Chaochun Zhang

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Chaochun Zhang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chaochun Zhang has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Plant Science, 42 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 19 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Chaochun Zhang's work include Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (40 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers). Chaochun Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (40 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers). Chaochun Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Australia. Chaochun Zhang's co-authors include Fusuo Zhang, Wopke van der Werf, Haigang Li, Chunjie Li, Yang Yu, Jonathan P. Lynch, Jianbo Shen, Ellis Hoffland, Thomas W. Kuyper and He Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Chaochun Zhang

76 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains

2020 407 citations Chunjie Li, Ellis Hoffland et al. Nature Plants profile →
Intercropping maize and soybean increases efficiency of land and fertilizer nitrogen use; A meta-analysis

2019 210 citations Chunjie Li, Chaochun Zhang et al. Field Crops Research profile →
The productive performance of intercropping

2023 152 citations Chunjie Li, Haigang Li et al. profile →

Peers

Chaochun Zhang

ACS

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Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol Brazil

Getachew Agegnehu Ethiopia

P. W. G. Sale Australia

Paulo César Ocheuze Trivelin Brazil

Rogério Peres Soratto Brazil

M. C. Manna India

Fátima Maria de Souza Moreira Brazil

Haigang Li China

Megan H. Ryan Australia

Ciro Antônio Rosolem Brazil

Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol Brazil

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4.3k ×1.9

2.1k ×1.2

ACS

3.8k ×4.1

478 ×0.9

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365 ×1.3

Citations per year, relative to Chaochun Zhang Chaochun Zhang (= 1×) peers Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol

Countries citing papers authored by Chaochun Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chaochun Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chaochun Zhang. 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 Chaochun Zhang. The network helps show where Chaochun Zhang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chaochun Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chaochun Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chaochun Zhang 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 Chaochun Zhang. Chaochun Zhang 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

Xu, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Effective potassium management for sustainable crop production based on soil potassium availability. Field Crops Research. 326. 109865–109865. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinyao, Rushan Chai, Chaochun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Matching Phosphorus Fertilizer Types with Soil Type in Rice Cultivation Optimizes Yield, Soil Phosphorus Availability, and Phosphorus Fertilizer Use Efficiency. Agriculture. 15(2). 172–172.

Guo, Liang, et al.. (2025). Phosphate solubilizing fungi enhance insoluble phosphate dissolution via organic acid production: mechanisms and applications. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1600231–1600231. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chaochun, et al.. (2025). Increasing crop diversity reduces pesticides across diverse production situations. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 45(5).

Zhang, Chaochun, et al.. (2024). Iron biofortification and yield of wheat grain in response to Fe fertilization and its driving variables: A meta-analysis. Global Food Security. 40. 100737–100737. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Chaochun, et al.. (2024). Pollination services in the North China Plain measured using buckwheat sentinel plants; is there a deficit?. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 373. 109129–109129. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Jiali, Andries Richter, Wen‐Feng Cong, et al.. (2024). Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: A case study in the North China Plain. Agricultural Systems. 223. 104187–104187. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yaoyun, Laurent Bedoussac, Chaochun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Pesticide use is affected more by crop species than by crop diversity at the cropping system level. European Journal of Agronomy. 159. 127263–127263. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Min, Feng Shi, Rushan Chai, et al.. (2024). Trade-Off Strategy for Usage of Phosphorus Fertilizer in Calcareous Soil-Grown Winter Wheat: Yield, Phosphorus Use Efficiency, and Zinc Nutrition Response. Agriculture. 14(3). 373–373. 6 indexed citations

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Luo, Laichao, Wei Peng, Xiaoxuan Wang, et al.. (2023). Rational phosphorus stewardship for sustainable maize production in China: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Agronomy. 153. 127072–127072. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jiali, Xu Zhan, Zhengyuan Liang, et al.. (2023). Farmers perceive diminishing ecosystem services, but overlook dis-services in intensively used agricultural landscapes in the North China Plain. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119060–119060. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruibo, Xin Wang, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, et al.. (2023). Dynamic variation of bacterial community assemblage and functional profiles during rice straw degradation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1173442–1173442. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaochun, Lizhen Zhang, Feng Guo, et al.. (2023). Morphological responses in peanut pod development to intercropping and nitrogen application rates. Field Crops Research. 302. 109101–109101. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Yijun, Liangliang Zhang, Shijia Yuan, et al.. (2023). The Production of Oxalate by Aspergillus niger under Different Lead Concentrations. Agronomy. 13(4). 1182–1182. 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Da, Xiaohui Cheng, Liyan Wang, et al.. (2022). Remediation of Lead-Contaminated Water by Red Yeast and Different Types of Phosphate. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 775058–775058. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruibo, Wenjie Zhang, Bingbing Luo, et al.. (2022). Changes in phosphorus mobilization and community assembly of bacterial and fungal communities in rice rhizosphere under phosphate deficiency. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 953340–953340. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Chunjie, Ellis Hoffland, Thomas W. Kuyper, et al.. (2020). Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains. Nature Plants. 6(6). 653–660. 407 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Yuanxue, Zhang Fu-suo, Xinping Chen, et al.. (2014). Effect of nitrogen fertilizer on dry matter accumulation and yield in wheat/maize/soybean intercropping systems. 23(1). 73–83.

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Li, Tang, et al.. (2009). Effect of N level on rice yield, nitrogen accumulation and rice blast occurrence under rice intercropping system. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yi, et al.. (2006). Effects of Nitrogen and Silicon Nutrition on Rice Blast Occurrence under Intercropping with Different Type Varieties. Zhongguo shuidao kexue. 3 indexed citations

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