Yunping Xu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yunping Xu is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunping Xu has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, 47 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Yunping Xu's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (29 papers). Yunping Xu is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (29 papers). Yunping Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yunping Xu's co-authors include Rudolf Jaffé, Yinghui Wang, Wenjie Xiao, Ralph N. Mead, Yuanhe Yang, Myrna J. Simpson, Leiyi Chen, Shuqi Qin, Kai Fang and Huan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yunping Xu

92 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Regulation of priming effect by soil organic matter stability over a broad geographic scale

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunping Xu China	29	1.2k	1.2k	590	507	421	99	2.7k
Rienk H. Smittenberg Sweden	34	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	599 1.0×	460 0.9×	293 0.7×	73	3.0k
Huan Yang China	32	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	705 1.2×	310 0.6×	220 0.5×	140	3.2k
Francien Peterse Netherlands	35	1.5k 1.2×	2.9k 2.5×	846 1.4×	670 1.3×	299 0.7×	118	4.1k
Juzhi Hou China	35	1.6k 1.3×	3.0k 2.6×	507 0.9×	333 0.7×	135 0.3×	113	4.4k
Thomas A. Brown United Kingdom	26	881 0.7×	966 0.8×	631 1.1×	591 1.2×	193 0.5×	64	2.2k
Nils Andersen Germany	43	1.7k 1.4×	3.5k 3.0×	772 1.3×	953 1.9×	180 0.4×	130	5.0k
Bart E. van Dongen United Kingdom	38	811 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.7k 2.8×	593 1.2×	117 0.3×	110	4.3k
Richard A. Bourbonniere Canada	31	1.6k 1.3×	716 0.6×	1.2k 2.0×	1.0k 2.0×	193 0.5×	56	3.4k
John R. Ertel United States	19	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	688 1.2×	1.5k 3.0×	469 1.1×	32	3.9k
R. K. Varner United States	32	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	775 1.3×	436 0.9×	336 0.8×	86	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yunping Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunping Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunping Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yunping Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yunping Xu 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 Yunping Xu. Yunping Xu 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

Liu, Rulong, Zhong‐Ning Xu, Zhixuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Extensive halogenated organic compound reservoirs and active microbial dehalogenation in Mariana Trench sediments. The ISME Journal. 19(1).

Meadows, Michael E., Lydie M Dupont, Limi Mao, et al.. (2024). Biome variability in southernmost Africa since the last deglaciation recorded in marine sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews. 343. 108912–108912. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Min, et al.. (2024). Probing the optical and molecular properties of sedimentary dissolved organic matter in the laminated diatom mats from the southern Mariana Trench. Global and Planetary Change. 234. 104386–104386. 1 indexed citations

Luo, Min, Yulin Qi, Ding He, et al.. (2023). Molecular evidence for the production of labile, sulfur-bearing dissolved organic matter in the seep sediments of the South China Sea. Water Research. 233. 119732–119732. 21 indexed citations

Yu, Jianchun, Guoping Zhu, Yasong Wang, et al.. (2023). Sea Ice Melting Drives Substantial Change in Dissolved Organic Matter in Surface Water off Prydz Bay, East Antarctic. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(3). 6 indexed citations

Xiao, Wenjie, Yunping Xu, Jian Lin, et al.. (2023). Disentangling Effects of Sea Surface Temperature and Water Depth on Hydroxylated Isoprenoid GDGTs: Insights From the Hadal Zone and Global Sediments. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 14 indexed citations

Wang, Yinghui, Wenjie Xiao, Jianqiang Wu, et al.. (2021). Seasonal Changes of Organic Carbon Mixing, Degradation and Deposition in Yangtze River Dominated Margin Related to Intrinsic Molecular and External Environmental Factors. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(12). 14 indexed citations

Liu, Мaodian, Wenjie Xiao, Qianru Zhang, et al.. (2021). Substantial accumulation of mercury in the deepest parts of the ocean and implications for the environmental mercury cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(51). 36 indexed citations

Yu, Chenghao, Wenjie Xiao, Yunping Xu, et al.. (2021). Spatial-temporal characteristics of mercury and methylmercury in marine sediment under the combined influences of river input and coastal currents. Chemosphere. 274. 129728–129728. 23 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wenjie, et al.. (2020). Predominance of hexamethylated 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in the Mariana Trench: source and environmental implication. Biogeosciences. 17(7). 2135–2148. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, et al.. (2020). Ontogenetic diet change of hadal amphipods in the New Britain Trench revealed by fatty acid biomarker and stable isotope ratio. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 160. 103276–103276. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Yunping, Weichao Wu, Wenjie Xiao, et al.. (2020). Intact Ether Lipids in Trench Sediments Related to Archaeal Community and Environmental Conditions in the Deepest Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(7). 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Мaodian, et al.. (2020). Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Deepest Ocean Fauna: Implications for Ocean Mercury Biotransport through Food Webs. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 7(7). 469–476. 27 indexed citations

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Luo, Min, Ronnie N. Glud, Binbin Pan, et al.. (2018). Benthic Carbon Mineralization in Hadal Trenches: Insights From In Situ Determination of Benthic Oxygen Consumption. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(6). 2752–2760. 57 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wenjie, et al.. (2018). Diet change of hadal amphipods revealed by fatty acid profile: A close relationship with surface ocean. Marine Environmental Research. 142. 250–256. 17 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wenjie, Yinghui Wang, Shangzhe Zhou, et al.. (2016). Ubiquitous production of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers(brGDGTs) in global marine environments: a new source indicator for brGDGTs. Biogeosciences. 13(20). 5883–5894. 97 indexed citations

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Ding, Su, Yunping Xu, Yinghui Wang, et al.. (2015). Distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in surface soils of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: implications of brGDGTs-based proxies in cold and dry regions. Biogeosciences. 12(11). 3141–3151. 88 indexed citations

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Wu, Weichao, et al.. (2014). Soil organic matter dynamics under different land use in grasslands in Inner Mongolia (northern China). Biogeosciences. 11(18). 5103–5113. 20 indexed citations

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Belt, Simon T., Thomas A. Brown, Linda Ampel, et al.. (2014). An inter-laboratory investigation of the Arctic sea ice biomarker proxy IP ₂₅ in marine sediments: key outcomes and recommendations. Climate of the past. 10(1). 155–166. 32 indexed citations

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Xu, Yunping, et al.. (2005). Organic Carbon Fluxes From the Atchafalaya River Into the Gulf of Mexico. AGUSM. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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