Yingying Yao

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yingying Yao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingying Yao has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Water Science and Technology, 17 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yingying Yao's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (24 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (16 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (14 papers). Yingying Yao is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (24 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (16 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (14 papers). Yingying Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yingying Yao's co-authors include Chunmiao Zheng, Xiaolin Chang, Aijing Zhang, Jelena Mišić, Vojislav B. Mišić, Yong Tian, Xingxing Kuang, Yi Zheng, Lin Li and Charles B. Andrews and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yingying Yao

71 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

2024 185 citations Xingxing Kuang, Junguo Liu et al. Science profile →

Peers

Yingying Yao

WST

GPC

Jonathan L. Goodall United States

Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram India

Mitthan Lal Kansal India

Jeffery S. Horsburgh United States

Andrew Hughes United Kingdom

Tomáš Vitvar Czechia

Sudip Saha India

Anshuman Singh India

Andréja Jonoski Netherlands

Liang Ji China

Jonathan L. Goodall United States

Yingying Yao

1.3k ×1.7

WST

889 ×1.8

1.4k ×3.0

GPC

537 ×1.7

78 ×0.3

Citations per year, relative to Yingying Yao Yingying Yao (= 1×) peers Jonathan L. Goodall

Countries citing papers authored by Yingying Yao

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yingying Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingying Yao

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

Yao, Yingying, Charles B. Andrews, Fanyu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Seeing China's Invisible Groundwater: Advances and Challenges. Water Resources Research. 61(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yufeng, Yingying Yao, Huijun Jin, et al.. (2025). TTOP model simulation of long-term (1981–2100) permafrost dynamics of the Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma. 457. 117287–117287.

Yao, Yingying, Huijun Jin, Taihua Wang, et al.. (2025). Groundwater depletion intensified by irrigation and afforestation in the Yellow River Basin: A spatiotemporal analysis using GRACE and well monitoring data with implications for sustainable management. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 59. 102324–102324. 5 indexed citations

Fan, Linfeng, Shanshui Yuan, Liujun Zhu, et al.. (2025). Permafrost‒vegetation controls on water availability over the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau. Advances in Climate Change Research. 16(3). 526–537.

Yuan, Shanshui, Linfeng Fan, Liujun Zhu, et al.. (2025). Thresholds in land-atmosphere interactions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: impacts of permafrost degradation via vegetation changes. Journal of Hydrology. 662. 133912–133912.

Feng, Yuqing, Ke Jiang, Xingxing Kuang, et al.. (2024). The dual role of meltwater in buffering river runoff in the Yarlung Zangbo Basin, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 54. 101857–101857. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Honghong, Yang Ge, Xin Yang, et al.. (2024). Perfluorooctane Sulfonamide Induced Autotoxic Effects on the Zebrafish Immune System. Environmental Science & Technology. 7 indexed citations

Kuang, Xingxing, Junguo Liu, Bridget R. Scanlon, et al.. (2024). The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle. Science. 383(6686). eadf0630–eadf0630. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Lin, et al.. (2023). Availability and Reliability of Service Function Chain: A Quantitative Evaluation View. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 16(1). 7 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingying, Yufeng Zhao, Dongliang Luo, et al.. (2023). Impact of climate change on the long-term water balance in the Yarlung Zangbo basin. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Wen, Bin Cao, Jiansheng Hao, et al.. (2023). Two-dimensional simulation of island permafrost degradation in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma. 430. 116330–116330. 4 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingying, et al.. (2022). Dual Privacy-Preserving Lightweight Navigation System for Vehicular Networks. IEEE Access. 10. 121120–121132. 4 indexed citations

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Qi, Wei, Lian Feng, Xingxing Kuang, et al.. (2022). Divergent and Changing Importance of Glaciers and Snow as Natural Water Reservoirs in the Eastern and Southern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(7). 17 indexed citations

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Zou, Yiguang, Xingxing Kuang, Yuqing Feng, et al.. (2022). Solid Water Melt Dominates the Increase of Total Groundwater Storage in the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(18). 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shengli, Yingying Yao, Jie‐Sheng Wang, & Yunyun Liang. (2022). Identification of DNA N4-methylcytosine sites based on multi-source features and gradient boosting decision tree. Analytical Biochemistry. 652. 114746–114746. 3 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingying, Chunmiao Zheng, Charles B. Andrews, et al.. (2021). Role of Groundwater in Sustaining Northern Himalayan Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(10). 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiachang, Xingxing Kuang, Michele Lancia, Yingying Yao, & Chunmiao Zheng. (2021). Analysis of the groundwater flow system in a high-altitude headwater region under rapid climate warming: Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 36. 100871–100871. 18 indexed citations

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Feng, Yuqing, Xingxing Kuang, Sihai Liang, et al.. (2021). A Simple and Efficient Method for Correction of Basin-Scale Evapotranspiration on the Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing. 13(19). 3958–3958. 8 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingying, Yong Tian, Charles B. Andrews, et al.. (2018). Role of Groundwater in the Dryland Ecohydrological System: A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(13). 6760–6776. 46 indexed citations

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Yu, Cheng, et al.. (2012). A field demonstration of the entropy-weighted fuzzy DRASTIC method for groundwater vulnerability assessment. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 57(7). 1420–1432. 26 indexed citations

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