Lei Qiao

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 557 citations indexed

About

Lei Qiao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Qiao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 557 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Soil Science and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lei Qiao's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (5 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 papers). Lei Qiao is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (5 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 papers). Lei Qiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lei Qiao's co-authors include Mingsheng Fan, Dominic Woolf, Johannes Lehmann, Rong Li, Kun‐Ming Chen, Pengfei Gan, Shuaiqi Yang, Rongfeng Jiang, Fusuo Zhang and Jinglong Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Journal and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lei Qiao

17 papers receiving 549 citations

Hit Papers

Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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. Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon
    2023 132 citations Dominic Woolf, Mingsheng Fan et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Qiao China 11 293 248 114 91 72 18 557
Zheng Jianchu China 10 342 1.2× 246 1.0× 93 0.8× 65 0.7× 81 1.1× 42 567
Fuhong Miao China 12 277 0.9× 212 0.9× 76 0.7× 104 1.1× 146 2.0× 23 595
Tai McClellan Maaz United States 14 268 0.9× 260 1.0× 143 1.3× 63 0.7× 67 0.9× 32 585
Yingbin Li China 15 343 1.2× 430 1.7× 100 0.9× 60 0.7× 247 3.4× 32 716
Jason Condon Australia 15 172 0.6× 249 1.0× 84 0.7× 50 0.5× 93 1.3× 53 548
D. Ulrich Canada 14 384 1.3× 217 0.9× 194 1.7× 136 1.5× 58 0.8× 24 581
Yanan Zhao China 13 229 0.8× 159 0.6× 121 1.1× 31 0.3× 59 0.8× 25 459
Yuncheng Liao China 12 267 0.9× 343 1.4× 127 1.1× 66 0.7× 88 1.2× 26 596
Xianglin Li China 12 382 1.3× 198 0.8× 129 1.1× 67 0.7× 64 0.9× 67 605
Ai Zhan China 13 683 2.3× 342 1.4× 271 2.4× 57 0.6× 68 0.9× 21 959

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Qiao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Qiao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Qiao

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Kang, Min‐Jung, Minggang Xu, Yufei Guo, et al.. (2025). Strategies to narrow down rainfed maize yield gap by decomposing gap sources across the East Loess Plateau of China. Field Crops Research. 331. 109997–109997. 1 indexed citations
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Qiao, Lei, et al.. (2025). Global agricultural trade network characteristics and its influencing factors. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12(1).
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Li, Xin, Lei Qiao, Yaping Huang, et al.. (2023). Manuring improves soil health by sustaining multifunction at relatively high levels in subtropical area. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 353. 108539–108539. 44 indexed citations
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Qiao, Lei, et al.. (2023). SMALL PLANT AND ORGAN 1 (SPO1) Encoding a Cellulose Synthase-like Protein D4 (OsCSLD4) Is an Important Regulator for Plant Architecture and Organ Size in Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 16974–16974. 2 indexed citations
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Woolf, Dominic, et al.. (2023). Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon. Nature Geoscience. 16(12). 1159–1165. 132 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiao, Lei, ‪João Vasco Silva, Mingsheng Fan, et al.. (2021). Assessing the contribution of nitrogen fertilizer and soil quality to yield gaps: A study for irrigated and rainfed maize in China. Field Crops Research. 273. 108304–108304. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wuping, et al.. (2021). Comparative Study on Spatial Digital Mapping Methods of Soil Nutrients Based on Different Geospatial Technologies. Sustainability. 13(6). 3270–3270. 12 indexed citations
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Qiao, Lei, et al.. (2020). Biochar addition leads to more soil organic carbon sequestration under a maize-rice cropping system than continuous flooded rice. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 298. 106965–106965. 44 indexed citations
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He, Wenqing, Ping He, P. M. Haygarth, et al.. (2018). The long‐term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land. Soil Use and Management. 34(3). 306–315. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Wenqiang, Min‐Juan Zhang, Pengfei Gan, et al.. (2017). CLD1/SRL1 modulates leaf rolling by affecting cell wall formation, epidermis integrity and water homeostasis in rice. The Plant Journal. 92(5). 904–923. 73 indexed citations
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An, Ning, Wenliang Wei, Lei Qiao, et al.. (2017). Agronomic and environmental causes of yield and nitrogen use efficiency gaps in Chinese rice farming systems. European Journal of Agronomy. 93. 40–49. 56 indexed citations
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Yang, Shuaiqi, Wenqiang Li, Pengfei Gan, et al.. (2016). REL2, A Gene Encoding An Unknown Function Protein which Contains DUF630 and DUF632 Domains Controls Leaf Rolling in Rice. Rice. 9(1). 37–37. 65 indexed citations
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Fan, Mingsheng, Rattan Lal, Jian Cao, et al.. (2013). Plant-Based Assessment of Inherent Soil Productivity and Contributions to China’s Cereal Crop Yield Increase since 1980. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74617–e74617. 49 indexed citations
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Jin, Longzhe, et al.. (2006). Detection and Analysis of Land Use Change of Daguhe Estuary with Remotely Sensed Imagery. 1 indexed citations

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