Gexi Xu

864 total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Gexi Xu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Gexi Xu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Gexi Xu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Gexi Xu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Gexi Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Italy and Australia. Gexi Xu's co-authors include Shunxiang Pei, Quanshui Guo, Zunji Jian, Qin Aili, Ma Fanqiang, Bo Liu, Rainer W. Bussmann, Haibing Shao, Zuomin Shi and Jian Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Gexi Xu

37 papers receiving 639 citations

Hit Papers

Maxent modeling for predicting impacts of climate change ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Maxent modeling for predicting impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered conifer from southwestern China
    2017 286 citations Qin Aili, Quanshui Guo et al. Global Ecology and Conservation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gexi Xu China 11 238 208 183 177 157 38 649
Zunji Jian China 11 229 1.0× 209 1.0× 161 0.9× 112 0.6× 108 0.7× 26 546
Mark Renz United States 14 129 0.5× 264 1.3× 285 1.6× 76 0.4× 275 1.8× 48 748
Alexandra Prinz Sweden 3 78 0.3× 314 1.5× 164 0.9× 133 0.8× 221 1.4× 3 610
Jamie S. Sanderlin United States 10 212 0.9× 200 1.0× 564 3.1× 286 1.6× 153 1.0× 27 854
Peter A. Wilfahrt United States 13 101 0.4× 257 1.2× 150 0.8× 67 0.4× 132 0.8× 21 549
J. T. Wood Australia 14 120 0.5× 174 0.8× 273 1.5× 76 0.4× 128 0.8× 21 573
Adriana De Palma United Kingdom 13 238 1.0× 273 1.3× 302 1.7× 43 0.2× 84 0.5× 25 800
Laíse da Silveira Pontes Brazil 16 97 0.4× 498 2.4× 277 1.5× 342 1.9× 311 2.0× 43 1.1k
Quanshui Guo China 7 226 0.9× 146 0.7× 142 0.8× 25 0.1× 159 1.0× 14 459
Alexandre F. Souza Brazil 22 112 0.5× 663 3.2× 222 1.2× 84 0.5× 230 1.5× 51 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gexi Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gexi Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gexi Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gexi Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gexi Xu 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 Gexi Xu. Gexi Xu 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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Liu, Shun, et al.. (2025). Natural forests vs. plantations: A meta-analysis of consequences for soil organic carbon functional fractions. Journal of Environmental Management. 377. 124673–124673. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jian, Shan‐Shan Gong, Shun Liu, et al.. (2024). Variation in photosynthetic capacity of Salvia przewalskii along elevational gradients on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 212. 108801–108801. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Feifan, Zuomin Shi, Shun Liu, et al.. (2024). Stand structural diversity and edaphic properties regulate aboveground biomass of Abies fargesii var. faxoniana primary forest on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. European Journal of Forest Research. 143(5). 1401–1410. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Miao, Zuomin Shi, Shun Liu, et al.. (2023). Leaf functional traits have more contributions than climate to the variations of leaf stable carbon isotope of different plant functional types on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 162036–162036. 7 indexed citations
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Shi, Zuomin, Shun Liu, Miao Chen, et al.. (2023). Leaf traits divergence and correlations of woody plants among the three plant functional types on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1128227–1128227. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Miaomiao, Shun Liu, Miao Chen, et al.. (2023). The effects of ectomycorrhizal and saprotropic fungi on soil nitrogen mineralization differ from those of arbuscular and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1069730–1069730. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Shun, Gexi Xu, Huanhuan Chen, et al.. (2023). Contrasting responses of soil microbial biomass and extracellular enzyme activity along an elevation gradient on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 974316–974316. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Miaomiao, Shun Liu, Miao Chen, et al.. (2022). The below-ground carbon and nitrogen cycling patterns of different mycorrhizal forests on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. PeerJ. 10. e14028–e14028. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jian, Zuomin Shi, Shun Liu, et al.. (2022). Altitudinal Variation Influences Soil Fungal Community Composition and Diversity in Alpine–Gorge Region on the Eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Fungi. 8(8). 807–807. 29 indexed citations
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Aili, Qin, Zunji Jian, Ma Fanqiang, et al.. (2020). Low genetic diversity and population differentiation in Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered rediscovered conifer species in southwestern China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 25. e01430–e01430. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Gexi, Zuomin Shi, Han Xu, et al.. (2016). Effects of species abundance and size classes on assessing community phylogenetic structure: a case study in Jianfengling tropical montane rainforest. Biodiversity Science. 24(6). 617–628. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Gexi, et al.. (2014). Responses of leaf unfolding and flowering to climate change in 12 tropical evergreen broadleaf tree species in Jianfengling, Hainan Island. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 38(6). 585–598. 10 indexed citations
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Hou, Xue, et al.. (2014). [Autologous peripheral blood CD34+ stem cells transplanted into 100 patients with advanced cirrhosis].. PubMed. 22(9). 667–70. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Gexi. (2013). Study on Cutting Propagation of Thuja sutchuenensis,An Endangered Species Endemic to China. Forest Research Open Access. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Gexi, et al.. (1997). Studies on efficacy of praziquantel and mebendazole-medicated salt in treatment of Echinochasmus fujianensis infection.. PubMed. 28(2). 344–6. 5 indexed citations

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