发表SCI论文50余篇（其中第一/通讯作者SCI论文25篇），SCI引用率达1600余次，基于Web of Science H-index: 23.
Yao ZS, Ma L, Zhang H, Zheng X, Wang K, Zhu B, Wang R, Wang Y, Zhang W, Liu C, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2019. Characteristics of annual greenhouse gas flux and NO release from alpine meadow and forest on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 272-273, 166-175.
Yao ZS, Yan G, Wang R, Zheng X, Liu C, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2019. Drip irrigation or reduced N-fertilizer rate can mitigate the high annual N2O+NO fluxes from Chinese intensive greenhouse vegetable systems. Atmospheric Environment 212, 183-193.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Wang R, Liu C, Lin S, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2019. Benefits of integrated nutrient management on N2O and NO mitigations in water-saving ground cover rice production systems. Science of the Total Environment 646, 1155-1163.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Liu C, Wang R, Xie B, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2018. Stand age amplifies greenhouse gas and NO releases following conversion of rice paddy to tea plantations in subtropical China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 248, 386–396.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Liu C, Lin S, Zuo Q, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2017. Improving rice production sustainability by reducing water demand and greenhouse gas emissions with biodegradable films. Scientific Reports 7, 39855; doi:10.1038/srep39855 (corresponding author).
Yao ZS, Yan G, Zheng X, Wang R, Liu C, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2017. Straw return reduces yield-scaled N2O plus NO emissions from annual winter wheat-based cropping systems in the North China Plain. Science of the Total Environment 590-591, 174-185 (corresponding author).
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Zhang Y, Liu C, Wang R, Lin S, Zuo Q, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2017. Urea deep placement reduces yield-scaled greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) and NO emissions from a ground cover rice production system. Scientific Reports 7, 11415; doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11772-2.
Yao ZS, Yan G, Zheng X, Wang R, Liu C, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2017. Reducing N2O and NO emissions while sustaining crop productivity in a Chinese vegetable-cereal double cropping system. Environmental Pollution 231, 929-941.
Yao ZS, Wei Y, Liu C, Zheng X, Xie B, 2015. Organically fertilized tea plantation stimulates N2O emissions and lowers NO fluxes in subtropical China. Biogeosciences 12, 5915-5928.
Yao ZS, Liu C, Dong H, Wang R, Zheng X, 2015. Annual nitric and nitrous oxide fluxes from Chinese subtropical plastic greenhouse and conventional vegetable cultivations. Environmental Pollution 196, 89-97.
Yao ZS, Du Y, Tao Y, Zheng X, Liu C, Lin S, Butterbach-Bahl K, 2014. Water-saving ground cover rice production system reduces net greenhouse gas fluxes in an annual rice-based cropping system. Biogeosciences 11, 6221-6236.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Wang R, Dong H, Xie B, Mei B, Zhou Z, Zhu J, 2013. Greenhouse gas fluxes and NO release from a Chinese subtropical rice-winter wheat rotation system under nitrogen fertilizer management. Journal of Geophysical Research:Biogeosciences 118, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20061.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Wang R, Xie B, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zhu J, 2013. Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from a rice-wheat crop rotation under wheat residue incorporation and no-tillage practices. Atmospheric Environment 79, 641-649.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Dong H, Wang R, Mei B, Zhu J, 2012. A 3-year record of N2O and CH4 emissions from a sandy loam paddy during rice seasons as affected by different nitrogen application rates. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 152, 1-9.
Yao ZS, Zhou Z, Zheng X, Xie B, Mei B, Wang R, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zhu J 2010. Effects of organic matter incorporation on nitrous oxide emissions from the rice-wheat rotation ecosystems in China. Plant and Soil 327, 315-330.
Yao ZS, Zhou Z, Zheng X, Xie B, Liu C, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zhu J 2010. Effects of tillage during the non-waterlogged period on nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions in typical Chinese rice-wheat rotation ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research:Biogeosciences 115, G01013, doi:10.1029/2009JG001088.
Yao ZS, Wolf B, Chen W, Butterbach-Bahl K, Brüggemann N, Wiesmeier M, Dannenmann M, Blank B, Zheng X 2010. Spatial variability of N2O, CH4 and CO2 fluxes within the Xilin River catchment of Inner Mongolia, China-a soil core study. Plant and Soil 331, 341-359.
Yao ZS, Wu X, Wolf B, Dannenmann M, Butterbach-Bahl K, Brüggemann N, Chen W, Zheng X 2010. Soil-atmosphere exchange potential of NO and N2O in different land use types of Inner Mongolia, as affected by soil temperature, soil moisture, freeze-thaw and drying-wetting events. Journal of Geophysical Research:Atmospheres 115, D17116, doi: 10.1029/2009jd013528.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Xie B, Liu C, Mei B, Dong H, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zhu J 2009. Comparison of manual and automated chambers for field measurements of N2O, CH4, CO2 fluxes from a cultivated land. Atmospheric Environment 43, 1888-1896.
Yao ZS, Zheng X, Xie B, Mei B, Wang R, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zhu J, Yin R 2009. Tillage and crop residue management significantly affects N-trace gas emissions during the non-rice season of a subtropical rice-wheat rotation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41, 2131-2140. 
