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D-Index
58
Citations
20000
World Ranking
1311
National Ranking
116

Yao Huang 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 Yao Huang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 97 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yao Huang 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 Yao Huang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His main research concerns Paddy field, Agronomy, Soil water, Nitrous oxide and Climate change. His Paddy field research incorporates themes from Methane, Greenhouse gas, Growing season and Drainage. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Crop residue, Food security and Global change.

His research in Crop residue intersects with topics in Field experiment, Fertilizer, Irrigation, Topsoil and Nutrient. The Nitrous oxide study combines topics in areas such as Environmental chemistry and Plant residue. His study in the field of Climate change in China is also linked to topics like Field, Economic shortage and Economic situation.

His most cited work include:

  • The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China (1781 citations)
  • The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China (813 citations)
  • Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates (504 citations)

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

Yao Huang mostly deals with Agronomy, Soil water, Paddy field, Soil carbon and Methane. He interconnects Global warming and Agriculture in the investigation of issues within Agronomy. His research integrates issues of Environmental chemistry, Organic matter, Primary production and Atmospheric sciences in his study of Soil water.

His Paddy field study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Flooding, Irrigation, Chine, Greenhouse gas and Drainage. His Greenhouse gas research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Nitrous oxide and Air pollution. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Carbon sequestration, Total organic carbon, Ecosystem and Topsoil.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (76.29%)
  • Soil water (53.61%)
  • Paddy field (35.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Agronomy (76.29%)
  • Crop (18.56%)
  • Climate change (17.53%)

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

Yao Huang spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Crop, Climate change, Carbon sequestration and Environmental protection. Yao Huang frequently studies issues relating to Agriculture and Agronomy. His Crop research integrates issues from Global warming, Staple food, Human fertilization and Rice growth.

His work on Effects of global warming is typically connected to Population as part of general Climate change study, connecting several disciplines of science. His study on Carbon sequestration also encompasses disciplines like

  • Soil carbon that connect with fields like Fertilizer,
  • Shrubland which intersects with area such as Sink. The concepts of his Growing season study are interwoven with issues in Paddy field and Denitrifying bacteria.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates (504 citations)
  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010. (122 citations)
  • Changes in soil organic carbon in croplands subjected to fertilizer management: a global meta-analysis. (63 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Yao Huang mainly focuses on Carbon sequestration, Environmental protection, Soil carbon, Agriculture and Agronomy. His studies deal with areas such as Shrubland, Ecosystem and Restoration ecology as well as Carbon sequestration. The various areas that he examines in his Environmental protection study include Environmental engineering, Nitrous oxide, Soil water, Sink and Methane.

His work carried out in the field of Soil carbon brings together such families of science as Manure, Fertilizer, Total organic carbon and Topsoil. His Agriculture research includes themes of Global temperature, Crop yield, Straw and Global change. His Agronomy study incorporates themes from Climate change and Agricultural science.

Best Publications

  • Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

    Chuang Zhao;Bing Liu;Shilong Piao;Xuhui Wang

  • The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Shilong Piao;Jingyun Fang;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Peylin

  • A 3-year field measurement of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddies in China : Effects of water regime, crop residue, and fertilizer application

    Jianwen Zou;Jianwen Zou;Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Jingyan Jiang;Xunhua Zheng

  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010.

    Fei Lu;Huifeng Hu;Wenjuan Sun;Jiaojun Zhu

  • Nitrous oxide emissions as influenced by amendment of plant residues with different C:N ratios

    Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Jianwen Zou;Xunhua Zheng;Yuesi Wang

  • Modeling greenhouse gas emissions from rice‐based production systems: Sensitivity and upscaling

    Changsheng Li;Arvin Mosier;Reiner Wassmann;Zucong Cai

  • Quantifying direct N2O emissions in paddy fields during rice growing season in mainland China: Dependence on water regime

    Jianwen Zou;Jianwen Zou;Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Xunhua Zheng;Yuesi Wang

  • Re‐quantifying the emission factors based on field measurements and estimating the direct N2O emission from Chinese croplands

    Xunhua Zheng;Shenghui Han;Yao Huang;Yuesi Wang

  • The Asian Nitrogen Cycle Case Study

    Xunhua Zheng;Congbin Fu;Xingkai Xu;Xiaodong Yan

  • Changes in topsoil organic carbon of croplands in mainland China over the last two decades

    Yao Huang;Wenjuan Sun

  • Reduced methane emissions from large‐scale changes in water management of China's rice paddies during 1980–2000

    Changsheng Li;Jianjun Qiu;Steve Frolking;Xiangming Xiao

  • Rice clock model―a computer model to simulate rice development

    Liangzhi Gao;Zhiqing Jin;Yao Huang;Lizhong Zhang

  • Changes in soil organic carbon in croplands subjected to fertilizer management: a global meta-analysis.

    Pengfei Han;Wen Zhang;Guocheng Wang;Wenjuan Sun

  • Relation of soil organic matter concentration to climate and altitude in zonal soils of China

    Wanhong Dai;Wanhong Dai;Yao Huang

  • Modeling impacts of farming management alternatives on CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions: A case study for water management of rice agriculture of China

    Changsheng Li;Steve Frolking;Xiangming Xiao;Berrien Moore

  • Climate warming over the past three decades has shortened rice growth duration in China and cultivar shifts have further accelerated the process for late rice

    Tianyi Zhang;Yao Huang;Xiaoguang Yang

  • Changes in fertilizer‐induced direct N2O emissions from paddy fields during rice‐growing season in China between 1950s and 1990s

    Jianwen Zou;Yao Huang;Yanmei Qin;Shuwei Liu

  • A semi‐empirical model of methane emission from flooded rice paddy soils

    YaO. Huang;Ronald L. Sass;Frank M. Fisher

  • NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF CHINESE CROPLANDS FROM 1950 TO 1999

    Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Wen Zhang;Wenjuan Sun;Xunhua Zheng

  • Modeling methane emission from rice paddies with various agricultural practices

    Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Wen Zhang;Xunhua Zheng;Jin Li

  • Agro-C: A biogeophysical model for simulating the carbon budget of agroecosystems

    Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Yongqiang Yu;Wen Zhang;Wenjuan Sun

  • Direct emission factor for N2O from rice–winter wheat rotation systems in southeast China

    Jianwen Zou;Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Yanyu Lu;Xunhua Zheng

  • Modeling interannual variability of global soil respiration from climate and soil properties

    Shutao Chen;Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Jianwen Zou;Qirong Shen

  • Nitrogen‐regulated effects of free‐air CO2 enrichment on methane emissions from paddy rice fields

    Xunhua Zheng;Zaixing Zhou;Yuesi Wang;Jianguo Zhu

  • An estimate of greenhouse gas (N2O and CO2) mitigation potential under various scenarios of nitrogen use efficiency in Chinese croplands

    Yao Huang;Yao Huang;Yonghua Tang

  • Global warming over the period 1961-2008 did not increase high-temperature stress but did reduce low-temperature stress in irrigated rice across China

    Wen Sun;Yao Huang;Yao Huang

  • Influence of environmental factors on the decomposition of organic carbon in agricultural soils

    Yao Huang;Shiliang Liu;Qirong Shen;Lianggang Zong

  • Methane emission from Texas rice paddy soils. 2. Seasonal contribution of rice biomass production to CH4 emission

    Yao Huang;Ronald Sass;Frank Fisher

  • Exchange of methane from rice fields: National, regional, and global budgets

    R. L. Sass;F. M. Fisher;A. Ding;Y. Huang

  • Methane emission from Texas rice paddy soils. 1. Quantitative multi‐year dependence of CH4 emission on soil, cultivar and grain yield

    Yao Huang;Ronald Sass;Frank Fisher

  • Model estimates of methane emission from irrigated rice cultivation of China

    Yao. Huang;Ronald L. Sass;Frank M. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Xunhua Zheng
Xunhua Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianwen Zou
Jianwen Zou Nanjing Agricultural University
Yuesi Wang
Yuesi Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University
Shushi Peng
Shushi Peng Peking University
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Xiaofeng Xu
Xiaofeng Xu San Diego State University
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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