Jiefei Mao

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Jiefei Mao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiefei Mao has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Soil Science and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jiefei Mao's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Jiefei Mao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Jiefei Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Slovenia. Jiefei Mao's co-authors include Baoliang Chen, Kun Zhang, Stefan C. Dekker, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Max Rietkerk, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Yaofeng Wang, L.W. Dekker, Yaoming Li and Lizhong Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Jiefei Mao

34 papers receiving 799 citations

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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.

Microplastics in soils: A comprehensive review

2025 22 citations Kun Zhang, Stefan C. Dekker et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jiefei Mao China	14	217	195	124	110	104	36	810
Pratap Srivastava India	22	116 0.5×	306 1.6×	90 0.7×	124 1.1×	201 1.9×	34	1.0k
Charlene N. Kelly United States	15	108 0.5×	402 2.1×	151 1.2×	179 1.6×	161 1.5×	24	953
Jiayuan Liao China	13	78 0.4×	193 1.0×	65 0.5×	62 0.6×	88 0.8×	28	664
Wenqi Zhang China	17	179 0.8×	111 0.6×	247 2.0×	180 1.6×	75 0.7×	76	882
Xin Xu China	20	68 0.3×	329 1.7×	150 1.2×	152 1.4×	188 1.8×	75	1.0k
Daniel Vidal Pérez Brazil	17	101 0.5×	238 1.2×	81 0.7×	55 0.5×	216 2.1×	88	985
Xiugui Wang China	16	114 0.5×	129 0.7×	393 3.2×	57 0.5×	205 2.0×	47	909
Faranak Ranjbar Iran	14	149 0.7×	216 1.1×	57 0.5×	31 0.3×	66 0.6×	32	738
Z. Rawajfih Jordan	14	111 0.5×	229 1.2×	249 2.0×	56 0.5×	45 0.4×	20	800
Jianzhong Cheng China	14	68 0.3×	295 1.5×	83 0.7×	116 1.1×	149 1.4×	38	648

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiefei Mao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mao, Jiefei, Ning Xu, Qing Liu, et al.. (2025). LncRNA-MALAT1 promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression and function as ceRNA to target REEP5 by sponging miR-106a-5p. European journal of medical research. 30(1). 159–159. 2 indexed citations

Mao, Jiefei, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of the transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal the changes induced by nano‐selenium and melatonin in Zizyphus jujuba Mill. cv. Huizao. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 105(8). 4443–4458.

Li, Yaoming, et al.. (2025). Shrub Encroachment: A Catalyst for Enhanced Soil Nutrients Storage in the Altai Mountains. Plants. 14(4). 623–623. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenbo, et al.. (2025). Increasing Contribution of Microbial Residue Carbon to Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation in Degraded Grasslands. Agronomy. 15(4). 810–810. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Kun, et al.. (2025). Microplastics in soils: A comprehensive review. The Science of The Total Environment. 960. 178298–178298. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, G. Geoff, et al.. (2024). The response of soil organic carbon content of grasslands in Northern Xinjiang to future climate change. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 134. 103576–103576. 3 indexed citations

Wang, G. Geoff, et al.. (2024). Assessment of grassland carrying capacity drivers and evaluation of pasture-livestock balance: A case study of Xinjiang, China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 55. e03203–e03203. 4 indexed citations

Mao, Jiefei, et al.. (2024). Glomalin-Related Soil Protein Plays Different Roles in Soil Organic Carbon Pool Maintaining among Different Grassland Types. Agronomy. 14(8). 1823–1823. 8 indexed citations

Mao, Tingting, Yaofeng Wang, Songrui Ning, et al.. (2024). Assessment of the Effects of Biochar on the Physicochemical Properties of Saline–Alkali Soil Based on Meta-Analysis. Agronomy. 14(10). 2431–2431. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai, Jing Wei, Jing Wang, et al.. (2024). Structure–Activity Mechanism of Sodium Ion Adsorption and Release Behaviors in Biochar. Agriculture. 14(8). 1246–1246. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Yaoming Li, Yaofeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Easily Pyrolyzable Biomass Components Significantly Affect the Physicochemical Properties and Water-Holding Capacity of the Pyrolyzed Biochar. Agriculture. 13(11). 2053–2053. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Guangyu, et al.. (2022). Effects of climate and grazing on the soil organic carbon dynamics of the grasslands in Northern Xinjiang during the past twenty years. Global Ecology and Conservation. 34. e02039–e02039. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Jiefei Mao, & Baoliang Chen. (2019). Reconsideration of heterostructures of biochars: Morphology, particle size, elemental composition, reactivity and toxicity. Environmental Pollution. 254(Pt A). 113017–113017. 47 indexed citations

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Mao, Jiefei, Kun Zhang, & Baoliang Chen. (2019). Linking hydrophobicity of biochar to the water repellency and water holding capacity of biochar-amended soil. Environmental Pollution. 253. 779–789. 157 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Yaofeng Wang, Jiefei Mao, & Baoliang Chen. (2019). Effects of biochar nanoparticles on seed germination and seedling growth. Environmental Pollution. 256. 113409–113409. 75 indexed citations

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Mao, Jiefei, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Stefan C. Dekker, L.W. Dekker, & Baoliang Chen. (2018). Understanding the mechanisms of soil water repellency from nanoscale to ecosystem scale: a review. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 19(1). 171–185. 92 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Baoliang Chen, Jiefei Mao, Lizhong Zhu, & Baoshan Xing. (2018). Water clusters contributed to molecular interactions of ionizable organic pollutants with aromatized biochar via π-PAHB: Sorption experiments and DFT calculations. Environmental Pollution. 240. 342–352. 44 indexed citations

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Mao, Jiefei, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Max Rietkerk, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, & Stefan C. Dekker. (2016). The influence of vegetation on soil water repellency-markers and soil hydrophobicity. The Science of The Total Environment. 566-567. 608–620. 65 indexed citations

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Mao, Jiefei, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Max Rietkerk, & Stefan C. Dekker. (2015). Predicting soil water repellency using hydrophobic organic compounds and their vegetation origin. SOIL. 1(1). 411–425. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Baoliang, et al.. (2008). Enhanced sorption of naphthalene and nitroaromatic compounds to bentonite by potassium and cetyltrimethylammonium cations. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 158(1). 116–123. 30 indexed citations

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