring and analysis system in lunar-based simulation environment. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 34(9). 1259–1272. 3 indexed citations

Li, Dejun, Chuanfeng Zhao, Liu Cao, et al.. (2024). Seeding invigoration effect of ice-containing clouds on lower convective clouds during MeiYu season in 2020. Atmospheric Research. 301. 107288–107288. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Yikun, et al.. (2024). A new empirical mass flow correlation and mass flow rate characteristics of R600a through novel rotary-baffle curved-channel electronic expansion valve. International Journal of Refrigeration. 168. 70–78.

Yang, Yikun, et al.. (2024). A Resilient ReRAM crossbar-based PIM Design for SNN in Energy Harvesting Scenarios. 21–27. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chuanfeng, Yunwei Yan, Annan Chen, et al.. (2024). Effects of Sea Land Breeze on Air‐Sea Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Different Seasons Using Platform Observation in East China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(5). 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yue, Chuanfeng Zhao, Chun Zhao, et al.. (2024). A modeling study of aerosol effect on summer nocturnal convective precipitation in Beijing. Atmospheric Research. 305. 107430–107430. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xingchuan, Chuanfeng Zhao, Wenji Zhao, Hao Fan, & Yikun Yang. (2023). Characterization of global fire activity and its spatiotemporal patterns for different land cover types from 2001 to 2020. Environmental Research. 227. 115746–115746. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chuanfeng, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in cloud physics and associated radiative effects in China from 2016 to 2022. Atmospheric Research. 293. 106899–106899. 32 indexed citations

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Fan, Hao, Chuanfeng Zhao, Yikun Yang, & Xingchuan Yang. (2023). Rapid reduction of air pollution and short-term exposure risks in China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 149. 126–138. 4 indexed citations

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Su, Xin, Lunche Wang, Leiku Yang, et al.. (2023). Fengyun 4A Land Aerosol Retrieval: Algorithm Development, Validation, and Comparison With Other Datasets. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–16. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Yikun, et al.. (2023). Accurate deformation analysis based on point position uncertainty estimation and adaptive projection point cloud comparison. Geocarto International. 38(1). 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Meng, Chuanfeng Zhao, Yikun Yang, et al.. (2021). Machine learning-based estimation of ground-level NO2 concentrations over China. The Science of The Total Environment. 807(Pt 1). 150721–150721. 49 indexed citations

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Wei, Jing, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Aerosol Estimations From Suomi-NPP VIIRS Images Over Heterogeneous Surfaces. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(12). 9534–9543. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Hua, Qinhuo Liu, Yikun Yang, et al.. (2019). Comparison of the MuSyQ and MODIS Collection 6 Land Surface Temperature Products Over Barren Surfaces in the Heihe River Basin, China. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(10). 8081–8094. 43 indexed citations

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Yang, Yikun, et al.. (2019). Land surface temperature and emissivity separation from GF-5 visual and infrared multispectral imager data. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 23(6). 1132–1146. 10 indexed citations

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