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Ecology and Evolution
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2026
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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
98
Citations
33759
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhifeng Yang is affiliated with Guangdong University of Technology in China and has an extensive publication record in the field of Environmental Science, with over 400 publications. Their research spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Pollution.

Their work primarily addresses key topics such as Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhifeng Yang include Yanpeng Cai, Gengyuan Liu, Sai Liang, Jing-Chun Feng, and Fanxin Meng.

Yang's research has been published extensively in journals such as the Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, The Science of The Total Environment, Resources Conservation and Recycling, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Selected recent papers highlight their research scope and focus:

  • Biochar's stability and effect on the content, composition and turnover of soil organic carbon, 2020, Geoderma
  • Cleaner production for achieving the sustainable development goals, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Food production in China requires intensified measures to be consistent with national and provincial environmental boundaries, 2020, Nature Food
  • Influence of polyethylene terephthalate microplastic and biochar co-existence on paddy soil bacterial community structure and greenhouse gas emission, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment and human health risk assessment of heavy metals in fishes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin

    Yujun Yi;Zhifeng Yang;Shanghong Zhang

  • Distribution and speciation of heavy metals in sediments from the mainstream, tributaries, and lakes of the Yangtze River catchment of Wuhan, China.

    Zhifeng Yang;Ying Wang;Zhenyao Shen;Junfeng Niu

  • Evaluating the ecological performance of wetland restoration in the Yellow River Delta, China.

    Baoshan Cui;Qichun Yang;Zhifeng Yang;Kejiang Zhang

  • Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, suspended particulate matter and sediment from Daliao River watershed, China.

    Wei Guo;Mengchang He;Zhifeng Yang;Chunye Lin

  • Spatial and temporal variability of annual precipitation during 1961-2006 in Yellow River Basin, China

    Qiang Liu;Zhifeng Yang;Baoshan Cui

  • Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, China

    Gongchen Li;Xinghui Xia;Zhifeng Yang;Ran Wang

  • Maxent modeling for predicting the potential distribution of endangered medicinal plant (H. riparia Lour) in Yunnan, China

    Yu-jun Yi;Xi Cheng;Zhi-Feng Yang;Shang-Hong Zhang

  • National water footprint in an input–output framework—A case study of China 2002

    X. Zhao;B. Chen;Z.F. Yang

  • Cleaner production for achieving the sustainable development goals

    B.F. Giannetti;F. Agostinho;J.J. Cabello Eras;Zhifeng Yang

  • Impact of Dam Construction on Water Quality and Water Self-Purification Capacity of the Lancang River, China

    GuoLiang Wei;ZhiFeng Yang;BaoShan Cui;Bing Li

  • Development and test of the Export Coefficient Model in the Upper Reach of the Yangtze River

    Xiaowen Ding;Zhenyao Shen;Qian Hong;Zhifeng Yang

  • The urban growth, size distribution and spatio-temporal dynamic pattern of the Yangtze River Delta megalopolitan region, China

    Guangjin Tian;Jing Jiang;Zhifeng Yang;Yaoqi Zhang

  • China high resolution emission database (CHRED) with point emission sources, gridded emission data, and supplementary socioeconomic data

    Bofeng Cai;Sai Liang;Jiong Zhou;Jinnan Wang

  • Characterization, ecological risk assessment and source diagnostics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water column of the Yellow River Delta, one of the most plenty biodiversity zones in the world.

    Lili Wang;Zhifeng Yang;Junfeng Niu;Jingyi Wang

  • Analyses of urban ecosystem based on information entropy

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Wei Li

  • Ecological network analysis of an urban water metabolic system: Model development, and a case study for Beijing

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • Impact of the Gezhouba and Three Gorges Dams on habitat suitability of carps in the Yangtze River

    Yujun Yi;Yujun Yi;Zhaoyin Wang;Zhifeng Yang

  • Evaluating the influence of road networks on landscape and regional ecological risk—A case study in Lancang River Valley of Southwest China

    S.L. Liu;B.S. Cui;S.K. Dong;Z.F. Yang

  • Urban ecosystem health assessment: A review

    Meirong Su;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Zhifeng Yang

  • Distribution and contamination assessment of heavy metals in sediment of the Second Songhua River, China

    Chunye Lin;Mengchang He;Yuxiang Zhou;Wei Guo

  • Ecological network and emergy analysis of urban metabolic systems: Model development, and a case study of four Chinese cities

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Xiangyi Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gengyuan Liu
Gengyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Yanpeng Cai
Yanpeng Cai Guangdong University of Technology
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Beijing Normal University
Sergio Ulgiati
Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples
Lixiao Zhang
Lixiao Zhang Beijing Normal University
Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Sai Liang
Sai Liang Guangdong University of Technology
Guohe Huang
Guohe Huang University of Regina
Zhenyao Shen
Zhenyao Shen Beijing Normal University
Xinghui Xia
Xinghui Xia Beijing Normal University

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