Lijuan Sun

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lijuan Sun is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lijuan Sun has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Lijuan Sun's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (8 papers). Lijuan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (8 papers). Lijuan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Estonia. Lijuan Sun's co-authors include E. Michael Perdue, Biao Zhu, Judith Meyer, Johannes Weis, Mioko Ataka, Mengguang Han, Hong‐Ying Hu, Dayong Gan, John F. McCarthy and Fang Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Lijuan Sun

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest

2020 168 citations Lijuan Sun, Mioko Ataka et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lijuan Sun China	17	367	332	309	215	202	40	1.3k
Binbin Li China	21	236 0.6×	413 1.2×	328 1.1×	366 1.7×	165 0.8×	109	1.4k
Shibin Liu China	17	295 0.8×	596 1.8×	136 0.4×	424 2.0×	162 0.8×	59	1.9k
Yun Chen China	20	191 0.5×	255 0.8×	200 0.6×	245 1.1×	134 0.7×	71	1.2k
Qiong Wang China	21	485 1.3×	427 1.3×	35 0.1×	203 0.9×	87 0.4×	72	1.6k
G. Villemin France	17	231 0.6×	311 0.9×	223 0.7×	170 0.8×	63 0.3×	33	1.1k
Yishan Lin China	15	101 0.3×	355 1.1×	300 1.0×	271 1.3×	152 0.8×	42	1.3k
Xin Sun China	22	293 0.8×	399 1.2×	78 0.3×	593 2.8×	73 0.4×	68	1.3k
Yanmei Xiong China	21	342 0.9×	354 1.1×	25 0.1×	533 2.5×	122 0.6×	65	1.4k
Michael Stemmer Austria	18	265 0.7×	715 2.2×	60 0.2×	379 1.8×	77 0.4×	25	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lijuan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijuan Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Juanjuan, Jun Ma, Huimin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Climate warming reshapes seasonal flowering but stabilizes species interactions in a Tibetan alpine grassland. New Phytologist. 248(4). 1756–1768.

Sun, Lijuan, et al.. (2025). The covariation between soil microbial communities and multidimensional fine‐root economics space. Journal of Ecology. 113(12). 3650–3661.

Chen, Lina, Aiping Deng, Die Hu, et al.. (2025). Multiomics analyses of Reynoutria japonica unveil genomic landscape and biosynthesis of emodin anthraquinone in Polygonaceae. Industrial Crops and Products. 236. 122097–122097.

Wang, He, Jiayu Lu, Feike A. Dijkstra, et al.. (2024). Rhizosphere priming effects and trade-offs among root traits, exudation and mycorrhizal symbioses. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109690–109690. 6 indexed citations

Zeng, Wenjing, Lijuan Sun, Fusheng Chen, et al.. (2024). Root acquisitive traits mirror the functional modules of root-associated fungi. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 190. 109317–109317. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Jiangling, Lijuan Sun, C. Y. He, et al.. (2024). Large and thin leaves are compromised more by chewers. Ecosphere. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

Cai, Qiong, Suhui Ma, Lijuan Sun, et al.. (2023). Elevational Patterns of Tree Species Richness and Forest Biomass on Two Subtropical Mountains in China. Forests. 14(7). 1337–1337. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Lijuan, Tianle Xu, Mengguang Han, et al.. (2023). Species of fast bulk‐soil nutrient cycling have lower rhizosphere effects: A nutrient spectrum of rhizosphere effects. Ecology. 104(4). e3981–e3981. 27 indexed citations

Han, Mengguang, Ying Chen, Lijuan Sun, et al.. (2023). Linking rhizosphere soil microbial activity and plant resource acquisition strategy. Journal of Ecology. 111(4). 875–888. 47 indexed citations

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Peng, Shitao, et al.. (2023). Altitude restricts the restoration of community composition and vegetation coverage of quarries on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Ecological Indicators. 151. 110339–110339. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan, et al.. (2022). Trade-offs among fine-root phosphorus-acquisition strategies of 15 tropical woody species. Forest Ecosystems. 9. 100055–100055. 16 indexed citations

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Tanikawa, Toko, Nagamitsu Maie, Saori Fujii, et al.. (2022). Contrasting patterns of nitrogen release from fine roots and leaves driven by microbial communities during decomposition. The Science of The Total Environment. 855. 158809–158809. 6 indexed citations

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Han, Mengguang, et al.. (2021). Mycorrhizal mycelial respiration: A substantial component of soil respired CO2. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 163. 108454–108454. 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan, Mioko Ataka, Yuji Kominami, Kenichi Yoshimura, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2021). A constant microbial C/N ratio mediates the microbial nitrogen mineralization induced by root exudation among four co-existing canopy species. Rhizosphere. 17. 100317–100317. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan, Mioko Ataka, Yuji Kominami, Kenichi Yoshimura, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2021). Similar release pattern of two major groups of primary metabolites in root exudates of four coexisting canopy species. Rhizosphere. 20. 100425–100425. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan, Mioko Ataka, Mengguang Han, et al.. (2020). Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest. New Phytologist. 229(1). 259–271. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Lijuan, Yuji Kominami, Kenichi Yoshimura, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2017). Root‐exudate flux variations among four co‐existing canopy species in a temperate forest, Japan. Ecological Research. 32(3). 331–339. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan, et al.. (2016). Effects of high temperature on ovary development and yolk protein content of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 59(2). 127–137. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Lijuan. (2012). Research and Advances on the Control Technology of the Multiple Shaking Table Array System. Jiegou Gongchengshi. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Ruchuan Wang, Haiping Huang, & Lijuan Sun. (2009). Voronoi-Based Coverage Optimization for Directional Sensor Networks. Wireless Sensor Network. 1(5). 417–424. 24 indexed citations

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