Mengguang Han

2.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mengguang Han is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengguang Han has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Soil Science, 12 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Mengguang Han's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Climate change and permafrost (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Mengguang Han is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers), Climate change and permafrost (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Mengguang Han collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Romania. Mengguang Han's co-authors include Biao Zhu, Jiguang Feng, Yunfeng Han, Ying Chen, Dayong Gan, Lijuan Sun, Qiufang Zhang, Keyi He, Guangze Jin and Wenkuan Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Mengguang Han

27 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Changes in plant inputs alter soil carbon and microbial communities in forest ecosystems

2022 237 citations Jiguang Feng, Keyi He et al. Global Change Biology profile →
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 →
Globally nitrogen addition alters soil microbial community structure, but has minor effects on soil microbial diversity and richness

2023 148 citations Xudong Wang, Jiguang Feng et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengguang Han China	18	925	774	426	218	193	29	1.6k
Ziliang Zhang China	21	775 0.8×	765 1.0×	354 0.8×	215 1.0×	125 0.6×	77	1.3k
Jean Trap France	20	712 0.8×	561 0.7×	405 1.0×	212 1.0×	119 0.6×	58	1.3k
Xueyong Pang China	20	881 1.0×	497 0.6×	489 1.1×	222 1.0×	300 1.6×	72	1.4k
Zekun Zhong China	19	1.0k 1.1×	449 0.6×	753 1.8×	162 0.7×	131 0.7×	38	1.5k
Katja Steinauer Germany	15	708 0.8×	799 1.0×	496 1.2×	406 1.9×	179 0.9×	29	1.6k
Judith Prommer Austria	14	809 0.9×	424 0.5×	508 1.2×	128 0.6×	110 0.6×	21	1.3k
Yanxing Dou China	17	846 0.9×	352 0.5×	568 1.3×	122 0.6×	129 0.7×	28	1.3k
Chengming You China	19	701 0.8×	360 0.5×	423 1.0×	302 1.4×	280 1.5×	85	1.2k
Yangquanwei Zhong China	25	1.1k 1.2×	826 1.1×	671 1.6×	144 0.7×	377 2.0×	50	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Mengguang Han

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mengguang Han

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mengguang Han

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mengguang Han. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mengguang Han 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 Mengguang Han. Mengguang Han 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

Wang, Xudong, et al.. (2025). Minor Effects of Warming on Soil Microbial Diversity, Richness and Community Structure. Global Change Biology. 31(3). e70104–e70104. 8 indexed citations

Han, Mengguang, Ying Chen, Dayong Gan, et al.. (2025). The latitudinal pattern of fine root intraspecific trait variation among species in plant communities. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9340–9340.

Zhang, Weijun, Junjie Lin, Qiang Cheng, et al.. (2025). Contrasting fine root-induced rhizosphere priming effects between coniferous and broadleaved trees. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 62(3). 335–347.

Chen, Ying, Wenkuan Qin, Qiufang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Whole-soil warming leads to substantial soil carbon emission in an alpine grassland. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4489–4489. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Ying, Mengguang Han, Wenkuan Qin, et al.. (2023). Effects of whole‐soil warming on CH₄ and N₂O fluxes in an alpine grassland. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17033–e17033. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xudong, Jiguang Feng, Wenkuan Qin, et al.. (2023). Globally nitrogen addition alters soil microbial community structure, but has minor effects on soil microbial diversity and richness. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 179. 108982–108982. 148 indexed citations breakdown →

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

Qin, Wenkuan, et al.. (2023). Linking the rhizosphere effects of 12 woody species on soil microbial activities with soil and root nitrogen status. Rhizosphere. 28. 100809–100809. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying, Mengguang Han, Xia Yuan, et al.. (2022). Long-term warming reduces surface soil organic carbon by reducing mineral-associated carbon rather than “free” particulate carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 177. 108905–108905. 32 indexed citations

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Feng, Jiguang, Keyi He, Qiufang Zhang, Mengguang Han, & Biao Zhu. (2022). Changes in plant inputs alter soil carbon and microbial communities in forest ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 28(10). 3426–3440. 237 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Mengguang, Ying Chen, Rui Li, et al.. (2021). Root phosphatase activity aligns with the collaboration gradient of the root economics space. New Phytologist. 234(3). 837–849. 82 indexed citations

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Gan, Dayong, Jiguang Feng, Mengguang Han, Hui Zeng, & Biao Zhu. (2021). Rhizosphere effects of woody plants on soil biogeochemical processes: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 160. 108310–108310. 60 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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Chen, Ying, Mengguang Han, Xia Yuan, et al.. (2021). Warming has a minor effect on surface soil organic carbon in alpine meadow ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology. 28(4). 1618–1629. 57 indexed citations

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Han, Mengguang & Biao Zhu. (2020). Linking root respiration to chemistry and morphology across species. Global Change Biology. 27(1). 190–201. 74 indexed citations

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Han, Yunfeng, Jiguang Feng, Mengguang Han, & Biao Zhu. (2020). Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to nitrogen addition: A meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 26(12). 7229–7241. 132 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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Han, Mengguang, et al.. (2020). Root functional traits are key determinants of the rhizosphere effect on soil organic matter decomposition across 14 temperate hardwood species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 151. 108019–108019. 80 indexed citations

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Han, Mengguang, Baoku Shi, & Guangze Jin. (2017). Conversion of primary mixed forest into secondary broadleaved forest and coniferous plantations: Effects on temporal dynamics of soil CO 2 efflux. CATENA. 162. 157–165. 15 indexed citations

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