Ying Fan

14.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
67 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ying Fan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Fan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Water Science and Technology and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ying Fan's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (32 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (15 papers). Ying Fan is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (32 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (15 papers). Ying Fan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Netherlands. Ying Fan's co-authors include Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Hong Li, Alan Robock, Estéban G. Jobbágy, Robert B. Jackson, Carlos Otero-Casal, Chris Weaver, M. D. Kustu, James W. Kirchner and R. L. Walko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ying Fan

64 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Global Patterns of Groundwater Table Depth 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2017 2015 2024 2021 250 500 750
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. Global Patterns of Groundwater Table Depth
    2013 860 citations Ying Fan, Hong Li et al. Science profile →
  2. Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth
    2017 819 citations Ying Fan, Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models
    2015 403 citations Ying Fan et al. profile →
  4. Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally
    2024 253 citations Scott Jasechko, Hansjörg Seybold et al. Nature profile →
  5. Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation
    2021 233 citations Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Ying Fan Nature profile →
  6. Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon
    2023 95 citations James S. Albert, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al. Science profile →

Peers

Ying Fan
Markus Hrachowitz Netherlands
Scott Jasechko United States
Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho Spain
K. J. McGuire United States
Glen Walker Australia
B. L. McGlynn United States
Douglas A. Burns United States
Alan L. Flint United States
Gianluca Botter Italy
C. J. Harman United States
Markus Hrachowitz Netherlands
Ying Fan
Citations per year, relative to Ying Fan Ying Fan (= 1×) peers Markus Hrachowitz

Countries citing papers authored by Ying Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Fan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fan, Ying, et al.. (2025). Where do we expect to find deep plant roots?. Ecography. 2025(10). 1 indexed citations
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Nehemy, Magali F., Caio R. C. Mattos, Rafael S. Oliveira, et al.. (2025). Embolism resistance supports the contribution of dry-season precipitation to transpiration in eastern Amazon forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(33). e2501585122–e2501585122.
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Fan, Ying, et al.. (2024). Study on the Reuse of Shield Mud from Clay Stratum in Synchronous Grouting Slurry. Buildings. 14(8). 2537–2537. 3 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Paulo Tarso Sanches de, Antônio Alves Meira Neto, Didier Gastmans, et al.. (2024). Widespread potential for streamflow leakage across Brazil. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10211–10211. 2 indexed citations
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Jasechko, Scott, Hansjörg Seybold, Debra Perrone, et al.. (2024). Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally. Nature. 625(7996). 715–721. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albert, James S., Ana Carolina Carnaval, Suzette G. A. Flantua, et al.. (2023). Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon. Science. 379(6630). eabo5003–eabo5003. 95 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mattos, Caio R. C., Marina Hirota, Rafael S. Oliveira, et al.. (2023). Double stress of waterlogging and drought drives forest–savanna coexistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(33). e2301255120–e2301255120. 21 indexed citations
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Shi, Hongbing, et al.. (2023). Study on Stratified Settlement and Weak Reflectivity Fiber Grating Monitoring of Shield Tunnel Crossing Composite Strata. Applied Sciences. 13(3). 1769–1769. 4 indexed citations
9.
Miguez‐Macho, Gonzalo & Ying Fan. (2021). Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation. Nature. 598(7882). 624–628. 233 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Roebroek, Caspar T. J., Lieke Melsen, Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, Ying Fan, & Adriaan J. Teuling. (2020). Global distribution of hydrologic controls on forest growth. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(9). 4625–4639. 40 indexed citations
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Fan, Ying, et al.. (2020). The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Shidian: A New Fall of CM Chondrite in China. LPI. 1234. 1 indexed citations
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Freund, Elham Rouholahnejad, Ying Fan, & James W. Kirchner. (2020). Global assessment of how averaging over spatial heterogeneity in precipitation and potential evapotranspiration affects modeled evapotranspiration rates. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(4). 1927–1938. 13 indexed citations
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Jasechko, Scott, Debra Perrone, Hansjörg Seybold, Ying Fan, & James W. Kirchner. (2020). Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3229–3229. 132 indexed citations
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Freund, Elham Rouholahnejad, Ying Fan, & James W. Kirchner. (2019). Global assessment of how averaging over land-surface heterogeneity affects modeled evapotranspiration rates. 2 indexed citations
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Freund, Elham Rouholahnejad, Ying Fan, & James W. Kirchner. (2017). Averaging over spatial heterogeneity leads to overestimation of ET in large scale Earth system models. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15100. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Ying, Hong Li, & Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho. (2013). Global Patterns of Groundwater Table Depth. Science. 339(6122). 940–943. 860 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pokhrel, Yadu, Ying Fan, Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Pat J.‐F. Yeh, & Songjun Han. (2012). Role of surface water and groundwater on terrestrial water storage variation in the Amazon. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Kreakie, Betty J., Ying Fan, & Timothy H. Keitt. (2012). Enhanced Migratory Waterfowl Distribution Modeling by Inclusion of Depth to Water Table Data. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30142–e30142. 17 indexed citations
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Fan, Ying & Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho. (2010). Potential groundwater contribution to Amazon evapotranspiration. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(10). 2039–2056. 79 indexed citations
20.
Duffy, Christopher, Ying Fan, & Upmanu Lall. (1990). Spectral analysis of annual time series of mountain precipitation. 573–577. 1 indexed citations

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