Kai Tian

688 total citations
36 papers, 511 citations indexed

About

Kai Tian is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Tian has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 511 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Soil Science, 13 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Kai Tian's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (3 papers). Kai Tian is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (3 papers). Kai Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Kai Tian's co-authors include Xingjun Tian, Xiangshi Kong, Zaihua He, Hong Lin, Zhanlin Bei, Siddiq Akbar, Junbo Yang, Yanna Lv, Mengting Zhang and Chuankui Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Frontiers in Microbiology and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Kai Tian

35 papers receiving 501 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Tian China 12 209 173 112 91 86 36 511
Xiangshi Kong China 13 251 1.2× 241 1.4× 128 1.1× 75 0.8× 93 1.1× 40 594
Chang Pan China 12 186 0.9× 174 1.0× 99 0.9× 73 0.8× 76 0.9× 21 490
Ruzhen Jiao China 13 267 1.3× 235 1.4× 167 1.5× 45 0.5× 46 0.5× 27 518
Xian Liu China 14 330 1.6× 165 1.0× 182 1.6× 52 0.6× 49 0.6× 36 613
Ryosuke Fujinuma Australia 14 312 1.5× 180 1.0× 149 1.3× 48 0.5× 51 0.6× 28 545
You Yin China 12 245 1.2× 195 1.1× 210 1.9× 61 0.7× 55 0.6× 27 519
Tibor Szili‐Kovács Hungary 13 238 1.1× 245 1.4× 228 2.0× 99 1.1× 41 0.5× 67 624
Xuechen Yang China 14 283 1.4× 316 1.8× 175 1.6× 73 0.8× 40 0.5× 55 712
Beatriz Moreno Spain 14 314 1.5× 251 1.5× 131 1.2× 23 0.3× 181 2.1× 31 672

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Tian

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

All Works

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Kong, Xiangshi, et al.. (2024). Initial Litter Chemistry and UV Radiation Drive Chemical Divergence in Litter during Decomposition. Microorganisms. 12(8). 1535–1535. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Haijing, Kai Tian, Yang Gao, et al.. (2023). Endophytic bacterium Bacillus cereus affects host litter decomposition by regulating soil microbial structure and phosphate mineralization. Applied Soil Ecology. 192. 105092–105092. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Junbo, Kai Tian, Jing‐Zhong Lu, et al.. (2023). Earthworms increase forest litter mass loss irrespective of deposited compounds – A field manipulation experiment in subtropical forests. Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). e10047–e10047. 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Kai, et al.. (2023). Extraction process optimization of essential oil from Mellissa officinalis L. using a new ultrasound-microwave hybrid-assisted Clevenger hydrodistillation. Industrial Crops and Products. 203. 117165–117165. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Junbo, Jing‐Zhong Lu, Kai Tian, et al.. (2023). Earthworms neutralize the influence of components of particulate pollutants on soil extracellular enzymatic functions in subtropical forests. PeerJ. 11. e15720–e15720. 1 indexed citations
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Tian, Kai, Lei Chen, Shengwen Chen, et al.. (2023). Species diversity pattern and its drivers of the understory herbaceous plants in a Chinese subtropical forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 13 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangshi, Can Wu, Zaihua He, et al.. (2021). Algae, shrimp grazing, and fecal pellets synergistically increase microbial activity and enhance N immobilization during Typha angustifolia leaf litter decomposition. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(12). 17919–17931. 2 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangshi, Kai Tian, Xingbing He, et al.. (2020). Insight into nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment on cadmium phytoextraction of hydroponically grown Salix matsudana Koidz cuttings. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(8). 8406–8417. 22 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangshi, Kai Tian, Zaihua He, et al.. (2020). Ecological improvement by restoration on the Jialu River: water quality, species richness and distribution. Marine and Freshwater Research. 71(12). 1602–1615. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Qiang, Kai Tian, Junbo Yang, et al.. (2020). Effect of sodium amendments on the home-field advantage of litter decomposition in a subtropical forest of China. Forest Ecology and Management. 468. 118148–118148. 19 indexed citations
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Gao, Jianguo & Kai Tian. (2019). Stem and leaf traits as co-determinants of canopy water flux. Plant Diversity. 41(4). 258–265. 4 indexed citations
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He, Zaihua, Hong Lin, Xiangshi Kong, et al.. (2018). Impact of vermiculite on ammonia emissions and organic matter decomposition of food waste during composting. Bioresource Technology. 263. 548–554. 82 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiangshi, Fuqiang Song, Kai Tian, et al.. (2017). Insight into litter decomposition driven by nutrient demands of symbiosis system through the hypha bridge of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(6). 5369–5378. 23 indexed citations
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Lin, Hong, Zaihua He, Kai Tian, et al.. (2017). Effect of N addition on home-field advantage of litter decomposition in subtropical forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 398. 216–225. 33 indexed citations
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Shen, Bing, et al.. (2016). [Soil respiration rates and its affecting factors in winter wheat land in the Weihe Plain, Northwest China.]. PubMed. 27(8). 2551–2560. 1 indexed citations
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Lv, Yanna, et al.. (2014). Insight into the indirect function of isopods in litter decomposition in mixed subtropical forests in China. Applied Soil Ecology. 86. 174–181. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Keping Ma, Kai Tian, Xiangcheng Mi, & Jianhua Chen. (2013). The effect of habitat filtering on tree seedling distribution in a subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest in China. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 58(34). 3561–3569. 10 indexed citations

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