Yunfeng Peng

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yunfeng Peng is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunfeng Peng has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Soil Science and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yunfeng Peng's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (27 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (27 papers). Yunfeng Peng is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (27 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (27 papers). Yunfeng Peng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Yunfeng Peng's co-authors include Yuanhe Yang, Chunjian Li, Guibiao Yang, Fei Li, Dianye Zhang, Shuqi Qin, Kai Fang, Leiyi Chen, Guoying Zhou and Guanqin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yunfeng Peng

70 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau

2024 43 citations Luyao Kang, Yutong Song et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunfeng Peng China	35	1.2k	963	843	759	496	72	2.8k
Yongliang Chen China	27	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	550 0.7×	256 0.5×	67	3.1k
Olga Shibistova Germany	35	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	861 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 2.5×	76	3.7k
Xiaoli Fu China	29	1.4k 1.2×	786 0.8×	792 0.9×	312 0.4×	666 1.3×	98	2.6k
Andrew T. Nottingham United Kingdom	23	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	592 0.7×	415 0.5×	443 0.9×	38	2.8k
I. N. Kurganova Russia	26	1.6k 1.3×	782 0.8×	387 0.5×	446 0.6×	443 0.9×	98	2.3k
Jörg Schnecker Austria	29	2.5k 2.0×	1.8k 1.9×	963 1.1×	737 1.0×	300 0.6×	50	3.9k
Rose Abramoff United States	18	1.5k 1.2×	876 0.9×	476 0.6×	210 0.3×	486 1.0×	32	2.1k
Gerrit Angst Germany	23	2.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	525 0.6×	229 0.3×	294 0.6×	51	2.8k
Heiner Flessa Germany	28	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	470 0.6×	324 0.4×	474 1.0×	44	3.2k
Joseph C. Blankinship United States	21	1.5k 1.2×	943 1.0×	391 0.5×	324 0.4×	441 0.9×	35	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yunfeng Peng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunfeng Peng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunfeng Peng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Xiaoxia, Dianye Zhang, Yunfeng Peng, et al.. (2025). Grassland degradation alters plant and soil biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships. Nature Plants. 11(12). 2487–2497.

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Responses of soil bacterial functional group diversity to nitrogen enrichment in global grasslands. CATENA. 237. 107807–107807. 5 indexed citations

Bai, Yuxuan, Yunfeng Peng, Dianye Zhang, et al.. (2024). Heating up the roof of the world: tracing the impacts of in-situ warming on carbon cycle in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. National Science Review. 12(2). nwae371–nwae371. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Guanqin, Yunfeng Peng, Leiyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhanced response of soil respiration to experimental warming upon thermokarst formation. Nature Geoscience. 17(6). 532–538. 17 indexed citations

Kang, Luyao, Yutong Song, Rachel Mackelprang, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5920–5920. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Guibiao, Benjamin W. Abbott, David Olefeldt, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of methane emissions from alpine thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3121–3121. 44 indexed citations

Bai, Yuxuan, Yunfeng Peng, Wei Zhou, et al.. (2023). SWAMP : A new experiment for simulating permafrost warming and active layer deepening on the Tibetan Plateau. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). 1732–1746. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Lina, et al.. (2023). Widespread cooling of topsoil under nitrogen enrichment and implication for soil carbon flux. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169480–169480.

Wei, Bin, Dianye Zhang, Dan Kou, et al.. (2022). Decreased ultraviolet radiation and decomposer biodiversity inhibit litter decomposition under continuous nitrogen inputs. Functional Ecology. 36(4). 998–1009. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Guanqin, Leiyi Chen, Dianye Zhang, et al.. (2022). Divergent Trajectory of Soil Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Respiration upon Permafrost Thaw. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(14). 10483–10493. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Futing, Shuqi Qin, Kai Fang, et al.. (2022). Divergent changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon upon permafrost thaw. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5073–5073. 95 indexed citations

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Kang, Luyao, Leiyi Chen, Dianye Zhang, et al.. (2021). Stochastic processes regulate belowground community assembly in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Microbiology. 24(1). 179–194. 49 indexed citations

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Kou, Dan, Guibiao Yang, Fei Li, et al.. (2020). Progressive nitrogen limitation across the Tibetan alpine permafrost region. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3331–3331. 89 indexed citations

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Li, Fei, Yunfeng Peng, Dianye Zhang, et al.. (2019). Leaf Area Rather Than Photosynthetic Rate Determines the Response of Ecosystem Productivity to Experimental Warming in an Alpine Steppe. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(7). 2277–2287. 29 indexed citations

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Peng, Yunfeng. (2018). Soil temperature dynamics modulate N 2 O flux response to multiple nitrogen additions in an alpine steppe. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 2 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xin‐An & Yunfeng Peng. (2017). Stimulated fine root growth benefits maize nutrient uptake under optimized nitrogen management. International Journal of Plant Production. 11(1). 89–100. 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Yunfeng. (2013). Effects of slow /controlled release fertilizers on root morphological and physiological characteristics of rice. 9 indexed citations

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Rui, Yukui, et al.. (2012). Stem perimeter, height and biomass of maize (Zea mays L.) grown under different N fertilization regimes in Beijing, China.. International Journal of Plant Production. 3(2). 85–90. 14 indexed citations

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Meng, Bo, et al.. (2012). Spatial and temporal distributions of total and methyl mercury in precipitation in core urban areas, Chongqing, China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(20). 9417–9426. 34 indexed citations

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Peng, Yunfeng, Wuping Zhang, & Chunjian Li. (2009). Relationship Between Nitrogen Efficiency and Root Architecture of Maize Plants:Simulation and Application. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 42(3). 843–853. 2 indexed citations

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