Yu Yao

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yu Yao is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Yao has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Pollution, 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yu Yao's work include Heavy metals in environment (26 papers), Selenium in Biological Systems (16 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (14 papers). Yu Yao is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (26 papers), Selenium in Biological Systems (16 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (14 papers). Yu Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Switzerland. Yu Yao's co-authors include Huafen Li, Yanan Wan, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, Lingzhan Miao, Songqi Liu, Zhilin Liu, Tengfei Li, Qingqing Huang and Yuhui Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yu Yao

74 papers receiving 2.5k 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. Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics
    2018 472 citations Lingzhan Miao, Peifang Wang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers

Yu Yao
Changfeng Ding China
Yasir Hamid China
Xingxiang Wang China
S. J. Dunham United Kingdom
Satoshi Soda Japan
Giovanni Garau Italy
Guilan Duan China
Kazunari Sei Japan
Shuhe Wei China
Paula Madejón Spain
Changfeng Ding China
Yu Yao
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Countries citing papers authored by Yu Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Yao 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 Yao. Yu Yao 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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Yao, Yu, Bin Wang, Qiao Xu, et al.. (2025). Divergent mitigation mechanisms of soil antibiotic resistance genes by biochar from different agricultural wastes. Environmental Pollution. 374. 126247–126247.
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Xu, Meiling, Meiling Ren, Yu Yao, et al.. (2024). Biochar decreases cadmium uptake in indica and japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.): Roles of soil properties, iron plaque, cadmium transporter genes and rhizobacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 477. 135402–135402. 8 indexed citations
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Qin, Li, et al.. (2024). Octanoic acid helps Poterioochromonas malhamensis control toxic Microcystis sp.. Journal of Applied Phycology. 36(5). 2531–2543.
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Miao, Lingzhan, Zhu Jin, Tanveer M. Adyel, et al.. (2024). Dynamic changes of leachates of aged plastic debris under different suspended sand concentrations and their toxicity. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 485. 136874–136874.
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Yao, Yu, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the dynamic aging and leached dissolved organic carbon from biodegradable and conventional plastics under photooxidation. Journal of Environmental Management. 349. 119561–119561. 20 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, Jiaqi Zhao, Tanveer M. Adyel, et al.. (2023). Sediment bacterial and fungal communities exhibit distinct responses to microplastic types and sizes in Taihu lake. Environmental Pollution. 320. 121092–121092. 25 indexed citations
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Miao, Lingzhan, Wanyi Li, Tanveer M. Adyel, et al.. (2022). Spatio-temporal succession of microbial communities in plastisphere and their potentials for plastic degradation in freshwater ecosystems. Water Research. 229. 119406–119406. 90 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, et al.. (2022). High-resolution characteristics and mechanisms of endogenous phosphorus migration and transformation impacted by algal blooms decomposition. The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 152907–152907. 28 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, et al.. (2021). High-resolution distribution of internal phosphorus release by the influence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu. Environmental Research. 201. 111525–111525. 21 indexed citations
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Mu, Hongyu, et al.. (2020). Accumulation of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soil and scenario analysis of cadmium inputs by fertilization: A case study in Quzhou county. Journal of Environmental Management. 269. 110797–110797. 45 indexed citations
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Huang, Qingqing, Yu Yao, Yanan Wan, et al.. (2018). Effects of continuous fertilization on bioavailability and fractionation of cadmium in soil and its uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Environmental Management. 215. 13–21. 63 indexed citations
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Wan, Yanan, et al.. (2018). Cadmium dynamics in soil pore water and uptake by rice: Influences of soil-applied selenite with different water managements. Environmental Pollution. 240. 523–533. 61 indexed citations
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Miao, Lingzhan, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, et al.. (2018). Low concentrations of copper oxide nanoparticles alter microbial community structure and function of sediment biofilms. The Science of The Total Environment. 653. 705–713. 38 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, Yanan Wan, Qi Wang, & Huafen Li. (2017). Effect of humic acid-based amendments with foliar application of Zn and Se on Cd accumulation in tobacco. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 138. 286–291. 47 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, et al.. (2016). Assessment of mobilization of labile phosphorus and iron across sediment-water interface in a shallow lake (Hongze) based on in situ high-resolution measurement. Environmental Pollution. 219. 873–882. 57 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, Yu Yao, Peifang Wang, et al.. (2015). In situ high-resolution evaluation of labile arsenic and mercury in sediment of a large shallow lake. The Science of The Total Environment. 541. 83–91. 34 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu, et al.. (2010). A highly efficient in vitro plant regeneration and Agrobacterium ‐mediated transformation of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 38(4). 235–245. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Yu. (2002). Effect of conservation tillage on yield and benefit of winter wheat in dry-land in west Henan. Ganhan diqu nongye yanjiu. 1 indexed citations

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