Chao Liang

16.9k total citations · 14 hit papers
211 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Chao Liang is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Liang has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Soil Science, 103 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Chao Liang's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (133 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (82 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (26 papers). Chao Liang is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (133 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (82 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (26 papers). Chao Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Chao Liang's co-authors include Julie Jastrow, Joshua P. Schimel, Teri C. Balser, Matthias Kästner, Johannes Lehmann, Wulf Amelung, Hongtu Xie, Shaoshan An, Yakov Kuzyakov and Baorong Wang 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

Chao Liang

194 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soi... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2019 2021 2018 2019 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage
    2017 2.1k citations Chao Liang et al. profile →
  2. Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter
    2019 1.2k citations Chao Liang, Matthias Kästner et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  3. Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems
    2021 570 citations Baorong Wang, Shaoshan An et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  4. Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils
    2018 354 citations Chao Liang et al. profile →
  5. Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments
    2019 268 citations Yuji Jiang, Chao Liang et al. profile →
  6. The soil microbial carbon pump: From conceptual insights to empirical assessments
    2020 232 citations Xuefeng Zhu, Randall D. Jackson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  7. Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits
    2022 206 citations Chao Liang, Richard P. Phillips et al. profile →
  8. Negative effects of multiple global change factors on soil microbial diversity
    2021 176 citations Chao Liang, Shaoshan An et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  9. Increasing contribution of microbial residues to soil organic carbon in grassland restoration chronosequence
    2022 155 citations Baorong Wang, Chao Liang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  10. Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump
    2023 141 citations Ke‐Qing Xiao, Yao Zhao et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
  11. Fungi determine increased soil organic carbon more than bacteria through their necromass inputs in conservation tillage croplands
    2022 125 citations Hongtu Xie, Xuelian Bao et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  12. Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems
    2022 112 citations Yichao Rui, Randall D. Jackson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Reducing the uncertainty in estimating soil microbial-derived carbon storage
    2024 68 citations Hu Han, Chao Qian et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon
    2024 54 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Xuefeng Zhu et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chao Liang China 55 8.9k 5.8k 2.9k 1.6k 1.4k 211 12.4k
Shuijin Hu United States 65 6.8k 0.8× 3.6k 0.6× 5.8k 2.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 228 13.1k
Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern Austria 53 8.9k 1.0× 6.2k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 3.4k 2.2× 818 0.6× 157 14.1k
Rainer Georg Joergensen Germany 60 13.2k 1.5× 6.0k 1.0× 5.3k 1.8× 3.6k 2.3× 2.0k 1.5× 289 18.0k
Eldor A. Paul United States 44 7.0k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 75 10.3k
Åsa Frostegård Norway 39 4.8k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 514 0.4× 83 10.3k
Sara Hallin Sweden 54 4.6k 0.5× 7.3k 1.3× 2.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.4× 651 0.5× 146 13.5k
Bryan S. Griffiths United Kingdom 60 5.9k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 6.2k 2.1× 1.3k 0.8× 738 0.5× 243 13.3k
Karl Ritz United Kingdom 55 4.7k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 4.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 570 0.4× 199 11.1k
Dafeng Hui United States 51 6.6k 0.7× 4.1k 0.7× 3.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 863 0.6× 261 13.2k
Johannes A. van Veen Netherlands 72 6.5k 0.7× 6.1k 1.0× 9.5k 3.3× 1.5k 1.0× 865 0.6× 181 17.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Liang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lynch, Laurel, et al.. (2024). Ecotypes shape extracellular enzyme stoichiometries via microbial resource allocation. Applied Soil Ecology. 204. 105744–105744. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yuzhu, Xuelian Bao, Ke‐Qing Xiao, et al.. (2024). Toward soil carbon storage: The influence of parent material and vegetation on profile-scale microbial community structure and necromass accumulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 193. 109399–109399. 25 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongfei, Chao Liang, Fugui Liu, et al.. (2024). Predicting carbonate rock dissolution using multi-scale residual neural networks with prior knowledge. Gas Science and Engineering. 124. 205268–205268. 1 indexed citations
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Ao, Deng, Baorong Wang, Y. W. Wang, et al.. (2024). Grassland degraded patchiness reduces microbial necromass content but increases contribution to soil organic carbon accumulation. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175717–175717. 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xuefeng, Kai Feng, Hongtu Xie, et al.. (2024). Microbial necromass contribution to soil carbon storage via community assembly processes. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175749–175749. 9 indexed citations
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Sui, Xin, Xuelian Bao, Hongtu Xie, et al.. (2024). Contrasting seasonal effects of legume and grass cover crops as living mulch on the soil microbial community and nutrient metabolic limitations. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 380. 109374–109374. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Qitong, Ziliang Zhang, Chao Liang, et al.. (2024). Rhizosphere as a hotspot for microbial necromass deposition into the soil carbon pool. Journal of Ecology. 113(1). 168–179. 17 indexed citations
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Lynch, Laurel, et al.. (2024). Factors driving microbial biomass and necromass relationships display ecosystem‐dependent responses. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(4). 6 indexed citations
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Han, Hu, Chao Qian, Ke Xue, et al.. (2024). Reducing the uncertainty in estimating soil microbial-derived carbon storage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(35). e2401916121–e2401916121. 68 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Yixuan, Guanghui Yu, Shuijin Hu, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the Intricate Control of Minerals on Deep Soil Carbon Stability and Persistence in Alaskan Permafrost. Global Change Biology. 30(10). e17552–e17552. 5 indexed citations
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Zheng, Tiantian, Anja Miltner, Chao Liang, Karolina M. Nowak, & Matthias Kästner. (2023). Turnover of bacterial biomass to soil organic matter via fungal biomass and its metabolic implications. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 180. 108995–108995. 44 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyue, Chao Liang, Jingdong Mao, et al.. (2023). Microbial keystone taxa drive succession of plant residue chemistry. The ISME Journal. 17(5). 748–757. 75 indexed citations
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Li, Yimeng, Chao Liang, Junfeng Liu, et al.. (2023). Moderate Reduction in Nitrogen Fertilizer Results in Improved Rice Quality by Affecting Starch Properties without Causing Yield Loss. Foods. 12(13). 2601–2601. 3 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ke‐Qing, Yao Zhao, Chao Liang, et al.. (2023). Author Correction: Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(7). 506–506.
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Rui, Yichao, Randall D. Jackson, M. Francesca Cotrufo, et al.. (2022). Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 112 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bao, Xuelian, Hongtu Xie, Hongbo He, et al.. (2021). Frequent stover mulching builds healthy soil and sustainable agriculture in Mollisols. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 326. 107815–107815. 36 indexed citations
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Liu, Ruiqiang, Yanghui He, Guiyao Zhou, et al.. (2021). Mycorrhizal effects on decomposition and soil CO 2 flux depend on changes in nitrogen availability during forest succession. Journal of Ecology. 109(11). 3929–3943. 19 indexed citations
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Jeewani, Peduruhewa H., Yu Luo, Guanghui Yu, et al.. (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and goethite promote carbon sequestration via hyphal-aggregate mineral interactions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 162. 108417–108417. 74 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xuefeng, Hongtu Xie, Michael D. Masters, et al.. (2020). Microbial trade-off in soil organic carbon storage in a no-till continuous corn agroecosystem. European Journal of Soil Biology. 96. 103146–103146. 27 indexed citations
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Liang, Chao & Teri C. Balser. (2010). Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 9(1). 75–75. 268 indexed citations

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