Changai Lu

824 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 624 citations indexed

About

Changai Lu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Changai Lu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 624 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Soil Science, 13 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Changai Lu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers). Changai Lu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers). Changai Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Belgium and United Kingdom. Changai Lu's co-authors include Wenju Zhang, J. Wang, Minggang Xu, Gu Feng, Minggang Xu, Xiujun Wang, Ping Zhu, Yinghua Duan, Lei Zheng and Huiying Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Changai Lu

26 papers receiving 614 citations

Hit Papers

Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer use for more grain and les... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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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.

  1. Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer use for more grain and less pollution
    2022 119 citations Minggang Xu, Rong Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Changai Lu China 10 460 258 194 124 118 29 624
T.Q. Liu China 4 375 0.8× 303 1.2× 137 0.7× 106 0.9× 120 1.0× 6 566
Gevan D. Behnke United States 14 527 1.1× 217 0.8× 242 1.2× 151 1.2× 158 1.3× 21 739
Sudhir Verma India 10 361 0.8× 383 1.5× 193 1.0× 88 0.7× 122 1.0× 22 691
Yongmei Xu China 13 453 1.0× 226 0.9× 127 0.7× 85 0.7× 141 1.2× 16 633
Shikha Singh United States 14 455 1.0× 179 0.7× 205 1.1× 131 1.1× 103 0.9× 35 691
Xiaotong Liu China 14 478 1.0× 155 0.6× 146 0.8× 152 1.2× 98 0.8× 25 609
V. A. Pappa United Kingdom 11 406 0.9× 261 1.0× 223 1.1× 153 1.2× 194 1.6× 22 708
Stacy M. Zuber United States 6 564 1.2× 206 0.8× 162 0.8× 146 1.2× 160 1.4× 10 707
Dick Puurveen Canada 13 474 1.0× 202 0.8× 142 0.7× 107 0.9× 209 1.8× 27 616
Pengwei Yao China 15 433 0.9× 224 0.9× 211 1.1× 86 0.7× 100 0.8× 22 627

Countries citing papers authored by Changai Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Changai Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Changai Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Changai Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Changai Lu 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 Changai Lu. Changai Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Meersmans, Jeroen, et al.. (2025). Infrared spectroscopy for soil NPK estimation: Advances, challenges, and future directions in predictive modelling. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 185. 118142–118142.
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Liu, Lisheng, et al.. (2024). Response of maize yield and nitrogen recovery efficiency to nitrogen fertilizer application in field with various soil fertility. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1349180–1349180. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai, et al.. (2023). Effect of replacing synthetic nitrogen fertilizer with animal manure on grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in China: a meta‐analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1153235–1153235. 23 indexed citations
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Meng, Fanhua, et al.. (2023). Pathways and Drivers of Gross N Transformation in Different Soil Types under Long-Term Chemical Fertilizer Treatments. Agriculture. 13(2). 300–300. 5 indexed citations
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Duan, Yinghua, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of Al toxicity alleviation in acidic red soil by rice-straw hydrochar application and comparison with pyrochar. The Science of The Total Environment. 877. 162849–162849. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiuping, et al.. (2023). Layered-Strip Fertilization Improves Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Enhancing Absorption and Suppressing Loss of Urea Nitrogen. Agronomy. 13(9). 2428–2428. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xianmei, Zhenquan He, Wei Jia, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of Potassium Release from Feldspar by Mechanical Activation in Presence of Additives at Ordinary Temperatures. Materials. 17(1). 144–144. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Minggang, Rong Li, Lei Zheng, et al.. (2023). Achieving high yield and nitrogen agronomic efficiency by coupling wheat varieties with soil fertility. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163531–163531. 15 indexed citations
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Xing, Tingting, et al.. (2022). Increasing soil microbial biomass nitrogen in crop rotation systems by improving nitrogen resources under nitrogen application. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 21(5). 1488–1500. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Bisheng, et al.. (2018). Characteristics of soil labile organic carbon and carbon management index under different long-term fertilization sys-tems in four typical soils of China. 29–34. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai, et al.. (2016). Decomposition of organic materials in cropland soils across China: a meta-analysis.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 53(1). 16–25. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, J., Xiujun Wang, Minggang Xu, et al.. (2015). Crop yield and soil organic matter after long-term straw return to soil in China. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 102(3). 371–381. 179 indexed citations
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Wang, J., Changai Lu, Minggang Xu, et al.. (2013). Soil organic carbon sequestration under different fertilizer regimes in north and northeast C hina: R oth C simulation. Soil Use and Management. 29(2). 182–190. 23 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai, et al.. (2012). Effect of maize straw applied with N fertilizer on nitrogen adsorption of winter wheat under different soil fertility. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing Science. 18(1). 35–41. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai. (2012). Experimental Research on Effects of Different Fertilization on Nitrogen Transformation and pH of Red Soil. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai. (2009). Change and difference of soil nutrients for various regions in China. Turang feiliao. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai, et al.. (2009). Effects of different long-term fertilizations on fractions of organic carbon in Fluvo-aquic soil.. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing Science. 15(4). 831–836. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Changai. (2008). Influence of Long-term Fertilization on Content and Distribution of Organic Carbon in Particle-size Fractions of Red Soil and Fluvo-aquic Soil in China. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 2 indexed citations

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