Yong Niu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yong Niu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Water Science and Technology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Niu has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Water Science and Technology and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Yong Niu's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (24 papers), Heavy metals in environment (13 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (13 papers). Yong Niu is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (24 papers), Heavy metals in environment (13 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (13 papers). Yong Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Yong Niu's co-authors include Xiaoping Zhou, Filippo Berto, Jian‐Zhi Zhang, Qihu Qian, Hui Yu, Wei Jiao, Yuan Niu, Yong Xiao, Shiyang Yin and Xiaomin Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Yong Niu

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Experimental investigation of progressive cracking processes in granite under uniaxial loading using digital imaging and AE techniques

2019 232 citations Xiaoping Zhou, Yong Niu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Niu China	23	808	502	371	364	345	68	1.8k
Shaogang Lei China	26	276 0.3×	322 0.6×	158 0.4×	289 0.8×	323 0.9×	91	2.2k
L. J. West United Kingdom	29	439 0.5×	379 0.8×	854 2.3×	309 0.8×	86 0.2×	93	2.3k
David C. Sego Canada	32	1.2k 1.5×	866 1.7×	497 1.3×	2.2k 5.9×	126 0.4×	129	4.0k
Yongbo Zhang China	17	271 0.3×	162 0.3×	145 0.4×	255 0.7×	67 0.2×	66	1.1k
Herong Gui China	23	305 0.4×	97 0.2×	149 0.4×	103 0.3×	434 1.3×	129	1.5k
Rudolf Liedl Germany	32	132 0.2×	162 0.3×	297 0.8×	429 1.2×	157 0.5×	109	3.0k
S. Lee Barbour Canada	33	357 0.4×	907 1.8×	231 0.6×	2.6k 7.1×	97 0.3×	128	4.0k
Robert P. Chapuis Canada	36	343 0.4×	492 1.0×	646 1.7×	3.2k 8.9×	163 0.5×	175	4.9k
Weifeng Xue China	11	178 0.2×	144 0.3×	357 1.0×	32 0.1×	139 0.4×	24	1.4k
Ogbonnaya Igwe Nigeria	26	95 0.1×	672 1.3×	62 0.2×	598 1.6×	100 0.3×	105	1.5k

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Pu, Qikun, et al.. (2025). Liquid crystal monomers in soil: Developing priority list based on the proposed soil health indicators. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 487. 137161–137161. 2 indexed citations

Niu, Yong, et al.. (2025). Soil Degradation of Sloping Cropland in the Typical Black Soil Region in Northeast China: Risk Assessment and Uncertainty Analysis. Land Degradation and Development. 36(3). 966–974. 1 indexed citations

Niu, Yong, et al.. (2024). Cracking evolution and failure mechanism of brittle rocks containing pre-existing flaws under compression-dominating stresses: Insight from numerical approach. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 134. 104719–104719. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Kun, Chaolin Wang, Yu Zhao, et al.. (2024). A dominant frequency-based hierarchical clustering method for evaluating the mode-II fracture mechanisms of shale using the acoustic emission technique. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 134. 104644–104644. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Liping, Xia Jiang, Liang Wang, et al.. (2024). Efficiently simultaneous sorption and oxidation of antimonite on nitroso grafting-manganese loading binary-modified biochar from aqueous solution. Separation and Purification Technology. 337. 126398–126398. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Jianjian, Cheng Chen, Jiang Xia, et al.. (2024). Advancements and trends in ecological models for lake ecosystems: A bibliometric analysis (2002–2022). Ecohydrology. 17(5). 3 indexed citations

Qin, Song, et al.. (2024). Study on Catastrophic Evolution Law of Water and Mud Inrush in Water-Rich Fault Fracture Zone of Deep Buried Tunnel. Buildings. 14(7). 2220–2220. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Sheng‐Qi, Shigui Du, Susheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Experiment and Peridynamics Simulation on Failure Mechanical Behavior of Cylindrical Sandstone Containing Two Persisting Fissures Under Conventional Triaxial Compression. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 58(3). 3129–3157. 4 indexed citations

Niu, Yong, Xiaoping Zhou, & Junwei Chen. (2024). Numerical study on dynamic cracking characteristic and mechanism of quasi-brittle materials under impulsive loading. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 131. 104356–104356. 2 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Guangjian Liu, Zhen Zhong, et al.. (2023). Numerical investigation on fracture characteristic and failure mechanism of rock-like materials with intermittent flaws under compressive-shear loading. Construction and Building Materials. 388. 131698–131698. 22 indexed citations

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Luo, Mingke, Xia Jiang, Yongli Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhanced adsorption complexation of biochar by nitrogen-containing functional groups. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(6). 111194–111194. 28 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Gang Wang, Jinguo Wang, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on thermal fatigue damage and failure mechanisms of basalt exposed to high‐temperature treatments. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 46(8). 2909–2928. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Lintong, Mingke Luo, Xia Jiang, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Potential Vegetation Distribution under Climate Change: The Case of Cryptomeria fortunei in Dongting Lake Watershed, China. Forests. 14(3). 614–614. 6 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, et al.. (2023). Slope gradient altered microbial community composition in the sloping cropland in black soil. CATENA. 232. 107416–107416. 9 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Guangjian Liu, Zhen Zhong, et al.. (2023). Numerical Investigation on Fracture Characteristic and Failure Mechanism of Rock-Like Materials with Intermittent Flaws Under Compressive-Shear Loading. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Wang, Gang, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties and the mechanism of microscopic thermal damage of basalt subjected to high-temperature treatment. Natural Hazards. 120(1). 41–61. 4 indexed citations

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Luo, Mingke, Qian Liu, Xia Jiang, et al.. (2023). Aging properties and cadmium remediation mechanism of biochar in sediment from phosphorus-rich water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133062–133062. 9 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Yong Niu, Xia Jiang, et al.. (2019). Meta analysis of heavy metal pollution and sources in surface sediments of Lake Taihu, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 700. 134509–134509. 167 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Yong Niu, Hui Yu, et al.. (2017). Isotopic fractionation of particulate organic matter and its biogeochemical implication in the littoral zone of Lake Taihu, China. Water Science & Technology. 76(10). 2690–2697. 10 indexed citations

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Niu, Yong, Yong Niu, Wei Jiao, et al.. (2015). Spatial Evaluation of Heavy Metals Concentrations in the Surface Sediment of Taihu Lake. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12(12). 15028–15039. 41 indexed citations

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