Lu Luan

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 934 citations indexed

About

Lu Luan is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Luan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 934 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Lu Luan's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (7 papers). Lu Luan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (7 papers). Lu Luan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Lu Luan's co-authors include Yuji Jiang, Bo Sun, Qinsong Xu, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Stefan Geisen, Yueyu Sui, Pengfa Li, Chao Liang, Lijun Chen and Meng Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lu Luan

22 papers receiving 917 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale

2020 196 citations Lu Luan, Yuji Jiang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Community assembly of organisms regulates soil microbial functional potential through dual mechanisms

2024 65 citations Lu Luan, Yan Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Luan China	16	447	421	348	208	87	23	934
Afnan Khalil Ahmad Suleiman Netherlands	15	384 0.9×	475 1.1×	345 1.0×	301 1.4×	113 1.3×	21	1.0k
Babur S. Mirza United States	14	460 1.0×	508 1.2×	361 1.0×	292 1.4×	58 0.7×	17	1.1k
Manoeli Lupatini Brazil	13	432 1.0×	442 1.0×	384 1.1×	296 1.4×	88 1.0×	29	980
Florine Degrune Germany	15	403 0.9×	345 0.8×	438 1.3×	188 0.9×	56 0.6×	24	891
Zhenhua Yu China	11	374 0.8×	593 1.4×	508 1.5×	254 1.2×	147 1.7×	23	1.0k
D.P. Di Lonardo Netherlands	10	305 0.7×	480 1.1×	449 1.3×	229 1.1×	74 0.9×	11	900
Marcel Meyer United Kingdom	8	657 1.5×	420 1.0×	323 0.9×	316 1.5×	103 1.2×	11	1.2k
Sana Romdhane France	15	427 1.0×	315 0.7×	359 1.0×	191 0.9×	176 2.0×	29	947
Annelein Meisner Netherlands	17	458 1.0×	437 1.0×	431 1.2×	200 1.0×	100 1.1×	22	1.2k
Maaike van Agtmaal Netherlands	8	340 0.8×	352 0.8×	483 1.4×	137 0.7×	56 0.6×	12	955

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Luan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Luan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luan, Lu, et al.. (2025). Targeted manipulation of food webs in the plant rhizosphere. Trends in Plant Science. 30(5). 457–460.

Luan, Lu, Shungui Zhou, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, et al.. (2024). Body size mediates the functional potential of soil organisms by diversity and community assembly across soil aggregates. Microbiological Research. 282. 127669–127669. 7 indexed citations

Luan, Lu, Yan Chen, Xiaoyue Wang, et al.. (2024). Community assembly of organisms regulates soil microbial functional potential through dual mechanisms. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17160–e17160. 65 indexed citations breakdown →

Lin, Tingting, Lu Luan, Jia Liu, et al.. (2023). [Effects of Organic Fertilization on Bacterial Community and Maize Productivity in Dryland Red Soil].. PubMed. 44(12). 6965–6972. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yuji, Shuzhen Li, Andrew D. Barnes, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the importance of top-down predation on bacterial diversity at the soil aggregate level. Geoderma. 439. 116658–116658. 23 indexed citations

Luan, Lu, Yuji Jiang, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, et al.. (2023). Integrating pH into the metabolic theory of ecology to predict bacterial diversity in soil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(3). e2207832120–e2207832120. 36 indexed citations

Luan, Lu, et al.. (2023). Interaction between nematodes and bacteria enhances soil carbon sequestration under organic material amendments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1155088–1155088. 19 indexed citations

Li, Pengfa, Leho Tedersoo, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2023). Global diversity and biogeography of potential phytopathogenic fungi in a changing world. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6482–6482. 39 indexed citations

Luan, Lu, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Bo Sun, & Yuji Jiang. (2023). Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities. Trends in Microbiology. 31(9). 885–888. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfa, Leho Tedersoo, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2023). Fossil-fuel-dependent scenarios could lead to a significant decline of global plant-beneficial bacteria abundance in soils by 2100. Nature Food. 4(11). 996–1006. 47 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfa, Meng Wu, Alex J. Dumbrell, et al.. (2023). Molecular weight of dissolved organic matter determines its interactions with microbes and its assembly processes in soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184. 109117–109117. 27 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Olaf, Lu Luan, Jianbo Fan, et al.. (2022). Bacterial Keystone Taxa Regulate Carbon Metabolism in the Earthworm Gut. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0108122–e0108122. 23 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jie, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Lu Luan, et al.. (2022). Nematode Predation and Competitive Interactions Affect Microbe-Mediated Phosphorus Dynamics. mBio. 13(3). e0329321–e0329321. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfa, Jia Liu, Muhammad Saleem, et al.. (2022). Reduced chemodiversity suppresses rhizosphere microbiome functioning in the mono-cropped agroecosystems. Microbiome. 10(1). 108–108. 65 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jie, Liang Tao, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Responses of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria Populations to Organic Material Amendments Affect Soil Nitrification and Nitrogen Use Efficiency. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 911799–911799. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jie, Lu Luan, Yu Luo, et al.. (2022). Biochar and lime amendments promote soil nitrification and nitrogen use efficiency by differentially mediating ammonia-oxidizer community in an acidic soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 180. 104619–104619. 26 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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Luan, Lu, Yuji Jiang, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, et al.. (2020). Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6406–6406. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiang, Yuji, Lu Luan, Manqiang Liu, et al.. (2020). Trophic interactions as determinants of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community with cascading plant-promoting consequences. Microbiome. 8(1). 142–142. 74 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuji, Hu Zhou, Lijun Chen, et al.. (2018). Nematodes and Microorganisms Interactively Stimulate Soil Organic Carbon Turnover in the Macroaggregates. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2803–2803. 62 indexed citations

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