Ning Luo

593 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 386 citations indexed

About

Ning Luo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Luo has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 386 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ning Luo's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (11 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (8 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (5 papers). Ning Luo is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (11 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (8 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (5 papers). Ning Luo collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Ning Luo's co-authors include Qingfeng Meng, Xinglong Wang, Pu Wang, De Li Liu, Puyu Feng, Christoph Müller, Pu Wang, Jia Gao, Pu Wang and Xiwei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ning Luo

17 papers receiving 378 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management

2023 109 citations Ning Luo, Qingfeng Meng et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Luo China	10	262	196	60	58	38	19	386
Francis Flénet France	10	405 1.5×	215 1.1×	65 1.1×	108 1.9×	77 2.0×	21	556
Adrián A. Correndo United States	10	231 0.9×	147 0.8×	47 0.8×	120 2.1×	21 0.6×	32	365
Fangfang Xing China	13	243 0.9×	115 0.6×	34 0.6×	144 2.5×	52 1.4×	23	365
Limin Gu China	8	318 1.2×	209 1.1×	37 0.6×	196 3.4×	28 0.7×	21	478
John M. Orlowski United States	12	461 1.8×	104 0.5×	44 0.7×	117 2.0×	57 1.5×	26	570
Rebecca Zengeni South Africa	9	239 0.9×	132 0.7×	34 0.6×	138 2.4×	49 1.3×	33	411
Kulbhushan Grover United States	12	311 1.2×	180 0.9×	51 0.8×	224 3.9×	61 1.6×	29	504
Raj Pal Meena India	9	292 1.1×	123 0.6×	53 0.9×	182 3.1×	18 0.5×	33	410
Emily E. Wright United States	9	215 0.8×	156 0.8×	41 0.7×	181 3.1×	36 0.9×	12	408
Brian Olson United States	12	294 1.1×	137 0.7×	45 0.8×	144 2.5×	23 0.6×	25	434

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Luo

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All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Wang, Chong, Ning Luo, Jiangang Liu, et al.. (2025). Data-driven strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions intensity while sustaining global rice production. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 224. 108547–108547.

Luo, Ning, et al.. (2024). Enhancing sustainability in the new variety-based low emergy system for maize production by nitrogen optimization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 199. 114471–114471. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Ning, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Urbanization Development Dynamics Based on Quadrilateral Diamond Structure Model: Evidence from Chongqing, China, in the New Era. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 149(3). 3 indexed citations

Wei, Dan, et al.. (2023). Alleviating groundwater depletion while realizing food security for sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production. 393. 136351–136351. 20 indexed citations

Luo, Ning, Qingfeng Meng, Puyu Feng, et al.. (2023). China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2637–2637. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

Luo, Ning, Nathan Mueller, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Short-term extreme heat at flowering amplifies the impacts of climate change on maize production. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84021–84021. 16 indexed citations

Yan, Ye, et al.. (2023). Irrigation mitigates the heat impacts on photosynthesis during grain filling in maize. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 22(8). 2370–2383. 20 indexed citations

Wang, Xinglong, Ning Luo, Ye Yan, et al.. (2023). Water replenishment to maize under heat stress improves canopy temperature and grain filling traits during the reproductive stage. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 340. 109627–109627. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Su, Yunhao Li, Dan Wei, et al.. (2023). Enhancing maize yield through understanding the novel shoot-root interaction in morphology among hybrids with dense planting. Field Crops Research. 302. 109107–109107. 6 indexed citations

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Wei, Dan, et al.. (2023). Diverse water management in a preceding wheat crop does not affect maize yield but increases inter-annual variability: A six-year field study. Field Crops Research. 302. 109039–109039. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Chenchen, et al.. (2022). Grain yield and grain moisture associations with leaf, stem and root characteristics in maize. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 21(7). 1941–1951. 12 indexed citations

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Gao, Jia, et al.. (2021). Mitigating global warming potential while coordinating economic benefits by optimizing irrigation managements in maize production. Journal of Environmental Management. 298. 113474–113474. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinglong, Ye Yan, Chenchen Xu, et al.. (2021). Mitigating heat impacts in maize (Zea mays L.) during the reproductive stage through biochar soil amendment. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 311. 107321–107321. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Jian Huang, Chunwei Li, et al.. (2021). Study on Construction Resource Optimization and Uncertain Risk of Urban Sewage Pipe Network. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, Xinglong Wang, Jia Gao, et al.. (2020). Dissecting the critical stage in the response of maize kernel set to individual and combined drought and heat stress around flowering. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 179. 104213–104213. 67 indexed citations

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Luo, Ning, et al.. (2020). Agronomic optimal plant density for yield improvement in the major maize regions of China. Crop Science. 60(3). 1580–1590. 45 indexed citations

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Luo, Ning. (2019). Deconstructing the lone genius through the lens of gender: Artistic creativity revisited. 17(2). 83–105. 2 indexed citations

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Luo, Ning, et al.. (2018). Germination heterochrony in annual plants of Salsola L.: an effective survival strategy in changing environments. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6576–6576. 7 indexed citations

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Luo, Ning, et al.. (1998). THE POPULATION STRUCTURE AND PRESENT RESOURCE STATUS OF ARGALI IN XINJIANG. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 13(1). 46–51.

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