Sa Xiao

2.4k total citations
73 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sa Xiao is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sa Xiao has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 44 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 33 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sa Xiao's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers). Sa Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers). Sa Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Sa Xiao's co-authors include Richard Michalet, Shuyan Chen, Chengjin Chu, Ragan M. Callaway, Fernando T. Maestre, Jacob Weiner, Xiangtai Wang, Gang Wang, Guozhen Du and Gang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sa Xiao

68 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sa Xiao China 21 779 556 511 347 257 73 1.3k
Francisca Soares Araújo Brazil 24 684 0.9× 803 1.4× 538 1.1× 302 0.9× 294 1.1× 83 1.6k
Eddie Lenza Brazil 20 794 1.0× 682 1.2× 270 0.5× 222 0.6× 355 1.4× 72 1.3k
Rubens Manoel dos Santos Brazil 22 901 1.2× 562 1.0× 250 0.5× 308 0.9× 426 1.7× 124 1.5k
Peter Mwangi Kenya 15 679 0.9× 372 0.7× 352 0.7× 271 0.8× 307 1.2× 27 1.2k
Vanessa Minden Germany 19 483 0.6× 333 0.6× 501 1.0× 403 1.2× 252 1.0× 36 1.2k
Petr Macek Czechia 21 535 0.7× 437 0.8× 422 0.8× 396 1.1× 213 0.8× 44 1.1k
Helen M. Quested Sweden 12 679 0.9× 462 0.8× 408 0.8× 362 1.0× 242 0.9× 15 1.2k
Tara K. Rajaniemi United States 13 898 1.2× 531 1.0× 526 1.0× 390 1.1× 207 0.8× 20 1.2k
Leigh C. Moorhead United States 9 352 0.5× 296 0.5× 397 0.8× 280 0.8× 234 0.9× 13 1.0k
Julie E. Larson United States 12 872 1.1× 459 0.8× 465 0.9× 391 1.1× 377 1.5× 23 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sa Xiao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sa Xiao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sa Xiao

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

All Works

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Wang, Jiajia, Michel Loreau, Ziyang Liu, et al.. (2025). Warming enhances the negative impact of shrubs on community stability via reducing species asynchrony. Journal of Ecology. 113(8). 2263–2274. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuanchen, Hanwen Cui, Lizhe An, et al.. (2025). Woody Plant Encroachment Significantly Alters Grassland Soil Microbial Community: A Global Meta‐Analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(11).
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Chen, Shuyan, Ziyang Liu, Hanwen Cui, et al.. (2025). Changes in Plant Biomass Are Driven by Persisting Plant Species, but Species Gains Drive Nematode Carbon Dynamics. Ecology Letters. 28(2). e70070–e70070.
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Cui, Hanwen, Jiajia Wang, Yajun Wang, et al.. (2024). Grazing induces positive direct effect of shrubs on nematode diversity but suppresses indirect effects through microbial pathways. Plant and Soil. 500(1-2). 681–695. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiajia, Kun Liu, Stephen P. Bonser, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen addition reduces the positive effect of Ligularia virgaurea on seed germination of alpine species on the Tibetan Plateau. Plant and Soil. 501(1-2). 307–321. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Hanwen, Ziyang Liu, Anning Zhang, et al.. (2024). Contrasting mechanisms of non‐vascular and vascular plants on spatial turnover in multifunctionality in the Antarctic continent. Journal of Ecology. 112(7). 1624–1637. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Aman, Huawen Han, Weilin Jin, et al.. (2023). A gluten degrading probiotic Bacillus subtilis LZU-GM relieve adverse effect of gluten additive food and balances gut microbiota in mice. Food Research International. 170. 112960–112960. 11 indexed citations
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Cui, Hanwen, Xu Liu, Shuyan Chen, et al.. (2023). Contrasting responses of nematode composition, richness and biomass to long-term warming. The Science of The Total Environment. 894. 165074–165074. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuyan, Hanwen Cui, Sa Xiao, et al.. (2023). Shrub and precipitation interactions shape functional diversity of nematode communities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Global Change Biology. 29(10). 2746–2758. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Kun Liu, Zhilong Zhang, et al.. (2021). Impact of grazing on germination trait selection in an alpine grassland on the Tibet Plateau. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(4). 818–828. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangtai, Sa Xiao, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2021). Dominant plants affect litter decomposition mainly through modifications of the soil microbial community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 161. 108399–108399. 57 indexed citations
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Atwater, Daniel Z., Ragan M. Callaway, & Sa Xiao. (2020). Competition as a demolition derby: why tolerating competitors is more important than suppressing them. Oikos. 130(1). 143–155. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao, Sa & Han Y. H. Chen. (2019). Unimodal diversity-productivity relationship emerged under stressful environment through sampling effect. Ecological Informatics. 50. 131–135. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangtai, Richard Michalet, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2019). Stature of dependent forbs is more related to the direct and indirect above‐ and below‐ground effects of a subalpine shrub than are foliage traits. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(3). 403–412. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, Weiya Qiang, Guozhen Du, et al.. (2019). Changes in seed germination strategy along the successional gradient from abandoned cropland to climax grassland in a subalpine meadow and some implications for rangeland restoration. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 289. 106746–106746. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangtai, Sa Xiao, Xianhui Zhou, et al.. (2019). Dominant plant species influence nematode richness by moderating understory diversity and microbial assemblages. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 137. 107566–107566. 37 indexed citations
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Xiao, Sa, Daniel Z. Atwater, & Ragan M. Callaway. (2019). Integrating spatial structure and interspecific and intraspecific plant–soil feedback effects and responses into community structure. Oikos. 128(9). 1296–1306. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangtai, Uffe N. Nielsen, Limin Zhang, et al.. (2018). Grazing induces direct and indirect shrub effects on soil nematode communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 121. 193–201. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangtai, Richard Michalet, Shuyan Chen, et al.. (2017). Contrasting understorey species responses to the canopy and root effects of a dominant shrub drive community composition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 28(6). 1118–1127. 13 indexed citations

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