Kai Xue

9.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
110 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Xue is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Xue has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 44 papers in Soil Science and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kai Xue's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (44 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Kai Xue is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (44 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Kai Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Kai Xue's co-authors include Jizhong Zhou, Liyou Wu, Zhili He, Ye Deng, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Yunfeng Yang, James M. Tiedje, Yuting Liang, Yanfen Wang and Yujia Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kai Xue

102 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem

2014 670 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

2016 503 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming

2011 501 citations Jizhong Zhou, Kai Xue et al. profile →
Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation

2021 288 citations Minghui Wu, Shengyun Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Differentiation strategies of soil rare and abundant microbial taxa in response to changing climatic regimes

2020 247 citations Yuting Liang, Kai Xue et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Xue China	38	3.7k	2.3k	1.7k	1.5k	836	110	6.5k
Diana R. Nemergut United States	44	5.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	809 1.0×	64	8.5k
Andrew Bissett Australia	41	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	542 0.6×	132	5.6k
Étienne Yergeau Canada	48	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	113	6.3k
Daniel H. Buckley United States	41	3.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	712 0.9×	105	6.2k
Albert Barberán United States	35	4.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.4×	756 0.9×	76	7.7k
Kirsten Hofmockel United States	37	3.5k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	424 0.5×	130	7.3k
Mengting Yuan China	28	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	621 0.7×	59	5.1k
Franck Poly France	42	3.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	72	6.6k
Andrew S. Whiteley United Kingdom	42	3.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	109	8.3k
Michael S. Strickland United States	31	3.9k 1.1×	3.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	613 0.7×	79	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Xue

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

All Works

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Li, Lingyan, Xuemeng Wang, Qi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Extracellular electron transfer based methylotrophic methanogenesis in paddy soil and the prevalent Methanomassiliicoccus. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

Wei, Zichao, et al.. (2024). The Decarbonizing Strategies of China’s Iron and Steelmaking Industry: A Comprehensive Perspective. Sustainability. 16(24). 11268–11268. 3 indexed citations

Beugnon, Rémy, Simone Cesarz, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2024). Influence of tree mycorrhizal type, tree species identity, and diversity on forest root‐associated mycobiomes. New Phytologist. 242(4). 1691–1703. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Zhenzhen, Linfeng Li, Joel A. Biederman, et al.. (2024). Ecosystem CO ₂ flux responses to extreme droughts depend on interaction of seasonal timing and plant community composition. Journal of Ecology. 112(10). 2198–2211.

Xue, Kai, Wenjing Liu, Shutong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Power law in species–area relationship overestimates bacterial diversity in grassland soils at larger scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(5).

Wang, Yanfen, Shutong Zhou, Biao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Relationships between nitrogen-specific genes and soil potentials are more complex than single linear ones. Applied Soil Ecology. 192. 105067–105067. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Ruyin, et al.. (2023). Microbial density-dependent viral dynamics and low activity of temperate phages in the activated sludge process. Water Research. 232. 119709–119709. 14 indexed citations

Kang, Luyao, Leiyi Chen, Jianjun Wang, et al.. (2023). Patterns and drivers of prokaryotic communities in thermokarst lake water across Northern Hemisphere. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(12). 2244–2256.

Du, Jianqing, Rémy Beugnon, Simone Cesarz, et al.. (2023). Functional Potential of Soil Microbial Communities and Their Subcommunities Varies with Tree Mycorrhizal Type and Tree Diversity. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0457822–e0457822. 24 indexed citations

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Beugnon, Rémy, Nico Eisenhauer, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2023). Tree diversity effects on litter decomposition are mediated by litterfall and microbial processes. Oikos. 2023(10). 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Mukan, Weidong Kong, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2022). Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 166. 108550–108550. 29 indexed citations

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Ran, Qinwei, Filipe Aires, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2022). The Status and Influencing Factors of Surface Water Dynamics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau During 2000–2020. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–14. 9 indexed citations

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Beugnon, Rémy, Wensheng Bu, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2022). Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration. Ecological Monographs. 93(2). 24 indexed citations

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Chen, Shengyun, Minghui Wu, Yu Zhang, & Kai Xue. (2021). Linkages between soil microbial stability and carbon storage in the active layer under permafrost degradation. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions. 13(3). 268–270. 1 indexed citations

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Beugnon, Rémy, Jianqing Du, Simone Cesarz, et al.. (2021). Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning. ISME Communications. 1(1). 41–41. 50 indexed citations

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Beugnon, Rémy, Helge Bruelheide, Simone Cesarz, et al.. (2021). Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota. Environmental Microbiology. 24(9). 4236–4255. 40 indexed citations

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Gao, Qun, Gangsheng Wang, Kai Xue, et al.. (2020). Stimulation of soil respiration by elevated CO₂is enhanced under nitrogen limitation in a decade-long grassland study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33317–33324. 43 indexed citations

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Zou, Yina, Daliang Ning, Yong Huang, et al.. (2020). Functional structures of soil microbial community relate to contrasting N2O emission patterns from a highly acidified forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 725. 138504–138504. 13 indexed citations

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Xue, Kai, et al.. (2019). Trait complementarity between fine roots of Stipa purpurea and their associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a precipitation gradient in Tibetan alpine steppe. Journal of Mountain Science. 16(3). 542–547. 12 indexed citations

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Lomax, Charlotte, Wenju Liu, Liyou Wu, et al.. (2011). Methylated arsenic species in plants originate from soil microorganisms. New Phytologist. 193(3). 665–672. 284 indexed citations

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