Yu‐Long Feng

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yu‐Long Feng is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu‐Long Feng has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yu‐Long Feng's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (34 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). Yu‐Long Feng is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (34 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). Yu‐Long Feng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yu‐Long Feng's co-authors include Yulong Zheng, Ragan M. Callaway, Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet, Yangping Li, Yanbao Lei, Zhiyong Liao, Ruifang Wang, Weiguo Sang, Wendy M. Ridenour and Kun‐Fang Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yu‐Long Feng

84 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

2019 206 citations Deliang Kong, Yu‐Long Feng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu‐Long Feng China	26	1.9k	1.1k	953	353	347	85	2.7k
Carlos Urcelay Argentina	26	1.5k 0.8×	732 0.7×	606 0.6×	286 0.8×	468 1.3×	77	2.1k
Susana Rodríguez‐Echeverría Portugal	36	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	321 0.9×	510 1.5×	107	3.4k
Giles C. Thelen United States	17	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	138 0.4×	418 1.2×	18	3.0k
Rubén Milla Spain	30	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	820 0.9×	629 1.8×	119 0.3×	66	2.7k
Thomas Steinger Switzerland	21	1.8k 0.9×	728 0.7×	855 0.9×	141 0.4×	263 0.8×	33	2.7k
Hojka Kraigher Slovenia	25	1.7k 0.9×	611 0.6×	522 0.5×	496 1.4×	826 2.4×	121	2.5k
Alexandre Magno Sebbenn Brazil	27	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	226 0.6×	167 0.5×	295	3.2k
Matthew I. Daws United Kingdom	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	435 1.2×	82 0.2×	93	3.2k
Ciska E. Raaijmakers Netherlands	21	1.3k 0.7×	509 0.5×	683 0.7×	124 0.4×	607 1.7×	35	1.9k
Brian J. Rehill United States	18	615 0.3×	656 0.6×	746 0.8×	200 0.6×	428 1.2×	24	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu‐Long Feng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu‐Long Feng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu‐Long Feng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu‐Long Feng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu‐Long Feng 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‐Long Feng. Yu‐Long Feng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Huihuang, et al.. (2025). Interspecific differences in nitrogen form acquisition strategies contribute to species dominance. Ecology. 106(6). e70137–e70137. 2 indexed citations

Li, Weitao, et al.. (2024). Variation in root traits and phenotypic plasticity between native and introduced populations of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata. NeoBiota. 92. 45–60. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Chang, et al.. (2023). Molecular bases for the stronger plastic response to high nitrate in the invasive plant Xanthium strumarium compared with its native congener. Planta. 258(3). 61–61. 1 indexed citations

Li, Weitao, Yulong Zheng, Ruifang Wang, et al.. (2022). Shifts in chemical and microbiological properties belowground of invader Ageratina adenophora along an altitudinal gradient. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(3). 561–570. 3 indexed citations

Feng, Yu‐Long, Daolin Du, & Mark van Kleunen. (2022). Global change and biological invasions. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(3). 425–428. 14 indexed citations

Dong, Tingfa, et al.. (2022). Leaf trait differences between 97 pairs of invasive and native plants across China: effects of identities of both the invasive and native species. NeoBiota. 71. 1–22. 15 indexed citations

Yuan, Linlin, et al.. (2021). Pyrrole alkaloids from Solanum rostratum and their chemical defense function against Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata. Fitoterapia. 155. 105031–105031. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Wenjun, et al.. (2021). AMF colonization and community of a temperate invader and co-occurring natives grown under different CO2 concentrations for 3 years. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(3). 437–449. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Di, Yiran Zhang, Yu‐Long Feng, Zhi Liu, & Bo Qu. (2020). Changes in vegetation and soil properties following 6 years of enclosure in riparian corridors. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(2). 131–138. 7 indexed citations

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Liao, Zhiyong, et al.. (2019). Founder effects, post-introduction evolution and phenotypic plasticity contribute to invasion success of a genetically impoverished invader. Oecologia. 192(1). 105–118. 15 indexed citations

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Liao, Zhiyong, J. F. Scheepens, Weitao Li, et al.. (2019). Biomass reallocation and increased plasticity might contribute to successful invasion of Chromolaena odorata. Flora. 256. 79–84. 29 indexed citations

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Tian, Jinlong, et al.. (2019). Secondary Metabolites from Solanum rostratum and Their Antifeedant Defense Mechanisms against Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68(1). 88–96. 29 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yulong, et al.. (2013). Invasive Chromolaena odorata has similar size but higher phenolic concentration than native conspecifics. Evolutionary ecology research. 15(7). 769–781. 3 indexed citations

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Liao, Zhiyong, Ru Zhang, Gregor F. Barclay, & Yu‐Long Feng. (2013). Differences in Competitive Ability between Plants from Nonnative and Native Populations of a Tropical Invader Relates to Adaptive Responses in Abiotic and Biotic Environments. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71767–e71767. 22 indexed citations

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Lei, Y. B., et al.. (2011). Involvement of oxidative stress and autointoxication in leaf senescence of Amomum villosum. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 145(4). 762–769. 2 indexed citations

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Feng, Yu‐Long, et al.. (2011). A quicker return energy-use strategy by populations of a subtropical invader in the non-native range: a potential mechanism for the evolution of increased competitive ability. Journal of Ecology. 99(5). 1116–1123. 68 indexed citations

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Feng, Yu‐Long. (2008). Photosynthesis, nitrogen allocation and specific leaf area in invasive Eupatorium adenophorum and native Eupatorium japonicum grown at different irradiances. Physiologia Plantarum. 133(2). 318–326. 55 indexed citations

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Feng, Yu‐Long, et al.. (2007). Addition of activated charcoal to soil after clearing Ageratina adenophora stimulates growth of forbs and grasses in China. Tropical grasslands. 41(4). 285–291. 22 indexed citations

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Feng, Yu‐Long. (2007). Nitrogen allocation and partitioning in invasive and native Eupatorium species. Physiologia Plantarum. 132(3). 350–358. 42 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhiquan, et al.. (2003). [Effect of low nocturnal temperature stress on fluorescence characteristics and active oxygen metabolism in leaves of Garcinia hanburyi seedlings grown under two levels of irradiance].. PubMed. 14(3). 326–30. 1 indexed citations

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