Yitong Yao

5.8k total citations
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yitong Yao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yitong Yao has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yitong Yao's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Climate variability and models (12 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (8 papers). Yitong Yao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Climate variability and models (12 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (8 papers). Yitong Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Yitong Yao's co-authors include Shilong Piao, Tao Wang, Philippe Ciais, Xuhui Wang, Yongwen Liu, Shushi Peng, Jinzhi Ding, Zhenzhong Zeng, Xiaoyi Wang and Yuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yitong Yao

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers

Yitong Yao
Xingming Hao China
Jingfeng Wang United States
Kai Morgenstern Canada
Joseph D. White United States
Jean‐François Lapierre Canada
Kun Bu China
Jianjun Chen China
Mingxiang Xu China
Ayumi Kotani Japan
D. W. Kicklighter United States
Xingming Hao China
Yitong Yao
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Countries citing papers authored by Yitong Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yitong Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yitong Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yitong Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yitong 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 Yitong Yao. Yitong 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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Wang, Yujie, Renato K. Braghiere, Woodward W. Fischer, et al.. (2025). Impacts of leaf traits on vegetation optical properties in Earth system modeling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4968–4968.
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Zhu, Lei, Philippe Ciais, Yitong Yao, et al.. (2025). Spatially varying parameters improve carbon cycle modeling in the Amazon rainforest with ORCHIDEE r8849. Geoscientific model development. 18(15). 4915–4933.
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Hong, Songbai, Zimeng Li, Fa Li, et al.. (2025). Magnitude, distribution and temporal trend of nitrous oxide emissions from China’s natural soils over 1980–2022. Science China Earth Sciences. 68(4). 1074–1085. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Yitong, Vincent Humphrey, Alexandra G. Konings, et al.. (2024). Investigating Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles of Vegetation Optical Depth Retrieved From GNSS Signals in a Broadleaf Forest. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(6). 14 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Philippe Ciais, Lei Zhu, et al.. (2024). Forest aging limits future carbon sink in China. One Earth. 7(5). 822–834. 30 indexed citations
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Ciais, Philippe, Yitong Yao, Simon Besnard, et al.. (2024). The global carbon balance of forests based on flux towers and forest age data. Research Square.
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Wang, Yujie, Renato K. Braghiere, Yi Yin, et al.. (2024). Beyond the visible: Accounting for ultraviolet and far‐red radiation in vegetation productivity and surface energy budgets. Global Change Biology. 30(5). e17346–e17346. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Yitong, Philippe Ciais, Émilie Joetzjer, et al.. (2024). Future Drought‐Induced Tree Mortality Risk in Amazon Rainforest. Earth s Future. 12(8). 3 indexed citations
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Yao, Yitong, Philippe Ciais, Émilie Joetzjer, et al.. (2024). The impacts of elevated CO 2 on forest growth, mortality, and recovery in the Amazon rainforest. Earth System Dynamics. 15(3). 763–778. 6 indexed citations
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Hong, Songbai, et al.. (2023). Asymmetry of carbon sequestrations by plant and soil after forestation regulated by soil nitrogen. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3196–3196. 50 indexed citations
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Xing, Zhipeng, et al.. (2022). Comparison of crop yield and solar thermal utilization among different rice–wheat cropping systems. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 161(1). 40–50. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Songbai, et al.. (2022). Contrasting temperature effects on the velocity of early‐ versus late‐stage vegetation green‐up in the Northern Hemisphere. Global Change Biology. 28(23). 6961–6972. 26 indexed citations
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Yao, Yitong, Émilie Joetzjer, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2022). Forest fluxes and mortality response to drought: model description (ORCHIDEE-CAN-NHA r7236) and evaluation at the Caxiuanã drought experiment. Geoscientific model development. 15(20). 7809–7833. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Huan, Jean‐Pierre Wigneron, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2022). Seasonal variations in vegetation water content retrieved from microwave remote sensing over Amazon intact forests. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285. 113409–113409. 37 indexed citations
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Zhu, Dan, Chunju Huang, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2019). Negative extreme events in gross primary productivity and their drivers in China during the past three decades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 275. 47–58. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, Dan Liu, Shilong Piao, et al.. (2018). Emerging negative impact of warming on summer carbon uptake in northern ecosystems. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5391–5391. 48 indexed citations
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Wu, Donghai, Shilong Piao, Yongwen Liu, Philippe Ciais, & Yitong Yao. (2018). Evaluation of CMIP5 Earth System Models for the Spatial Patterns of Biomass and Soil Carbon Turnover Times and Their Linkage with Climate. Journal of Climate. 31(15). 5947–5960. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuan, Yitong Yao, Xuhui Wang, Yongwen Liu, & Shilong Piao. (2016). Mapping spatial distribution of forest age in China. Earth and Space Science. 4(3). 108–116. 104 indexed citations

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