Lingrui Qu

804 total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 565 citations indexed

About

Lingrui Qu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingrui Qu has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 565 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Soil Science, 6 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lingrui Qu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (3 papers). Lingrui Qu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (4 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (3 papers). Lingrui Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Austria. Lingrui Qu's co-authors include Chao Wang, Edith Bai, Ember M. Morrissey, Yunting Fang, Liuming Yang, Ziping Liu, Renhui Miao, Dongwei Liu, Qingkui Wang and Changpeng Sang and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Lingrui Qu

9 papers receiving 556 citations

Hit Papers

Large‐scale importance of microbial carbon use efficiency... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2023 50 100 150 200 250
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. Large‐scale importance of microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass to soil organic carbon
    2021 263 citations Chao Wang, Lingrui Qu et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Integrating microbial community properties, biomass and necromass to predict cropland soil organic carbon
    2023 81 citations Chao Wang, Xu Wang et al. ISME Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lingrui Qu China 6 451 287 117 110 52 9 565
Ruyi Luo China 10 473 1.0× 284 1.0× 153 1.3× 145 1.3× 54 1.0× 20 597
Emily D. Whalen United States 8 461 1.0× 284 1.0× 163 1.4× 129 1.2× 49 0.9× 9 643
Wenkuan Qin China 12 412 0.9× 295 1.0× 129 1.1× 100 0.9× 45 0.9× 20 605
Zhiming Guo China 13 337 0.7× 169 0.6× 147 1.3× 79 0.7× 39 0.8× 23 508
Zongwei Xia China 11 407 0.9× 315 1.1× 146 1.2× 119 1.1× 35 0.7× 17 567
Margarida Soares Sweden 10 391 0.9× 361 1.3× 101 0.9× 193 1.8× 31 0.6× 12 635
Sebastian Preußer Germany 9 402 0.9× 216 0.8× 196 1.7× 116 1.1× 40 0.8× 11 581
Junsheng Huang China 10 364 0.8× 222 0.8× 218 1.9× 91 0.8× 43 0.8× 21 559
Judith Braun United Kingdom 5 332 0.7× 215 0.7× 116 1.0× 85 0.8× 75 1.4× 7 514
Junxi Hu China 10 339 0.8× 170 0.6× 91 0.8× 86 0.8× 53 1.0× 16 416

Countries citing papers authored by Lingrui Qu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lingrui Qu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lingrui Qu

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Wang, Jian, Lingrui Qu, Helena Osterholz, et al.. (2025). Effects of DOM Chemodiversity on Microbial Diversity in Forest Soils on a Continental Scale. Global Change Biology. 31(3). e70131–e70131. 5 indexed citations
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Qu, Lingrui, Chao Wang, Stefano Manzoni, et al.. (2024). Stronger compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration with higher substrate availability. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Lifei, Lingrui Qu, Daryl Moorhead, et al.. (2024). Interpreting the differences in microbial carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies estimated by 18O labeling and ecoenzyme stoichiometry. Geoderma. 444. 116856–116856. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Jing, Jingyi Yang, Lingrui Qu, et al.. (2024). Soil microbial carbon use efficiency differs between mycorrhizal trees: insights from substrate stoichiometry and microbial networks. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycae173–ycae173. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, Xu Wang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Integrating microbial community properties, biomass and necromass to predict cropland soil organic carbon. ISME Communications. 3(1). 86–86. 81 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Lifei, Jing Li, Lingrui Qu, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus limitation reduces microbial nitrogen use efficiency by increasing extracellular enzyme investments. Geoderma. 432. 116416–116416. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, Lingrui Qu, Liuming Yang, et al.. (2021). Large‐scale importance of microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass to soil organic carbon. Global Change Biology. 27(10). 2039–2048. 263 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jing, Changpeng Sang, Jingyi Yang, et al.. (2021). Stoichiometric imbalance and microbial community regulate microbial elements use efficiencies under nitrogen addition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 156. 108207–108207. 142 indexed citations
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Qu, Lingrui, Chao Wang, & Edith Bai. (2020). Evaluation of the 18O-H2O incubation method for measurement of soil microbial carbon use efficiency. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 145. 107802–107802. 38 indexed citations

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