Osbert Jianxin Sun

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Osbert Jianxin Sun is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Osbert Jianxin Sun has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 44 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Osbert Jianxin Sun's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (27 papers). Osbert Jianxin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (27 papers). Osbert Jianxin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Osbert Jianxin Sun's co-authors include Zhongkui Luo, Enli Wang, Xingguo Han, B. E. Law, Le Kang, Zhibin Zhang, John L. Campbell, Jianhui Huang, Steve Van Tuyl and Ping Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Osbert Jianxin Sun

97 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Can no-tillage stimulate carbon sequestration in agricultural soils? A meta-analysis of paired experiments

2010 594 citations Zhongkui Luo, Enli Wang et al. profile →
Grassland ecosystems in China: review of current knowledge and research advancement

2007 521 citations Xingguo Han, Osbert Jianxin Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Osbert Jianxin Sun China	40	2.7k	2.1k	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	103	5.7k
Carlos A. Sierra Germany	31	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	690 0.7×	119	4.9k
Laurent Augusto France	38	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	100	5.7k
Jianhui Huang China	41	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	123	6.5k
Chuankuan Wang China	35	2.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	177	6.0k
Ruth D. Yanai United States	38	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	959 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	132	4.8k
Gervasio Piñeiro Argentina	31	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	925 0.7×	686 0.7×	88	4.8k
Leena Finér Finland	46	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	176	6.7k
Chengjun Ji China	38	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	95	5.5k
W. J. Parton United States	15	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	848 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	27	5.9k
Changming Fang China	38	3.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.8×	904 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	87	7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yan, Wei‐Bin, et al.. (2025). Afforestation boosted gross primary productivity of China: evidence from remote sensing. Journal of Forestry Research. 36(1). 2 indexed citations

Shang, Yu, Ruzhen Wang, Bin Wang, et al.. (2025). Trade‐off in carbon allocation between roots and rhizodeposition underpins plant adaptation to acidification in a meadow steppe. Journal of Ecology. 113(10). 2992–3004.

Liu, Ying, Yifan Wang, Jun Wu, et al.. (2025). Elevated silicon concentrations accelerate decomposition of the dominant silicon-rich grass litter in grassland ecosystems. Soil and Tillage Research. 255. 106800–106800.

Zhou, Mengfan, Yakun Liu, Shiyao Li, et al.. (2025). Niche constraints shape the responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community to sulfur-induced soil acidification in a meadow steppe. Plant and Soil. 515(2). 1685–1701.

Zhang, Yuxue, Xiaowei Guo, Yakov Kuzyakov, et al.. (2024). Global pattern of organic carbon pools in forest soils. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17386–e17386. 34 indexed citations

Kuzyakov, Yakov, Haiyang Zhang, Tianpeng Li, et al.. (2024). Labile carbon inputs offset nitrogen-induced soil aggregate destabilization via enhanced growth of saprophytic fungi in a meadow steppe. Geoderma. 443. 116841–116841. 13 indexed citations

Jiang, Chao, et al.. (2023). Spatial distribution patterns in potential species richness of foraging plants for Hainan gibbons. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 47(4). 491–505. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Lulu, Meng Wang, Chao Jiang, et al.. (2021). Choices of ectomycorrhizal foraging strategy as an important mechanism of environmental adaptation in Faxon fir (Abies fargesii var. faxoniana). Forest Ecology and Management. 495. 119372–119372. 15 indexed citations

Xia, Huijuan, et al.. (2021). Impacts of landscape patterns on water-related ecosystem services under natural restoration in Liaohe River Reserve, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 792. 148290–148290. 82 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangping, et al.. (2016). A test of BIOME-BGC with dendrochronology for forests along the altitudinal gradient of Mt. Changbai in northeast China. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw076–rtw076. 19 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhongkui, Enli Wang, Hongxing Zheng, et al.. (2015). Convergent modelling of past soil organic carbon stocks but divergent projections. Biogeosciences. 12(14). 4373–4383. 49 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Shuai, et al.. (2014). Contrasting responses of net primary productivity to inter-annual variability and changes of climate among three forest types in northern China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7(3). 309–320. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Yeming You, Zuoxin Tang, Shirong Liu, & Osbert Jianxin Sun. (2014). Variations in leaf litter decomposition across contrasting forest stands and controlling factors at local scale. Journal of Plant Ecology. 8(3). 261–272. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianfeng, et al.. (2011). Application of two remote sensing GPP algorithms at a semiarid grassland site of North China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 4(4). 302–312. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Kai, Jiaojun Zhu, M. Zhang, Qiaoling Yan, & Osbert Jianxin Sun. (2010). Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in forest ecosystems of Northeast China: a comparison between natural secondary forest and larch plantation. Journal of Plant Ecology. 3(3). 175–182. 168 indexed citations

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Jin, Hui, Osbert Jianxin Sun, & Jianfeng Liu. (2010). Changes in soil microbial biomass and community structure with addition of contrasting types of plant litter in a semiarid grassland ecosystem. Journal of Plant Ecology. 3(3). 209–217. 75 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhongkui, Osbert Jianxin Sun, & Hualin Xu. (2010). A comparison of species composition and stand structure between planted and natural mangrove forests in Shenzhen Bay, South China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 3(3). 165–174. 42 indexed citations

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Zhu, Li, Osbert Jianxin Sun, Weiguo Sang, Zhenyu Li, & Keping Ma. (2007). Predicting the spatial distribution of an invasive plant species (Eupatorium adenophorum) in China. Landscape Ecology. 22(8). 1143–1154. 82 indexed citations

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Sun, Osbert Jianxin & G. B. Sweet. (1996). Comparison of frost tolerance of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole and Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 34(2). 273–278. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Osbert Jianxin, et al.. (1996). Genotypic Variation in Light and Temperature Response of Photosynthesis in Nothofagus solandri Var. cliffortioides and N. menziesii. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 23(4). 421–428. 15 indexed citations

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