Yongqin Liu

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
231 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Yongqin Liu is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongqin Liu has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Ecology, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yongqin Liu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (107 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (64 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (37 papers). Yongqin Liu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (107 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (64 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (37 papers). Yongqin Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yongqin Liu's co-authors include Tandong Yao, Keshao Liu, Nianzhi Jiao, Juzhi Hou, Shichang Kang, Shuichi Kawashima, Jinbo Xiong, Anyi Hu, Haiyan Chu and Yonghui Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yongqin Liu

221 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Geographic distance and pH drive bacterial distribution in alkaline lake sediments across Tibetan Plateau

2012 488 citations Yongqin Liu et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change

2022 199 citations Yongqin Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongqin Liu China	35	2.2k	1.3k	579	518	503	231	4.5k
Chris Greening Australia	45	2.8k 1.3×	2.6k 2.0×	1.2k 2.1×	548 1.1×	227 0.5×	124	6.0k
Huayong Zhang China	36	2.1k 1.0×	839 0.6×	541 0.9×	684 1.3×	233 0.5×	235	6.3k
Hongchen Jiang China	41	3.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.7×	1.8k 3.2×	813 1.6×	573 1.1×	243	6.0k
Takeshi Naganuma Japan	36	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	901 1.6×	225 0.4×	295 0.6×	199	4.4k
Ying Wang China	41	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	169 0.3×	717 1.4×	155 0.3×	369	6.0k
Stefan Spring Germany	42	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 2.0×	1.1k 2.0×	873 1.7×	412 0.8×	89	5.0k
David H. Green United Kingdom	36	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	588 1.0×	427 0.8×	337 0.7×	66	3.9k
Kelly Wrighton United States	42	4.4k 2.0×	3.7k 2.8×	1.7k 2.9×	902 1.7×	216 0.4×	112	8.2k
Marı́a Eugenia Farı́as Argentina	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	594 1.0×	209 0.4×	219 0.4×	132	3.2k
Jian Wang China	40	829 0.4×	586 0.4×	356 0.6×	604 1.2×	555 1.1×	278	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yongqin Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongqin Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongqin Liu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yongqin, Zhiming Gao, Yuanyuan Du, et al.. (2025). The physical model of hot tearing based on formation of microporosity in aluminum alloys. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 38. 451–457. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Guannan, et al.. (2025). Profiles and risk assessment of antibiotic resistome between Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and polar regions. Geography and sustainability. 6(6). 100342–100342.

Liu, Yongqin, Wenqing Shi, Pengfei Liu, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the hidden RNA virus diversity in Lake Nam Co: Evolutionary insights from an extreme high-altitude environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2420162122–e2420162122. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2025). Dissemination of genes associated with antibiotic resistance and bacterial virulence during ecosystem succession in two Tibetan glacier forefields. The Science of The Total Environment. 963. 178514–178514. 5 indexed citations

Kang, Yuan‐Yuan, Tao Yang, Yongqin Liu, et al.. (2025). Heat stress targets and degrades BCR::ABL1 oncoproteins to overcome drug-resistance in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia. 39(9). 2140–2151. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaoyong, Liyuan Hou, Dong Wu, et al.. (2024). Unnoticed antimicrobial resistance risk in Tibetan cities unveiled by sewage metagenomic surveillance: Compared to the eastern Chinese cities. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135730–135730. 5 indexed citations

Hou, Liyuan, Lanping Zhang, Hans‐Peter Grossart, et al.. (2024). Distinct influences of altitude on microbiome and antibiotic resistome assembly in a glacial river ecosystem of Mount Everest. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135675–135675. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Shuting, Chaofan Yin, Mukan Ji, et al.. (2024). The unique salt bridge network in GlacPETase: a key to its stability. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(3). e0224223–e0224223. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Molecular Biology Applications of Psychrophilic Enzymes: Adaptations, Advantages, Expression, and Prospective. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 196(9). 5765–5789. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongqin, et al.. (2024). Digital twin system framework and information model for industry chain based on industrial Internet. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering. 25(7). 951–967. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Keshao, Yan Qi, Wenqiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Glacier Retreat Induces Contrasting Shifts in Bacterial Biodiversity Patterns in Glacial Lake Water and Sediment. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 128–128. 4 indexed citations

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Deng, Yongcui, et al.. (2024). Methylocystis dominates methane oxidation in glacier foreland soil at elevated temperature. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 371. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongqin, et al.. (2024). Decay property of the Timoshenko-Fourier system with memory-type dissipation. Journal of Differential Equations. 401. 469–491. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Qian, Zhiheng Du, Lei Wang, et al.. (2023). Temperature sensitivity of methanogenesis and anaerobic methane oxidation in thermokarst lakes modulated by surrounding vegetation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 907. 167962–167962. 5 indexed citations

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Ji, Mukan, et al.. (2023). The distribution and drivers of microbial pigments in the cryoconite of four Tibetan glaciers. Environmental Microbiology. 26(1). e16550–e16550. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weizhen, Yongqin Liu, Ruirui Chen, et al.. (2022). Extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals carbon and nitrogen limitations closely linked to bacterial communities in China’s largest saline lake. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1002542–1002542. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongqin, et al.. (2021). Unique T4-like phages in high-altitude lakes above 4500 m on the Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 801. 149649–149649. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuying, et al.. (2021). Temporal variation in glacier snowpack bacterial communities mediated by nitrogen. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongqin & Yoshihiro Ueda. (2019). Decay estimate and asymptotic profile for a plate equation with memory. Journal of Differential Equations. 268(5). 2435–2463. 9 indexed citations

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Cong, Zhiyuan, Shaopeng Gao, Wancang Zhao, et al.. (2018). Iron oxides in thecryoconiteon the glaciers over Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciationand implications. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

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