Zuosheng Yang

12.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
115 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Zuosheng Yang is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zuosheng Yang has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ecology, 64 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 55 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zuosheng Yang's work include Geological formations and processes (57 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (41 papers). Zuosheng Yang is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (57 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (41 papers). Zuosheng Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Zuosheng Yang's co-authors include Houjie Wang, Yoshiki Saito, Paul Liu, Naishuang Bi, Xiaoxia Sun, Kehui Xu, Limin Hu, Kazuaki Hori, Yan Wang and Shangbin Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zuosheng Yang

114 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea

2006 814 citations Paul Liu, Kehui Xu et al. Geomorphology profile →
Stepwise decreases of the Huanghe (Yellow River) sediment load (1950–2005): Impacts of climate change and human activities

2007 671 citations Houjie Wang, Zuosheng Yang et al. profile →
Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea

2006 482 citations Paul Liu, Kehui Xu et al. profile →
Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam

2006 472 citations Zuosheng Yang, Houjie Wang et al. profile →
Impacts of the dam-orientated water-sediment regulation scheme on the lower reaches and delta of the Yellow River (Huanghe): A review

2017 245 citations Houjie Wang, Xiao Wu et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zuosheng Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zuosheng Yang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Distinct patterns and drivers of total and refractory terrestrial organic carbon burial in river-dominated continental margins: From climatic control to anthropogenic perturbations 2025 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Xueshi Sun, Dejiang Fan, Xilin Zhang, (unknown), Zuosheng Yang, Zhigang Guo	0
2	Sediment resuspension as a driving force for organic carbon transference and rebalance in marginal seas 2024 ·Water Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Longhai Zhu, Caiqing Yan, Nan Wang, Haibiao Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Zuosheng Yang, Rui Bao	14
3	Can Satellite‐Derived Beach Images Resolve the Responses to Human Activities? 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·Xiaodong Zhang, (unknown), Rijun Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Zuosheng Yang	2
4	Holocene marine deposits in the Bohai Sea: Depocenters, sediment sources, and oceanic and tectonic influences 2023 ·Geomorphology ·(unknown), (unknown), Zuosheng Yang, Shuqing Qiao, Baohua Liu, (unknown), Yoshiki Saito, Chenguang Liu	2
5	Microbial communities related to the sulfur cycle in the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), Min Yu, Xiaoyu Zhu, Chun‐Xu Xue, Yunhui Zhang, Xing Chen, Peng Yao, Lin Chen, Liang Fu, Zuosheng Yang, Xiao‐Hua Zhang	12
6	Unique bacterial communities and lifestyles in deep ocean blue holes: Insights from the Yongle Blue Hole (South China Sea) 2023 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Shun Zhou, Jiwen Liu, Peng Yao, Liang Fu, Zuosheng Yang, Yulin Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Lin Chen, Jinchang Liang, Xiaolei Wang, Xiaochong Shi, Xiao‐Hua Zhang, Min Yu	4
7	Seasonal and vertical variations of nutrient cycling in the world’s deepest blue hole 2023 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Lin Chen, Peng Yao, Zuosheng Yang, Liang Fu	5
8	Phylogenetically and metabolically diverse autotrophs in the world’s deepest blue hole 2023 ·ISME Communications ·(unknown), Jiwen Liu, Xiaoyu Zhu, Chun‐Xu Xue, Peng Yao, Liang Fu, Zuosheng Yang, (unknown), Min Yu, Xiaolei Wang, Xiao‐Hua Zhang	8
9	Metabarcoding reveals the differential sensitivity of planktonic microbiome to environmental filtering and biointeraction in Sansha Yongle blue hole 2022 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Tianying Chen, Yunyun Zhuang, Chang Chen, Xuewei Mao, Ruping Ge, Hongju Chen, Jianwei Chen, Liang Fu, Zuosheng Yang, Guangxing Liu	2
10	Remarkable signals of the ancient Chinese civilization since the Early Bronze Age in the marine environment 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Xiang Sun, Limin Hu, Bangqi Hu, Xueshi Sun, Xiao Wu, Naishuang Bi, Tian Lin, Zhigang Guo, Zuosheng Yang	7
11	Community Structure, Abundance and Potential Functions of Bacteria and Archaea in the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, Xisha, South China Sea 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Hui He, Lulu Fu, Qian Liu, Liang Fu, Naishuang Bi, Zuosheng Yang, Yu Zhen	26
12	Erosion potential of the Yangtze Delta under sediment starvation and climate change 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Hang Yang, S.L. Yang, Kehui Xu, Hui Wu, Benwei Shi, Qin Zhu, (unknown), Zuosheng Yang	57
13	Holocene shifts in riverine fine-grained sediment supply to the East China Sea Distal Mud in response to climate change 2014 ·The Holocene ·Bangqi Hu, Zuosheng Yang, Shuqing Qiao, Meixun Zhao, Dejiang Fan, Houjie Wang, Naishuang Bi, Jun Li	36
14	Subaqueous deltaic formation of the Old Yellow River (AD 1128–1855) on the western South Yellow Sea 2013 ·Marine Geology ·Jian Liu, Xianghuai Kong, Yoshiki Saito, Paul Liu, Zuosheng Yang, Chun Wen	60
15	Sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to sediments of the Bohai and Yellow Seas in East Asia 2011 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Tian Lin, Limin Hu, Zhigang Guo, Yanwen Qin, Zuosheng Yang, Gan Zhang, Mei Zheng	75
16	Sedimentation in the Three Gorges Dam and its impact on the sediment flux from the Changjiang (Yangtze River), China 2009 ·Bangqi Hu, Zuosheng Yang, (unknown), Xia Sun, Naishuang Bi	14
17	Sedimentation in the Three Gorges Dam and the future trend of Changjiang (Yangtze River) sediment flux to the sea 2009 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Bangqi Hu, Zuosheng Yang, Houjie Wang, Xiaoxia Sun, Naishuang Bi, Guogang Li	119
18	Tracking historical lead pollution in the coastal area adjacent to the Yangtze River Estuary using lead isotopic compositions 2008 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Zhigang Guo, Zuosheng Yang, Dejiang Fan, Ming Fang, Xiangdong Li	84
19	Compound-specific carbon isotope compositions of individual long-chain n-alkanes in severe Asian dust episodes in the North China coast in 2002 2006 ·Chinese Science Bulletin ·Zhigang Guo, (unknown), Jialiang Feng, Ming Fang, Zuosheng Yang	40
20	The Huanghe River 1994 ·Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan ·Yoshiki Saito, Zuosheng Yang	12

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