Chen Zhu

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Chen Zhu is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Zhu has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Soil Science and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Chen Zhu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (8 papers). Chen Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (8 papers). Chen Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Chen Zhu's co-authors include Ning Ling, Shiwei Guo, Qirong Shen, Junjie Guo, Chao Xue, Chang Peng, Yinghua Duan, Yali Kong, Huan Chen and Qirong Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Chen Zhu

76 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Insight into how organic amendments can shape the soil mi... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2022 100 200 300
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.

  1. Insight into how organic amendments can shape the soil microbiome in long-term field experiments as revealed by network analysis
    2016 312 citations Ning Ling, Chen Zhu et al. profile →
  2. Microbial diversity and the abundance of keystone species drive the response of soil multifunctionality to organic substitution and biochar amendment in a tea plantation
    2022 127 citations Zhaoqiang Han, Pinshang Xu et al. GCB Bioenergy profile →

Peers

Chen Zhu
Yuanyuan Li China
Wenying Wang China
Taimoor Hassan Farooq China
Xiuzhen Shi China
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath‐Kimura Germany
Weishou Shen China
Zhanhuan Shang China
Olaf Christen Germany
Jay Gulledge United States
Yuanyuan Li China
Chen Zhu
Citations per year, relative to Chen Zhu Chen Zhu (= 1×) peers Yuanyuan Li

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Zhu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Chen, Youfa Wang, Xiaosong Yang, et al.. (2025). Multi-dimensional evidence from the UK Biobank shows the impact of diet and macronutrient intake on aging. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 36–36. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ming, Bo Jiao, Xuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanisms of unique therapeutic potential of CUDC-907 for MEF2D fusion-driven BCP-ALL. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 230–230.
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Kang, Zijian, Wenxin Liu, Chen Zhu, et al.. (2025). Plasma Proteomic Profiles Predict Individual Future Osteoarthritis Risk. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 77(8). 981–995. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hongbo, et al.. (2024). Bacterial abundant taxa exhibit stronger environmental adaption than rare taxa in the Arctic Ocean sediments. Marine Environmental Research. 199. 106624–106624. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chen, et al.. (2023). Does crowdedness affect consumers’ food consumption and nutrients intake in restaurant environments? A cross-city analyses from China. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 115. 103598–103598. 3 indexed citations
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López, Rigoberto A., et al.. (2023). Consumer preferences for sustainably produced ultra-high-temperature milk in China. Journal of Dairy Science. 106(4). 2338–2346. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhiqiang, Liting Xu, Hongbo Zhou, et al.. (2023). Depth significantly affects plastisphere microbial evenness, assembly and co-occurrence pattern but not richness and composition. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 463. 132921–132921. 10 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chen & Shenggen Fan. (2023). Transforming agri‐food systems for nutrition and health: Insights from emerging economies. Agribusiness. 39(S1). 1355–1357. 1 indexed citations
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Han, Zhaoqiang, Pinshang Xu, Zhutao Li, et al.. (2022). Microbial diversity and the abundance of keystone species drive the response of soil multifunctionality to organic substitution and biochar amendment in a tea plantation. GCB Bioenergy. 14(4). 481–495. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Hui, Chen Zhu, Yan Deng, et al.. (2022). Temperature mediated the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes and reoccurrence of microbial community during treating aniline wastewater. Water Research. 221. 118741–118741. 57 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiang, Pu Jia, Marc W. Cadotte, et al.. (2021). Host plant environmental filtering drives foliar fungal community assembly in symptomatic leaves. Oecologia. 195(3). 737–749. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Qicheng, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, Ling Li, et al.. (2021). Microbial generalists and specialists differently contribute to the community diversity in farmland soils. Journal of Advanced Research. 40. 17–27. 120 indexed citations
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Chen, Qihui, et al.. (2020). What is creating the height premium? New evidence from a Mendelian randomization analysis in China. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230555–e0230555. 7 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chen, et al.. (2019). A New Liquidambar formosana Cultivar‘Fulu Zifeng’. Acta Horticulturae Sinica. 46. 2921. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chen, Xiaohui Zhang, Qiran Zhao, & Qihui Chen. (2018). Hybrid marriages and phenotypic heterosis in offspring: Evidence from China. Economics & Human Biology. 29. 102–114. 7 indexed citations
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Xue, Chao, Xu Zhang, Chen Zhu, et al.. (2016). Quantitative and compositional responses of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria to long-term field fertilization. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28981–28981. 25 indexed citations
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Zhong, Shan, Daji Luo, Yaping Wang, et al.. (2009). STUDY ON SERUM GH EXPRESSION OF TRANSGENIC AND CONTROL COMMON CARP UNDER HUNGRY CONDITION. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 33(6). 1046–1050. 1 indexed citations

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