Yong Yu

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yong Yu is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Yu has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Pollution, 36 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yong Yu's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Yong Yu is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Yong Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yong Yu's co-authors include Guanghui Xu, Laosheng Wu, Andrew C. Chang, Yang Liu, Guang‐Hui Xu, Yang Wang, Hayley Hung, Hongwen Sun, Shugui Dai and Jian Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yong Yu

135 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Creation of memory–memory entanglement in a metropolitan quantum network

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Yong Yu

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Jun Yao China

Nan Xu China

Weiling Sun China

Damian E. Helbling United States

Jianchao Liu China

Zhigang Yu China

Ke Xu China

George A. Sorial United States

Michel Baudu France

Pin Gao China

Jun Yao China

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Yu

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

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Li, Jinfeng, et al.. (2025). Influence of freeze-thaw cycles on change of arsenic speciation and toxic effects to bacteria in paddy soil. Environmental Pollution. 371. 125927–125927. 4 indexed citations

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Tan, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Targeted conversion of furfural from waste wood via catalyzed pyrolysis of acid-leaching residue. Bioresource Technology. 431. 132616–132616. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yanjun, Guang‐Hui Xu, Jian Wang, & Yong Yu. (2024). Freeze-thaw aging increases the toxicity of microplastics to earthworms and enriches pollutant-degrading microbial genera. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135651–135651. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Jinfeng, et al.. (2024). Influence of freeze-thaw process on As migration and microorganisms in aggregates of paddy soil. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122847–122847. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, et al.. (2024). Nickel oxide nanoparticles decrease the accumulation of atrazine in earthworms. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 474. 134771–134771. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Haizhen, Özlem Tufanlı, Yong Yu, et al.. (2024). FITM2 deficiency results in ER lipid accumulation, ER stress, and reduced apolipoprotein B lipidation and VLDL triglyceride secretion in vitro and in mouse liver. Molecular Metabolism. 90. 102048–102048. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Tianyu Liu, Jinpeng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Isolation, Characterization, and Optimization of Culture Medium for Local Straw-Degrading Bacteria from Northeastern Black Soils of China. Agronomy. 14(11). 2591–2591. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yanjun, Xiaolong Lin, Jian Wang, Guanghui Xu, & Yong Yu. (2023). Quantification of nanoplastics uptake and transport in lettuce by pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Talanta. 265. 124837–124837. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, et al.. (2023). Frequency Tunable, Cavity-Enhanced Single Erbium Quantum Emitter in the Telecom Band. Physical Review Letters. 131(17). 170801–170801. 15 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, Jicheng Li, Hai Lin, Kai Li, & Futing Yi. (2023). Study on ethanol driven by alternating current electroosmosis in microchannels. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 351. 114174–114174.

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Zhu, Xinna, Feiyu Fan, Di Li, et al.. (2022). New xylose transporters support the simultaneous consumption of glucose and xylose in Escherichia coli. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 156–170. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Guanghui Xu, & Yong Yu. (2022). Microplastics impact the accumulation of metals in earthworms by changing the gut bacterial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 831. 154848–154848. 33 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, Yuzhe Zhang, Bing Bai, et al.. (2021). Measurement-Device-Independent Verification of a Quantum Memory. Physical Review Letters. 127(16). 160502–160502. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Baolin, et al.. (2020). Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) in Human Serum, Hair and Nails in Guangdong Province, China: Implications for Exploring the Ideal Bio-Indicator. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 79(2). 184–194. 17 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuan, Li Wang, Tao Huang, et al.. (2019). Deep Learning Prediction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the High Arctic. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(22). 13238–13245. 59 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, Athanasios Katsoyiannis, Pernilla Bohlin‐Nizzetto, et al.. (2019). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Not Declining in Arctic Air Despite Global Emission Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(5). 2375–2382. 98 indexed citations

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Zeng, Ying, Na Guo, Haiyan Li, et al.. (2018). Construction of flower-like MoS2/Ag2S/Ag Z-scheme photocatalysts with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for water purification. The Science of The Total Environment. 659. 20–32. 115 indexed citations

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Xu, Fei, et al.. (2011). The Design of a Novel Flexible Tactile Sensor Based on Pressure-conductive Rubber. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong. (2011). Contamination of typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the sediment of two main rivers from the Pearl River Delta. Soil and Environmental Sciences. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Yong, et al.. (1997). Population Variations of Cylindrocarpon destructans Causing Root Rot of Ginseng and Soil Microbes in the Soil with Various Moisture Contents. Plant Pathology Journal. 13(2). 100–104. 6 indexed citations

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