Qiong Nan

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Qiong Nan is a scholar working on Soil Science, Surgery and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiong Nan has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Soil Science, 8 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qiong Nan's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Qiong Nan is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Qiong Nan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Pakistan. Qiong Nan's co-authors include Weixiang Wu, Hua Huang, Jingchun Tang, Honghong Lyu, Hao Wang, Yong Qin, Muhammad Waqas, Liqing Xin, Biqing Liang and Cheng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Qiong Nan

43 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biochar addition reduces salinity in salt-affected soils ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30 40 50
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.

  1. Biochar addition reduces salinity in salt-affected soils with no impact on soil pH: A meta-analysis
    2024 55 citations Qiong Nan et al. profile →

Peers

Qiong Nan
Yang Ding China
Evangelos Petropoulos United Kingdom
Pan Wang China
Roberto Calvelo Pereira New Zealand
Weijun Zhang China
Xiaoling Li China
Guangxuan Yan China
Douglas D. Malo United States
Yajing Wang China
Si Gao United States
Yang Ding China
Qiong Nan
Citations per year, relative to Qiong Nan Qiong Nan (= 1×) peers Yang Ding

Countries citing papers authored by Qiong Nan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiong Nan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiong Nan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qiong Nan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qiong Nan 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 Qiong Nan. Qiong Nan 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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Nan, Qiong, et al.. (2025). Exploiting user comments for early detection of fake news prior to users’ commenting. Frontiers of Computer Science. 19(10). 2 indexed citations
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Ying, J., et al.. (2024). The effects of long-term rice straw and biochar return on soil humus composition and structure in paddy soil. Plant Soil and Environment. 70(12). 772–782. 1 indexed citations
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Nan, Qiong, et al.. (2024). Recycling packaging waste from residual waste reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123028–123028. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaolin, et al.. (2024). Barley farmland harbors a highly homogeneous soil bacterial community compared to wild ecosystems in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1418161–1418161. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Shengjie, Zhongxin Luo, Shuo Wang, Qiong Nan, & Guodong Ji. (2023). Denitrification fractionates N and O isotopes of nitrate following a ratio independent of carbon sources in freshwaters. Environmental Microbiology. 25(11). 2404–2415. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Haoshu, Yong Qin, Liqing Xin, et al.. (2023). Pilot-scale study of innovative mechanically-enhanced dynamic composting for treating kitchen waste. Bioresource Technology. 394. 130176–130176. 6 indexed citations
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Xin, Liqing, et al.. (2023). Reducing nitrogen loss during kitchen waste composting using a bioaugmented mechanical process with low pH and enhanced ammonia assimilation. Bioresource Technology. 372. 128664–128664. 45 indexed citations
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Nan, Qiong, et al.. (2023). Patterns of the lymph node metastasis and the influencing factors in esophagogastric junction cancers. Asian Journal of Surgery. 46(9). 3512–3519. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Ruiwen, Qiong Nan, Peter Strong, et al.. (2022). Evidence for Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction as a Previously Overlooked Pathway of Reactive Nitrogen Transformation in Estuarine Suspended Particulate Matter. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(20). 14852–14866. 48 indexed citations
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Nan, Qiong, Yinglei Miao, Hailong Yang, et al.. (2022). KT2 alleviates ulcerative colitis by reducing Th17 cell differentiation through the miR-302c-5p/STAT3 axis. European Journal of Cell Biology. 101(2). 151223–151223. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Qiong Nan, Muhammad Waqas, & Weixiang Wu. (2021). Stability of biochar in mineral soils: Assessment methods, influencing factors and potential problems. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 4). 150789–150789. 40 indexed citations
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Xin, Liqing, Xingkun Xu, Yong Qin, et al.. (2021). Carbohydrate degradation contributes to the main bioheat generation during kitchen waste biodrying process: A pilot study. Waste Management. 137. 20–30. 20 indexed citations
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Nan, Qiong, et al.. (2021). Elevation of NO3−-N from biochar amendment facilitates mitigating paddy CH4 emission stably over seven years. Environmental Pollution. 295. 118707–118707. 42 indexed citations
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Nan, Qiong, Cheng Wang, Hao Wang, et al.. (2019). Biochar drives microbially-mediated rice production by increasing soil carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 387. 121680–121680. 66 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hang, Honghong Lyu, Lan Wang, et al.. (2018). UV modification of biochar for enhanced hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(11). 10808–10819. 82 indexed citations
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Lyu, Honghong, et al.. (2017). Synthesis and characterization of an iron-impregnated biochar for aqueous arsenic removal. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 1177–1186. 236 indexed citations
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Niu, Junkun, Jiarong Miao, Yuan Tang, et al.. (2016). Identification of Environmental Factors Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Southwestern Highland Region of China: A Nested Case-Control Study. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153524–e0153524. 35 indexed citations

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