Yu Shi

15.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
222 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Yu Shi is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Shi has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, 72 papers in Plant Science and 64 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Yu Shi's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (71 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (45 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (38 papers). Yu Shi is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (71 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (45 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (38 papers). Yu Shi collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yu Shi's co-authors include Haiyan Chu, Jonathan M. Adams, Jin He, Zhenwen Yu, Teng Yang, Xin Jing, Kunkun Fan, Kaoping Zhang, Litong Chen and Maoxian He and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yu Shi

207 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

Tunable lifetime multiplexing using luminescent nanocrystals 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 2014 2018 2019 200 400 600
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. Tunable lifetime multiplexing using luminescent nanocrystals
    2013 697 citations Yu Shi et al. profile →
  2. The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate
    2015 644 citations Xin Jing, Nathan J. Sanders et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. High throughput sequencing analysis of biogeographical distribution of bacterial communities in the black soils of northeast China
    2014 436 citations Yu Shi, Haiyan Chu et al. profile →
  4. Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain
    2018 355 citations Yu Shi, Teng Yang et al. profile →
  5. Salinity Is a Key Determinant for Soil Microbial Communities in a Desert Ecosystem
    2019 324 citations Yu Shi, Haiyan Chu et al. profile →
  6. Soil pH correlates with the co-occurrence and assemblage process of diazotrophic communities in rhizosphere and bulk soils of wheat fields
    2018 313 citations Kunkun Fan, Yu Shi et al. profile →
  7. Abundance of kinless hubs within soil microbial networks are associated with high functional potential in agricultural ecosystems
    2020 227 citations Yu Shi, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. profile →
  8. Fault diagnosis of energy storage batteries based on dual driving of data and models
    2025 23 citations Yu Shi et al. 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 Shi China 51 4.0k 3.2k 3.2k 2.5k 979 222 10.2k
Xavier Le Roux France 60 3.5k 0.9× 3.9k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 3.2k 3.3× 340 13.6k
Xinhua He China 60 1.9k 0.5× 5.9k 1.8× 5.1k 1.6× 940 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 357 12.1k
Makoto Kimura Japan 58 3.0k 0.8× 5.4k 1.7× 2.1k 0.6× 4.9k 1.9× 917 0.9× 577 14.1k
Deqiang Zhang China 60 2.0k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 3.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 2.4k 2.4× 476 15.4k
D. W. Hopkins United Kingdom 50 4.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 4.3k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 841 0.9× 203 10.0k
Jennifer Pett‐Ridge United States 53 4.2k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 518 0.5× 158 8.9k
Anders Tunlid Sweden 41 2.6k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 387 0.4× 89 8.0k
Bryan S. Griffiths United Kingdom 60 4.5k 1.1× 6.2k 1.9× 5.9k 1.9× 2.2k 0.9× 641 0.7× 243 13.3k
Steven K. Schmidt United States 64 8.6k 2.2× 3.6k 1.1× 5.3k 1.7× 2.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 240 16.4k
Nico M. van Straalen Netherlands 61 4.1k 1.0× 3.6k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 329 16.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Shi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Shi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Shi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Shi 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 Shi. Yu Shi 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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Nie, Zhijuan, Xiaotong Xu, Yi Sun, et al.. (2025). Rice-fish co-culture improves carp (Cyprinus carpio) quality by modulating the gut microbiota and metabolites. Aquaculture. 607. 742659–742659. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, X., Xiaotong Zhu, Yu Shi, et al.. (2025). Soil microbiomes in degraded grasslands: Assembly, function, and application. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 352–365. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lifeng, Yige Zhao, Bernhard Schmid, et al.. (2025). Genetic variation in leaf chemistry driven by herbivory affects phyllosphere fungal communities in an invasive plant. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(5). 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Gaofei, Yuling Zhang, Min Chen, et al.. (2024). Effects of plant tissue permeability on invasion and population bottlenecks of a phytopathogen. Nature Communications. 15(1). 62–62. 6 indexed citations
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He, Maoxian, et al.. (2024). Proteomics of the shell matrix proteins and functional analysis of Am13 and AmKaSPI from the shell of Archivesica marissinica. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 288. 138767–138767.
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Xing, Zhenlong, Zhongyue Zhang, Yige Zhao, et al.. (2024). Foliar herbivory‐enhanced mycorrhization is associated with increased levels of lipids in root and root exudates. Journal of Ecology. 112(4). 701–716. 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Renbin, et al.. (2023). Effects of coal-fired power plants on soil microbial diversity and community structures. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 137. 206–223. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Xu, Yu Shi, Teng Yang, Gui‐Feng Gao, & Haiyan Chu. (2023). QCMI: A method for quantifying putative biotic associations of microbes at the community level. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e92–e92. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Qiang, Zhaoliang Song, Shaopan Xia, et al.. (2023). Substrate quality overrides soil salinity in mediating microbial respiration in coastal wetlands. Land Degradation and Development. 34(15). 4546–4560. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Gui‐Feng, Huan Li, Yu Shi, et al.. (2022). Continental‐scale plant invasions reshuffle the soil microbiome of blue carbon ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 28(14). 4423–4438. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Litong, Lin Jiang, Xin Jing, et al.. (2021). Above‐ and belowground biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem stability in natural alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(7). 1418–1429. 67 indexed citations
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Jing, Xin, Case M. Prager, Litong Chen, et al.. (2021). The influence of aboveground and belowground species composition on spatial turnover in nutrient pools in alpine grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(3). 486–500. 17 indexed citations
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Ma, Xi, et al.. (2019). Astragalus polysaccharide improves anti-tumor immunity mediated by macrophages and natural killer cells in mice. Zhonghua weishengwuxue he mianyixue zazhi. 39(4). 292–297. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jun, et al.. (2019). [Effects of water-fertilizer integration on water use and photosynthetic characteristics of winter wheat].. PubMed. 30(4). 1170–1178. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Yaosi, Ding Xu, Yu Wang, et al.. (2018). Identification and functional characterization of Toll-like receptor 13 from orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 74. 309–317. 28 indexed citations
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Jing, Xin, Nathan J. Sanders, Yu Shi, et al.. (2015). The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8159–8159. 644 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Yu, et al.. (2015). Depth of nitrogen fertiliser placement affects nitrogen accumulation, translocation and nitrate-nitrogen content in soil of rainfed wheat. International Journal of Plant Production. 9(2). 237–256. 16 indexed citations
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Shi, Yu. (2000). Neolithic Cultural Interruptions and Holocene Buried Palaeo-Trees in the Yangtze Delta. 5 indexed citations

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