Limei Zhang

17.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
310 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Limei Zhang is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Limei Zhang has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Ecology, 86 papers in Molecular Biology and 72 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Limei Zhang's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (92 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (56 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (39 papers). Limei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (92 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (56 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (39 papers). Limei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and New Zealand. Limei Zhang's co-authors include Ji‐Zheng He, Ju‐Pei Shen, Hang‐Wei Hu, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Yuan‐Ming Zheng, Juntao Wang, Hongjie Di, Lili Han, Zhongxin Tan and Qiaoyun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Limei Zhang

292 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2011 2020 2019 2021 250 500 750
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. Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria and ammonia‐oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long‐term fertilization practices
    2007 849 citations Ji‐Zheng He, Ju‐Pei Shen et al. profile →
  2. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have more important role than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia oxidation of strongly acidic soils
    2011 640 citations Limei Zhang, Hang‐Wei Hu et al. profile →
  3. Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity
    2020 465 citations Yong‐Guan Zhu, Juntao Wang et al. profile →
  4. Protist communities are more sensitive to nitrogen fertilization than other microorganisms in diverse agricultural soils
    2019 357 citations Ji‐Zheng He, Juntao Wang et al. profile →
  5. Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome
    2021 276 citations Ji‐Zheng He, Juntao Wang et al. profile →
  6. Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions
    2020 209 citations Ji‐Zheng He, Yong‐Guan Zhu et al. profile →
  7. Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome
    2021 166 citations Yong‐Guan Zhu, Limei Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Soil microbial diversity and network complexity drive the ecosystem multifunctionality of temperate grasslands under changing precipitation
    2023 93 citations Lili Han, An‐Hui Ge et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Limei Zhang China 61 5.6k 4.0k 3.8k 3.2k 2.7k 310 13.2k
Hang‐Wei Hu Australia 61 5.4k 1.0× 5.4k 1.3× 4.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 247 12.4k
Xiangui Lin China 59 4.8k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 5.6k 1.5× 4.7k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 235 13.1k
Sara Hallin Sweden 54 7.3k 1.3× 5.1k 1.3× 4.6k 1.2× 2.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 146 13.5k
Yunfeng Yang China 58 9.7k 1.7× 3.2k 0.8× 4.3k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 6.0k 2.2× 223 17.6k
George A. Kowalchuk Netherlands 73 8.8k 1.6× 4.1k 1.0× 4.5k 1.2× 9.0k 2.8× 4.8k 1.8× 214 20.1k
Wietse de Boer Netherlands 66 4.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 3.8k 1.0× 7.3k 2.3× 2.6k 1.0× 203 14.2k
Joy D. Van Nostrand United States 64 6.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 3.9k 1.4× 189 13.0k
David Bru France 39 4.1k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 74 7.6k
Huaiying Yao China 52 3.0k 0.5× 3.3k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 222 9.6k
Michael Schloter Germany 79 8.0k 1.4× 4.8k 1.2× 7.7k 2.0× 7.8k 2.4× 4.0k 1.5× 474 22.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Limei Zhang

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All Works

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Shen, Congcong, Michael K. Borregaard, Marcell K. Peters, et al.. (2025). Climate and microbial community composition drive shifts in ecosystem function along three parallel elevational gradients. Ecography. 2025(12).
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Liu, Siyi, Di Wu, Xiaotang Ju, et al.. (2024). Nitrification inhibitor induced microbial NH4+-N immobilization improves maize nitrogen use efficiency in strong ammonia oxidation soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109687–109687. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuxiang, Dongdong Wang, Yue Gao, et al.. (2024). Changing ozone sensitivity in Fujian Province, China, during 2012–2021: Importance of controlling VOC emissions. Environmental Pollution. 359. 124757–124757. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Siyi, Lin Zhang, Yi Cheng, et al.. (2024). Elevational Patterns of Soil Nitrogen Forms and Transformations in the Southeastern Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 10.
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Zhang, Yuanwei, Limei Zhang, Xiaofu Pan, et al.. (2024). Genetic analysis of Discogobio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Central Yunnan Basin: Effects of geological events and conservation perspectives. Zoologica Scripta. 53(5). 571–579. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Ting, Xiaoling Liu, Xi Liu, et al.. (2023). Quality assessment of Red Yeast Rice by fingerprint and fingerprint-effect relationship combined with antioxidant activity. Food Chemistry. 438. 137744–137744. 14 indexed citations
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Shen, Congcong, Zhiming Zhang, Jichen Wang, et al.. (2023). Interactions between soil bacterial communities, assembly processes and microbial functions along the elevational gradient. CATENA. 235. 107698–107698. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, et al.. (2023). Fusing Multiview Functional Brain Networks by Joint Embedding for Brain Disease Identification. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(2). 251–251. 3 indexed citations
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Du, Shuai, Ju‐Pei Shen, Hang‐Wei Hu, et al.. (2020). Large-scale patterns of soil antibiotic resistome in Chinese croplands. The Science of The Total Environment. 712. 136418–136418. 66 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2020). Resveratrol promotes osteoblastic differentiation in a rat model of postmenopausal osteoporosis by regulating autophagy. Nutrition & Metabolism. 17(1). 29–29. 42 indexed citations
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Huang, Hong, Guangyao Shi, Yule Duan, & Limei Zhang. (2019). Dimensionality reduction method for hyperspectral images based on weighted spatial-spectral combined preserving embedding. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 48(8). 1014. 1 indexed citations
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Dong, Yu, et al.. (2017). A study on cold resistance in six mango cultivars.. Guoshu xuebao. 34(5). 594–602. 1 indexed citations
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Bai, Ren, Xin Chen, Ji‐Zheng He, Ju‐Pei Shen, & Limei Zhang. (2015). Candidatus Brocadia and Candidatus Kuenenia predominated in anammox bacterial community in selected Chinese paddy soils (vol 15, 1977, 2015). Journal of Soils and Sediments. 15(11). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, Kun Yan, & Huaiyong Shao. (2014). Photosynthetic characterization of three dominant plant species in the saline–alkaline soil of the Yellow River Delta, China. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 148(6). 1247–1254. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, Linlin Song, H. B. Shao, et al.. (2013). Spatio-temporal variation of rhizosphere soil microbial abundance and enzyme activities under different vegetation types in the coastal zone, Shandong, China. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 148(3). 403–409. 26 indexed citations
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Jiang, Hongjun, et al.. (2010). Comparison of bergenin contents of Bergenia purpurascens among different regions in Yunnan Province.. Yunnan Nongye Daxue xuebao. 25(6). 895–898. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, Pierre Offre, Ji‐Zheng He, et al.. (2010). Autotrophic ammonia oxidation by soil thaumarchaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17240–17245. 287 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, et al.. (2005). Phosphorus nutrient characteristics of different maize ({\sl Zeamays} L.) inbreds for tolerance to low--P stress. Agricultural Sciences in China. 4(4). 281–287. 2 indexed citations

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