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Yongchao Liang

Yongchao Liang

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
18128
World Ranking
710
National Ranking
55

Yongchao Liang 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 Yongchao Liang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 187 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yongchao Liang 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 Yongchao Liang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Yongchao Liang mostly deals with Botany, Silicon, Shoot, Agronomy and Biochemistry. His Silicon study combines topics in areas such as Plant species, Cucumis, Xylem, Horticulture and Dry matter. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sodium, Plant physiology, Phytotoxicity, Cadmium and Animal science.

His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cucurbitaceae and Soil water, Soil fertility, Soil pH. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Biochemistry, concentrating on Food science and intersecting with Hordeum vulgare. Yongchao Liang has included themes like Superoxide dismutase and Antioxidant in his Glutathione study.

His most cited work include:

  • Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of abiotic stresses in higher plants: a review. (660 citations)
  • Exogenous silicon (Si) increases antioxidant enzyme activity and reduces lipid peroxidation in roots of salt-stressed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). (496 citations)
  • Effects of silicon on enzyme activity and sodium, potassium and calcium concentration in barley under salt stress (320 citations)

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

Yongchao Liang focuses on Agronomy, Botany, Soil water, Shoot and Fertilizer. Yongchao Liang has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Soil pH, Nutrient and Soil fertility. His Botany research incorporates elements of Silicon and Bulk soil.

His Soil water research includes themes of Environmental chemistry, Organic matter and Nitrification. He interconnects Phytotoxicity, Superoxide dismutase, Antioxidant and Cadmium in the investigation of issues within Shoot. In general Antioxidant, his work in Lipid peroxidation and Malondialdehyde is often linked to Ascorbic acid linking many areas of study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (42.42%)
  • Botany (22.42%)
  • Soil water (23.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Environmental chemistry (16.97%)
  • Cadmium (16.97%)
  • Agronomy (42.42%)

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

His primary areas of study are Environmental chemistry, Cadmium, Agronomy, Sedum alfredii and Fertilizer. His Environmental chemistry research includes elements of Competition, Soil water, Alkali soil and Nitrification. The various areas that Yongchao Liang examines in his Soil water study include Salinity, Brackish water and Irrigation.

His studies deal with areas such as Reactive oxygen species, Glutathione, Arsenic, Second messenger system and Cell wall as well as Cadmium. Yongchao Liang works in the field of Agronomy, focusing on Straw in particular. His Fertilizer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Incubation, Soil pH, Manure, Leaching and Human fertilization.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Nitrous oxide emission and denitrifier communities in drip-irrigated calcareous soil as affected by chemical and organic fertilizers. (42 citations)
  • Silicon acquisition and accumulation in plant and its significance for agriculture (40 citations)
  • Role of Vertical Transmission of Shoot Endophytes in Root-Associated Microbiome Assembly and Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulation in Sedum alfredii. (23 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Yongchao Liang mainly investigates Agronomy, Abiotic component, Nitrification, Soil water and Sedum alfredii. His work in the fields of Resistance and Fertilizer overlaps with other areas such as Biotic stress. In his research on the topic of Fertilizer, Soil pH is strongly related with Soil carbon.

His biological study deals with issues like Environmental chemistry, which deal with fields such as Competition. The Sedum alfredii study combines topics in areas such as Sedum, Botany and Suberin. His work carried out in the field of Hyperaccumulator brings together such families of science as Peroxidase, Ecotype and Casparian strip, Apoplast.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of abiotic stresses in higher plants: a review.

    Yongchao Liang;Wanchun Sun;Yong-Guan Zhu;Peter Christie

  • Exogenous silicon (Si) increases antioxidant enzyme activity and reduces lipid peroxidation in roots of salt-stressed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).

    Yongchao Liang;Q.i.n. Chen;Qian Liu;Wenhua Zhang

  • Effects of silicon on enzyme activity and sodium, potassium and calcium concentration in barley under salt stress

    Yongchao Liang

  • Silicon-mediated enhancement of cadmium tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) grown in cadmium contaminated soil.

    Yongchao Liang;Jonathan W C Wong;Long Wei

  • Silicon in Agriculture

    Yongchao Liang;Miroslav Nikolic;Richard Bélanger;Haijun Gong

  • Effects of foliar- and root-applied silicon on the enhancement of induced resistance to powdery mildew in Cucumis sativus

    Y. C. Liang;Y. C. Liang;W. C. Sun;J. Si;J. Si;V. Römheld

  • Organic manure stimulates biological activity and barley growth in soil subject to secondary salinization

    Yongchao Liang;Jin Si;Miroslav Nikolic;Yu Peng

  • Effects of silicon on salinity tolerance of two barley cultivars

    Yongchao Liang;Qirong Shen;Zhenguo Shen;Tongsheng Ma

  • Long-term organic and inorganic fertilization alters temperature sensitivity of potential N2O emissions and associated microbes

    Peiyuan Cui;Fenliang Fan;Chang Yin;Alin Song

  • Role of salicylic acid in alleviating oxidative damage in rice roots (Oryza sativa) subjected to cadmium stress

    B. Guo;Y.C. Liang;Y.G. Zhu;F.J. Zhao

  • Silicon-enhanced resistance to cadmium toxicity in Brassica chinensis L. is attributed to Si-suppressed cadmium uptake and transport and Si-enhanced antioxidant defense capacity

    Alin Song;Zhaojun Li;Jie Zhang;Gaofeng Xue

  • Effects of salinity and nitrogen on cotton growth in arid environment

    Weiping Chen;Weiping Chen;Zhenan Hou;Laosheng Wu;Yongchao Liang

  • Soil biological activity and their seasonal variations in response to long-term application of organic and inorganic fertilizers

    Gaofei Ge;Zhaojun Li;Fenliang Fan;Guixin Chu

  • Importance of plant species and external silicon concentration to active silicon uptake and transport

    Yongchao Liang;Haixia Hua;Yong-Guan Zhu;Jie Zhang

  • Uptake of oxytetracycline and its phytotoxicity to alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

    W.D. Kong;Y.G. Zhu;Y.C. Liang;J. Zhang

  • Silicon uptake and transport is an active process in Cucumis sativus

    Yongchao Liang;Jin Si;Volker Römheld

  • Effects of silicon on H + -ATPase and H + -PPase activity, fatty acid composition and fluidity of tonoplast vesicles from roots of salt-stressed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Yongchao Liang;Wenhua Zhang;Qin Chen;Ruixing Ding

  • Effect of exogenous silicon (Si) on H+-ATPase activity, phospholipids and fluidity of plasma membrane in leaves of salt-stressed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Yongchao Liang;Wenhua Zhang;Qin Chen;Youliang Liu

  • The Effect of Silicon on Photosynthesis and Expression of Its Relevant Genes in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) under High-Zinc Stress

    Alin Song;Ping Li;Fenliang Fan;Zhaojun Li

  • Silicon alleviates iron deficiency in cucumber by promoting mobilization of iron in the root apoplast

    Jelena Pavlovic;Jelena Samardzic;Vuk Maksimović;Gordana Timotijevic

  • Evaluating salinity distribution in soil irrigated with saline water in arid regions of northwest China

    Weiping Chen;Zhenan Hou;Laosheng Wu;Yongchao Liang

  • Effect of exogenous silicon (Si) on H + -ATPase activity, phospholipids and fluidity of plasma membrane in leaves of salt-stressed barley

    Yongchao Liang;Wenhua Zhang;Qin Chen;Youliang Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tingqiang Li
Tingqiang Li Zhejiang University
Miroslav Nikolic
Miroslav Nikolic University of Belgrade
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qichun Zhang
Qichun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Xiaoe Yang
Xiaoe Yang Zhejiang University
Volker Römheld
Volker Römheld University of Hohenheim
Mike J. McLaughlin
Mike J. McLaughlin University of Adelaide
Weiping Chen
Weiping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fengxiang X. Han
Fengxiang X. Han Jackson State University

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