Yu Gao

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Gao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Gao has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 12 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Yu Gao's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Yu Gao is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers). Yu Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Yu Gao's co-authors include G. Jason Smith, Weikang Zhang, Huan Meng, R. S. Alberte, Han Bleichrodt, Qingshan Zhao, Hua Jin, Jing Xu, Randall S. Alberte and Dong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Economic Review and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yu Gao

82 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China
    2022 53 citations Jishuai Yang, Dongju Zhang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Gao China 23 320 227 220 192 169 90 1.5k
Zhenke Zhang China 21 291 0.9× 126 0.6× 355 1.6× 142 0.7× 211 1.2× 93 1.5k
Фу China 21 358 1.1× 280 1.2× 370 1.7× 228 1.2× 203 1.2× 251 1.7k
Fang Wang China 26 852 2.7× 183 0.8× 690 3.1× 118 0.6× 165 1.0× 147 2.0k
Xia Liu China 20 370 1.2× 138 0.6× 179 0.8× 166 0.9× 276 1.6× 91 1.5k
Wei Huang China 26 434 1.4× 177 0.8× 145 0.7× 192 1.0× 449 2.7× 120 2.0k
Xiaoming Wang China 28 362 1.1× 86 0.4× 609 2.8× 154 0.8× 358 2.1× 124 2.6k
Roz Pidcock United Kingdom 5 550 1.7× 177 0.8× 210 1.0× 61 0.3× 185 1.1× 6 1.7k
Zhiyuan Ma China 18 383 1.2× 187 0.8× 107 0.5× 165 0.9× 620 3.7× 54 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yu Gao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yu Gao. The network helps show where Yu Gao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Gao 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 Yu Gao. Yu Gao 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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Gao, Yu, et al.. (2025). System-size coherence resonance in coupled FHN neurons with α -stable Lévy noise. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 200. 116985–116985. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu. (2025). A Brief Review on Language Learning Strategies and MBTI. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. 794–804.
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Cao, Yu, Mingyu Zhang, Zhengyong Zhang, et al.. (2024). The impact of land-use change on the ecological environment quality from the perspective of production-living-ecological space: A case study of the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains. Ecological Informatics. 83. 102795–102795. 25 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu, et al.. (2024). Well-Being and Sustainable Utilization of Forest Environment with Diverse Vegetation Distributions. Sustainability. 16(19). 8469–8469. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu, et al.. (2024). Research progress and prospects on sediment issues of the Three Gorges Project. Journal of Lake Sciences. 36(6). 1611–1625. 1 indexed citations
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D’Adda, Giovanna, Yu Gao, Russell Golman, & Massimo Tavoni. (2024). Strategic information avoidance, belief manipulation and the effectiveness of green nudges. Ecological Economics. 222. 108191–108191. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Jishuai, Linying Wang, Ting Li, et al.. (2024). Early intensive millet-pig agriculture in the high-elevation Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews. 345. 109048–109048. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Mengyun, Yu Gao, Zhi Zhang, et al.. (2023). How Do Repeated Viewings in Forest Landscapes Influence Young People’s Visual Behaviors and Cognitive Evaluations?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(6). 4753–4753. 3 indexed citations
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Du, Xiaojing, James M. Russell, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2023). North Atlantic cooling triggered a zonal mode over the Indian Ocean during Heinrich Stadial 1. Science Advances. 9(1). eadd4909–eadd4909. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu, Yalin Wang, Weikang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Main Factors of Professional Experience on People’s Visual Behavior and Re-Viewing Intention in Different In-Forest Landscapes. Forests. 14(7). 1319–1319. 3 indexed citations
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Kildea, Sue, et al.. (2022). Midwives experiences of interventions to improve breast expression following preterm birth: A qualitative study. Midwifery. 116. 103530–103530. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jishuai, Dongju Zhang, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 780–786. 53 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kildea, Sue, Suzanne King, Hazel Keedle, et al.. (2022). Perinatal Depression in Australian Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Birth in the Time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9). 5062–5062. 20 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu, Qiang Zhang, Baihui Wang, et al.. (2021). Moso bamboo and Japanese cedar seedlings differently affected soil N2O emissions. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(2). 277–285. 9 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu. (2014). Study on the Enhancing the Capacity of Jialu River System to Withstand Rainfall. Yellow River. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu, et al.. (2012). A Neural Network Approach for Satellite Telemetry Data Prediction. 150–153. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Yu. (2006). Application of NMEA-0183 Protocol for GPS. 2 indexed citations

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