Yong Liang

31.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Yong Liang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Liang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yong Liang's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (9 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers). Yong Liang is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (9 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers). Yong Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yong Liang's co-authors include Jonathan J. Dennis, David S. Wishart, Karlene H. Lynch, You Zhou, J. Hsu, Syed Haider, Jian Zhang, A. Cros, Joachim Baran and Jonathan M. Guberman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yong Liang

45 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

PHAST: A Fast Phage Search Tool 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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. PHAST: A Fast Phage Search Tool
    2011 1.6k citations You Zhou, Yong Liang et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Liang China 21 1.6k 662 651 413 357 48 3.1k
Samuel V. Angiuoli United States 25 1.6k 1.0× 354 0.5× 481 0.7× 352 0.9× 332 0.9× 35 3.1k
Jinquan Li China 32 1.0k 0.6× 679 1.0× 830 1.3× 437 1.1× 278 0.8× 149 3.1k
Wouter De Coster Belgium 11 1.5k 0.9× 525 0.8× 549 0.8× 390 0.9× 194 0.5× 18 2.5k
Alexander J. Westermann Germany 24 1.9k 1.2× 294 0.4× 509 0.8× 501 1.2× 389 1.1× 55 3.2k
Matthew R. Laird Canada 15 3.3k 2.0× 564 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 512 1.2× 499 1.4× 17 5.2k
Raymond Lo Canada 14 2.9k 1.8× 421 0.6× 779 1.2× 667 1.6× 417 1.2× 17 4.6k
Nancy Yu Sweden 16 2.2k 1.4× 237 0.4× 571 0.9× 535 1.3× 262 0.7× 27 3.5k
James Drake United States 2 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 899 1.4× 400 1.0× 291 0.8× 2 3.7k
Aaron A. Klammer United States 8 2.5k 1.6× 840 1.3× 808 1.2× 318 0.8× 266 0.7× 8 3.6k
Lars Barquist Germany 32 2.7k 1.7× 432 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 1.0k 2.5× 618 1.7× 85 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong Liang 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 Yong Liang. Yong Liang 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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Liang, Yong, et al.. (2025). First Report of Lettuce Chlorosis Virus Infecting Chinese Cabbage in China. Plant Disease. 109(10).
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Huang, Jiarong, Xiao Wang, Qiongyao Wang, et al.. (2024). Using tannin as a biological curing agent to design fully bio-based epoxidized natural rubber/polylactic thermoplastic vulcanizates with mechanical robustness and multi-stimuli-responsive shape memory properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 282(Pt 4). 137173–137173. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). The Impact of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) on Tumor-Specific Immune Responses of Prostate Cancer. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 77(4). 322–322. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Weifang, Yong Liang, Dong Cui, et al.. (2024). Disturbances of thalamus and prefrontal cortex contribute to cognitive aging: A structure-function coupling analysis based on KL divergence. Neuroscience. 559. 263–271. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiarong, et al.. (2024). Design of mechanically robust, recyclable, multi-stimuli-responsive shape memory elastomers based on biological phytic acid and cuttlefish ink. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151516–151516. 13 indexed citations
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Huang, Yu, Ning Zhu, Zheng Xing, et al.. (2022). Intratumor Microbiome Analysis Identifies Positive Association Between Megasphaera and Survival of Chinese Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 785422–785422. 59 indexed citations
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Cao, Huiming, et al.. (2021). In silico identification of novel inhibitors targeting the DNA-binding domain of the human estrogen receptor alpha. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 213. 105966–105966. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2016). Long term follow-up of surgery management of prostate leiomyosarcoma metastasized to the rib: A case report and literature review. Molecular and Clinical Oncology. 5(1). 132–134. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2016). Elevated level of nerve growth factor in the bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis: a meta-analysis. SpringerPlus. 5(1). 1072–1072. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Jieyin, Jinqun Huang, Nan‐Yang Li, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide analysis of the gene families of resistance gene analogues in cotton and their response to Verticillium wilt. BMC Plant Biology. 15(1). 148–148. 56 indexed citations
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Liang, Yong, Deyun Zhang, Shuhong Ouyang, et al.. (2015). Dynamic evolution of resistance gene analogs in the orthologous genomic regions of powdery mildew resistance gene MlIW170 in Triticum dicoccoides and Aegilops tauschii. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128(8). 1617–1629. 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Ping, Jinxia Qin, Guoxin Wang, et al.. (2015). Comparative fine mapping of the Wax 1 (W1) locus in hexaploid wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128(8). 1595–1603. 21 indexed citations
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Qin, Jinxia, Jun Han, Xiaojie Zhao, et al.. (2013). Comparative High-Resolution Mapping of the Wax Inhibitors Iw1 and Iw2 in Hexaploid Wheat. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84691–e84691. 28 indexed citations
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Zhou, You, Yong Liang, Karlene H. Lynch, Jonathan J. Dennis, & David S. Wishart. (2011). PHAST: A Fast Phage Search Tool. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(suppl). W347–W352. 1640 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cruz, J., Youhua Liu, Yong Liang, et al.. (2011). BacMap: an up-to-date electronic atlas of annotated bacterial genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(D1). D599–D604. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2009). Micronucleus Kinetics Induced by Chromium Trioxide in Vicia Faba Root Tip Cells. 126. 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Yong, et al.. (2008). Extent of linkage disequilibrium in wild and domestic chicken populations. Hereditas. 145(5). 251–257. 11 indexed citations
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Qi, Zhang, et al.. (2006). QTL Analysis of Agronomic Traits with Sequenced Rice Varieties. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 5 indexed citations
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Du, Hongyan, et al.. (2006). Association of Polymorphisms in the Promoter Region of Chicken Prolactin with Egg Production. Poultry Science. 85(1). 26–31. 118 indexed citations
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Liang, Yong, et al.. (2005). Polymorphisms of 5′ flanking region of chicken prolactin gene. Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 30(1). 1–16. 41 indexed citations

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