Kaihui Li

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kaihui Li is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaihui Li has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Soil Science, 32 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kaihui Li's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (40 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers). Kaihui Li is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (40 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (13 papers). Kaihui Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Kaihui Li's co-authors include Xuejun Liu, Yanming Gong, Ping Yue, Xiaoqing Cui, Wenxuan Han, Haiyan Chu, Kaoping Zhang, Yukun Hu, Yu Shi and Binu M. Tripathi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kaihui Li

85 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils

2018 354 citations Kaihui Li, Wenxuan Han et al. profile →
Salinity Is a Key Determinant for Soil Microbial Communities in a Desert Ecosystem

2019 324 citations Xiaoqing Cui, Ping Yue et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaihui Li China	23	1.1k	947	593	467	390	93	2.2k
Andrew T. Nottingham United Kingdom	23	1.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	592 1.0×	443 0.9×	415 1.1×	38	2.8k
Emma L. Aronson United States	21	686 0.6×	605 0.6×	500 0.8×	408 0.9×	281 0.7×	57	1.7k
Jianping Wu China	31	1.5k 1.4×	853 0.9×	764 1.3×	776 1.7×	259 0.7×	141	2.9k
Joseph C. Blankinship United States	21	1.5k 1.4×	943 1.0×	391 0.7×	441 0.9×	324 0.8×	35	2.3k
Wanqin Yang China	29	1.4k 1.3×	893 0.9×	700 1.2×	662 1.4×	418 1.1×	150	2.8k
Guiyao Zhou China	27	1.5k 1.4×	805 0.9×	698 1.2×	711 1.5×	203 0.5×	96	2.8k
Yongliang Chen China	27	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	256 0.5×	550 1.4×	67	3.1k
Xiaoming Kang China	28	866 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	404 0.7×	724 1.6×	412 1.1×	91	2.3k
J. Megan Steinweg United States	18	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	457 0.8×	358 0.8×	327 0.8×	23	2.5k
Jessica Gutknecht United States	30	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	946 1.6×	404 0.9×	181 0.5×	71	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaihui Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaihui Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaihui Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Jianfei, et al.. (2025). Mapping forage nutritional quality in temperate natural grasslands using interpretable machine learning. Ecological Informatics. 92. 103452–103452.

Wang, Xu, Yansong Li, Yanming Gong, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Mechanism of Aboveground Biomass Across Three Alpine Grasslands in Central Asia over the Past 20 Years Using Three Algorithms. Remote Sensing. 17(3). 538–538. 2 indexed citations

Yue, Ping, Kaihui Li, Ya Hu, et al.. (2024). The effect of nitrogen input on N2O emission depends on precipitation in a temperate desert steppe. The Science of The Total Environment. 924. 171572–171572. 2 indexed citations

Fu, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). Genomic insights into the genetic diversity, lateral gaits and high-altitude adaptation of Chakouyi (CKY) horses. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(8). 1001–1010. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Si, Ping Yue, Tianxiang Hao, et al.. (2023). Responses of net ecosystem carbon budget and net global warming potential to long-term nitrogen deposition in a temperate grassland. CATENA. 225. 107015–107015. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Fengwei, Chong Wang, Haiyue Xu, et al.. (2023). Genomic analysis reveals a KIT‐related chromosomal translocation associated with the white coat phenotype in yak. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 140(3). 330–342. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Dongliang, et al.. (2022). Precipitation reconstruction since the last deglacial based on the stable carbon isotopic composition of a loess section in western Central Asia. The Holocene. 33(1). 81–90. 4 indexed citations

Luo, Yan, Zhengbing Yan, Sining Liu, et al.. (2021). Variation in desert shrub foliar pH in relation to drought and salinity in Xinjiang, China. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32(3). 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Dongliang, et al.. (2021). Vegetation dynamics and climate variability over the past 2000 years inferred from Son Kul marsh in the western Tianshan Mountains. Journal of Mountain Science. 18(5). 1246–1255. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhengbing, et al.. (2020). Scaling the leaf nutrient resorption efficiency: Nitrogen vs phosphorus in global plants. The Science of The Total Environment. 729. 138920–138920. 44 indexed citations

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Yue, Ping, Xiaoqing Cui, Yanming Gong, et al.. (2018). Impact of elevated precipitation, nitrogen deposition and warming on soil respiration in a temperate desert. Biogeosciences. 15(7). 2007–2019. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meixia, Yan Luo, Zhengbing Yan, et al.. (2018). Resorptions of 10 mineral elements in leaves of desert shrubs and their contrasting responses to aridity. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(2). 358–366. 24 indexed citations

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Yue, Ping, Wei Song, Kaihui Li, et al.. (2014). [Inorganic N deposition in the Bayinbuluk alpine grassland of the central Tianshan mountains].. PubMed. 25(6). 1592–8. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Kaihui, et al.. (2012). POSITIVE GRASS DIVERSITY-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTROLLING FACTORS ALONG AN ELEVATION GRADIENT IN CENTRAL ASIAN ALPINE GRASSLANDS. Polish Journal of Ecology. 60(1). 123–131. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Kaihui, et al.. (2010). Analysis of adaptation of a climate productivity model on alpine grassland.. Acta Pratacultural Science. 19(2). 7–13. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Yukun Hu, Jianmei Yu, et al.. (2009). Niche characteristics of Stipa purpurea community in alpine meadow of Bayanbulak. Ganhanqu dili. 32(2). 255–260. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Kaihui. (2007). A Novel VBR Video Transmission Method. Dianzi xuebao.

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Li, Kaihui. (2007). Plant species diversity of alpine grasslands on southern slope of Tianshan Mountain along altitude gradient.. Shengtaixue zazhi. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Kaihui, et al.. (2007). Species Diversity and Above-Ground Biomass of Alpine Grassland on the Southern Slope of Tianshan Mountain. Ganhanqu ziyuan yu huanjing. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Kaihui, Yukun Hu, & Qiang Wu. (2005). Research Advances of Diversity in Grassland Communities. Arid Zone Research. 1 indexed citations

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