Chuanfa Wu

2.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Chuanfa Wu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuanfa Wu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Chuanfa Wu's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Chuanfa Wu is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Chuanfa Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Chuanfa Wu's co-authors include Limei Zhang, Chao Xiong, Ji‐Zheng He, An‐Hui Ge, Juntao Wang, Brajesh K. Singh, Lili Han, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Ju‐Pei Shen and Peipei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Chuanfa Wu

28 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity

2020 465 citations Chao Xiong, Yong‐Guan Zhu et al. profile →
Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome

2021 276 citations Chao Xiong, Brajesh K. Singh et al. Microbiome profile →
Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions

2020 209 citations Chao Xiong, Ji‐Zheng He et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
Crop residue return sustains global soil ecological stoichiometry balance

2023 116 citations Ji Liu, Tianyi Qiu et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chuanfa Wu China	15	963	569	376	329	146	28	1.5k
An‐Hui Ge China	15	1.0k 1.1×	487 0.9×	304 0.8×	318 1.0×	154 1.1×	30	1.5k
Yao Pan China	8	1.0k 1.0×	448 0.8×	353 0.9×	347 1.1×	149 1.0×	17	1.5k
Manuel Fernández‐López Spain	25	1.1k 1.1×	467 0.8×	380 1.0×	352 1.1×	201 1.4×	68	1.8k
Marcel Meyer United Kingdom	8	657 0.7×	420 0.7×	323 0.9×	316 1.0×	84 0.6×	11	1.2k
Dan Naylor United States	11	1.1k 1.1×	555 1.0×	394 1.0×	419 1.3×	78 0.5×	12	1.7k
Youzhi Miao China	23	1.1k 1.2×	623 1.1×	348 0.9×	774 2.4×	112 0.8×	52	2.2k
Chao Xiong China	18	1.5k 1.5×	620 1.1×	333 0.9×	478 1.5×	310 2.1×	41	2.1k
Mengli Zhao China	17	1.1k 1.2×	304 0.5×	313 0.8×	302 0.9×	179 1.2×	38	1.6k
Tianjie Yang China	15	839 0.9×	288 0.5×	277 0.7×	254 0.8×	138 0.9×	21	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chuanfa Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuanfa Wu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mei, Zhi-Gang, Chuanfa Wu, Shengjing Shi, et al.. (2025). Loss of protistan diversity weakens soil phosphorus availability. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105976–105976. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Dan, Xiangxiang Wang, Chuanfa Wu, et al.. (2025). Microbial strategies regulate organic carbon accumulation in saline paddy soils: A millennium chronosequence. CATENA. 252. 108869–108869. 7 indexed citations

Wu, Chuanfa, Haoqing Zhang, Zhenke Zhu, et al.. (2025). Microbial diversity loss and plant genotype modulates rhizosphere microbial β-diversity to constrain soil functioning. Soil Ecology Letters. 7(3). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Li, Chuanfa Wu, Haoqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Promotion of symbiotic interaction between phagotrophic protists and beneficial bacteria, mediated via a balancing of soil nutrients, reduces the incidence of watermelon Fusarium wilt. Pedosphere. 35(2). 352–363. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Chuanfa, Qin Zhang, Haoqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Microbial diversity loss and wheat genotype-triggered rhizosphere bacterial and protistan diversity constrain soil multifunctionality: Evidence from greenhouse experiment. Plant and Soil. 504(1-2). 475–491. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Chuanfa, Zhi-Gang Mei, Haoqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Host genotype-specific rhizosphere protists associate soil-borne viral disease resistance in wheat. Plant and Soil. 512(1-2). 881–891. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Haoqing, Hongwei Liu, Chuanfa Wu, et al.. (2024). Combating wheat yellow mosaic virus through microbial interactions and hormone pathway modulations. Microbiome. 12(1). 200–200. 21 indexed citations

Xiong, Chao, Brajesh K. Singh, Yong‐Guan Zhu, et al.. (2024). Microbial species pool-mediated diazotrophic community assembly in crop microbiomes during plant development. mSystems. 9(4). e0105523–e0105523. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Ji, Tianyi Qiu, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2023). Crop residue return sustains global soil ecological stoichiometry balance. Global Change Biology. 29(8). 2203–2226. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Haiting, Chuanfa Wu, Haoqing Zhang, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the belowground microbial community and co-occurrence networks of tobacco plants infected with bacterial wilt disease. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 38(9). 155–155. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuanfa, Fang Wang, Haohao Lyu, et al.. (2022). Microbial community changes in different underground compartments of potato affected yield and quality. 3 Biotech. 12(5). 106–106. 20 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuanfa, Haoqing Zhang, Wei Liang, et al.. (2022). Changes in soil fungal communities after onset of wheat yellow mosaic virus disease. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 1033991–1033991. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, Haoqing Zhang, Xiang Wu, et al.. (2022). Deciphering differences in microbial community composition and multifunctionality between healthy and Alternaria solani-infected potato rhizosphere soils. Plant and Soil. 484(1-2). 347–362. 14 indexed citations

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Xiong, Chao, Brajesh K. Singh, Ji‐Zheng He, et al.. (2021). Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome. Microbiome. 9(1). 171–171. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Haoqing, Chuanfa Wu, Haiting Wang, et al.. (2021). Wheat yellow mosaic enhances bacterial deterministic processes in a plant-soil system. The Science of The Total Environment. 812. 151430–151430. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuanfa, et al.. (2021). Enrichment of beneficial rhizosphere microbes in Chinese wheat yellow mosaic virus-resistant cultivars. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 105(24). 9371–9383. 27 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaomeng, Tida Ge, Chuanfa Wu, et al.. (2021). T4-like Phages Reveal the Potential Role of Viruses in Soil Organic Matter Mineralization. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(9). 6440–6448. 44 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuanfa, An‐Hui Ge, Haoqing Zhang, et al.. (2021). Enrichment of microbial taxa after the onset of wheat yellow mosaic disease. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 322. 107651–107651. 38 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuanfa, Xiaomeng Wei, Ziye Hu, et al.. (2020). Diazotrophic Community Variation Underlies Differences in Nitrogen Fixation Potential in Paddy Soils Across a Climatic Gradient in China. Microbial Ecology. 81(2). 425–436. 29 indexed citations

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Xiong, Chao, Ji‐Zheng He, Brajesh K. Singh, et al.. (2020). Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions. Environmental Microbiology. 23(4). 1907–1924. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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