Yining Niu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yining Niu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yining Niu has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Yining Niu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers). Yining Niu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers). Yining Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yining Niu's co-authors include Yantai Gan, Qiang Chai, Hui-lian Xu, Reagan Waskom, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Cai Zhao, Chantal Hamel, Xiaoqiang Zhao, R.P. Zentner and Con A. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Food Chemistry and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yining Niu

36 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under dr... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress. A review
    2015 468 citations Qiang Chai, Yantai Gan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yining Niu China 12 701 496 252 144 103 43 1.0k
Tongchao Wang China 16 607 0.9× 424 0.9× 269 1.1× 121 0.8× 130 1.3× 52 969
Gaobao Huang China 16 702 1.0× 422 0.9× 423 1.7× 105 0.7× 104 1.0× 37 1.0k
Yunzhou Qiao China 13 685 1.0× 345 0.7× 256 1.0× 215 1.5× 71 0.7× 34 919
Jiana Chen China 20 839 1.2× 276 0.6× 273 1.1× 98 0.7× 49 0.5× 84 1.1k
Muhammad Aown Sammar Raza Pakistan 22 929 1.3× 395 0.8× 233 0.9× 90 0.6× 61 0.6× 47 1.2k
Halil Kırnak Türkiye 20 1.4k 2.0× 557 1.1× 177 0.7× 195 1.4× 119 1.2× 67 1.6k
Irshad Ahmad China 16 661 0.9× 315 0.6× 328 1.3× 81 0.6× 70 0.7× 26 928
Bobby R. Golden United States 18 922 1.3× 325 0.7× 235 0.9× 78 0.5× 53 0.5× 69 1.2k
Honghai Luo China 22 1.3k 1.9× 536 1.1× 271 1.1× 275 1.9× 213 2.1× 77 1.5k
Mubshar Hussain Pakistan 23 1.4k 2.1× 531 1.1× 641 2.5× 114 0.8× 94 0.9× 65 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yining Niu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yining Niu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yining Niu

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

All Works

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Luo, Zhuzhu, et al.. (2025). Soil phoD-harboring bacteria mediate the soil phosphorus conversion in response to nitrogen supply in Loess Plateau. Plant and Soil. 515(1). 183–200. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhuzhu, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen Fertilization Shapes Soil Microbial Diversity and Ecosystem Multifunctionality by Modulating Soil Nutrients. Microorganisms. 13(3). 540–540. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2025). Exogenous 24-Epibrassinolide Improves Low-Temperature Tolerance of Maize Seedlings by Influencing Sugar Signaling and Metabolism. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(2). 585–585. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Liangliang, Zhuzhu Luo, Lingling Li, et al.. (2024). Effects of Perennial Alfalfa on the Structure and Function of Soil Micro-Food Webs in the Loess Plateau. Microorganisms. 12(11). 2268–2268.
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Li, Liangliang, Zhuzhu Luo, Lin Li, et al.. (2024). Response of soil nematode community structure and metabolic footprint to nitrogen addition in alfalfa fields on the Loess Plateau. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17640–17640. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Long-term phosphorus fertilization reveals the phosphorus limitation shaping the soil micro-food web stability in the Loess Plateau. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1256269–1256269. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2024). Exogenous Melatonin Alleviates NaCl Injury by Influencing Stomatal Morphology, Photosynthetic Performance, and Antioxidant Balance in Maize. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(18). 10077–10077. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2024). Exogenous Melatonin Reinforces Photosynthesis, Antioxidant Defense and Gene Expression to Ameliorate Na2CO3 Stress in Maize. Plants. 13(20). 2844–2844. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2023). New insights into light spectral quality inhibits the plasticity elongation of maize mesocotyl and coleoptile during seed germination. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1152399–1152399. 13 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2023). Integrated QTL Mapping, Meta-Analysis, and RNA-Sequencing Reveal Candidate Genes for Maize Deep-Sowing Tolerance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6770–6770. 10 indexed citations
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Niu, Yining, et al.. (2023). Genetic Variation, DIMBOA Accumulation, and Candidate Gene Identification in Maize Multiple Insect-Resistance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2138–2138. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke, Falong Hu, Zhilong Fan, et al.. (2022). Delayed application of N fertilizer mitigates the carbon emissions of pea/maize intercropping via altering soil microbial diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1002009–1002009. 9 indexed citations
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Niu, Yining, Luke D. Bainard, William E. May, et al.. (2018). Intensified Pulse Rotations Buildup Pea Rhizosphere Pathogens in Cereal and Pulse Based Cropping Systems. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1909–1909. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Lin, et al.. (2015). [Soil dryness characteristics of alfalfa cropland and optimal growth years of alfalfa on the Loess Plateau of central Gansu, China].. PubMed. 26(10). 3059–65. 5 indexed citations
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Gan, Yantai, Chantal Hamel, John T. O’Donovan, et al.. (2015). Diversifying crop rotations with pulses enhances system productivity. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14625–14625. 172 indexed citations

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