Yiming Yao

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Yiming Yao is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiming Yao has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 56 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 39 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yiming Yao's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (81 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (53 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers). Yiming Yao is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (81 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (53 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers). Yiming Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Yiming Yao's co-authors include Hongwen Sun, Hao Chen, Lei Wang, Yu Wang, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Zhen Zhao, Hongkai Zhu, Shuai Chang, Leicheng Zhao and Zhipeng Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Yiming Yao

121 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

LDPE microplastics affect soil microbial communities and nitrogen cycling

2021 325 citations Leicheng Zhao, Zhipeng Cheng et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiming Yao China	41	3.4k	2.4k	1.4k	1.2k	375	125	4.9k
Arlene Blum United States	26	4.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	768 0.6×	193 0.5×	50	5.9k
Marta Venier United States	45	4.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	250 0.7×	109	5.8k
Zhiyong Xie Germany	60	7.5k 2.2×	3.5k 1.5×	3.1k 2.1×	3.0k 2.4×	415 1.1×	111	9.2k
Liisa M. Jantunen Canada	47	4.7k 1.4×	709 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	448 1.2×	125	5.8k
Si Wei China	36	2.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	206 0.5×	111	4.7k
Katrin Vorkamp Denmark	43	4.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	718 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	295 0.8×	143	5.6k
Ying Guo China	44	6.0k 1.7×	1.1k 0.5×	372 0.3×	2.4k 1.9×	466 1.2×	105	7.5k
Ting Ruan China	40	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	700 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	171 0.5×	93	4.2k
Hangbiao Jin China	34	2.2k 0.6×	982 0.4×	415 0.3×	2.2k 1.8×	1.0k 2.7×	132	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yiming Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yiming Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiming Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yiming Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yiming Yao 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 Yiming Yao. Yiming Yao 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, Lu, Pingping Wang, Feng Li, et al.. (2025). Uncovering ecological risks of pesticides: From parent compounds to unknown transformation products in soils from Dongting Lake Basin. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 501. 140884–140884.

Wang, Yu, Le He, Lei Xiang, et al.. (2025). Dust-borne emerging contaminants: an underrecognized risk factor for non-communicable diseases in older Chinese adults. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 27(10). 3083–3094.

Chen, Shijie, Liyang Pan, Yu‐Long Wang, et al.. (2025). Detection of novel organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in children urines: Associations with oxidative stress damage and thyroid nodule risk. Environment International. 199. 109445–109445. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Chaojun, Zijiang Yang, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2025). Enhancing the energy storage properties of BaTiO3 ceramics by coating with ternary transition metal oxide FeO-NiO-ZnO. Ceramics International. 51(26). 51205–51213.

Liu, Jialin, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive cryoprotection analysis of stachyose in minced lamb: Insights into ice crystallization, structural integrity, moisture migration and protein stabilization. Food Research International. 217. 116768–116768. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Yiming, Shijie Chen, Yongcheng Li, et al.. (2025). An Enhanced Protocol to Expand Human Exposome and Machine Learning-Based Prediction for Methodology Application. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(7). 3376–3387. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiuyue, Yarui Liu, Hong Li, et al.. (2024). Traditional and Novel Organophosphate Esters in Plastic Greenhouse: Occurrence, Multimedia Migration, and Exposure Risk via Vegetable Consumption. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(31). 13929–13939. 14 indexed citations

Gao, Meng, Yu Wang, Lai Wei, et al.. (2024). Novel organophosphate esters and their transformation products in offshore sediment from Eastern China: Occurrence, temporal trend, and risk assessment. Environment International. 195. 109205–109205. 6 indexed citations

Gao, Yafei, Sai Guo, Hongkai Zhu, et al.. (2024). Urinary Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons of Rural Population in Northwestern China: Oxidative Stress and Health Risk Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(18). 7758–7769. 10 indexed citations

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Yao, Yiming, Shijie Chen, Xiaoxiao Li, et al.. (2024). Target and Nontarget Analysis of Organophosphorus Flame Retardants and Plasticizers in a River Impacted by Industrial Activity in Eastern China. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(1). 798–810. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Shijie, M. C. Yu, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2024). Thyroid Hormone Biomonitoring: A Review on Their Metabolism and Machine-Learning Based Analysis on Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. Environment & Health. 2(6). 350–372. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Hao, Peng Zhang, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2023). In situ self-sacrificial synthesis of polypyrrole/biochar composites for efficiently removing short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl acid from contaminated water. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118745–118745. 22 indexed citations

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Baqar, Mujtaba, Amtul Bari Tabinda, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2023). Distribution, bioaccumulation, and health risk assessment of organochlorines across the riverine ecosystem of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(43). 98377–98388. 1 indexed citations

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Baqar, Mujtaba, Maosen Zhao, Leicheng Zhao, et al.. (2023). Combustion of high-calorific industrial waste in conventional brick kilns: An emerging source of PFAS emissions to agricultural soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167612–167612. 14 indexed citations

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Duan, Yishuang, Hongwen Sun, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2021). Serum concentrations of per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type 2 diabetes: A case-control study. The Science of The Total Environment. 787. 147476–147476. 24 indexed citations

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Meng, Yue, Yiming Yao, Hao Chen, Qi Li, & Hongwen Sun. (2021). Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Dagang Oilfield: Multimedia distribution and contributions of unknown precursors. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 412. 125177–125177. 53 indexed citations

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Bastiaensen, Michiel, Govindan Malarvannan, Frederic Béen, et al.. (2019). Metabolites of phosphate flame retardants and alternative plasticizers in urine from intensive care patients. Chemosphere. 233. 590–596. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Fan, Xing Lü, Yiming Yao, et al.. (2019). Dietary Iron Requirements of Adult GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh. 71. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Zhen Zhao, Jianhui Tang, et al.. (2018). Distribution and dry deposition of alternative and legacy perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the air above the Bohai and Yellow Seas, China. Atmospheric Environment. 192. 128–135. 54 indexed citations

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Tian, Juan, Yiming Yao, Liu W, et al.. (2013). Dietary choline requirements of adult GIFT tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). 20(5). 1007–1014. 3 indexed citations

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