Changming Zhao

2.0k total citations
95 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Changming Zhao is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Changming Zhao has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Changming Zhao's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (18 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Changming Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (18 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Changming Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Changming Zhao's co-authors include Kohzo Ito, Jianquan Liu, Ning Chen, Ning Chen, Kailiang Yu, Toshiyuki Kataoka, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Yasushi Okumura, Takeshi Karino and Liqun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Changming Zhao

89 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers

Changming Zhao
Mark West United States
Jie Lian China
Mingzhu He China
Yelin Zeng China
Yanjie Liu China
Chunwang Xiao China
Mingxi Jiang China
Timothy D. Meehan United States
E. Henry Lee United States
Mark West United States
Changming Zhao
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Countries citing papers authored by Changming Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Changming Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Changming Zhao

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

All Works

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Wang, Siqing, Liping Yang, Zhixin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Response Patterns of Three Types of Biocrust to Reduced Rainfall. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 11.
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Xu, Guobao, Tuo Chen, Xiaohong Liu, et al.. (2024). Spruce trees have stronger drought sensitivity at low- than high-elevation sites across China’s aridity zones. Global Ecology and Conservation. 53. e03000–e03000. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqing, Li Ma, Liping Yang, et al.. (2024). Advancing studies on global biocrust distribution. SOIL. 10(2). 763–778. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xudong, et al.. (2024). Long Transients May be Temporary Visits of Concealed Alternative Stable States. Ecosystems. 27(8). 1090–1103.
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Guan, Wei, et al.. (2024). Numerical methods to simulate spontaneous imbibition in microscopic pore structures: A review. 11(1). 1–21. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Yuchen, et al.. (2023). Effects of Different Afforestation Years on Soil Properties and Quality. Forests. 14(2). 329–329. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Ning, et al.. (2023). Microbial function regulates the effect of vegetation restoration on the contribution of biocrusts to soil respiration in drylands. Functional Ecology. 37(7). 1974–1988. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Ning, et al.. (2023). Biocrusts regulate the effect of rainfall pulses on soil respiration at different temporal scales on the Loess Plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 180. 109018–109018. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Minghu, Lixun Zhang, Changming Zhao, et al.. (2022). Fetching Ecosystem Monitoring Data in Extreme Areas via a Drone-Enabled Internet of Remote Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(24). 25052–25067. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Ning, et al.. (2022). Contrasting effects of biological soil crusts on soil respiration in a typical steppe. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 169. 108666–108666. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cankun, et al.. (2021). The capacity of ion adsorption and purification for coniferous forests is stronger than that of broad-leaved forests. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 215. 112137–112137. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Ning, et al.. (2020). Biocrust as one of multiple stable states in global drylands. Science Advances. 6(39). 69 indexed citations
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L., B., Changming Zhao, Wenting Xu, et al.. (2020). A dataset of 17 dominant plants phenological observation in Shennongjia (2009–2018). China Scientific Data. 5(1). 21.86101.1/csdata.2019.0043.zh–21.86101.1/csdata.2019.0043.zh.
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Li, Xinrong, et al.. (2019). Warming effects on soil respiration in moss-dominated crusts in the Tengger Desert, northern China. Plant and Soil. 443(1-2). 591–603. 9 indexed citations
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Jia, Rongliang, Ning Chen, Kailiang Yu, & Changming Zhao. (2018). High rainfall frequency promotes the dominance of biocrust under low annual rainfall. Plant and Soil. 435(1-2). 257–275. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Changming. (2011). Functional Stability of Photosystem II in the Diploid Hybrid Species(Pinus densata) under Low Temperature Stress. Xibei zhiwu xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Fei, Litong Chen, Buqing Yao, & Changming Zhao. (2009). Physiological performances of maternally-dependent genotypes in the homoploid hybrid species Hippophae goniocarpa.. Botanical studies. 50(2). 171–179. 2 indexed citations

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