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2026

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92
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World Ranking
421
National Ranking
6

Pei-Yuan Qian publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pei-Yuan Qian sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 657 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Pei-Yuan Qian D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pei-Yuan Qian sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award

Overview

Pei-Yuan Qian is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans multiple fields, principally Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields include Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Pharmacology.

Their work primarily focuses on several main topics related to marine and microbial sciences:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Pei-Yuan Qian has authored papers published in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers by Pei-Yuan Qian include the following:

  • Marine biofilms: diversity, interactions and biofouling (2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Host-Endosymbiont Genome Integration in a Deep-Sea Chemosymbiotic Clam (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Hologenome analysis reveals dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail Gigantopelta aegis (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Jellyfish genomes reveal distinct homeobox gene clusters and conservation of small RNA processing (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors contributing to these areas alongside Pei-Yuan Qian include:

  • Jin Sun
  • Jian-Wen Qiu
  • Yi Lan
  • Chong Chen
  • Aifang Cheng

Best Publications

  • Conservative fragments in bacterial 16S rRNA genes and primer design for 16S ribosomal DNA amplicons in metagenomic studies.

    Yong Wang;Yong Wang;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Juvenile mortality in benthic marine invertebrates

    Louis A. Gosselin;Peiyuan Qian

  • Sensitivity and correlation of hypervariable regions in 16S rRNA genes in phylogenetic analysis

    Bo Yang;Yong Wang;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • PROTEOMICS: CHALLENGES, TECHNIQUES AND POSSIBILITIES TO OVERCOME BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COMPLEXITY

    Kondethimmanahalli Chandramouli;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Natural products as antifouling compounds: recent progress and future perspectives.

    Pei-Yuan Qian;Ying Xu;Nobushino Fusetani

  • Marine biofilms as mediators of colonization by marine macroorganisms: implications for antifouling and aquaculture.

    Peiyuan Qian;Stanley C.K. Lau;Stanley C.K. Lau;Hans-Uwe Dahms;Sergey Dobretsov;Sergey Dobretsov

  • Pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse and species-specific microbial communities in sponges from the Red Sea

    On On Lee;Yong Wang;Yong Wang;Jiangke Yang;Feras F Lafi

  • Adaptation to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments as revealed by mussel genomes

    Jin Sun;Jin Sun;Yu Zhang;Ting Xu;Yang Zhang

  • Shift from P to N limitation of phytoplankton growth across the Pearl River estuarine plume during summer

    Kedong Yin;Peiyuan Qian;Madeline Chang-sun Wu;Jay Chung Chen

  • Marine biofilms: diversity, interactions and biofouling

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  • A Pseudomonas T6SS effector recruits PQS-containing outer membrane vesicles for iron acquisition

    Jinshui Lin;Weipeng Zhang;Weipeng Zhang;Juanli Cheng;Xu Yang

  • Dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent waters of Hong Kong during summer : preliminary evidence for phosphorus and silicon limitation

    Kedong Yin;Peiyuan Qian;Jay Chung Chen;Dennis Paul Hsientang Hsieh

  • Vertical stratification of microbial communities in the Red Sea revealed by 16S rDNA pyrosequencing

    Peiyuan Qian;Yong Wang;Yong Wang;On On Lee;Stanley Chun Kwan Lau

  • Effect of Bacteria Associated with the Green Alga Ulva reticulata on Marine Micro- and Macrofouling

    Sergey V. Dobretsov;Pei Yuan Qian

  • Mini-review: marine natural products and their synthetic analogs as antifouling compounds: 2009-2014.

    Pei-Yuan Qian;Zhongrui Li;Ying Xu;Yongxin Li

  • Roles of bacterial community composition in biofilms as a mediator for larval settlement of three marine invertebrates

    Stanley Chun Kwan Lau;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Sam Chi Kin Cheung;Peiyuan Qian

  • Potent antifouling resorcylic acid lactones from the gorgonian-derived fungus Cochliobolus lunatus.

    Chang Lun Shao;Hui Xian Wu;Hui Xian Wu;Chang Yun Wang;Qing Ai Liu

  • Larval settlement of polychaetes

    Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Species diversity and distribution for phytoplankton of the Pearl River estuary during rainy and dry seasons

    Liangmin Huang;Weijun Jian;Xingyu Song;Xiaoping Huang

  • Bacterial Biosynthesis and Maturation of the Didemnin Anti-cancer Agents

    Ying Xü;Roland D. Kersten;Sang Jip Nam;Liang Lu

  • Potent antifouling compounds produced by marine Streptomyces.

    Ying Xu;Hongping He;Stefan Schulz;Xin Liu

  • The effect of bacterial and diatom biofilms on the settlement of the bryozoan Bugula neritina

    Hams-Uwe Dahms;Sergey Dobretsov;Peiyuan Qian

  • Relationship between bacterial community profile in biofilm and attachment of the acorn barnacle Balanus amphitrite

    Pei-Yuan Qian;Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Stanley Chun Kwan Lau;Sam Chi Kin Cheung

  • Optimal Eukaryotic 18S and Universal 16S/18S Ribosomal RNA Primers and Their Application in a Study of Symbiosis

    Yong Wang;Ren Mao Tian;Zhao Ming Gao;Salim Bougouffa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Xu
Ying Xu Shenzhen University
Vengatesen Thiyagarajan
Vengatesen Thiyagarajan University of Hong Kong
Jian-Wen Qiu
Jian-Wen Qiu Hong Kong Baptist University
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Tilmann Harder
Tilmann Harder University of Bremen
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Rudolf S.S. Wu
Rudolf S.S. Wu University of Hong Kong
Chang-Lun Shao
Chang-Lun Shao Ocean University of China
Vladimir B. Bajic
Vladimir B. Bajic King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Xixiang Zhang
Xixiang Zhang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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