Shengen Liu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Shengen Liu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengen Liu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Soil Science, 23 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Shengen Liu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers). Shengen Liu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers). Shengen Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Spain and United States. Shengen Liu's co-authors include Qingkui Wang, Peng Tian, Xuechao Zhao, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Zhaolin Sun, Hang Wang, Dima Chen, Xiong Yao, Tao Sun and Juntao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shengen Liu

40 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Phylotype diversity within soil fungal functional groups ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Phylotype diversity within soil fungal functional groups drives ecosystem stability
    2022 173 citations Shengen Liu, Pablo García‐Palacios et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

Shengen Liu
Zekun Zhong China
Gaihe Yang China
E. Ashley Shaw United States
Jessica A. M. Moore United States
Guoyong Yan China
Peng Tian China
Nicholas C. Dove United States
Eric W. Morrison United States
Jean Trap France
Zekun Zhong China
Shengen Liu
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Countries citing papers authored by Shengen Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shengen Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shengen Liu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shengen Liu. The network helps show where Shengen Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shengen Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shengen Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shengen Liu 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 Shengen Liu. Shengen Liu 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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Yin, Pan, Daniel Revillini, Xinli Chen, et al.. (2025). Subordinate tree species diversity explains carbon stock better than dominant tree diversity after decades of forest rewilding. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(3). 604–616. 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Kyle, Guiyao Zhou, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.. (2025). Neighbourhood Tree Competition Promotes Microbial Diversity in Phyllosphere. Ecology Letters. 28(11). e70240–e70240.
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Huang, Jiafang, Guopeng Liang, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2025). Unexpectedly stable soil organic carbon in tidal marshes under combined nitrogen loading and increased inundation compared to individual effects. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(8). 2125–2141.
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Zhou, Xuan, Shengen Liu, Liji Wu, et al.. (2025). Forest conversion-induced soil biota homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functions. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Wang, Qingkui, Xuechao Zhao, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2024). Contrasting responses of the priming effect to nitrogen deposition in temperate and subtropical forests. CATENA. 238. 107839–107839. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xuechao, Peng Tian, François Maillard, et al.. (2024). Mycorrhiza‐dependent drivers of the positive rhizosphere effects on the temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration in subtropical forests. Functional Ecology. 39(2). 506–519.
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Zhou, Xuan, Jingwen Xu, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2024). Climate regulates the effect of land‐use change on the diversity of soil microbial functional groups and soil multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(9). 2087–2099. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingkui, Xuechao Zhao, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2024). Soil microbial respiration does not respond to nitrogen deposition but increases with latitude. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(5). 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xuechao, Shengen Liu, Peng Tian, et al.. (2023). Influence of tree species on soil microbial residue accumulation and distribution among soil aggregates in subtropical plantations of China. Ecological Processes. 12(1). 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Shengen, César Plaza, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, et al.. (2023). Litter and soil biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem functions. Global Change Biology. 29(22). 6276–6285. 57 indexed citations
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Gong, Yu, Mei‐Ping Chen, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2023). Revegetation promotes soil microbial network stability in a novel riparian ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(8). 1572–1586. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Shengen, Pablo García‐Palacios, Leho Tedersoo, et al.. (2022). Phylotype diversity within soil fungal functional groups drives ecosystem stability. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(7). 900–909. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Guiyao, Manuel Esteban Lucas‐Borja, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2022). Plant and soil biodiversity is essential for supporting highly multifunctional forests during Mediterranean rewilding. Functional Ecology. 37(2). 420–431. 19 indexed citations
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Wu, Ying, Bing Wang, Liji Wu, et al.. (2022). Fifty-year habitat subdivision enhances soil microbial biomass and diversity across subtropical land-bridge islands. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1063340–1063340. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Ying, Dima Chen, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2022). Long-term regional evidence of the effects of livestock grazing on soil microbial community structure and functions in surface and deep soil layers. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 168. 108629–108629. 58 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhaolin, Peng Tian, Xuechao Zhao, et al.. (2022). Temporal shifts in the explanatory power and relative importance of litter traits in regulating litter decomposition. Forest Ecosystems. 9. 100072–100072. 13 indexed citations
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Tian, Peng, Xuechao Zhao, Shengen Liu, et al.. (2022). Differential responses of fungal and bacterial necromass accumulation in soil to nitrogen deposition in relation to deposition rate. The Science of The Total Environment. 847. 157645–157645. 20 indexed citations
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Tian, Peng, Kyle Mason‐Jones, Shengen Liu, Qingkui Wang, & Tao Sun. (2019). Form of nitrogen deposition affects soil organic matter priming by glucose and cellulose. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 55(4). 383–391. 27 indexed citations

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