Andong Cai

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Andong Cai is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Andong Cai has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Soil Science, 21 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Andong Cai's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (50 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (18 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers). Andong Cai is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (50 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (18 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers). Andong Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Andong Cai's co-authors include Wenju Zhang, Minggang Xu, Guopeng Liang, Yiqi Luo, Boren Wang, Enqing Hou, Wenting Feng, Jing Huang, Muhammad Qaswar and Huimin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Andong Cai

59 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Manure acts as a better fertilizer for increasing crop yields than synthetic fertilizer does by improving soil fertility

2019 361 citations Andong Cai, Minggang Xu et al. profile →
Yield sustainability, soil organic carbon sequestration and nutrients balance under long-term combined application of manure and inorganic fertilizers in acidic paddy soil

2019 242 citations Andong Cai et al. profile →
Global turnover of soil mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon

2024 83 citations Zhenghu Zhou, Chengjie Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andong Cai China	24	1.4k	644	446	372	311	65	2.0k
Xiuli Xin China	27	1.1k 0.8×	654 1.0×	346 0.8×	318 0.9×	322 1.0×	58	1.8k
Guopeng Liang China	25	1.5k 1.0×	505 0.8×	423 0.9×	388 1.0×	319 1.0×	62	1.9k
Fanqiao Meng China	29	1.2k 0.8×	540 0.8×	430 1.0×	379 1.0×	461 1.5×	73	2.0k
Gerard H. Ros Netherlands	23	1.0k 0.7×	525 0.8×	378 0.8×	285 0.8×	418 1.3×	61	1.9k
Benhua Sun China	21	1.4k 1.0×	584 0.9×	305 0.7×	362 1.0×	468 1.5×	61	2.0k
Sindhu Jagadamma United States	29	1.7k 1.2×	577 0.9×	578 1.3×	420 1.1×	502 1.6×	96	2.4k
Erick Zagal Chile	22	1.3k 0.9×	532 0.8×	508 1.1×	227 0.6×	268 0.9×	89	2.1k
Giulia Bongiorno Netherlands	9	1.5k 1.1×	672 1.0×	458 1.0×	228 0.6×	298 1.0×	13	2.4k
Chengli Tong China	20	1.3k 0.9×	684 1.1×	604 1.4×	215 0.6×	412 1.3×	54	2.0k
Shaomin Huang China	23	1.2k 0.8×	917 1.4×	408 0.9×	406 1.1×	430 1.4×	42	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Andong Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andong Cai

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Luo, Yiqi, Qingzhu Gao, Hu Li, et al.. (2025). Depth‐Dependence Changes in Soil Stoichiometry in China's Croplands Over the Past Four Decades. Advanced Science. 12(47). e06489–e06489.

Zhou, Zhenghu, Minggang Xu, & Andong Cai. (2025). Reply to Ju et al.: Mechanisms of deeper soil organic carbon loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(27). e2510690122–e2510690122.

Smreczak, Bożena, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric responses of soil dissolved organic carbon and dissolved organic nitrogen to warming: A meta-analysis. CATENA. 252. 108871–108871.

Wang, Bin, Yunfan Wan, Yue Li, et al.. (2025). NH3, N2O, NO and NO2 losses, emission factors and reduction mechanisms under different N managements from greenhouse vegetable soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 393. 127081–127081. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Chenguang, et al.. (2024). What is the character of N deposition and its proportion to NH3 and NOX inside horticultural greenhouse?. Environmental Pollution. 359. 124567–124567. 1 indexed citations

Li, Haipeng, et al.. (2024). Animal manures increased maize yield by promoting microbial activities and inorganic phosphorus transformation in reclaimed soil aggregates. Applied Soil Ecology. 198. 105352–105352. 10 indexed citations

Ukalska‐Jaruga, Aleksandra, et al.. (2024). Dissolved organic carbon in cropland soils: A global meta-analysis of management effects. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 371. 109080–109080. 18 indexed citations

Adalibieke, Wulahati, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Longfei Yu, et al.. (2024). Modeling denitrification nitrogen losses in China's rice fields based on multiscale field‐experiment constraints. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17199–e17199. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhenghu, Chuankuan Wang, Yue Li, et al.. (2024). Carbon gain in upper but loss in deeper cropland soils across China over the last four decades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2422371122–e2422371122. 14 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Adnan, et al.. (2024). Divergent effects of long-term fertilization on the carbon management index across soil profiles in key Chinese croplands. CATENA. 243. 108207–108207. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Yulin, Shuang Liu, Yuxiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen addition-driven soil organic carbon stability depends on the fractions of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 128(2). 269–281. 14 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhenghu, Chengjie Ren, Chuankuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Global turnover of soil mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5329–5329. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hou, Jiaqi, Chengze Yu, He Li, et al.. (2023). Reimagining carbon emission mitigation in sustainable agriculture: uncovering farmers’ propensity for straw recycling. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiaqi, Yue Li, Andong Cai, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas reduction through crop residue-based bioenergy: A meta-analysis of reduction efficiency and abatement costs of various products. Energy. 270. 126900–126900. 6 indexed citations

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Han, Tianfu, Bin Wang, Zhenghu Zhou, et al.. (2023). Positive rhizospheric effects on soil carbon are primarily controlled by abiotic rather than biotic factors across global agroecosystems. Geoderma. 430. 116337–116337. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yue, et al.. (2022). Characteristics and Driving Factors of Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Chinese Greenhouse Tomato Cultivation. Sustainability. 14(2). 805–805. 6 indexed citations

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Cai, Andong, et al.. (2022). Adsorption characteristics of dissolved organic carbon under different fertilization treatments in typical farmland soils in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Andong Cai, Yue Li, et al.. (2022). Four pathways towards carbon neutrality by controlling net greenhouse gas emissions in Chinese cropland. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 186. 106576–106576. 35 indexed citations

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Liang, Guopeng, Xueping Wu, Andong Cai, et al.. (2021). Correlations among soil biochemical parameters, crop yield, and soil respiration vary with growth stage and soil depth under fertilization. Agronomy Journal. 113(3). 2450–2462. 21 indexed citations

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Cai, Andong, et al.. (2020). Long-term straw incorporation significantly reduced subsoil organic carbon stock in cinnamon soil. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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