Zhongqing Yan

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 889 citations indexed

About

Zhongqing Yan is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongqing Yan has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 889 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zhongqing Yan's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers). Zhongqing Yan is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers). Zhongqing Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Zhongqing Yan's co-authors include Kerou Zhang, Xiaoming Kang, Liang Yan, Jinzhi Wang, Yong Li, Enze Kang, Haidong Wu, Meng Li, Xiaodong Zhang and Xiaodong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhongqing Yan

47 papers receiving 877 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 pH and nutrients shape the vertical distribution of microbial communities in an alpine wetland

2021 173 citations Enze Kang, Yong Li et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongqing Yan China	18	496	415	187	139	113	50	889
Shengli Guo China	17	318 0.6×	598 1.4×	213 1.1×	104 0.7×	118 1.0×	65	938
Jun-Qin Gao China	18	416 0.8×	373 0.9×	236 1.3×	91 0.7×	91 0.8×	40	840
Ling Song China	10	413 0.8×	580 1.4×	325 1.7×	100 0.7×	161 1.4×	12	932
Peng Tian China	18	463 0.9×	687 1.7×	293 1.6×	112 0.8×	157 1.4×	39	1.0k
Luping Ye China	12	401 0.8×	444 1.1×	137 0.7×	114 0.8×	110 1.0×	21	825
Xiaoli Cheng China	19	577 1.2×	865 2.1×	218 1.2×	115 0.8×	194 1.7×	37	1.2k
Per‐Marten Schleuss Germany	13	531 1.1×	747 1.8×	295 1.6×	126 0.9×	199 1.8×	15	1.2k
Julien Guigue Germany	12	369 0.7×	469 1.1×	227 1.2×	72 0.5×	144 1.3×	22	902
Courtney A. Creamer United States	16	492 1.0×	827 2.0×	174 0.9×	102 0.7×	233 2.1×	27	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongqing Yan

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

All Works

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Hao, Yanbin, Zhongqing Yan, Yong Li, et al.. (2025). Effects of Gradient Warming on Carbon and Water Fluxes in Zoige Plateau Peatland. Water. 17(2). 241–241.

Wang, Huan, Kerou Zhang, Zhongqing Yan, et al.. (2025). Changes in keystone species attenuate the complexity and stability of soil microbial networks during alpine meadow degradation. Ecological Indicators. 179. 114292–114292.

Li, Yong, Xiaoming Kang, Liang Yan, et al.. (2024). Changes in soil oxidase activity induced by microbial life history strategies mediate the soil heterotrophic respiration response to drought and nitrogen enrichment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1375300–1375300. 10 indexed citations

Kang, Xiaoming, Zhongqing Yan, Yanbin Hao, et al.. (2024). Divergent regulating modes of greenhouse gas emissions at different soil layers under altered precipitation regime. CATENA. 239. 107953–107953. 7 indexed citations

Li, Jie, Ji‐Zheng He, Min Liu, et al.. (2024). Invasive plant competitivity is mediated by nitrogen use strategies and rhizosphere microbiome. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 192. 109361–109361. 35 indexed citations

Kang, Enze, Zhongqing Yan, Meng Li, et al.. (2024). Non-flooding conditions caused by water table drawdown alter microbial network complexity and decrease multifunctionality in alpine wetland soils. Environmental Research. 254. 119152–119152. 10 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Yanbin Hao, Enze Kang, et al.. (2024). Soil temperature and fungal diversity jointly modulate soil heterotrophic respiration under short-term warming in the Zoige alpine peatland. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122778–122778. 4 indexed citations

Qi, Yuchun, Guo Yu, Yunshe Dong, et al.. (2024). Effect of 9-year water and nitrogen additions on microbial necromass carbon content at different soil depths and its main influencing factors. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176825–176825. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Qin, Yunshe Dong, Yuchun Qi, et al.. (2023). Role of ambient climate in the response of soil respiration to different grassland management measures. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 334. 109439–109439. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhongqing, Yanbin Hao, Xiaodong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effects of extreme drought on soil microbial functional genes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling in alpine peatland. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wantong, Zhengyi Hu, Enze Kang, et al.. (2023). The driving effects of nitrogen deposition on nitrous oxide and associated gene abundances at two water table levels in an alpine peatland. The Science of The Total Environment. 898. 165525–165525. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Zhongqing Yan, Yanbin Hao, et al.. (2022). The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 986034–986034. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, Yanbin Hao, Zhongqing Yan, et al.. (2021). Long‐term degradation from marshes into meadows shifts microbial functional diversity of soil phosphorus cycling in an alpine wetland of the Tibetan Plateau. Land Degradation and Development. 33(4). 628–637. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kerou, Mingxu Li, Zhongqing Yan, et al.. (2021). Changes in precipitation regime lead to acceleration of the N cycle and dramatic N2O emission. The Science of The Total Environment. 808. 152140–152140. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kerou, Zhongqing Yan, Meng Li, et al.. (2021). Divergent responses of CO2 and CH4 fluxes to changes in the precipitation regime on the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from soil enzyme activities and microbial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 801. 149604–149604. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wantong, Xiaoming Kang, Enze Kang, et al.. (2021). Soil water content, carbon, and nitrogen determine the abundances of methanogens, methanotrophs, and methane emission in the Zoige alpine wetland. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 22(2). 470–481. 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Haidong, Liang Yan, Yong Li, et al.. (2020). Drought-induced reduction in methane fluxes and its hydrothermal sensitivity in alpine peatland. PeerJ. 8. e8874–e8874. 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Shufang, Yuchun Qi, Qin Peng, et al.. (2017). Influences of drip and flood irrigation on soil carbon dioxide emission and soil carbon sequestration of maize cropland in the North China Plain. Journal of Arid Land. 9(2). 222–233. 36 indexed citations

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Qi, Yuchun, Qin Peng, Yunshe Dong, et al.. (2015). [Responses of ecosystem carbon budget to increasing nitrogen deposition in differently degraded Leymus chinensis steppes in Inner Mongolia, China].. PubMed. 36(2). 625–35. 5 indexed citations

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Qi, Yuchun, Yunshe Dong, Qin Peng, et al.. (2014). [Microbial response mechanism for drying and rewetting effect on soil respiration in grassland ecosystem: a review].. PubMed. 25(11). 3373–80. 1 indexed citations

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