Ning Ling

11.8k citations

161 papers · 8.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Plant Science top 0.2%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Nematode management and characterization studies

Papers in ⓘ

Plant Science 93
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 42
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 18
- Nematode management and characterization studies 18
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 17
Soil Science 63
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 61

Co-authors: Qirong Shen (76 shared papers)Shiwei Guo (77 shared papers)Qiwei Huang (25 shared papers)Tingting Wang (6 shared papers)Yakov Kuzyakov (15 shared papers)Junjie Guo (33 shared papers)Qirong Shen (26 shared papers)Gongwen Luo (14 shared papers)
Journals: Plant and Soil (16 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (12 papers)Biology and Fertility of Soils (9 papers)Scientific Reports (5 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4 papers)
Partner nations: China Germany Russia

In The Last Decade

Ning Ling

155 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Synthetic community derived from grafted watermelon rhizosphere provides protection for ungrafted watermelon against Fusarium oxysporum via microbial synergistic effects 2024 · 44 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Microbiome
2023 Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2022 Nature Communications
2018 Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2016 Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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1	Rhizosphere bacteriome structure and functions Nature Communications ·Ning Ling, Tingting Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov Hit paper breakdown →	2022	647
2	Organic amendments increase crop yields by improving microbe-mediated soil functioning of agroecosystems: A meta-analysis Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Gongwen Luo, Ling Li, Ville‐Petri Friman, Junjie Guo, Shiwei Guo, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling Hit paper breakdown →	2018	358
3	Insight into how organic amendments can shape the soil microbiome in long-term field experiments as revealed by network analysis Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ning Ling, Chen Zhu, Chao Xue, Huan Chen, Yinghua Duan, Chang Peng, Shiwei Guo, Qirong Shen Hit paper breakdown →	2016	312
4	Bacillus subtilis SQR 9 can control Fusarium wilt in cucumber by colonizing plant roots Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Yun Cao, Zhenhua Zhang, Ning Ling, Yujuan Yuan, Xinyan Zheng, Biao Shen, Qirong Shen	2011	268
5	Long-term fertilisation regimes affect the composition of the alkaline phosphomonoesterase encoding microbial community of a vertisol and its derivative soil fractions Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Gongwen Luo, Ning Ling, P. Nannipieri, Huan Chen, Waseem Raza, Min Wang, Shiwei Guo, Qirong Shen	2017	231
6	Deciphering the associations between soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality driven by long‐term fertilization management Functional Ecology ·Gongwen Luo, Christopher Rensing, Huan Chen, Manqiang Liu, Min Wang, Shiwei Guo, Ning Ling, Qirong Shen	2017	202
7	Differential responses of soil bacterial communities to long-term N and P inputs in a semi-arid steppe Geoderma ·Ning Ling, Dima Chen, Hui Guo, Jiaxin Wei, Yongfei Bai, Qirong Shen, Shuijin Hu	2017	196
8	Understanding how long-term organic amendments increase soil phosphatase activities: Insight into phoD- and phoC-harboring functional microbial populations Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Gongwen Luo, Bo Sun, Ling Li, Minghui Li, Manqiang Liu, Yiyong Zhu, Shiwei Guo, Ning Ling, Qirong Shen	2019	192
9	Response of tomato wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum to the volatile organic compounds produced by a biocontrol strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR-9 Scientific Reports ·Waseem Raza, Ning Ling, Liudong Yang, Qiwei Huang, Qirong Shen	2016	177
10	Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Cycling Microbial Populations and Their Resistance to Global Change Depend on Soil C:N:P Stoichiometry mSystems ·Gongwen Luo, Chao Xue, Qianhong Jiang, Yan Xiao, Fengge Zhang, Shiwei Guo, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling	2020	166
11	Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity and composition triggered by nitrogen enrichment Ecology ·Weixing Liu, Lin Jiang, Sen Yang, Zhou Wang, Rui Tian, Ziyang Peng, Yongliang Chen, Xingxu Zhang, Jialiang Kuang, Ning Ling, Shaopeng Wang, Lingli Liu	2020	151
12	Chemical, organic and bio-fertilizer management practices effect on soil physicochemical property and antagonistic bacteria abundance of a cotton field: Implications for soil biological quality Soil and Tillage Research ·Rui Li, Rui Tao, Ning Ling, Guixin Chu	2016	146
13	Effect of organic substitution rates on soil quality and fungal community composition in a tea plantation with long-term fertilization Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Lingfei Ji, Kang Ni, Zhidan Wu, Junwei Zhang, Xiaoyun Yi, Xiangde Yang, Ning Ling, Zhiming You, Shiwei Guo, Jianyun Ruan	2020	141
14	Identification and role of organic acids in watermelon root exudates for recruiting Paenibacillus polymyxa SQR-21 in the rhizosphere European Journal of Soil Biology ·Ning Ling, Waseem Raza, Jinghua Ma, Qiwei Huang, Qirong Shen	2011	141
15	Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes New Phytologist ·Junjie Guo, Ning Ling, Zhaojie Chen, Chao Xue, Ling Li, Lisheng Liu, Limin Gao, Min Wang, Jianyun Ruan, Shiwei Guo, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, Qirong Shen	2019	140
16	Microbial generalists and specialists differently contribute to the community diversity in farmland soils Journal of Advanced Research ·Qicheng Xu, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, Ling Li, Junjie Guo, Chen Zhu, Shiwei Guo, Ning Ling, Qirong Shen	2021	120
17	Development of a mode of application of bioorganic fertilizer for improving the biocontrol efficacy to Fusarium wilt BioControl ·Ning Ling, Chao Xue, Qiwei Huang, Xingming Yang, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen	2010	120
18	Bacterial rather than fungal community composition is associated with microbial activities and nutrient-use efficiencies in a paddy soil with short-term organic amendments Plant and Soil ·Junjie Guo, Wenbo Liu, Chen Zhu, Gongwen Luo, Yali Kong, Ning Ling, Min Wang, Jingyu Dai, Qirong Shen, Shiwei Guo	2017	120
19	Core species impact plant health by enhancing soil microbial cooperation and network complexity during community coalescence Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Yizhu Qiao, Tingting Wang, Qiwei Huang, Hanyue Guo, He Zhang, Qicheng Xu, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling Hit paper breakdown →	2023	119
20	Production of volatile organic compounds by an antagonistic strain Paenibacillus polymyxa WR-2 in the presence of root exudates and organic fertilizer and their antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Biological Control ·Waseem Raza, Jun Yuan, Ning Ling, Qiwei Huang, Qirong Shen	2014	119

About Ning Ling

Ning Ling is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, having authored 161 papers that have together received 8.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (61 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (42 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (29 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (18 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.3k citations), Plant Science (5.3k citations), Ecology (2.3k citations), Pollution (810 citations) and Agronomy and Crop Science (652 citations). Ning Ling has collaborated with scholars based in China, Germany and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Qirong Shen, Shiwei Guo, Qiwei Huang, Tingting Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Junjie Guo, Qirong Shen, Gongwen Luo, Waseem Raza and Chen Zhu. Their work appears in journals such as Plant and Soil, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Scientific Reports and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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