Chang Liang

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chang Liang is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chang Liang has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Chang Liang's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (6 papers). Chang Liang is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (6 papers). Chang Liang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Pakistan. Chang Liang's co-authors include Yantai Gan, Reynald Lemke, R.P. Zentner, Con A. Campbell, Qiang Chai, B.G. McConkey, Xiaoyu Wang, Hong Wang, H. Cutforth and Chantal Hamel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Chang Liang

32 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Integrated farming with intercropping increases food production while reducing environmental footprint

2021 151 citations Qiang Chai, Thomas Nemecek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Chang Liang

ECOLO

ACS

Reynald Lemke Canada

Con A. Campbell Canada

R.L.M. Schils Netherlands

J. Humphreys Ireland

Olivier Huguenin‐Elie Switzerland

Jon Hillier United Kingdom

Robélio Leandro Marchão Brazil

Luca Bechini Italy

Rattan Lal United States

Stephen Machado United States

Reynald Lemke Canada

Chang Liang

830 ×1.2

402 ×0.8

ECOLO

416 ×0.9

ACS

555 ×1.7

172 ×0.7

Citations per year, relative to Chang Liang Chang Liang (= 1×) peers Reynald Lemke

Countries citing papers authored by Chang Liang

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This map shows the geographic impact of Chang Liang's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Chang Liang with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Chang Liang more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Chang Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chang Liang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chang Liang. The network helps show where Chang Liang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chang Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chang Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chang Liang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chang Liang. Chang Liang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Meiyan, Aizhen Liang, Shuchen Liu, et al.. (2025). No-tillage is beneficial for controlling ground-dwelling cricket population: Evidence from gut microbiota. Soil and Tillage Research. 253. 106643–106643.

Wang, Lixue, Ismail Khan, Guanlin Li, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of straw mulching and interplanting patterns on water use efficiency and productivity of the maize-soybean cropping system. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(7). 16883–16911. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Chang, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen fertilizer replacement value of stockpiled and rotted dairy cattle manures for corn (Zea mays L.) from a long-term study. Field Crops Research. 315. 109455–109455. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). Warming reduces soil CO2 emissions but enhances soil N2O emissions: A long-term soil transplantation experiment. European Journal of Soil Biology. 121. 103614–103614. 3 indexed citations

Price, G.W., et al.. (2024). Effects on soil carbon storage from municipal biosolids application to agricultural fields. Journal of Environmental Management. 361. 121249–121249. 3 indexed citations

Strack, Maria, Kelly Ann Bona, & Chang Liang. (2024). A First Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agricultural Peatlands in Canada: Evaluation of Climate Change Mitigation Potential. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 16(1). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yulin, et al.. (2023). No tillage increases soil microarthropod (Acari and Collembola) abundance at the global scale. Soil Ecology Letters. 6(2). 5 indexed citations

L., B., et al.. (2023). Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 127(2). 191–207. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Siping, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the influence of straw mulching and intercropping on nitrogen uptake, crop growth, and yield performance in maize and soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1280382–1280382. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Shaobo, et al.. (2023). Effects of Subsoiling Depth on Soil Aggregate Stability and Carbon Storage in a Clay-Loam Soil. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 23(3). 3302–3312. 6 indexed citations

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Pelster, David E., Chang Liang, Martin H. Chantigny, et al.. (2022). Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 103(2). 344–352. 15 indexed citations

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Liang, Chang, Xiying Hao, J.J. Schoenau, et al.. (2021). Manure-induced carbon retention measured from long-term field studies in Canada. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 321. 107619–107619. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shixiu, Chang Liang, Neil B. McLaughlin, et al.. (2021). Complex soil food web enhances the association between N mineralization and soybean yield – a model study from long-term application of a conservation tillage system in a black soil of Northeast China. SOIL. 7(1). 71–82. 17 indexed citations

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Chai, Qiang, Thomas Nemecek, Chang Liang, et al.. (2021). Integrated farming with intercropping increases food production while reducing environmental footprint. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 151 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Shixiu, Chang Liang, Neil B. McLaughlin, et al.. (2020). Multi-cooperation of soil biota in the plough layer is the key for conservationtillage to improve N availability and crop yield. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Chang, J. Douglas MacDonald, Raymond L. Desjardins, et al.. (2020). Beef cattle production impacts soil organic carbon storage. The Science of The Total Environment. 718. 137273–137273. 17 indexed citations

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Liang, Chang, et al.. (2020). Developing a country specific method for estimating nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils in Canada. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 117(2). 145–167. 24 indexed citations

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Liang, Chang, et al.. (2018). Effect of Soybean Cultivation on Soil Collembola Community in Marshland of Sanjiang Plain, China. Russian Journal of Ecology. 49(6). 570–576. 1 indexed citations

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Gan, Yantai, Chang Liang, Qiang Chai, et al.. (2014). Improving farming practices reduces the carbon footprint of spring wheat production. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5012–5012. 254 indexed citations

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Gan, Yantai, Chang Liang, Chantal Hamel, H. Cutforth, & Hong Wang. (2011). Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of field crops for semiarid areas. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 31(4). 643–656. 149 indexed citations

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