2000-2003, northwest plateau institute of biology, chinese academy of sciences, m.s.
2006.7-2008.3, northwest plateau institute of biology, chinese academy of sciences, ph.d.
2006.7-2008.3, northwest plateau institute of biology, chinese academy of sciences, assistant professor
2008.4-2014.4，lanzhou university，associate professor
2014.5-present，lanzhou university，professor
wang yu-jin in: li de-zhu (ed.), the families and genera of chinese vascular plants. beijing: science press.
wang yu-jin, xiao kun, kou yi-xuan. 2019. torreya jackii (taxaceae): a special species that is genetically admixed, morphologically distinct, and geographically sympatric with parent species forests 10 (2): 174 https://doi.org/10.3390/f10020174.
chen jie, zhao yong-bao, wang yu-jin*, li xiao-gang. 2019. identification of species and materia medica within saussurea subg. amphilaena based on dna barcodes. peerj 7: e6357. (*correspondence)
heng la-mei, zheng yu-lin, zhao yong-bao, wang yu-jin*. 2018. radiation of members of the soroseris hookeriana complex (asteraceae) on the qinghai-tibetan plateau and their proposed taxonomic treatment. phytokeys 114: 11–25. (*correspondence)
chen jie, wang yu-jin*. 2018. new saussurea (asteraceae) species from bogeda mountain, eastern tianshan, china, and inference of its evolutionary history and medical usage. plos one 13(7): e0199416. (*correspondence)
kou yi-xuan, wu yu-xia, jia dong-rui, li zhong-hu, wang yu-jin*, 2014. range expansion, genetic differentiation, and phenotypic adaption of hippophae neurocarpa (elaeagnaceae) on the qinghai-tibet plateau. journal of systematics and evolution 52 (3): 303-312 (*correspondence)
ma ya-zhen, li zhong-hu, wang xi, shang bao-long, wu gui-li, wang yu-jin*, 2014. phylogeography of the genus dasiphora (rosaceae) in the qinghai-tibetan plateau: divergence blurred by expansion. biological journal of the linnean society 111: 777–788 (*correspondence)
wang xi, liu bing-bing, ma ya-zhen, xie peng-hui, he xin-yu, shang bao-long, wang yu-jin*, 2013. chromosomal studies on the alpine genus dolomiaea (asteraceae: cardueae) from the qinghai-tibet plateau and adjacent regions. caryologia: international journal of cytology, cytosystematics and cytogenetics 66 (02): 186-193. (*corresponding author)
wang yu-jin, raab-straube von eckhard, susanna alfonso and liu jian-quan, 2013. shangwua (compositae), a new genus from the qinghai-tibetan plateau and himalayas. taxon 62 (5): 984–996.
li zhong-hu, liu zhan-lin, wang yu-jin, fang min-feng, wang ma-li, li zhi-xuan, 2013. isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in ping’s juniper juniperus pingii. conservation genetics resources 5 (3): 683-685.
吴玉虎，王玉金, 2013. 喀喇昆仑山-昆仑山地区植物名录。西宁：青海民族出版社。
wang yu-jin, 2012. asteraceae. in: wu yu-hu, wu zhen-lan, an zhen-xi (eds.), 昆仑植物志flora kunlunica vol. 3. chongqing: chongqing publishing house.
sun, yong-shuai, ikeda, hiroshi, wang, yu-jing and liu, jian-quan, 2010. phylogeography of potentilla fruticosa (rosaceae) in the qinghai-tibetan plateau revisited: a reappraisal and new insights. plant ecology & diversity 3 (3): 249-257.
wang liu-yang, kou yi-xuan, wu gui-li, wang yu-jin, 2009. development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers isolated from potentilla fruticosa l. (rosaceae), and cross-species amplification in its sister species-potentilla glabra l. conservation genetics resources 1 (1): 51–53.
zhang xiao-lan*, wang yu-jin*, ge xue-jun, yuan yong-ming, liu jian-quan, 2009. molecular phylogeny and biogeography of gentiana sect. cruciata (gentianaceae) based on four chloroplast dna data sets. taxon 58 (3): 862–870 (*co-first author).
wang yu-jin, susanna alfonso, von raab-straube eckhard, milne richard, liu jian-quan, 2009. island-like radiation of saussurea (asteraceae: cardueae) triggered by uplifts of the qinghai-tibetan plateau. biological journal of the linnean society 97 (4): 893–903.
wang liu-yang, ikeda hiroshi, liu teng-liang, wang yu-jin, jian-quan liu. 2009. repeated range expansion and glacial endurance of potentilla glabra (rosaceae) in the qinghai-tibetan plateau. journal of integrative plant biology 51 (7): 698–706.
wang liu-yang, abbott richard, zheng wei, chen ping, wang yu-jin, liu jian-quan, 2009. history and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the qinghai-tibetan plateau: aconitum gymnandrum (ranunculaceae). molecular ecology 18 (4): 709–721.
li zhong-hu, wen hong-yan, chen jian, wu gui-li, wang yu-jin*, 2009. development of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci primers for codonopsis pilosula nannf. (campanulaceae). conservation genetics 10 (3): 747–749 (*corresponding author).
qiu qiang, tian bin, wen hong-yan, wu gui-li, wang yu-jin*, 2009. isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in ostryopsis davidiana (betulaceae). conservation genetics 10 (3): 751–753 (*corresponding author).
meng li-hua, yang hui-lin, wang yu-jin*, 2008. phylogeography of hippophae neurocarpa (elaeagnaceae) inferred from the chloroplast dna trnl-f sequence variation. journal of systematics and evolution 46 (1): 32–40 (*corresponding author).
王玉金，刘建全, 2008. 风毛菊属（菊科）在青藏高原的岛屿式辐射. 中国科技论文在线.
王玉金，刘建全, 2008. 基于叶绿体dna trnl-f和psba-trnh序列对风毛菊属（菊科）界限的研究. 中国科技论文在线.
wang yu-jin, liu jian-quan, georg miehe, 2007. phylogenetic origins of the himalayan endemic dolomiaea, diplazoptilon and xanthopappus (asteraceae: cardueae) based on three dna fragments. annals of botany 99 (2): 311-322.
liu jian-quan, wang yu-jin, wang ai-lan, ohba hideaki, abbott richard, 2006. radiation and diversification within the ligularia–cremanthodium–parasenecio complex (asteraceae) triggered by uplift of the qinghai-tibetan plateau. molecular phylogenetics and evolution 38 (1): 31-49.
chen shen-yun, xia tao, wang yu-jin, liu jian-quan, chen shi-long, 2005. molecular systematics and biogeography of crawfurdia, metagentiana and tripterospermum (gentianaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal and plastid dna sequences. annals of botany 96 (3): 413-424.
chen sheng-yun, chen shi-long, xia tao, wang yu-jin. 2005. phylogeny of metagentiana and related genera (gentianaceae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal its sequences. acta phytotaxonomica sinica 43(6): 491–502.
wang yu-jin, pan jin-tang, liu shang-wu, liu jian-quan, 2005. a new species of saussurea (asteraceae) from tibet in west china and its systematic position evidenced by its sequences. botanical journal of the linnean society 147 (3): 349-356.
wang yu-jin, liu jian-quan, 2004. phylogenetic analyses of saussurea sect. pseudoeriocoryne (asteraceae: cardueae) based on chloroplast dna trnl-f sequences. biochemical systematics and ecology 32 (11): 1009-1023.
wang yu-jin, li xiao-juan, hao gang, liu jian-quan, 2004. molecular phylogeny and biogeography of androsace (primulaceae) and the convergent evolution of cushion morphology. acta phytotaxonomica sinica 42 (6): 481-499.
wang yu-jin, liu jian-quan, 2004. a preliminary investigation on the phylogeny of saussurea (asteraceae: cardueae) based on chloroplast dna trnl-f sequences acta phytotaxonomica sinica 42 (2): 136-153.
wang yu-jin, 2003. a new variety of achnatherum (poaceae) from qinghai. acta botanica yunnanica 25 (2): 122.
cai lian-bing, wang yu-jin, 2001. a phylogenetic analysis of roegneria (poaceae). bulletin of botanical research 21 (4): 554-560.
