Lichao Fan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lichao Fan is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Lichao Fan has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Soil Science, 10 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Lichao Fan's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers). Lichao Fan is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers). Lichao Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Russia. Lichao Fan's co-authors include Wenyan Han, Yakov Kuzyakov, Peng Yan, Chen Shen, Maxim Dorodnikov, Michaela A. Dippold, Jinshui Wu, Tida Ge, Liping Zhang and Volker Thiel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Lichao Fan

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nitrogen fertilizer builds soil organic carbon under straw return mainly via microbial necromass formation

2023 105 citations Xiangtian Meng, Xuechen Zhang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lichao Fan China	20	564	340	310	251	178	33	1.2k
Huifeng Sun China	17	1.0k 1.8×	464 1.4×	287 0.9×	265 1.1×	132 0.7×	51	1.6k
Qiufang Zhang China	19	726 1.3×	356 1.0×	533 1.7×	188 0.7×	135 0.8×	81	1.3k
Xianzhen Luo China	16	723 1.3×	412 1.2×	363 1.2×	243 1.0×	131 0.7×	35	1.2k
Javed Iqbal United States	20	573 1.0×	550 1.6×	170 0.5×	219 0.9×	146 0.8×	62	1.3k
Huimin Zhou China	16	632 1.1×	353 1.0×	328 1.1×	119 0.5×	144 0.8×	44	1.3k
Maurizio Ventura Italy	20	791 1.4×	534 1.6×	272 0.9×	173 0.7×	261 1.5×	50	1.5k
Shihe Xing China	23	787 1.4×	454 1.3×	288 0.9×	189 0.8×	76 0.4×	50	1.4k
Girisha Ganjegunte United States	22	510 0.9×	315 0.9×	256 0.8×	155 0.6×	156 0.9×	68	1.5k
Weiqin Su China	11	766 1.4×	436 1.3×	566 1.8×	168 0.7×	121 0.7×	15	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lichao Fan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Lichao, et al.. (2025). In situ visualization of soil profile acidification and processes following nitrogen fertilization and liming. Geoderma. 456. 117243–117243. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Lichao, et al.. (2025). Balanced fertilization management to protect soil inorganic carbon stocks and reduce soil CO2 emissions. Geoderma. 459. 117386–117386.

Fan, Lichao, et al.. (2025). Long-term land use conversion influence on soil pore structure and organic carbon. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 387. 109633–109633. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Lichao, et al.. (2024). Nitrification-induced acidity controls CO2 emission from soil carbonates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 192. 109398–109398. 16 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhen, Renjie Ma, He Guo, et al.. (2024). Microbial transformation mechanisms of particulate organic carbon to mineral-associated organic carbon at the chemical molecular level: Highlighting the effects of ambient temperature and soil moisture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 195. 109454–109454. 28 indexed citations

Zamanian, Kazem, Ruhollah Taghizadeh‐Mehrjardi, Lichao Fan, et al.. (2024). Acidification of European croplands by nitrogen fertilization: Consequences for carbonate losses, and soil health. The Science of The Total Environment. 924. 171631–171631. 23 indexed citations

Shao, Guodong, Kazem Zamanian, Lingling Shi, et al.. (2023). What controls the availability of organic and inorganic P sources in top- and subsoils? A 33P isotopic labeling study with root exudate addition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 185. 109129–109129. 24 indexed citations

Manasypov, Rinat M., Lichao Fan, Artem G. Lim, et al.. (2023). Size matters: Aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of shallow thermokarst lakes. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17120–e17120. 4 indexed citations

Meng, Xiangtian, Xuechen Zhang, Lichao Fan, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen fertilizer builds soil organic carbon under straw return mainly via microbial necromass formation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 188. 109223–109223. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Liang, Zhenke Zhu, Bahar S. Razavi, et al.. (2022). Visualization and quantification of carbon “rusty sink” by rice root iron plaque: Mechanisms, functions, and global implications. Global Change Biology. 28(22). 6711–6727. 52 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zheng, Lichao Fan, Shuai Guo, et al.. (2022). Diversity in rhizospheric microbial communities in tea varieties at different locations and tapping potential beneficial microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1027444–1027444. 27 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaomeng, Lichao Fan, Yuhong Li, et al.. (2021). Subsurface methane dynamics of a paddy field under long-term fertilization: 13C-evidence from in-situ belowground labeling. Journal of Cleaner Production. 325. 129285–129285. 5 indexed citations

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Fan, Lichao, Michaela A. Dippold, Volker Thiel, et al.. (2021). Temperature sensitivity of anaerobic methane oxidation versus methanogenesis in paddy soil: Implications for the CH₄ balance under global warming. Global Change Biology. 28(2). 654–664. 40 indexed citations

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Dorodnikov, Maxim, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Lichao Fan, Yakov Kuzyakov, & Mats B. Nilsson. (2021). A novel belowground in-situ gas labeling approach: CH4 oxidation in deep peat using passive diffusion chambers and 13C excess. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 1). 150457–150457. 6 indexed citations

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Bilyera, Nataliya, Xuechen Zhang, Patrick Duddek, et al.. (2021). Maize genotype-specific exudation strategies: An adaptive mechanism to increase microbial activity in the rhizosphere. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 162. 108426–108426. 44 indexed citations

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Yan, Peng, Liangquan Wu, Donghui Wang, et al.. (2020). Soil acidification in Chinese tea plantations. The Science of The Total Environment. 715. 136963–136963. 173 indexed citations

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Bilyera, Nataliya, Xuechen Zhang, Lichao Fan, et al.. (2019). Identification of spatial biochemical pattern in the rhizosphere by linkage between rhizodeposition and enzyme activities. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1825. 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Lichao, Michaela A. Dippold, Tida Ge, et al.. (2019). Anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil: Role of electron acceptors and fertilization in mitigating CH4 fluxes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 141. 107685–107685. 124 indexed citations

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Fan, Lichao, Muhammad Shahbaz, Tida Ge, et al.. (2018). To shake or not to shake: Silicone tube approach for incubation studies on CH4 oxidation in submerged soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 657. 893–901. 7 indexed citations

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Fan, Lichao, et al.. (2015). Soil Respiration under Different Land Uses in Eastern China. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124198–e0124198. 30 indexed citations

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