Lijun Chen

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Lijun Chen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lijun Chen has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Soil Science, 53 papers in Plant Science and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lijun Chen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (60 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers) and Plant and animal studies (15 papers). Lijun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (60 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers) and Plant and animal studies (15 papers). Lijun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and United States. Lijun Chen's co-authors include Zhenhua Chen, Yuji Jiang, Bo Sun, Nan Jiang, Jihui Tian, Kai Wei, Leo M. Condron, Xiaohong Chen, Manqiang Liu and Huixin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Lijun Chen

143 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negati... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments
    2019 268 citations Lijun Chen, Yuji Jiang et al. Microbiome profile →
  2. Nematode grazing promotes bacterial community dynamics in soil at the aggregate level
    2017 250 citations Yuji Jiang, Manqiang Liu et al. profile →

Peers

Lijun Chen
Wei Shi United States
Yajun Hu China
Bahar S. Razavi Germany
Paul W. Hill United Kingdom
Franz Buegger Germany
Francisco J. Calderón United States
Michel A. Cavigelli United States
V. V. S. R. Gupta Australia
Hui Wang China
Jing Tian China
Wei Shi United States
Lijun Chen
Citations per year, relative to Lijun Chen Lijun Chen (= 1×) peers Wei Shi

Countries citing papers authored by Lijun Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lijun Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijun Chen

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

All Works

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Liu, Xing, Yulan Zhang, Shuqiang Wang, et al.. (2025). The role of oxidases and hydrolases in enhancing carbon sequestration through soil management practices: A global meta-analysis across diverse ecosystems. European Journal of Agronomy. 168. 127643–127643. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Lijun, et al.. (2025). Keystone taxa play a critical role in regulating soil multifunctionality in Eucalyptus plantations. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 396. 109988–109988. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lijun, et al.. (2024). Lespedeza potaninii Vass seed yield response to plant density and phosphate fertilization in Northwest China. European Journal of Agronomy. 156. 127173–127173. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yulan, et al.. (2024). Neutral soil pH conditions favor the inhibition of phenol on hydrolase activities and soil organic carbon mineralization. European Journal of Soil Biology. 121. 103621–103621. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Lijun, et al.. (2024). The impact of drip irrigation and phosphorus fertilizer on enhancing dimorphic seed production of Lespedeza potaninii in Northwest China. Agricultural Water Management. 299. 108900–108900. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiage, Qingyun Wang, Yanan Li, et al.. (2023). Evaporative concentration and high-pressure homogenization for improving the quality attributes and functionality of goat milk yogurt. LWT. 184. 115016–115016. 23 indexed citations
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Peng, Chuanyi, Fang Han, Haitao Zhu, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Analysis of 53 Pesticides in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) by Using LC–MS/MS Coupled with a Modified QuEChERS Technique. Toxics. 11(6). 537–537. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lijun, Lei Jiang, Jie Xi, et al.. (2022). Identifying Long- and Short-Term Processes in Perceptual Learning. Psychological Science. 33(5). 830–843. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaohong, Leo M. Condron, Kari E. Dunfield, Steven A. Wakelin, & Lijun Chen. (2021). Impact of grassland afforestation with contrasting tree species on soil phosphorus fractions and alkaline phosphatase gene communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 159. 108274–108274. 58 indexed citations
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Fu, Yingyi, Amit Kumar, Lijun Chen, et al.. (2021). Rhizosphere microbiome modulated effects of biochar on ryegrass 15N uptake and rhizodeposited 13C allocation in soil. Plant and Soil. 463(1-2). 359–377. 24 indexed citations
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Tian, Jihui, Gustavo Boitt, Amanda Black, et al.. (2019). Mass balance assessment of phosphorus dynamics in a fertilizer trial with 57 years of superphosphate application under irrigated grazed pasture. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 114(1). 33–44. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Lijun, Yuji Jiang, Chao Liang, et al.. (2019). Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments. Microbiome. 7(1). 77–77. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Yuji, Xiaoyue Wang, Lijun Chen, et al.. (2018). Nematodes and microbial community affect the sizes and turnover rates of organic carbon pools in soil aggregates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 119. 22–31. 131 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruzhen, Yulan Zhang, Artemi Cerdà, et al.. (2016). Changes in soil chemical properties as affected by pyrogenic organic matter amendment with different intensity and frequency. Geoderma. 289. 161–168. 15 indexed citations
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Huang, Yubin, Tian Zhou, & Lijun Chen. (2013). Double dissociations of Magnocellular and Parvocellular Pathways in Processing Global Topological and Local Properties. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 353–353. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhong‐Jian, et al.. (2008). Ypsilorchis and Ypsilorchidinae, a new genus and a new subtribe of Orchidaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 46(4). 622–627. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhenhua, et al.. (2007). [Ammonia volatilization from rice field under different water conditions in lower Liaohe River Plain].. PubMed. 18(12). 2771–6. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Dongpo, Lijun Chen, Wu Zhi, et al.. (2004). [Dynamics of microbial biomass N in different fertilized black soil and its related factors].. PubMed. 15(10). 1891–6. 4 indexed citations

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