Honghua Ruan

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
187 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Honghua Ruan is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Honghua Ruan has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Soil Science, 75 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Honghua Ruan's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (96 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (23 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers). Honghua Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (96 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (23 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers). Honghua Ruan collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Honghua Ruan's co-authors include Han Y. H. Chen, Tian’an Zhang, Cuiting Wang, Yuan Sun, Xiaoming Zou, Shaojun Wang, Yiqi Luo, Xia Xu, She Guang-hui and Nicholas C. Coops and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Honghua Ruan

174 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global negative effects of nitrogen deposition on soil mi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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. Global negative effects of nitrogen deposition on soil microbes
    2018 525 citations Han Y. H. Chen, Honghua Ruan et al. profile →
  2. Deforestation impacts soil biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide
    2024 38 citations Honghua Ruan, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Honghua Ruan China 36 2.2k 1.6k 1.1k 762 730 187 4.4k
Marion Schrumpf Germany 37 2.5k 1.1× 2.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 516 0.7× 692 0.9× 104 4.5k
Chengjun Ji China 38 2.6k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 95 5.5k
Shaoshan An China 39 3.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.0× 873 0.8× 554 0.7× 478 0.7× 106 4.5k
Sha Xue China 42 3.5k 1.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 564 0.7× 477 0.7× 189 6.7k
Weijun Shen China 38 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 733 1.0× 1.4k 2.0× 142 4.3k
Daniel Liptzin United States 26 2.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 972 0.9× 543 0.7× 660 0.9× 63 4.6k
Weixing Zhu United States 33 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 791 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 99 4.2k
Fuzhong Wu China 37 2.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 981 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 211 5.2k
Xiaorong Wei China 43 4.1k 1.9× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 610 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 198 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Honghua Ruan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Honghua Ruan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Honghua Ruan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Honghua Ruan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Honghua Ruan 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 Honghua Ruan. Honghua Ruan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Gao, Xueping, Tingting Ren, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen addition induces microbial phosphorus limitations in bulk soil but not in rhizospheric soil: A global analysis. Soil and Tillage Research. 252. 106609–106609. 1 indexed citations
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Liao, Jiahui, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2024). Earthworms regulate soil microbial and plant residues through decomposition. Geoderma. 450. 117040–117040. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Weifeng, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of CO2 fluxes and environmental responses in a Poplar plantation. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Revealing potential mechanisms of native and non-native snail coexistence through fecal microbiomes and dietary compositions. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177774–177774.
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Zhang, Yan, Xiuxiu Li, Jingji Li, et al.. (2023). Desertification induced changes in soil bacterial and fungal diversity and community structure in a dry-hot valley forest. Applied Soil Ecology. 189. 104953–104953. 9 indexed citations
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Liao, Xiaolin, et al.. (2023). Effects of fresh and aged biochar on N2O emission from a poplar plantation soil. Pedosphere. 35(2). 435–447. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Wenhuan, et al.. (2023). Global meta-analysis reveals positive effects of biochar on soil microbial diversity. Geoderma. 436. 116528–116528. 57 indexed citations
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Hu, Shuang, Rui Zhu, Xing-Ye Yu, et al.. (2023). A High-Quality Genome Sequence of the Penicillium oxalicum 5-18 Strain Isolated from a Poplar Plantation Provides Insights into Its Lignocellulose Degradation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(16). 12745–12745. 5 indexed citations
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Shi, Ke, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, et al.. (2023). Accumulation of soil microbial extracellular and cellular residues during forest rewilding: Implications for soil carbon stabilization in older plantations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 188. 109250–109250. 25 indexed citations
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Shi, Peijian, Johan Gielis, Brady K. Quinn, et al.. (2022). ‘biogeom’: An R package for simulating and fitting natural shapes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1516(1). 123–134. 47 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuan, et al.. (2022). Differential responses of soil arthropods to the application of biogas slurry and biochar in a coastal poplar plantation. European Journal of Soil Biology. 113. 103447–103447. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuan, Cuiting Wang, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric responses of terrestrial C:N:P stoichiometry to precipitation change. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(8). 1724–1735. 33 indexed citations
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Li, Qian, Qinghong Geng, Menghua Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nutrient resorption and stoichiometric responses of poplar (Populus deltoids) plantations to N addition in a coastal region of eastern China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 14(4). 591–604. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Xing-Ye, Yun‐Jia Zhu, Bo Wang, et al.. (2021). Effects of nitrogen addition on rhizospheric soil microbial communities of poplar plantations at different ages. Forest Ecology and Management. 494. 119328–119328. 32 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuan, Han Y. H. Chen, Long Jin, et al.. (2020). Drought stress induced increase of fungi:bacteria ratio in a poplar plantation. CATENA. 193. 104607–104607. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Guobing, et al.. (2013). [Effects of land use change on soil readily oxidizable carbon in a coastal area of northern Jiangsu Province, East China].. PubMed. 24(4). 921–6. 6 indexed citations

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