Zhu‐Liang Yang

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhu‐Liang Yang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhu‐Liang Yang has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Pharmacology and 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Zhu‐Liang Yang's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (62 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (43 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers). Zhu‐Liang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (62 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (43 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers). Zhu‐Liang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Thailand. Zhu‐Liang Yang's co-authors include Yu‐Cheng Dai, Li‐Wei Zhou, Bao‐Kai Cui, Fang Wu, Tai–Hui Li, Tolgor Bau, Qi Luo, Yong‐Xian Cheng, Yong‐Ming Yan and Junliang Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhu‐Liang Yang

80 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species

2019 244 citations Fang Wu, Li‐Wei Zhou et al. Fungal Diversity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhu‐Liang Yang China	20	1.1k	982	511	495	441	87	1.7k
Tai–Hui Li China	18	888 0.8×	674 0.7×	452 0.9×	453 0.9×	348 0.8×	147	1.3k
Tolgor Bau China	15	974 0.9×	549 0.6×	522 1.0×	409 0.8×	459 1.0×	133	1.3k
Shun‐Xing Guo China	31	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	710 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	885 2.0×	154	2.7k
Ying‐Ying Wu China	21	855 0.8×	389 0.4×	178 0.3×	755 1.5×	63 0.1×	89	1.7k
N. Arpin France	22	441 0.4×	425 0.4×	220 0.4×	312 0.6×	363 0.8×	53	1.4k
B.A. Tapper New Zealand	29	696 0.7×	442 0.5×	461 0.9×	1.3k 2.6×	2.2k 4.9×	66	2.8k
Eva Čellárová Slovakia	23	1.0k 1.0×	227 0.2×	85 0.2×	882 1.8×	147 0.3×	76	1.3k
Nattawut Boonyuen Thailand	20	445 0.4×	567 0.6×	426 0.8×	274 0.6×	88 0.2×	79	1.1k
Jiangchun Wei China	16	388 0.4×	187 0.2×	135 0.3×	239 0.5×	308 0.7×	78	775
Hiromichi Kenmoku Japan	20	404 0.4×	500 0.5×	35 0.1×	801 1.6×	113 0.3×	39	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhu‐Liang Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhu‐Liang Yang

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

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Qu, Hua, et al.. (2025). Exploring criteria for constructing suprageneric classifications of fungi in the genomic era: a case study of suborders Agaricineae, Pluteineae, and Tricholomatineae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity. 132(1). 127–150. 1 indexed citations

Hyde, Kevin D., Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Vinodhini Thiyagaraja, et al.. (2025). Taxonomic contributions to Pleosporales and Kirschsteiniotheliales from the Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology. 17(1). 2493072–2493072. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Zhu‐Liang, et al.. (2025). Updates of Scleroderma (Basidiomycota, Boletales): new data from 18 selected species in China. Phytotaxa. 706(3). 209–254. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, X., et al.. (2025). Human Activity Impacts on Macrofungal Diversity: A Case Study of Grazing in Subtropical Forests. Journal of Fungi. 11(10). 749–749.

Yang, Zhu‐Liang, et al.. (2025). Introducing one new genus and two new species of Psathyrellaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales), with notes on Candolleomyces and Ephemerocybe. Phytotaxa. 702(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Zhu‐Liang, et al.. (2025). New and interesting fungi from Guangzhou City, South China. Phytotaxa. 707(1). 1–95. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yuanbing, et al.. (2024). Biogeography and community assembly of soil fungi from alpine meadows in southwestern China show the importance of climatic selection. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174477–174477. 3 indexed citations

Dai, Yongdong, Siqi Chen, Yuanbing Wang, et al.. (2024). Molecular phylogenetics of the Ophiocordyceps sinensis-species complex lineage (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), with the discovery of new species and predictions of species distribution. IMA Fungus. 15(1). 2–2. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Jian‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Armillaria korhonenii, the sixteenth biological species of Armillaria from China. Phytotaxa. 637(2). 149–164. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Tai–Hui, et al.. (2024). Rediscovering Leucoagaricus sinicus, with the recognition of Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus as separate genera, and two new genera in Agaricaceae (Basidiomycota). Phytotaxa. 676(3). 199–255. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhu‐Liang, et al.. (2023). Mushrooms Adapted to Seawater: Two New Species of Candolleomyces (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) from China. Journal of Fungi. 9(12). 1204–1204. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jian‐Wei, et al.. (2023). Two new species of Sarcomyxa (Agaricales) from China. Mycological Progress. 22(6). 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jian‐Wei, et al.. (2023). Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Evolutionary Trade-Offs in Reproductive Traits of Gomphoid Fungi (Gomphaceae, Gomphales). Journal of Fungi. 9(6). 626–626. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhu‐Liang, et al.. (2023). A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Infundibulicybe (Tricholomatineae, Agaricales) in China: Two new species and five redescribed taxa. Mycologia. 115(5). 693–713. 3 indexed citations

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Moreau, Pierre‐Arthur, Boris Assyov, Jean‐Michel Bellanger, et al.. (2023). (2940–2941) Proposals to conserve the name Amanita fulva with a conserved type against Agaricus badius and Agaricus trilobus, and the name Amanita spadicea with a conserved type (Basidiomycota). Taxon. 72(2). 425–427. 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Juqing, et al.. (2022). Type studies on two Paxillus species (Paxillaceae, Boletales) described from China. Phytotaxa. 530(2). 177–188. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Hong, et al.. (2022). Genes and evolutionary fates of the amanitin biosynthesis pathway in poisonous mushrooms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2201113119–e2201113119. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Fang, Li‐Wei Zhou, Zhu‐Liang Yang, et al.. (2019). Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species. Fungal Diversity. 98(1). 1–76. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cui, Bao‐Kai, Hai-Jiao Li, Junliang Zhou, et al.. (2019). Species diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of Polyporaceae (Basidiomycota) in China. Fungal Diversity. 97(1). 137–392. 155 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhu‐Liang. (1998). Revision of the Genera Rozites and Descolea from China. 13. 61–74. 1 indexed citations

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