Shengjing Shi

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Shengjing Shi is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengjing Shi has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Shengjing Shi's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Shengjing Shi is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Shengjing Shi collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, China and United States. Shengjing Shi's co-authors include Mary K. Firestone, Jizhong Zhou, Zhili He, Erin Nuccio, Zhou Jason Shi, Eoin Brodie, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Dominique Loqué, Zhao Hao and Katherine Louie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Shengjing Shi

30 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly

2018 1.5k citations Kateryna Zhalnina, Katherine Louie et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages

2016 896 citations Shengjing Shi, Erin Nuccio et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shengjing Shi New Zealand	16	2.2k	1.3k	881	854	362	35	3.5k
Weibing Xun China	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	923 1.1×	316 0.9×	62	3.5k
Feth el Zahar Haichar France	22	2.0k 0.9×	875 0.7×	972 1.1×	540 0.6×	325 0.9×	34	3.1k
Kateryna Zhalnina United States	18	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	972 1.1×	696 0.8×	365 1.0×	24	3.1k
Erin Nuccio United States	22	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	918 1.0×	778 0.9×	280 0.8×	39	3.0k
Wu Xiong China	31	2.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	363 1.0×	70	4.9k
Mattias de Hollander Netherlands	26	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	982 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	221 0.6×	38	4.2k
Jacqueline M. Chaparro United States	19	3.2k 1.5×	774 0.6×	836 0.9×	777 0.9×	229 0.6×	42	4.1k
Chao Xue China	31	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	909 1.1×	366 1.0×	81	3.9k
José M. Igual Spain	30	2.0k 0.9×	742 0.6×	491 0.6×	669 0.8×	247 0.7×	112	3.3k
Stephan Wirth Germany	38	3.0k 1.4×	603 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	994 1.2×	318 0.9×	96	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Shengjing Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shengjing Shi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shengjing Shi

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mei, Zhi-Gang, Chuanfa Wu, Shengjing Shi, et al.. (2025). Loss of protistan diversity weakens soil phosphorus availability. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105976–105976. 2 indexed citations

Jáuregui, Ruy, Paul Maclean, Shengjing Shi, et al.. (2025). Influence of Epichloë on the Microbiota of Established Lolium perenne Pastures in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Phytobiomes Journal. 9(2). 219–230.

Zhang, Jinping, Zhande Liu, Wenjing Li, et al.. (2025). Seasonal occurrence of brown marmorated stink bug and its impact in organic and conventional kiwifruit orchards in north‐western China. Pest Management Science. 81(8). 4548–4557.

Chen, Weidong, et al.. (2025). Response of abundant and rare microbial species to 40-year long-term fertilization practices irrespective of bulk and rhizosphere soils. Environmental Research. 275. 121448–121448. 1 indexed citations

Mackay, A. D., Leo M. Condron, Saman Bowatte, et al.. (2025). Loss of P Fertilizer Effectiveness in Raising Soil P Availability in a Grazed Grassland Enriched With CO₂ for 24 Years. Global Change Biology. 31(4). e70150–e70150. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Zhiyuan, Ertao Wang, Yang Bai, et al.. (2024). Quinolone-mediated metabolic cross-feeding develops aluminium tolerance in soil microbial consortia. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10148–10148. 18 indexed citations

Hu, Hang‐Wei, Hong J. Di, Shengjing Shi, et al.. (2024). Soil ecosystem multifunctionality is strongly linked with crop yield after four decades chemical fertilization in black soil. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 368. 109007–109007. 20 indexed citations

Schon, Nicole L., Bryan Stevenson, P. M. Fraser, et al.. (2023). Impacts of long‐term phosphorus and nitrogen fertiliser application on soil biology: a New Zealand perspective. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 68(1). 48–72. 2 indexed citations

McNeill, M.R., et al.. (2023). Timing is everything: Improving predictions of winter New Zealand grass grub densities and associated damage from summer and autumn larval counts. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference. 76. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing, Sandeep Kumar, Sandra Young, Paul D. MacLean, & Ruy Jáuregui. (2023). Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene primer pairs for bacterial community profiling in an across soil and ryegrass plant study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 500–512. 9 indexed citations

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McNeill, M.R., et al.. (2022). Sustainable Management of Medicago sativa for Future Climates: Insect Pests, Endophytes and Multitrophic Interactions in a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Agronomy. 4. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing, Fiona Brennan, Leo M. Condron, et al.. (2020). Impacts of pasture species and ruminant urine on N ₂ O emissions and nitrogen transforming microbial communities in soil mesocosms. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 65(1). 42–62. 6 indexed citations

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Zhalnina, Kateryna, Katherine Louie, Zhao Hao, et al.. (2018). Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly. Nature Microbiology. 3(4). 470–480. 1496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Starr, Evan, Shengjing Shi, Steven J. Blazewicz, et al.. (2018). Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially-processed plant-derived carbon. Microbiome. 6(1). 122–122. 103 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing, et al.. (2017). Study on Space Dynamics of a Natural Population of Aphis glycines Matsumura. K-State Research Exchange (Kansas State University).

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Shi, Shengjing, Erin Nuccio, Zhou Jason Shi, et al.. (2016). The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages. Ecology Letters. 19(8). 926–936. 896 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zang, Lian‐Sheng, et al.. (2015). Parasitism and Suitability of Different Egg Ages of the Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for Three Indigenous Trichogramma Species. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108(3). 933–939. 31 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing, Alan E. Richardson, Maureen O’Callaghan, et al.. (2011). Effects of selected root exudate components on soil bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77(3). 600–610. 323 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing, Leo M. Condron, Stuart Larsen, et al.. (2010). In situ sampling of low molecular weight organic anions from rhizosphere of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) grown in a rhizotron system. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 70(2-3). 131–142. 45 indexed citations

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Shi, Shengjing & Gary D. Bending. (2007). Changes to the structure ofSphingomonasspp. communities associated with biodegradation of the herbicide isoproturon in soil. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 269(1). 110–116. 26 indexed citations

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