Ruibo Sun

5.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
56 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ruibo Sun is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruibo Sun has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Soil Science and 21 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ruibo Sun's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (29 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Ruibo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (29 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Ruibo Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ruibo Sun's co-authors include Haiyan Chu, Daozhong Wang, Xisheng Guo, Binbin Liu, Chunsheng Hu, Xuexian Zhang, Yu Shi, Yingying Ni, Shuaimin Chen and Tatoba R. Waghmode and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ruibo Sun

54 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial diversity in soils subjected to long-term chemi... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2019 2018 2024 200 400 600
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. Bacterial diversity in soils subjected to long-term chemical fertilization can be more stably maintained with the addition of livestock manure than wheat straw
    2015 633 citations Ruibo Sun, Xisheng Guo et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  2. Root-associated microbiomes of wheat under the combined effect of plant development and nitrogen fertilization
    2019 367 citations Shuaimin Chen, Tatoba R. Waghmode et al. profile →
  3. Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain
    2018 355 citations Xingjia Xiang, Ruibo Sun et al. profile →
  4. Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification
    2024 72 citations Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruibo Sun China 31 2.0k 1.8k 1.6k 750 510 56 3.9k
Yuji Jiang China 34 2.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 738 1.0× 585 1.1× 88 4.1k
Daozhong Wang China 23 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 419 0.6× 390 0.8× 54 3.2k
Frank Rasche Germany 28 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 445 0.6× 335 0.7× 118 3.5k
Yajun Hu China 44 2.4k 1.3× 2.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 699 0.9× 595 1.2× 108 5.4k
Zhongpei Li China 37 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 682 0.9× 871 1.7× 131 3.9k
Xisheng Guo China 21 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 421 0.6× 660 1.3× 47 3.1k
Maria Teresa Ceccherini Italy 31 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 940 1.8× 73 4.9k
Bahar S. Razavi Germany 41 2.8k 1.4× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 533 0.7× 627 1.2× 102 5.1k
Weimin Chen China 30 829 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.1× 975 1.3× 589 1.2× 106 3.9k
Huaihai Chen China 29 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 405 0.5× 742 1.5× 80 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruibo Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruibo Sun

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

All Works

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Sun, Ruibo, Zixuan Wang, Kenneth Dumack, et al.. (2024). Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2924–2924. 72 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ding, Kexin, Zhimin Qiang, Zhengkun Hu, et al.. (2024). Elevational Gradients of Soil Nematode Communities in Subtropical Forest Ecosystems. Forests. 15(12). 2149–2149. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Ruibo, et al.. (2023). Mitigating nitrate leaching in cropland by enhancing microbial nitrate transformation through the addition of liquid biogas slurry. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 345. 108324–108324. 28 indexed citations
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Xin, Xiuli, Chang-Dong Han, Wu Xiong, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus Fertilization Boosts Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon Formation Associated with Phagotrophic Protists. Microbial Ecology. 86(4). 2541–2551. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Wenxu, et al.. (2023). Responses of Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Bacterial Communities to Experimental Freeze–Thaw Cycles in Contrasting Soil Types. Microorganisms. 11(3). 593–593. 4 indexed citations
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Feng, Kai, Yan Chen, Ruibo Sun, et al.. (2023). Responses of root architecture and the rhizosphere microbiome assembly of maize (Zea mays L.) to a soil texture gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 181. 109026–109026. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Ruibo, Xin Wang, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, et al.. (2023). Dynamic variation of bacterial community assemblage and functional profiles during rice straw degradation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1173442–1173442. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Shuaimin Chen, Ruibo Sun, et al.. (2023). Spatial and temporal dynamics of the bacterial community under experimental warming in field-grown wheat. PeerJ. 11. e15428–e15428. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Ruibo, Daozhong Wang, Zhibin Guo, et al.. (2023). Combined application of organic manure and chemical fertilizers stabilizes soil N-cycling microflora. Soil Ecology Letters. 5(3). 13 indexed citations
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Xiang, Xingjia, et al.. (2023). Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese. Journal of Avian Biology. 2023(9-10). 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Ruibo, Wenjie Zhang, Bingbing Luo, et al.. (2022). Changes in phosphorus mobilization and community assembly of bacterial and fungal communities in rice rhizosphere under phosphate deficiency. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 953340–953340. 36 indexed citations
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He, Wei, Yi Shen, Lingyue Zhu, et al.. (2022). Interspecific Neighbor Stimulates Peanut Growth Through Modulating Root Endophytic Microbial Community Construction. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 830666–830666. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Ruibo, Junfang Niu, Bingbing Luo, et al.. (2022). Substitution of manure for mineral P fertilizers increases P availability by enhancing microbial potential for organic P mineralization in greenhouse soil. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 1078626–1078626. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Fenghua, et al.. (2022). The overlap of soil and vegetable microbes drives the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes from manure-amended soil to vegetables. The Science of The Total Environment. 828. 154463–154463. 51 indexed citations
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Sun, Leni, et al.. (2021). Lowered Cd toxicity, uptake and expression of metal transporter genes in maize plant by ACC deaminase-producing bacteria Achromobacter sp.. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423(Pt A). 127036–127036. 48 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenhui, Hui Wang, Youzhi Feng, et al.. (2016). Consistent responses of the microbial community structure to organic farming along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35046–35046. 85 indexed citations

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