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Zhiyao Tang

Zhiyao Tang

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
18600
World Ranking
1937
National Ranking
38

Zhiyao Tang publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiyao Tang sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 245 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Zhiyao Tang D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhiyao Tang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhiyao Tang is affiliated with Peking University in China. Their research primarily spans across Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with an emphasis on several subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Soil Science.

The scientist's main research topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Tree-ring Climate Responses.

Zhiyao Tang has published articles extensively in journals including the Journal of Plant Ecology, Remote Sensing, Science China Life Sciences, Journal of Ecology, and Functional Ecology. These venues represent the core platforms for disseminating their work.

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly collaborations include Jiangling Zhu, Chengjun Ji, Yanpei Guo, and Jingyun Fang.

Among the recent published works by Zhiyao Tang are:

  • Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality, 2022, Science China Life Sciences
  • Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions, 2022, Science
  • Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Neural network guided interpolation for mapping canopy height of China's forests by integrating GEDI and ICESat-2 data, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment, 2021, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Carbon pools in China's terrestrial ecosystems: New estimates based on an intensive field survey

    Xuli Tang;Xia Zhao;Yongfei Bai;Zhiyao Tang

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

    Fei Lu;Huifeng Hu;Wenjuan Sun;Jiaojun Zhu

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage.

    Shiping Chen;Wantong Wang;Wenting Xu;Yang Wang

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau.

    Shengli Tao;Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Xia Zhao;Shuqing Zhao

  • Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

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  • Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions

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  • Ecological consequences of rapid urban expansion: Shanghai, China

    Shuqing Zhao;Liangjun Da;Zhiyao Tang;Hejun Fang

  • Drought effect on plant biomass allocation: A meta-analysis

    Anwar Eziz;Zhengbing Yan;Di Tian;Wenxuan Han

  • Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China's terrestrial ecosystems

    Zhiyao Tang;Wenting Xu;Guoyi Zhou;Yongfei Bai

  • Biodiversity in China's mountains

    Zhiyao Tang;Zhiheng Wang;Chengyang Zheng;Jingyun Fang

  • Interannual Variability in Net Primary Production and Precipitation

    Jingyun Fang;Shilong Piao;Zhiyao Tang;Changhui Peng

  • Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

    Xiaojuan Liu;Stefan Trogisch;Jin-Sheng He;Pascal A. Niklaus

  • Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of woody plants differ in responses to climate, soil and plant growth form

    Yahan Chen;Wenxuan Han;Luying Tang;Zhiyao Tang

  • Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

    Andreas Schuldt;Thorsten Assmann;Matteo Brezzi;Matteo Brezzi;François Buscot

  • Atlas of woody plants in China : distribution and climate

    Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Zhiyao Tang

  • Neural network guided interpolation for mapping canopy height of China's forests by integrating GEDI and ICESat-2 data

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  • Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment

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  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Biodiversity changes in the lakes of the Central Yangtze

    Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Shuqing Zhao;Yongke Li

  • Patterns, determinants and models of woody plant diversity in China.

    Zhiheng Wang;Jingyun Fang;Zhiyao Tang;Xin Lin

  • Temperature dependence, spatial scale, and tree species diversity in eastern Asia and North America.

    Zhiheng Wang;James H. Brown;Zhiyao Tang;Jingyun Fang

  • Temporal changes in greenspace in a highly urbanized region

    Martin Dallimer;Zhiyao Tang;Zhiyao Tang;Peter R. Bibby;Paul J Brindley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University
Zhiheng Wang
Zhiheng Wang Peking University
Zongqiang Xie
Zongqiang Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Shuqing Zhao
Shuqing Zhao Peking University
Zehao Shen
Zehao Shen Peking University
Chengjun Ji
Chengjun Ji Peking University

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