Kun Cheng

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Kun Cheng is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Cheng has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Soil Science, 41 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Kun Cheng's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (65 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (15 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (14 papers). Kun Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (65 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (15 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (14 papers). Kun Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Kun Cheng's co-authors include Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, Jufeng Zheng, Xiaoyu Liu, Rongjun Bian, Jinwei Zheng, Xuhui Zhang, Pete Smith, Yue Qian and Ming Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kun Cheng

108 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrog... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2019 2016 2021 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity
    2019 471 citations Mohamed Abdalla, Astley Hastings et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Biochar decreased microbial metabolic quotient and shifted community composition four years after a single incorporation in a slightly acid rice paddy from southwest China
    2016 273 citations Jufeng Zheng, Junhui Chen et al. profile →
  3. Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis
    2021 177 citations Kun Cheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Cheng China 39 2.7k 1.5k 1.1k 841 785 117 5.2k
Raúl Zornoza Spain 41 2.1k 0.8× 782 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 698 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 147 5.4k
Jeanette Whitaker United Kingdom 32 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 508 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 66 5.4k
Frank Verheijen Portugal 24 3.7k 1.4× 803 0.5× 987 0.9× 508 0.6× 746 1.0× 47 5.7k
Lynne M. Macdonald Australia 33 2.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 750 0.7× 837 1.0× 472 0.6× 73 4.2k
Jakob Magid Denmark 46 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 498 0.6× 825 1.1× 216 6.7k
Guangxin Ren China 45 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 434 0.5× 789 1.0× 98 7.3k
Jinwei Zheng China 35 3.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 396 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 69 5.7k
Hongbin Liu China 45 2.5k 1.0× 814 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 693 0.8× 911 1.2× 212 6.7k
Xuhui Zhang China 40 4.2k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 359 0.4× 757 1.0× 111 6.6k
Gaihe Yang China 55 3.3k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 471 0.6× 794 1.0× 184 8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Cheng

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Gino, Peng Li, Kun Cheng, et al.. (2025). The interaction strength of keystone module in cross-kingdom network determines microbial carbon metabolic stability under temperature stress. Applied Soil Ecology. 206. 105906–105906. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Fang, Yu Hong, Yan Peng, et al.. (2024). Long-term fertilization reshaped the accumulation of plant- and microbially-derived carbon by regulating biotic and abiotic factors in acidic paddy soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 203. 105661–105661. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Wei, Jia‐Rong Wu, J. J. Qin, et al.. (2024). Converting Biochar Into Biochar‐Based Urea Promotes Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Rice‐Wheat Rotation System. GCB Bioenergy. 17(1). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Miao, et al.. (2024). Tanshinone IIA, originated from Salvia miltiorrhiza, activated EPO/EPOR-JAK2-STAT5 pathway in rat blood deficiency therapy. South African Journal of Botany. 170. 105–119. 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Yue, Jing Sheng, Kun Cheng, et al.. (2023). Sustainability assessment on paddy-upland crop rotations by carbon, nitrogen and water footprint integrated analysis: A field scale investigation. Journal of Environmental Management. 339. 117879–117879. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, Lingling Hou, Jinfeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Unfavourable intrauterine environment contributes to abnormal gut microbiome and metabolome in twins. Gut. 71(12). 2451–2462. 40 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiangrui, Xiao Ouyang, Kun Cheng, et al.. (2021). Climate change may interact with nitrogen fertilizer management leading to different ammonia loss in China’s croplands. Global Change Biology. 27(24). 6525–6535. 50 indexed citations
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Smith, Pete, Saskia Keesstra, Whendee L. Silver, et al.. (2021). Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1834). 20200185–20200185. 39 indexed citations
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Sun, Jianfei, Minghui Wang, Xiangrui Xu, et al.. (2020). Re-estimating methane emissions from Chinese paddy fields based on a regional empirical model and high-spatial-resolution data. Environmental Pollution. 265(Pt A). 115017–115017. 26 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mohamed, Astley Hastings, Kun Cheng, et al.. (2019). A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity. Global Change Biology. 25(8). 2530–2543. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Xiaoyu, Rongjun Bian, Haifei Lu, et al.. (2018). Biochar for Sustainable Soil Management: Biomass Technology and Industry from Soil Perspectives. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 33(2). 184–190. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Dawei, Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, et al.. (2016). Effect of biochar-based compound fertilizer on the yield, fruit quality and N use efficiency of vegetables.. Nanjing Nongye Daxue xuebao. 39(3). 433–440. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Ming, Ting Luo, Rongjun Bian, et al.. (2015). A comparative study on carbon footprint of rice production between household and aggregated farms from Jiangxi, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(6). 332–332. 39 indexed citations
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Nayak, Dali, Eli Sætnan, Kun Cheng, et al.. (2015). Management opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 209. 108–124. 175 indexed citations
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Pan, Genxing, Lianqing Li, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2015). Industrialization of biochar from biomass pyrolysis: a new option for straw burning ban and green agriculture of China.. Keji daobao. 33(13). 92–101. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Lianqing, Xiaoyu Liu, Jufeng Zheng, et al.. (2015). Soil Carbon Sequestration with Bioactivity: A New Emerging Frontier for Sustainable Soil Management. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 30(8). 940–951. 9 indexed citations

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