Renjie Hou

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Renjie Hou is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Soil Science and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Renjie Hou has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Atmospheric Science, 34 papers in Soil Science and 29 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Renjie Hou's work include Climate change and permafrost (45 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (29 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers). Renjie Hou is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (45 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (29 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers). Renjie Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Renjie Hou's co-authors include Qiang Fu, Tianxiao Li, Deyi Hou, Liuwei Wang, Mo Li, Dong Liu, Zhaoqiang Zhou, David O’Connor, Jörg Rinklebe and Fanxiang Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Renjie Hou

83 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Role of biochar toward carbon neutrality

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Adrian M. Bass United Kingdom

Gerd Wessolek Germany

Jialong Lv China

Nils Borchard Germany

Weiyu Shi China

Ming-Kuang Wang Taiwan

Shuwei Liu China

Zubin Xie China

Chih‐Hsin Cheng Taiwan

Jiyong Zheng China

Adrian M. Bass United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Renjie Hou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renjie Hou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Renjie Hou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Renjie Hou 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 Renjie Hou. Renjie Hou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leng, Xiaomei, Heng Li, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2025). Regulation of soil physical environment and erosion characteristics of farmland by amendments in the black soil region of Northeast China. Soil and Tillage Research. 255. 106810–106810.

Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2025). Promoting soybean emergence and growth in seasonally frozen soil regions: The regulatory role of biochars on water-soil environment during freeze-thaw cycles. Soil and Tillage Research. 257. 106930–106930.

Li, Tianxiao, et al.. (2025). Analysis of changes in water-heat-carbon fluxes at different time scales and their influencing factors in the cold black soil region of Northeast China. Agricultural Water Management. 316. 109595–109595.

Gao, Wei, Tianxiao Li, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2025). Effects of plastic film mulching and biochar on soil carbon sequestration and soybean yield in cold regions: Based on the pathways of photosynthetic carbon allocation and microbial functional genes regulation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 525. 146634–146634.

Zhang, Yuanqi, Renjie Hou, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2024). Soil environment, carbon and nitrogen cycle functional genes in response to freeze-thaw cycles and biochar. Journal of Cleaner Production. 444. 141345–141345. 20 indexed citations

Zhao, Bin, David O’Connor, Yao-Hui Huang, et al.. (2024). An integrated framework for source apportionment and spatial distribution of mercury in agricultural soil near a primary ore mining site. Chemosphere. 353. 141556–141556. 6 indexed citations

Shi, Guoxin, Heng Li, Tianxiao Li, et al.. (2024). Effects of biochar and compost on the abundant and rare microbial communities assembly and multifunctionality in pesticide-contaminated soil under freeze‒thaw cycles. Environmental Pollution. 362. 125003–125003. 5 indexed citations

Hou, Renjie, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of clay mineral modified biochar simultaneously immobilizes heavy metals and reduces soil carbon emissions. Journal of Environmental Management. 361. 121252–121252. 21 indexed citations

Xue, Ping, Renjie Hou, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of phosphorus activation in charosphere and non-charosphere: The priming effect of biochar. Soil and Tillage Research. 244. 106195–106195. 4 indexed citations

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Shi, Guoxin, Renjie Hou, Qiang Fu, Tianxiao Li, & Qingshan Chen. (2024). Effects of biochar and compost on microbial community assembly and metabolic processes in glyphosate, imidacloprid and pyraclostrobin polluted soil under freeze thaw cycles. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 471. 134397–134397. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingxuan, Heng Li, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2024). Critical role of soil-applied molybdenum dioxide composite biochar material in enhancing Cr(VI) remediation process: The driver of Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox cycle. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123246–123246. 1 indexed citations

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Hou, Renjie, Qiang Fu, Tianxiao Li, et al.. (2023). Modified biochar reduces the greenhouse gas emission intensity and enhances the net ecosystem economic budget in black soil soybean fields. Soil and Tillage Research. 237. 105978–105978. 21 indexed citations

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Xue, Ping, Renjie Hou, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of the effects of the biochar application rate and time on farmland water, heat and gas environments during soil thawing in seasonally frozen soil areas: A two-year field trial. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110928–110928. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Liuwei, Xiaoxiang Wang, Renjie Hou, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the aging dynamics in the simultaneous immobilization of soil metal(loid)s using oxides. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167220–167220. 7 indexed citations

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Hou, Renjie, Qiang Fu, Tianxiao Li, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity in black soil farmland. Journal of Cleaner Production. 427. 139066–139066. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingxuan, Renjie Hou, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2022). Long-term immobilization of cadmium and lead with biochar in frozen-thawed soils of farmland in China. Environmental Pollution. 313. 120143–120143. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2022). A dataset of hydrothermal effect of snow cover in typical farmland of Northeast China from 2017 to 2020. China Scientific Data. 7(3).

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Li, Tianxiao, Dong Liu, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2021). Soil infiltration characteristics and pore distribution under freezing–thawing conditions. The cryosphere. 15(4). 2133–2146. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Liuwei, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment. Soil Use and Management. 36(3). 358–386. 267 indexed citations

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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2018). Impact factors and dynamic simulation of tillage-layer temperature in frozen-thawed soil under different cover conditions. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 11(2). 101–107. 1 indexed citations

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