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2025

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D-Index
97
Citations
33022
World Ranking
189
National Ranking
16

Xiaoe Yang publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaoe Yang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 361 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Xiaoe Yang D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaoe Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award

Overview

Xiaoe Yang is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans numerous subfields including Plant Science, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Analytical Chemistry.

Yang's research topics cover a range of specialized areas such as Heavy Metals in Environment, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Heavy Metals in Plants, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Aluminum Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants and Animals, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Their publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "Foliage application of selenium and silicon nanoparticles alleviates Cd and Pb toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.)", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The plant-growth promoting bacteria promote cadmium uptake by inducing a hormonal crosstalk and lateral root formation in a hyperaccumulator plant Sedum alfredii", 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "A review on the thermal treatment of heavy metal hyperaccumulator: Fates of heavy metals and generation of products", 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Effects of straw return with N fertilizer reduction on crop yield, plant diseases and pests and potential heavy metal risk in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive wheat-rice cycles", 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Responses of soil bacterial community and Cd phytoextraction to a Sedum alfredii-oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. and Brassica juncea L.) intercropping system", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Yang frequently publishes in academic venues including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution

Their research collaborations often involve coauthors such as Zhenli He, Yasir Hamid, Ying Feng, Qiang Lin, and Bilal Hussain.

Best Publications

  • Trace elements in agroecosystems and impacts on the environment

    Zhenli L. He;Xiaoe E. Yang;Peter J. Stoffella

  • Cadmium tolerance and hyperaccumulation in a new Zn-hyperaccumulating plant species (Sedum alfredii Hance)

    X.E. Yang;X.X. Long;H.B. Ye;Z.L. He

  • Mechanisms and assessment of water eutrophication

    Xiao-e Yang;Xiang Wu;Hu-lin Hao;Zhen-li He;Zhen-li He

  • Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils and water: Progresses and perspectives

    Mohammad Iqbal Lone;Zhen-li He;Zhen-li He;Peter J. Stoffella;Xiao-e Yang

  • Molecular mechanisms of heavy metal hyperaccumulation and phytoremediation.

    Xiaoe Yang;Ying Feng;Zhenli He;Zhenli He;Peter J. Stoffella

  • Role of soil rhizobacteria in phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils.

    Yan-de Jing;Zhen-li He;Zhen-li He;Xiao-e Yang

  • Current status of agricultural soil pollution by heavy metals in China: A meta-analysis.

    Ying Huang;Ying Huang;Lingyu Wang;Wenjia Wang;Tingqiang Li

  • Heavy metal pollution and health risk assessment of agricultural soils in a typical peri-urban area in southeast China.

    Ying Huang;Qianqian Chen;Meihua Deng;Jan Japenga

  • Potential mechanisms of cadmium removal from aqueous solution by Canna indica derived biochar

    Xiaoqiang Cui;Siyu Fang;Yiqiang Yao;Tingqiang Li

  • Assessing potential dietary toxicity of heavy metals in selected vegetables and food crops

    Ejaz ul Islam;Xiao-e Yang;Zhen-li He;Zhen-li He;Qaisar Mahmood

  • An explanation of soil amendments to reduce cadmium phytoavailability and transfer to food chain.

    Yasir Hamid;Lin Tang;Muhammad Irfan Sohail;Xuerui Cao

  • Morphological and Physiological Responses of Plants to Cadmium Toxicity: A Review

    Shanying He;Xiaoe Yang;Zhenli He;Virupax C Baligar

  • Effect of Pb toxicity on leaf growth, physiology and ultrastructure in the two ecotypes of Elsholtzia argyi.

    Ejazul Islam;Dan Liu;Tingqiang Li;Xiaoe Yang

  • An integrated approach to assess heavy metal source apportionment in peri-urban agricultural soils

    Ying Huang;Tingqiang Li;Chengxian Wu;Zhenli He

  • Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils: Sources, Indicators and Assessment

    Zhenli He;Jiali Shentu;Xiaoe Yang;Virupax C Baligar

  • Effect of Pb toxicity on root morphology, physiology and ultrastructure in the two ecotypes of Elsholtzia argyi.

    Ejazul Islam;Xiaoe Yang;Tingqiang Li;Dan Liu

  • Foliage application of selenium and silicon nanoparticles alleviates Cd and Pb toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

    Bilal Hussain;Qiang Lin;Yasir Hamid;Muhammad Sanaullah

  • Capacity and mechanisms of ammonium and cadmium sorption on different wetland-plant derived biochars.

    Xiaoqiang Cui;Hulin Hao;Changkuan Zhang;Zhenli He

  • Improving human micronutrient nutrition through biofortification in the soil-plant system: China as a case study

    Xiao-E. Yang;Wen-Rong Chen;Ying Feng

  • Phytoremediation to remove nutrients and improve eutrophic stormwaters using water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.)

    Qin Lu;Zhenli L. He;Donald A. Graetz;Peter J. Stoffella

  • Phosphate removal from solution using steel slag through magnetic separation

    Jibing Xiong;Zhenli He;Zhenli He;Qaisar Mahmood;Dan Liu

  • The detoxification of lead in Sedum alfredii H. is not related to phytochelatins but the glutathione

    D.K. Gupta;H.G. Huang;X.E. Yang;B.H.N. Razafindrabe

  • Removal of phosphate from aqueous solution using magnesium-alginate/chitosan modified biochar microspheres derived from Thalia dealbata.

    Xiaoqiang Cui;Xi Dai;Kiran Yasmin Khan;Tingqiang Li

  • Purifying eutrophic river waters with integrated floating island systems

    Fengliang Zhao;Shu Xi;Xiaoe Yang;Weidong Yang

  • Sedum alfredii H: A new Zn hyperaccumulating plant first found in China

    Xiao’e Yang;Xinxian Long;Wuzhong Ni;Chenxin Fu

  • Effects of pH, organic acids, and inorganic ions on lead desorption from soils.

    J.Y. Yang;X.E. Yang;Z.L. He;Z.L. He;T.Q. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenli He
Zhenli He University of Florida
Tingqiang Li
Tingqiang Li Zhejiang University
Shengke Tian
Shengke Tian Zhejiang University
Peter J. Stoffella
Peter J. Stoffella University of Florida
Qaisar Mahmood
Qaisar Mahmood University of Bahrain
Virupax C. Baligar
Virupax C. Baligar Agricultural Research Service
John M. Labavitch
John M. Labavitch University of California, Davis
Yongchao Liang
Yongchao Liang Zhejiang University
Donald A. Graetz
Donald A. Graetz University of Florida
Donald L. Sparks
Donald L. Sparks University of Delaware

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