Jinzhi Ran

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 785 citations indexed

About

Jinzhi Ran is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jinzhi Ran has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 785 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 11 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jinzhi Ran's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Jinzhi Ran is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Jinzhi Ran collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Israel. Jinzhi Ran's co-authors include Jianming Deng, Weigang Hu, Muhammad Adnan Akram, Longwei Dong, Mingfei Ji, Muhammad Aqeel, Shuran Yao, Haiyang Gong, Karl J. Niklas and Zhiqiang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Jinzhi Ran

35 papers receiving 772 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.

Continental‐scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands

2022 147 citations Weigang Hu, Qingqing Hou et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers

Jinzhi Ran

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Mingfei Ji China

Shuaifeng Li China

Hao Shen China

Lorenzo Lazzaro Italy

Falk Hänsel Germany

Sonja Gockel Germany

Muhammad Adnan Akram China

Li Mei China

Longwei Dong China

Mingfei Ji China

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169 ×0.8

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171 ×0.8

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81 ×0.6

Citations per year, relative to Jinzhi Ran Jinzhi Ran (= 1×) peers Mingfei Ji

Countries citing papers authored by Jinzhi Ran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jinzhi Ran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jinzhi Ran

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xie, Shubin, Jie Peng, Ying Sun, et al.. (2025). The Increased Effect of Spring Leaf Unfolding on Autumn Senescence in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(12). 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Junlan, Weigang Hu, A. Allan Degen, et al.. (2025). Morphological and physiological responses to aridity in narrowly- and widely-distributed plant species in drylands. Science China Life Sciences. 68(9). 2784–2795.

Hou, Qiandong, Rui Xia, Biao Yuan, et al.. (2025). Divergent community assembly processes and multifunctionality contributions of abundant and rare soil bacteria during a 53-year restoration in the Tengger Desert, China. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1376–1376. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Shuran, Weigang Hu, Mingfei Ji, et al.. (2024). Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China. Plant Diversity. 47(2). 273–281. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Dongmin, Maohong Wei, Xiaoting Wang, et al.. (2024). Morpho-physiological adaptations to drought stress in nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing plants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12. 8 indexed citations

Aqeel, Muhammad, Jinzhi Ran, Weigang Hu, et al.. (2023). Plant-soil-microbe interactions in maintaining ecosystem stability and coordinated turnover under changing environmental conditions. Chemosphere. 318. 137924–137924. 57 indexed citations

Aqeel, Muhammad, Noreen Khalid, Ali Noman, et al.. (2023). Interplay between edaphic and climatic factors unravels plant and microbial diversity along an altitudinal gradient. Environmental Research. 242. 117711–117711. 14 indexed citations

Akram, Muhammad Adnan, Xiaoting Wang, Nawal Shrestha, et al.. (2023). Variations and driving factors of leaf functional traits in the dominant desert plant species along an environmental gradient in the drylands of China. The Science of The Total Environment. 897. 165394–165394. 26 indexed citations

Zhang, Yahui, Shubin Xie, Xiaoting Wang, et al.. (2023). Concentrations and bioconcentration factors of leaf microelements in response to environmental gradients in drylands of China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1143442–1143442. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoting, Mingfei Ji, Yahui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Plant trait networks reveal adaptation strategies in the drylands of China. BMC Plant Biology. 23(1). 266–266. 23 indexed citations

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Hu, Weigang, Qingqing Hou, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2022). Continental‐scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands. Environmental Microbiology. 24(11). 5483–5497. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Kan, et al.. (2021). Deep learning-optical network routing algorithm based on wavelength continuity supervision. 4. 277–282. 1 indexed citations

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Ran, Jinzhi, et al.. (2020). An Optical Transmission Network Simulation System Based on Hardware Functions Software Implementation Method. 11–14.

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Huang, Heng, Jinzhi Ran, Mingfei Ji, et al.. (2020). Water content quantitatively affects metabolic rates over the course of plant ontogeny. New Phytologist. 228(5). 1524–1534. 34 indexed citations

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Huang, Heng, Jinzhi Ran, Xiaowei Li, et al.. (2019). A General Model for Seed and Seedling Respiratory Metabolism. The American Naturalist. 195(3). 534–546. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2018). Global patterns of leaf nutrient resorption in herbaceous plants. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiqiang, Qi Zhao, Mingcheng Wang, et al.. (2018). Global Data Analysis Shows That Soil Nutrient Levels Dominate Foliar Nutrient Resorption Efficiency in Herbaceous Species. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 1431–1431. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Xintong, et al.. (2015). DDoS Attack Detection Algorithm Based on IP Entropy Model. Advances in computer science research.

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Deng, Jianming, Jinzhi Ran, Zhiqiang Wang, et al.. (2012). Models and tests of optimal density and maximal yield for crop plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(39). 15823–15828. 75 indexed citations

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Deng, Jianming, Wenyun Zuo, Zhiqiang Wang, et al.. (2012). Insights into plant size-density relationships from models and agricultural crops. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(22). 8600–8605. 58 indexed citations

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