Yuqiang Li

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yuqiang Li is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuqiang Li has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Soil Science, 43 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Yuqiang Li's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (62 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (32 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (23 papers). Yuqiang Li is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (62 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (32 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (23 papers). Yuqiang Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Yuqiang Li's co-authors include Yinping Chen, Halin Zhao, Yongqing Luo, Jie Lian, Xueyong Zhao, Xiaoan Zuo, Tonghui Zhang, Xiangwen Gong, Yayi Niu and Tala Awada and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Astrophysical Journal and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yuqiang Li

160 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soil Acidification Destabilizes Terrestrial Ecosystems via Decoupling Soil Microbiome

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuqiang Li China	29	1.1k	798	540	437	435	172	2.5k
Mingxiang Xu China	27	1.1k 1.0×	516 0.6×	440 0.8×	248 0.6×	187 0.4×	78	2.3k
Alain Pierret France	33	1.3k 1.2×	429 0.5×	750 1.4×	343 0.8×	1.4k 3.2×	83	3.6k
Eli Zaady Israel	35	871 0.8×	780 1.0×	676 1.3×	694 1.6×	507 1.2×	105	3.5k
Juntao Zhu China	32	712 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.8×	577 1.3×	363 0.8×	120	3.0k
J. Schimel United States	12	779 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	644 1.2×	303 0.7×	301 0.7×	16	2.5k
Colin S. Everson South Africa	22	341 0.3×	628 0.8×	682 1.3×	523 1.2×	377 0.9×	70	1.8k
James R. Brandle United States	26	483 0.4×	604 0.8×	707 1.3×	529 1.2×	564 1.3×	105	2.4k
Jiang Jiang United States	27	339 0.3×	716 0.9×	877 1.6×	251 0.6×	306 0.7×	56	1.8k
Jérôme Mathieu France	26	863 0.8×	576 0.7×	279 0.5×	276 0.6×	343 0.8×	72	2.1k
Jennifer E. Johnson United States	15	692 0.6×	679 0.9×	882 1.6×	394 0.9×	432 1.0×	28	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuqiang Li

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

Wang, Ning, et al.. (2025). Integrated application of fertilization increased maize (Zea mays L.) yield by improving soil quality, particularly under limited water conditions in a semi-arid sandy area. Agricultural Water Management. 309. 109334–109334. 7 indexed citations

Cao, Wenjie, Yun Chen, Yuqiang Li, et al.. (2025). Soil microbial C:N:P stoichiometry across environmental transects in China’s typical ecologically fragile regions. Geoderma. 460. 117454–117454.

Wang, Wei, Yaqiong Dong, Zhe Ding, et al.. (2024). Significant role of interlayer in strontium adsorption on weathered biotite. Applied Clay Science. 258. 107485–107485. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xuyang, Yuqiang Li, Lilong Wang, et al.. (2023). Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reflects microbial metabolic limitations in different desert types of northwestern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 874. 162504–162504. 48 indexed citations

Shang, Wen, et al.. (2023). Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Communitiesand Soil Properties in a Desert Solar PhotovoltaicPower Station of the Hexi Corridor,Northwestern China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 32(3). 2795–2807. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Yonggen, et al.. (2023). Average Intensity of a Laguerre—Gaussian Vector Vortex Beam through Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Turbulence. Photonics. 10(11). 1189–1189. 5 indexed citations

Xie, Jinjin, Juan Li, Junzhi Wang, et al.. (2023). Imaging Molecular Outflow in Massive Star-forming Regions with HNCO Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 89–89.

Li, Yuqiang, et al.. (2023). Spatial distribution of NH2D in massive star-forming regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 5049–5074. 1 indexed citations

Li, Ming, Xiaojian Yin, Yuqiang Li, et al.. (2022). Associations between Sedentary Time and Sedentary Patterns and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Chinese Children and Adolescents. Children. 9(8). 1140–1140. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinping, et al.. (2020). Research Progress on Plant Allelopathy. 36(6). 215. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuyang, et al.. (2020). Assessing spatial and temporal variability in water consumption and the maintainability oasis maximum area in an oasis region of Northwestern China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions. 12(4). 200–216. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Yongqing, Xueyong Zhao, Yuqiang Li, et al.. (2019). Soil respiration dynamics in a semi-fixed sand dune under the pioneer shrub Artemisia halodendron Turcz. ex Bess. in the Horqin sandy land, northeastern China. Arid Land Research and Management. 34(1). 36–51. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Yulin, Xinping Liu, Yuqiang Li, et al.. (2019). Research in Desertification Mechanism and Reversion Techniques Promotes Sustainable Restoration of Degraded Ecosystem and Agro-pastoral Development. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 34(7). 832–840. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Halin, et al.. (2012). Desertification mechanisms and process of soil chemical and physical properties in Hulunbeir sandy grassland,Inner Mongolia. Acta Pratacultural Science. 21(2). 1–7. 4 indexed citations

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Shang, Wen, et al.. (2011). [Dynamic changes of surface soil organic carbon and light-fraction organic carbon after mobile dune afforestation with Mongolian pine in Horqin Sandy Land].. PubMed. 22(8). 2069–74. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Halin, Yuqiang Li, & Rui‐Lian Zhou. (2007). [Effects of desertification on C and N storages in grassland ecosystem on Horqin sandy land].. PubMed. 18(11). 2412–7. 2 indexed citations

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Zuo, Xiaoan, et al.. (2007). [Changes of species diversity and productivity in relation to soil properties in sandy grassland in Horqin Sand Land].. PubMed. 28(5). 945–51. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Yuqiang, et al.. (2006). [Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen storages in plant-soil system during desertification process in Horqin sandy land].. PubMed. 27(4). 635–40. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yuqiang, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Tonghui Zhang, & Yinping Chen. (2005). Biomass Energy, Carbon and Nitrogen Stores in Different Habitats along a Desertification Gradient in the Semiarid Horqin Sandy Land. Arid Land Research and Management. 20(1). 43–60. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Yuqiang. (2005). Advances in the study of terrestrial ecosystem carbon source,sink and affection mechanisms.. Shengtaixue zazhi. 5 indexed citations

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