Yunlin Zhang

485 total papers · 20.9k total citations
389 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Yunlin Zhang is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunlin Zhang has authored 389 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 265 papers in Oceanography, 211 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 116 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yunlin Zhang's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (258 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (201 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (77 papers). Yunlin Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (258 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (201 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (77 papers). Yunlin Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Yunlin Zhang's co-authors include Boqiang Qin, Guangwei Zhu, Kun� Shi, Yongqiang Zhou, Xiaohan Liu, Guang Gao, Erik Jeppesen, Mingliang Liu, Yibo Zhang and Jianming Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yunlin Zhang

374 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental issues of L... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2009 2009 2019 2017 250 500 750
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Environmental issues of Lake Taihu, China
    2007 857 citations Boqiang Qin, Qinglong L. Wu et al. Hydrobiologia profile →
  2. A Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China: Linkage to Climatic Variability and Lake Management
    2009 830 citations Boqiang Qin, Guangwei Zhu et al. Environmental Management profile →
  3. The contribution of phytoplankton degradation to chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in eutrophic shallow lakes: Field and experimental evidence
    2009 431 citations Yunlin Zhang, Mingliang Liu et al. Water Research profile →
  4. Why Lake Taihu continues to be plagued with cyanobacterial blooms through 10 years (2007–2017) efforts
    2019 319 citations Boqiang Qin, Hans W. Paerl et al. Science Bulletin profile →
  5. Global loss of aquatic vegetation in lakes
    2017 312 citations Yunlin Zhang, Erik Jeppesen et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  6. Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change
    2022 195 citations Ang Hu, Mira Choi et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Eutrophication control of large shallow lakes in China
    2023 111 citations Boqiang Qin, Yunlin Zhang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  8. A new technique for quantifying algal bloom, floating/emergent and submerged vegetation in eutrophic shallow lakes using Landsat imagery
    2023 72 citations Juhua Luo, Yunlin Zhang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  9. Global trends and regime state shifts of lacustrine aquatic vegetation
    2025 23 citations Juhua Luo, Hongtao Duan et al. The Innovation profile →
  10. Environmental controls on the conversion of nutrients to chlorophyll in lakes
    2025 16 citations Roohollah Noori, Dongkyun Kim et al. Water Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yunlin Zhang 9.6k 8.0k 5.1k 4.8k 2.8k 389 16.6k
Boqiang Qin 11.5k 1.2× 12.8k 1.6× 6.9k 1.4× 5.4k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 348 20.8k
Gilles Billen 6.0k 0.6× 8.7k 1.1× 6.8k 1.3× 5.3k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 292 20.3k
Guangwei Zhu 6.7k 0.7× 7.5k 0.9× 3.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 229 11.8k
Daniel J. Conley 8.7k 0.9× 6.1k 0.8× 5.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 212 19.1k
Elizabeth W. Boyer 3.8k 0.4× 8.1k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 5.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 128 17.1k
Chuanmin Hu 15.7k 1.6× 3.0k 0.4× 6.9k 1.4× 3.5k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 428 23.6k
Hans W. Paerl 8.5k 0.9× 8.4k 1.1× 6.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.4× 897 0.3× 175 14.8k
Hans W. Paerl 17.9k 1.9× 18.9k 2.4× 12.4k 2.5× 5.5k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 302 33.9k
Josette Garnier 2.7k 0.3× 5.5k 0.7× 3.9k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 207 13.0k
Patricia M. Glibert 14.7k 1.5× 8.4k 1.0× 8.6k 1.7× 1.6k 0.3× 935 0.3× 216 21.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunlin Zhang

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

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