Dejun Li

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Dejun Li is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dejun Li has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Soil Science, 60 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dejun Li's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (109 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (39 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers). Dejun Li is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (109 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (39 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers). Dejun Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Dejun Li's co-authors include Kelin Wang, Yiqi Luo, Hao Chen, Kongcao Xiao, Shuli Niu, Jiangming Mo, Xinming Wang, Wei Zhang, Jie Zhao and Wei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dejun Li

183 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Global patterns of the dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following afforestation: a meta‐analysis

2012 507 citations Dejun Li et al. New Phytologist profile →
Tree species diversity increases soil microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest

2023 97 citations Pengpeng Duan, Andrew T. Nottingham et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dejun Li China	47	4.2k	2.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	192	6.8k
Changming Fang China	38	3.9k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	963 0.8×	87	7.0k
Edith Bai China	41	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	125	6.1k
Michael Dannenmann Germany	37	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	138	6.2k
X. L. Lu China	40	3.9k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	97	6.1k
Xiaorong Wei China	43	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	704 0.6×	198	6.3k
Luc Abbadie France	39	3.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	975 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	81	6.3k
Jianlin Shen China	35	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	115	6.6k
Dashuan Tian China	33	3.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	919 0.8×	108	4.8k
Marisa de Cássia Píccolo Brazil	45	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	160	6.0k
Niall P. McNamara United Kingdom	43	2.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	866 0.7×	136	6.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Ji, Xiao‐Tao Lü, Dejun Li, et al.. (2025). Decoupling of plant nitrogen and phosphorus under global change over the last two decades. Journal of Ecology. 113(8). 2120–2130. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Qingmei, et al.. (2025). Depth-dependent mechanisms underpinning soil organic carbon accumulation following afforestation. Journal of Plant Ecology.

Chen, Hao, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Bruce A. Hungate, et al.. (2025). Linking soil extracellular enzymes with soil respiration under altered litter inputs. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 367. 110503–110503. 2 indexed citations

Li, Dejun, Chuanfeng Zhao, Liu Cao, et al.. (2024). Seeding invigoration effect of ice-containing clouds on lower convective clouds during MeiYu season in 2020. Atmospheric Research. 301. 107288–107288. 3 indexed citations

Karim, Murni, et al.. (2024). A Study on the Characteristics of Nitrification and Denitrification of Three Small Watersheds During the Wet and Dry Seasons with Various Sources of Pollution: A Case Study of the Jinjing Basin. Agriculture. 14(12). 2330–2330.

Liu, Qiumei, et al.. (2023). Biochar drives humus formation during composting by regulating the specialized metabolic features of microbiome. Chemical Engineering Journal. 458. 141380–141380. 79 indexed citations

Du, Hu, Kun Gao, Kelin Wang, et al.. (2023). Plant species diversity enhances soil gross nitrogen transformations in a subtropical forest, southwest China. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(7). 1364–1375. 18 indexed citations

Yang, Xinyi, Pengpeng Duan, Yubo Cao, Kelin Wang, & Dejun Li. (2023). Mechanisms of mitigating nitrous oxide emission during composting by biochar and calcium carbonate addition. Bioresource Technology. 388. 129772–129772. 9 indexed citations

Duan, Pengpeng, Andrew T. Nottingham, Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta, et al.. (2023). Tree species diversity increases soil microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest. Global Change Biology. 29(24). 7131–7144. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Dejun, Xiao‐Tao Lü, Yunting Fang, et al.. (2023). Widespread controls of leaf nutrient resorption by nutrient limitation and stoichiometry. Functional Ecology. 37(6). 1653–1662. 23 indexed citations

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Gao, Kun, et al.. (2023). Increasing plant species diversity suppresses free‐living N₂ fixation in litter and soil of a subtropical karst forest. Functional Ecology. 38(2). 391–402. 3 indexed citations

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Feng, Tao, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Difference Volatile Organic Compounds in Passion Fruit with Different Maturity via GC-IMS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dejun, et al.. (2022). Research on Learning Evaluation of College Students Based on AHP and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2022. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Pan, Yuepeng, Shili Tian, Dianming Wu, et al.. (2020). Ammonia should be considered in field experiments mimicking nitrogen deposition. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 13(3). 248–251. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Ang, Erik A. Hobbie, Feifei Zhu, et al.. (2020). Mature conifers assimilate nitrate as efficiently as ammonium from soils in four forest plantations. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3184–3194. 43 indexed citations

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Luo, Pan, Hao Chen, Kongcao Xiao, et al.. (2017). [Effects of Topography, Tree Species and Soil Properties on Soil Enzyme Activity in Karst Regions].. PubMed. 38(6). 2577–2585. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dejun, et al.. (2016). Sensitivity Simulation of Contribution of Desertification over Qinghai-Xizang Plateau to East Asian Dust Aerosols. Gaoyuan qixiang. 35(3). 590–596. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dejun, et al.. (2012). Analysis on a Short-Time Snowstorm Weather in WuhanBased on Variety of Monitor Data. Gaoyuan qixiang. 31(5). 1386. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dejun, et al.. (2005). Dynamics of energy distribution and its production of A Pinus massoniana community in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve. Guihaia. 2 indexed citations

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Mo, Jiangming, et al.. (2005). Acidity and Inorganic Nitrogen Concentrations in Soil Solution in Short-term Response to N Addition in Subtropical Forests. Redai yaredai zhiwu xuebao. 13(2). 123–129. 2 indexed citations

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