Mengzhen Kang

1.3k total citations
57 papers, 800 citations indexed

About

Mengzhen Kang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengzhen Kang has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 800 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mengzhen Kang's work include Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (42 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (13 papers). Mengzhen Kang is often cited by papers focused on Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (42 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (13 papers). Mengzhen Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Macao. Mengzhen Kang's co-authors include Fei‐Yue Wang, Philippe De Reffye, Jing Hua, Xiujuan Wang, Bao-Gang Hu, E. Heuvelink, Véronique Letort, Haoyu Wang, Paul-Henry Cournède and Haoyu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Frontiers in Plant Science and Annals of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Mengzhen Kang

51 papers receiving 776 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mengzhen Kang China 14 436 184 83 68 53 57 800
Zhaoyu Zhai China 10 373 0.9× 39 0.2× 58 0.7× 65 1.0× 63 1.2× 26 732
Jing Hua China 11 159 0.4× 55 0.3× 67 0.8× 60 0.9× 43 0.8× 34 448
Néstor Lucas Martínez Spain 9 310 0.7× 36 0.2× 72 0.9× 64 0.9× 86 1.6× 15 672
Manuel Jiménez Buendía Spain 15 212 0.5× 80 0.4× 40 0.5× 43 0.6× 65 1.2× 37 549
Chuanheng Sun China 17 398 0.9× 80 0.4× 227 2.7× 65 1.0× 72 1.4× 34 1.6k
Sjoukje Osinga Netherlands 8 411 0.9× 61 0.3× 43 0.5× 55 0.8× 41 0.8× 19 908
A. Subeesh India 14 550 1.3× 84 0.5× 31 0.4× 41 0.6× 15 0.3× 35 862
Dhivya Elavarasan India 7 556 1.3× 49 0.3× 49 0.6× 101 1.5× 53 1.0× 8 840
Uferah Shafi Pakistan 15 554 1.3× 63 0.3× 92 1.1× 68 1.0× 129 2.4× 18 1.2k
Verónica Sáiz-Rubio Spain 7 465 1.1× 41 0.2× 46 0.6× 22 0.3× 67 1.3× 19 770

Countries citing papers authored by Mengzhen Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mengzhen Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mengzhen Kang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reffye, Philippe De, et al.. (2025). Plant Model Greenlab for Botany and Agronomy. Agritrop (Cirad).
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Liu, Jiamei, Xiujuan Wang, Mengzhen Kang, et al.. (2025). Smart Irrigation Scheduling for Crop Production Using a Crop Model and Improved Deep Reinforcement Learning. Agriculture. 15(24). 2569–2569.
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Fu, Laiyi, et al.. (2025). Parallel Seeds: From Foundation Models to Foundation Intelligence for Agricultural Sustainability. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 12(3). 481–484.
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Zhang, Pengpeng, Xiujuan Wang, Jingyao Huang, et al.. (2025). Extension of the GreenLab in modelling maize canopy photosynthesis under high plant densities for trait discovery. Field Crops Research. 334. 110155–110155.
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Wang, Xingxia, H. J. Yang, Yutong Wang, et al.. (2024). Parallel intelligence in three decades: a historical review and future perspective on ACP and cyber-physical-social systems. Artificial Intelligence Review. 57(9). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiujuan, Jing Hua, Mengzhen Kang, Haoyu Wang, & Philippe De Reffye. (2023). Functional–Structural Plant Model “GreenLab”: A State-of-the-Art Review. Plant Phenomics. 6. 118–118. 11 indexed citations
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Hua, Jing, et al.. (2023). The design and implementation of a distributed agricultural service system for smallholder farmers in China. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 21(1). 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ling, et al.. (2023). The Design of a Mobile Application MetaPlant. 1–4.
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Wang, Haoyu, Jing Hua, Mengzhen Kang, et al.. (2022). Stronger wind, smaller tree: Testing tree growth plasticity through a modeling approach. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 971690–971690. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Haoyu, et al.. (2022). Learning Greenhouse Climate Control Policy from Monitored Data. 6731–6736. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaohan, et al.. (2022). Machine learning versus crop growth models: an ally, not a rival. AoB Plants. 15(2). plac061–plac061. 35 indexed citations
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Kang, Mengzhen, et al.. (2021). Parallel crop planning based on price forecast. International Journal of Intelligent Systems. 37(8). 4772–4793. 9 indexed citations
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Reffye, Philippe De, Bao-Gang Hu, Mengzhen Kang, Véronique Letort, & Marc Jaeger. (2020). Two decades of research with the GreenLab model in agronomy. Annals of Botany. 127(3). 281–295. 32 indexed citations
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Kang, Mengzhen, et al.. (2018). Managing Traditional Solar Greenhouse With CPSS: A Just-for-Fit Philosophy. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 48(12). 3371–3380. 53 indexed citations
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Corpetti, Thomas, Xing Gong, Mengzhen Kang, Bao-Gang Hu, & Laurence Hubert‐Moy. (2018). Time-consistent estimation of LAI by assimilation in GreenLab plant growth model. Computers & Geosciences. 130. 57–68. 2 indexed citations
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Kang, Mengzhen, E. Heuvelink, S.M.P. Carvalho, & Philippe De Reffye. (2012). A virtual plant that responds to the environment like a real one: the case for chrysanthemum. New Phytologist. 195(2). 384–395. 31 indexed citations
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Kang, Mengzhen, et al.. (2010). Correlation between dynamic tomato fruit-set and source–sink ratio: a common relationship for different plant densities and seasons?. Annals of Botany. 107(5). 805–815. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili, et al.. (2009). Simulation of tomato growth behavior in response to planting-density based on functional-structural model. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery. 40(10). 156–160. 1 indexed citations

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