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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
18776
World Ranking
708
National Ranking
54

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
21283
World Ranking
1558
National Ranking
146

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

Xiaoyuan Yan mostly deals with Agronomy, Paddy field, Fertilizer, Nitrous oxide and Soil water. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil carbon, Nitrification, Agriculture, Global warming and Greenhouse gas in addition to Agronomy. Xiaoyuan Yan has included themes like Leaching, Growing season, Lysimeter, Crop rotation and Methane in his Paddy field study.

His Fertilizer research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Denitrification, Poaceae and Ecosystem. His Nitrous oxide research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nitrogen fertilizer, Nitrogen, Nitric oxide, Ammonia and Drainage. His research integrates issues of Flux, Crop yield, Straw and Atmospheric methane in his study of Soil water.

His most cited work include:

  • An Asian emission inventory of anthropogenic emission sources for the period 1980-2020 (1148 citations)
  • Producing more grain with lower environmental costs (667 citations)
  • Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddy fields as affected by nitrogen fertilisers and water management (465 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil water, Denitrification and Nitrogen are his primary areas of study. His Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Nitrous oxide, Soil carbon, Agriculture and Greenhouse gas. Xiaoyuan Yan combines subjects such as Cropping system, Leaching and Manure with his study of Fertilizer.

His studies in Soil water integrate themes in fields like Nitrogen cycle and Straw. His research in Denitrification intersects with topics in Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering and Nitrate. Xiaoyuan Yan studied Nitrogen and Deposition that intersect with Precipitation and Particulates.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (38.06%)
  • Fertilizer (27.74%)
  • Soil water (25.16%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Soil water (25.16%)
  • Environmental chemistry (18.71%)
  • Denitrification (23.23%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Denitrification, Agronomy and Biochar. His studies deal with areas such as Agriculture, Crop residue, Sustainable management and Stoichiometry as well as Soil water. His Denitrification study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Antimicrobial, Biogeochemical cycle, Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, Nitrite reductase and Paddy field.

The Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Microorganism and Soil carbon. His study in Soil carbon is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Crop yield, Assimilation, Nitrate, Straw and Stable-isotope probing. His work carried out in the field of Fertilizer brings together such families of science as Soil acidification, Nitrous oxide, Manure and Greenhouse gas.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Effects of six-year biochar amendment on soil aggregation, crop growth, and nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies in a rice-wheat rotation (46 citations)
  • Potential for mitigating global agricultural ammonia emission: A meta-analysis. (41 citations)
  • Variable responses of nitrification and denitrification in a paddy soil to long-term biochar amendment and short-term biochar addition (12 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

Xiaoyuan Yan focuses on Agronomy, Fertilizer, Agriculture, Soil water and Soil carbon. In his works, Xiaoyuan Yan conducts interdisciplinary research on Agronomy and Biochar. His Fertilizer research includes themes of Reactive nitrogen, Greenhouse gas and Manure.

His work deals with themes such as Nitrous oxide and Ammonia, which intersect with Greenhouse gas. His Soil water research includes elements of Agroforestry, Windbreak, Land use and Nitrogen. In his study, Denitrification is inextricably linked to Paddy field, which falls within the broad field of Ammonia volatilization from urea.

Best Publications

  • An Asian emission inventory of anthropogenic emission sources for the period 1980-2020

    T. Ohara;T. Ohara;H. Akimoto;J. Kurokawa;N. Horii

  • Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

    Xinping Chen;Zhenling Cui;Mingsheng Fan;Peter Vitousek

  • EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ENHANCED-EFFICIENCY FERTILIZERS AS MITIGATION OPTIONS FOR N2O AND NO EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL SOILS: META-ANALYSIS

    Hiroko Akiyama;Xiaoyuan Yan;Kazuyuki Yagi

  • Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddy fields as affected by nitrogen fertilisers and water management

    Zucong Cai;Guangxi Xing;Xiaoyuan Yan;Hua Xu

  • Global estimations of the inventory and mitigation potential of methane emissions from rice cultivation conducted using the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Hiroko Akiyama;Kazuyuki Yagi;Hajime Akimoto

  • Statistical analysis of the major variables controlling methane emission from rice fields

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Kazuyuki Yagi;Hiroko Akiyama;Hajime Akimoto

  • Can knowledge-based N management produce more staple grain with lower greenhouse gas emission and reactive nitrogen pollution? A meta-analysis

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Deli Chen;Jinyang Wang

  • How Does Recycling of Livestock Manure in Agroecosystems Affect Crop Productivity, Reactive Nitrogen Losses, and Soil Carbon Balance?

    Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Xiaoyuan Yan;Deli Chen

  • High-resolution ammonia emissions inventories in China from 1980 to 2012

    Yaning Kang;Mingxu Liu;Yu Song;Xin Huang

  • Long-term manure and fertilizer effects on soil organic matter fractions and microbes under a wheat-maize cropping system in northern China

    Wei Gong;Wei Gong;Xiaoyuan Yan;Jingyan Wang;Tingxing Hu

  • Estimation of nitrous oxide, nitric oxide and ammonia emissions from croplands in East, Southeast and South Asia

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Hajime Akimoto;Toshimasa Ohara

  • Bottom-up estimate of biomass burning in mainland China.

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Xiaoyuan Yan;Toshimasa Ohara;Hajime Akimoto

  • Effects of six-year biochar amendment on soil aggregation, crop growth, and nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies in a rice-wheat rotation

    Qianqian Zhang;Yanfeng Song;Zhen Wu;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Effects of crop residue returning on nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural soils

    Jun Shan;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Direct N2O emissions from rice paddy fields : Summary of available data

    Hiroko Akiyama;Kazuyuki Yagi;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Long-term manuring and fertilization effects on soil organic carbon pools under a wheat-maize cropping system in North China Plain.

    Wei Gong;Wei Gong;Xiao-yuan Yan;Jing-yan Wang;Ting-xing Hu

  • Nitrogen fate and environmental consequence in paddy soil under rice-wheat rotation in the Taihu lake region, China

    Xu Zhao;Ying-xin Xie;Zheng-qin Xiong;Xiao-yuan Yan

  • Net global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity of annual rice–wheat rotations with integrated soil–crop system management

    Y.C. Ma;X.W. Kong;B. Yang;X.L. Zhang

  • Optimal nitrogen rate strategy for sustainable rice production in China

    Unknown

  • Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction Processes in Typical Chinese Paddy Soils: Rates, Relative Contributions, and Influencing Factors

    Jun Shan;Xu Zhao;Rong Sheng;Yongqiu Xia

  • Estimations of emission factors for fertilizer‐induced direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Japan: Summary of available data

    Hiroko Akiyama;Xiaoyuan Yan;Kazuyuki Yagi

  • Effects of long-term straw incorporation on the net global warming potential and the net economic benefit in a rice–wheat cropping system in China

    Longlong Xia;Shuwei Wang;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Management opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture

    Dali Nayak;Eli Saetnan;Kun Cheng;Wen Wang

  • Direct measurement of soil organic carbon content change in the croplands of China

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Xiaoyuan Yan;Zucong Cai;Shuwei Wang;Pete Smith

  • Development of region-specific emission factors and estimation of methane emission from rice fields in the East, Southeast and South Asian countries

    Xiaoyuan Yan;Toshimasa Ohara;Hajime Akimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Longlong Xia
Longlong Xia Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Zhengqin Xiong
Zhengqin Xiong Nanjing Agricultural University
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Kazuyuki Yagi
Kazuyuki Yagi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hajime Akimoto
Hajime Akimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Guangxi Xing
Guangxi Xing Chinese Academy of Sciences
Toshimasa Ohara
Toshimasa Ohara Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
Deli Chen
Deli Chen University of Melbourne
Rong Ji
Rong Ji Nanjing University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen

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