Minghao Zhuang

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Minghao Zhuang is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Minghao Zhuang has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Minghao Zhuang's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Minghao Zhuang is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Minghao Zhuang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Minghao Zhuang's co-authors include Yize Liu, Xi Lu, Zhenling Cui, Yi Yang, Chong Wang, Ligang Wang, Zhibiao Wei, Gongbuzeren, Fusuo Zhang and Nan Shan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Minghao Zhuang

61 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

2023 131 citations Longlong Xia, Liang Cao et al. Nature Food profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minghao Zhuang China	23	395	370	267	260	198	66	1.4k
Nicola Dal Ferro Italy	24	674 1.7×	243 0.7×	258 1.0×	251 1.0×	123 0.6×	68	1.5k
Sean Smukler Canada	23	429 1.1×	337 0.9×	152 0.6×	351 1.4×	359 1.8×	60	1.4k
Pietro Goglio United Kingdom	17	310 0.8×	543 1.5×	471 1.8×	150 0.6×	132 0.7×	29	1.6k
Dali Nayak United Kingdom	21	738 1.9×	493 1.3×	313 1.2×	384 1.5×	289 1.5×	37	1.8k
Abbey F. Wick United States	18	583 1.5×	312 0.8×	197 0.7×	328 1.3×	148 0.7×	62	1.4k
Anne Biewald Germany	19	242 0.6×	548 1.5×	391 1.5×	235 0.9×	444 2.2×	34	2.0k
Alessandro Ferrara Austria	14	350 0.9×	442 1.2×	270 1.0×	297 1.1×	294 1.5×	24	1.6k
Andreas Meyer‐Aurich Germany	20	522 1.3×	391 1.1×	226 0.8×	288 1.1×	108 0.5×	52	1.4k
Miodrag Stevanović Germany	19	222 0.6×	474 1.3×	379 1.4×	164 0.6×	487 2.5×	39	1.8k
Wangsheng Gao China	21	466 1.2×	567 1.5×	615 2.3×	314 1.2×	173 0.9×	91	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Minghao Zhuang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minghao Zhuang

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minghao Zhuang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Minghao Zhuang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Minghao Zhuang 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 Minghao Zhuang. Minghao Zhuang 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, Wenxin, et al.. (2025). Localized nutrient management practices enhance the environmental-economic sustainability in potato production of China. Journal of Environmental Management. 379. 124822–124822. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Lu, Shushi Peng, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2025). The large role of declining atmospheric sulfate deposition and rising CO ₂ concentrations in stimulating future wetland CH ₄ emissions. Science Advances. 11(6). eadn1056–eadn1056. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Haiyan, Xingshuai Tian, Zhong Chen, et al.. (2025). Global patterns of soil organic carbon distribution in the 20–100 cm soil profile for different ecosystems: a global meta-analysis. Earth system science data. 17(7). 3375–3390. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Xuexue Wang, Shiyue Qi, & Minghao Zhuang. (2025). Spatial disparity of life-cycle water use and greenhouse gas emissions from food waste resource conversion in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 115. 108013–108013.

Zhuang, Minghao, et al.. (2025). Agricultural machinery could contribute 20% of total carbon and air pollutant emissions by 2050 and compromise carbon neutrality targets in China. Nature Food. 6(5). 513–522. 4 indexed citations

Li, Weili, et al.. (2025). Carbon and reactive nitrogen footprint of greenhouse versus open-field vegetable production in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 221. 108400–108400. 1 indexed citations

Zhuang, Minghao, et al.. (2024). Climate-adaptive crop distribution can feed food demand, improve water scarcity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Science of The Total Environment. 944. 173819–173819. 13 indexed citations

Zhuang, Minghao, et al.. (2024). Novel coating with differentiated release enhances fertilizer performance. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 36. 103806–103806. 2 indexed citations

Du, Jianqing, Zhenci Xu, Hongbo Duan, et al.. (2024). Global effects of progress towards Sustainable Development Goals on subjective well-being. Nature Sustainability. 7(3). 360–367. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Xue Yang, Wenqi Ma, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable smallholder farming via multistakeholder collaboration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2319519121–e2319519121. 23 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaoxia, Annah Lake Zhu, Xueqin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable smallholder farming systems in China. Agricultural Systems. 219. 104035–104035. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaoxia, Annah Lake Zhu, Xueqin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Contributing to sustainable smallholder agriculture through optimizing key agricultural inputs in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 471. 143429–143429. 3 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Minghao, et al.. (2024). Key technologies improvements promote the economic-environmental sustainability in wheat production of China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 443. 141230–141230. 15 indexed citations

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Shen, Lu, Lidong Wu, Yi Yang, et al.. (2024). Marine aquaculture can deliver 40% lower carbon footprints than freshwater aquaculture based on feed, energy and biogeochemical cycles. Nature Food. 5(7). 615–624. 11 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhibiao, et al.. (2023). Towards circular nitrogen use in the agri-food system at village and county level in China. Agricultural Systems. 209. 103683–103683. 7 indexed citations

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Song, Jie, Yize Liu, Minghao Zhuang, et al.. (2023). Estimating crop carbon footprint and associated uncertainty at prefecture-level city scale in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 199. 107263–107263. 18 indexed citations

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Xia, Longlong, Liang Cao, Yi Yang, et al.. (2023). Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production. Nature Food. 4(3). 236–246. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yize, Weiyi Gu, Beibei Liu, et al.. (2022). Closing Greenhouse Gas Emission Gaps of Staple Crops in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(13). 9302–9311. 37 indexed citations

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Sheng, Jian‐Xiong, Rachel Tunnicliffe, Anita L. Ganesan, et al.. (2021). Sustained methane emissions from China after 2012 despite declining coal production and rice-cultivated area. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 104018–104018. 32 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Minghao, Xi Lu, Wei Peng, et al.. (2021). Opportunities for household energy on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 144. 110982–110982. 32 indexed citations

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