Guozhen Du

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Guozhen Du is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Guozhen Du has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 84 papers in Plant Science and 81 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Guozhen Du's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (115 papers), Plant and animal studies (72 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (32 papers). Guozhen Du is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (115 papers), Plant and animal studies (72 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (32 papers). Guozhen Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Guozhen Du's co-authors include Miaojun Ma, Xianhui Zhou, Gao‐Lin Wu, Kechang Niu, Yongjun Liu, Liu Zhen-heng, Simon Thirgood, Xiaojun Ma, Haiyan Bu and Kun Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Guozhen Du

175 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships

2024 108 citations Zhengkun Hu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guozhen Du China	45	2.5k	2.4k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	178	5.5k
Pablo García‐Palacios Spain	37	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	989 0.7×	78	5.1k
Christiane Roscher Germany	55	4.7k 1.9×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.9×	150	8.2k
Michael D. Cramer South Africa	43	2.0k 0.8×	3.9k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	988 0.7×	155	7.2k
Fei‐Hai Yu China	44	3.5k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.9×	386	7.6k
H. Wayne Polley United States	47	2.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	143	8.0k
Ming Dong China	46	2.6k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	655 0.4×	2.3k 1.6×	189	6.1k
Xiao‐Tao Lü China	46	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	3.5k 2.2×	721 0.5×	186	6.2k
Antonio Gallardo Spain	40	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	113	6.2k
Cameron Wagg Switzerland	36	1.4k 0.6×	3.7k 1.5×	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	70	7.1k
Teodoro Marañón Spain	51	3.2k 1.3×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	890 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	172	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guozhen Du

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Miaojun, Anu Eskelinen, Yun‐Peng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Multiple mechanisms associated with loss of seed bank diversity under nitrogen enrichment. Journal of Ecology. 113(3). 649–661. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Fuwei, Xuebin Yan, Xiaoyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Foliar fungal pathogen inhibition increases ecosystem carbon sequestration independently of nitrogen enrichment in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Journal of Ecology. 113(7). 1636–1646. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Zhengkun, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Nicolas Fanin, et al.. (2024). Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2858–2858. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

Long, Jonathan R. De, Xuebin Yan, Xiaoyi Wang, et al.. (2024). Why are graminoid species more dominant? Trait‐mediated plant–soil feedbacks shape community composition. Ecology. 105(6). e4295–e4295. 7 indexed citations

Mod, Heidi K., Beibei Ma, Beibei Chen, et al.. (2023). Taxonomic and functional biogeographies of soil bacterial communities across the Tibet plateau are better explained by abiotic conditions than distance and plant community composition. Molecular Ecology. 32(13). 3747–3762. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Pengfei, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, et al.. (2023). Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance‐ and functional‐based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics. Oikos. 2023(4). 3 indexed citations

Wilschut, Rutger A., et al.. (2023). Nematode biomass changes along an elevational gradient are trophic group dependent but independent of body size. Global Change Biology. 29(17). 4898–4909. 11 indexed citations

Yan, Xuebin, Wen Yue, Xiaoyi Wang, et al.. (2022). Nitrogen addition and warming modulate the pathogen impact on plant biomass by shifting intraspecific functional traits and reducing species richness. Journal of Ecology. 111(2). 509–524. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangtai, Sa Xiao, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2021). Dominant plants affect litter decomposition mainly through modifications of the soil microbial community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 161. 108399–108399. 57 indexed citations

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Bu, Haiyan, Xuejing Wang, Xiangtai Wang, et al.. (2020). Changes in endogenous hormone contents during seed germination of Anemone rivularis var. flore-minore. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01200–e01200. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Mariet M. Hefting, Merel B. Soons, et al.. (2020). Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short‐term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution. 10(18). 10116–10129. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangtai, Richard Michalet, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2019). Stature of dependent forbs is more related to the direct and indirect above‐ and below‐ground effects of a subalpine shrub than are foliage traits. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(3). 403–412. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Kun, Weiya Qiang, Guozhen Du, et al.. (2019). Changes in seed germination strategy along the successional gradient from abandoned cropland to climax grassland in a subalpine meadow and some implications for rangeland restoration. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 289. 106746–106746. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangtai, Sa Xiao, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2019). Dominant plant species influence nematode richness by moderating understory diversity and microbial assemblages. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 137. 107566–107566. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Kun, Guozhen Du, Jerry M. Baskin, et al.. (2018). Linking seed germination and plant height: a case study of a wetland community on the eastern Tibet Plateau. Plant Biology. 20(5). 886–893. 12 indexed citations

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Cadotte, Marc W., et al.. (2017). Planting accelerates restoration of tropical forest but assembly mechanisms appear insensitive to initial composition. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(2). 986–996. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangtai, Richard Michalet, Shuyan Chen, et al.. (2017). Contrasting understorey species responses to the canopy and root effects of a dominant shrub drive community composition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 28(6). 1118–1127. 13 indexed citations

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Dong, Shikui, et al.. (2009). Interspecific interactions in binary mixtures of Elymus nutans, Festuca sinensis and Festuca ovina on the eastern Qinghai‐Tibetan plateau. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(2). 171–177. 7 indexed citations

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Du, Guozhen, et al.. (2007). Effects of clipping on diversity and above‐ground biomass associated with soil fertility on an alpine meadow in the eastern region of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 50(3). 361–368. 10 indexed citations

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Du, Guozhen, et al.. (2006). Copper deficiency in yaks on pasture in western China.. PubMed. 47(9). 902–6. 26 indexed citations

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