Lifen Jiang

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Lifen Jiang is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lifen Jiang has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 31 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Lifen Jiang's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (18 papers). Lifen Jiang is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (18 papers). Lifen Jiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lifen Jiang's co-authors include Yiqi Luo, Bo Li, Jiakuan Chen, Zhenghu Zhou, Chuankuan Wang, Enqing Hou, Zheng Shi, Dazhi Wen, Mianhai Zheng and Yuanwen Kuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lifen Jiang

86 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitatio... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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 meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems
    2020 506 citations Enqing Hou, Yiqi Luo et al. profile →
  2. Patterns and mechanisms of responses by soil microbial communities to nitrogen addition
    2017 379 citations Zhenghu Zhou, Lifen Jiang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lifen Jiang China 30 1.9k 1.7k 993 936 614 94 4.0k
Honghua Ruan China 36 1.6k 0.8× 2.2k 1.3× 730 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 762 1.2× 187 4.4k
Meng Lu China 22 1.6k 0.8× 2.2k 1.3× 873 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 331 0.5× 57 3.8k
David LeBauer United States 21 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 756 1.2× 44 3.9k
Weixing Zhu United States 33 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 791 1.3× 99 4.2k
Haihua Shen China 35 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 774 0.8× 908 1.5× 96 4.0k
Dashuan Tian China 33 1.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 772 1.3× 108 4.8k
Xia Zhao China 24 896 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 996 1.0× 627 0.7× 552 0.9× 41 3.1k
Xiaorong Wei China 43 2.1k 1.1× 4.1k 2.4× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 610 1.0× 198 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lifen Jiang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lifen Jiang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lifen Jiang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lifen Jiang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lifen Jiang 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 Lifen Jiang. Lifen Jiang 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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Tao, Feng, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Yuanyuan Huang, et al.. (2024). Convergence in simulating global soil organic carbon by structurally different models after data assimilation. Global Change Biology. 30(5). e17297–e17297. 7 indexed citations
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Tao, Feng, Johannes Lehmann, Ying‐Ping Wang, et al.. (2024). Reply to “Beyond microbial carbon use efficiency”. National Science Review. 11(4). nwae058–nwae058. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Yiqi, et al.. (2023). Microbial Models for Simulating Soil Carbon Dynamics: A Review. 7 indexed citations
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Hou, Enqing, Shuang Ma, Yuanyuan Huang, et al.. (2023). Across‐model spread and shrinking in predicting peatland carbon dynamics under global change. Global Change Biology. 29(10). 2759–2775. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Lifen, et al.. (2023). Microbial Models for Simulating Soil Carbon Dynamics: A Review. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(8). 25 indexed citations
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Ma, Shuang, Lifen Jiang, Rachel Wilson, et al.. (2023). Thermal acclimation of plant photosynthesis and autotrophic respiration in a northern peatland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 25003–25003. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Shuang, Lifen Jiang, Rachel Wilson, et al.. (2022). Evaluating alternative ebullition models for predicting peatland methane emission and its pathways via data–model fusion. Biogeosciences. 19(8). 2245–2262. 11 indexed citations
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Liao, Cuijuan, Wenjuan Huang, Ruiying Zhao, et al.. (2022). Microbe-iron interactions control lignin decomposition in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 173. 108803–108803. 24 indexed citations
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Hou, Enqing, Dazhi Wen, Lifen Jiang, et al.. (2021). Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1420–1431. 102 indexed citations
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Jiang, Lifen, Junyi Liang, Xingjie Lu, et al.. (2021). Country-level land carbon sink and its causing components by the middle of the twenty-first century. Ecological Processes. 10(1). 61–61. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Tongtong, et al.. (2020). Classification Model for Few-shot Texts Based on Bi-directional Long-term Attention Features. Shuju fenxi yu zhishi faxian. 4(10). 113–123. 1 indexed citations
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Tao, Feng, Zhenghu Zhou, Yuanyuan Huang, et al.. (2020). Deep Learning Optimizes Data-Driven Representation of Soil Organic Carbon in Earth System Model Over the Conterminous United States. Frontiers in Big Data. 3. 17–17. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Qingsong Yang, Yang Qiao, et al.. (2019). Relative contributions of biotic and abiotic factors to the spatial variation of litter stock in a mature subtropical forest. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(4). 769–780. 13 indexed citations
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Liang, Junyi, Zheng Shi, Lifen Jiang, et al.. (2018). Biotic responses buffer warming‐induced soil organic carbon loss in Arctic tundra. Global Change Biology. 24(10). 4946–4959. 23 indexed citations
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Peng, Fei, Chang Gyo Jung, Lifen Jiang, Xian Xue, & Yiqi Luo. (2018). Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration varies between legume and non-legume herbaceous. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(3). 498–506. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanhua, Jian Ni, Fangping Tang, et al.. (2017). Diversity of root-associated fungi of Vaccinium mandarinorum along a human disturbance gradient in subtropical forests, China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 10(1). 56–66. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanhua, Jian Ni, Fangping Tang, et al.. (2016). Root-associated fungi of Vaccinium carlesii in subtropical forests of China: intra- and inter-annual variability and impacts of human disturbances. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22399–22399. 24 indexed citations
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Chen, Ji, Yiqi Luo, Jianyang Xia, et al.. (2015). Stronger warming effects on microbial abundances in colder regions. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18032–18032. 93 indexed citations
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Nie, Ming, Jiayi Yu, Ming Xiao, et al.. (2011). Understanding Plant-Microbe Interactions for Phytoremediation of Petroleum-Polluted Soil. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17961–e17961. 74 indexed citations

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