Deliang Kong

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Deliang Kong is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Deliang Kong has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Soil Science and 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Deliang Kong's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (18 papers). Deliang Kong is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (18 papers). Deliang Kong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Deliang Kong's co-authors include Hui Zeng, Dali Guo, Chengen Ma, Qian Zhang, Le Li, Xiaoyong Chen, Junjian Wang, Paul Kardol, Huifang Wu and Yu‐Long Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Deliang Kong

53 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.

Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species

2014 395 citations Deliang Kong, Hui Zeng et al. New Phytologist profile →
Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

2019 206 citations Deliang Kong, Junjian Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Deliang Kong

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Tanja Strecker Germany

Liang Kou China

Gerhard Glatzel Austria

Pekka Nygren Finland

Shem Kuyah Kenya

Mengguang Han China

J. A. Baddeley United Kingdom

Raphaël J. Manlay France

Xi Fang China

Roland Hasibeder Austria

Tanja Strecker Germany

Deliang Kong

466 ×0.5

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498 ×0.9

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379 ×0.8

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249 ×0.7

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319 ×1.4

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Citations per year, relative to Deliang Kong Deliang Kong (= 1×) peers Tanja Strecker

Countries citing papers authored by Deliang Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deliang Kong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deliang Kong

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

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Wang, Junjian, et al.. (2025). Root anatomy governs bi-directional resource transfer in mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8731–8731. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Binglin, Junjian Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov, et al.. (2025). Increased dependence on mycorrhizal fungi for nutrient acquisition under carbon limitation by tree girdling. Plant Diversity. 47(3). 466–478. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingli, Xiao‐Wen Zeng, Ming Dou, et al.. (2025). Soil nutrients drive the spatial variability of wetland productivity along degradation gradients through plant functional traits. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(2).

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Wu, Huifang, Jing Chen, Mingzhen Lu, et al.. (2025). Divergent leaf–root coordination between mangroves and non-mangroves. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(2). 3 indexed citations

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Kong, Deliang, et al.. (2025). Rhizospheric traits and plant functioning belowground. Plant Communications. 7(1). 101579–101579.

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Weemstra, Monique, J. Aaron Hogan, Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes, et al.. (2025). The unique root form and function on the Tibetan Plateau. New Phytologist. 248(5). 2280–2294. 2 indexed citations

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Kong, Deliang, et al.. (2025). Impacts of financial, caregiving, and emotional support on mental health: case of hypertensive patients in China. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1601168–1601168.

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Wang, Mengke, Deliang Kong, Yinghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Molecular-level carbon traits underlie the multidimensional fine root economics space. Nature Plants. 10(6). 901–909. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Yidi, et al.. (2024). Decoupling of uptake‐ and transport‐related traits in absorptive roots across coexisting herbaceous species in alpine meadows. Journal of Ecology. 112(4). 770–783. 10 indexed citations

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Guo, Binglin, et al.. (2024). Multi-dimensionality in plant root traits: progress and challenges. Journal of Plant Ecology. 17(4). 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Mengke, et al.. (2024). Molecular-level carbon traits of fine roots: unveiling adaptation and decomposition under flooded conditions. Biogeosciences. 21(11). 2691–2704. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Binglin, et al.. (2024). Linking root cell wall width with plant functioning under drought conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(18). 5463–5466. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Qitong, et al.. (2024). Contrasting coordination of non‐structural carbohydrates with leaf and root economic strategies of alpine coniferous forests. New Phytologist. 243(2). 580–590. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Qitong, et al.. (2023). Coordination of leaf and root economic space in alpine coniferous forests on the Tibetan Plateau. Plant and Soil. 496(1-2). 555–568. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Mingzhen, et al.. (2023). The origin of bi-dimensionality in plant root traits. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(1). 78–88. 36 indexed citations

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Dong, Tingfa, et al.. (2022). Leaf trait differences between 97 pairs of invasive and native plants across China: effects of identities of both the invasive and native species. NeoBiota. 71. 1–22. 15 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaocheng, et al.. (2020). A review on the effects of invasive plants on mycorrhizal fungi of native plants and their underlying mechanisms. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 44(11). 1095–1112. 3 indexed citations

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Kong, Deliang & Jason D. Fridley. (2019). Does plant biomass partitioning reflect energetic investments in carbon and nutrient foraging?. Functional Ecology. 33(9). 1627–1637. 18 indexed citations

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Kong, Deliang, Junjian Wang, Huifang Wu, et al.. (2019). Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2203–2203. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kong, Deliang, et al.. (2017). Higher photosynthesis, nutrient‐ and energy‐use efficiencies contribute to invasiveness of exotic plants in a nutrient poor habitat in northeast China. Physiologia Plantarum. 160(4). 373–382. 24 indexed citations

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