Lei Deng

11.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
187 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Deng is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Deng has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Soil Science, 67 papers in Ecology and 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Lei Deng's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (100 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (34 papers). Lei Deng is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (100 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (34 papers). Lei Deng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Germany. Lei Deng's co-authors include Zhouping Shangguan, Kaibo Wang, Guangyu Zhu, Guobin Liu, Sandra Sweeney, Jiwei Li, Changhui Peng, Zhuangsheng Tang, Dong‐Gill Kim and Chunbo Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Lei Deng

173 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Land‐use conversion and changing soil carbon stocks in China's ‘Grain‐for‐Green’ Program: a synthesis

2013 660 citations Lei Deng, Zhouping Shangguan et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems

2020 272 citations Lei Deng, Jiwei Li et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Driving factors of ecosystem services and their spatiotemporal change assessment based on land use types in the Loess Plateau

2022 175 citations Xiaozhen Wang, Jianzhao Wu et al. profile →
Thinning increases forest ecosystem carbon stocks

2024 45 citations Jinyuan Yu, Jiwei Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Deng China	50	5.1k	3.0k	2.2k	1.1k	1.1k	187	8.1k
Gao‐Lin Wu China	47	4.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	220	7.5k
Edzo Veldkamp Germany	54	5.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	148	9.2k
Martial Bernoux France	52	5.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	161	8.9k
Axel Don Germany	51	6.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	786 0.7×	141	10.1k
Jianhui Huang China	41	2.8k 0.5×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	123	6.5k
Jorge Mataix‐Solera Spain	47	3.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	4.0k 1.9×	672 0.6×	647 0.6×	139	7.2k
Jonathan Sanderman United States	49	4.7k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	711 0.6×	432 0.4×	132	9.0k
K. Auerswald Germany	44	3.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	568 0.5×	827 0.7×	269	7.0k
Zhouping Shangguan China	66	8.0k 1.6×	4.5k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	3.5k 3.0×	1.6k 1.5×	336	13.3k
Yü Liu China	42	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	966 0.8×	615 0.6×	187	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Deng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Deng

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Yan, Weiming, Mengting Yuan, Wang Shi, et al.. (2025). Microbial community dynamics in the soil-root continuum are linked with plant species turnover during secondary succession. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycaf012–ycaf012. 1 indexed citations

Liao, Yang, Lei Deng, Yuanyuan Huang, et al.. (2025). Inorganic Carbon Should Be Considered for Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils. Global Change Biology. 31(4). e70160–e70160. 7 indexed citations

Geng, Meng, Lei Deng, Yu Bai, et al.. (2025). Transcriptome and metabolome association analysis revealed key factors involved in melatonin-mediated copper-stress detoxication in tomato. Journal of Cleaner Production. 491. 144888–144888. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Jingwei, Lei Deng, Yang Liao, et al.. (2024). Deciphering microbial drivers of soil organic matter mineralization in surface and subsurface soil during long-term vegetation succession. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 374. 109186–109186. 13 indexed citations

Li, Jiwei, Jianzhao Wu, Jinyuan Yu, et al.. (2024). Soil enzyme activity and stoichiometry in response to precipitation changes in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 191. 109321–109321. 37 indexed citations

Zhang, Fengbao, et al.. (2024). Biochar application induces different responses of bacterial and fungal communities to metabolic limitation. Land Degradation and Development. 35(5). 1888–1901. 6 indexed citations

Shi, Jingwei, Jianzhao Wu, Jiwei Li, et al.. (2023). Recalcitrant organic carbon plays a key role in soil carbon sequestration along a long-term vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau. CATENA. 233. 107528–107528. 42 indexed citations

Liu, Yulin, Ruixing Zhang, Xiaozhen Wang, et al.. (2023). The contribution and flow of microbial residual carbon in soil aggregates following forest restoration on the Loess Plateau, China. CATENA. 236. 107762–107762. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yulin, Kaibo Wang, Lingbo Dong, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of litter decomposition rate and soil organic carbon sequestration following vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau, China. CATENA. 229. 107225–107225. 19 indexed citations

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Hai, Xuying, Zhouping Shangguan, Changhui Peng, & Lei Deng. (2023). Leaf trait responses to global change factors in terrestrial ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 898. 165572–165572. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiameng, S. V. Krishna Jagadish, Kun Xie, et al.. (2023). Ovary abortion in field-grown maize under water-deficit conditions is determined by photo-assimilation supply. Field Crops Research. 293. 108830–108830. 18 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zuoqiong, Yi‐Ping Wang, Ming Zhao, et al.. (2023). Comparison of oral sodium phosphate tablets and polyethylene glycol lavage solution for colonoscopy preparation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Chunbo, et al.. (2023). Can forest carbon sequestration offset industrial CO2 emissions? A case study of Hubei Province, China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 426. 139147–139147. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiaying, Ziming Yang, Lei Deng, et al.. (2023). Climatic seasonality challenges the stability of microbial‐driven deep soil carbon accumulation across China. Global Change Biology. 29(15). 4430–4439. 47 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Shunshan Shen, Xiaoxing Dong, et al.. (2022). Melatonin Alleviates Copper Toxicity via Improving ROS Metabolism and Antioxidant Defense Response in Tomato Seedlings. Antioxidants. 11(4). 758–758. 65 indexed citations

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Guan, Jin‐Hong, Lei Deng, Jianguo Zhang, et al.. (2019). Soil organic carbon density and its driving factors in forest ecosystems across a northwestern province in China. Geoderma. 352. 1–12. 38 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guangyu, et al.. (2018). [Effects of natural vegetation restoration and afforestation on soil carbon and nitrogen storage in the Loess Plateau, China.]. PubMed. 29(7). 2163–2172. 5 indexed citations

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Guan, Jin‐Hong, et al.. (2018). Biomass carbon density in natural oak forests with different climate conditions and stand ages in northwest China. Journal of Forest Research. 23(6). 354–362. 6 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, et al.. (2017). [Carbon storage and sequestration potential of five typical plantation ecosystems in Gansu Province, China].. PubMed. 28(4). 1112–1120. 1 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Zhouping Shangguan, Gao‐Lin Wu, & Xiaofeng Chang. (2017). Effects of grazing exclusion on carbon sequestration in China's grassland. Earth-Science Reviews. 173. 84–95. 160 indexed citations

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