Weile Chen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 878 citations indexed

About

Weile Chen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weile Chen has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 878 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Soil Science and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Weile Chen's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (12 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (6 papers). Weile Chen is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (12 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (6 papers). Weile Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Weile Chen's co-authors include David M. Eissenstat, Roger T. Koide, Thomas S. Adams, Lei Cheng, Jared L. DeForest, Wei Wang, Shaopeng Wang, Xing Wei, Le Li and Michael McCormack and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Weile Chen

24 papers receiving 860 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.

Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees

2016 281 citations Weile Chen, Roger T. Koide et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weile Chen China	12	512	339	266	248	142	24	878
Claude Herzog Switzerland	8	532 1.0×	326 1.0×	287 1.1×	402 1.6×	80 0.6×	9	1.0k
Mingzhen Lu United States	8	495 1.0×	248 0.7×	279 1.0×	212 0.9×	65 0.5×	22	845
Chunzhang Zhao China	17	545 1.1×	473 1.4×	170 0.6×	207 0.8×	60 0.4×	47	975
Ülle Püttsepp Estonia	13	554 1.1×	310 0.9×	322 1.2×	244 1.0×	80 0.6×	13	988
Guoyong Yan China	19	406 0.8×	635 1.9×	141 0.5×	157 0.6×	113 0.8×	66	998
Yajuan Xing China	19	431 0.8×	580 1.7×	133 0.5×	125 0.5×	111 0.8×	62	947
Zhenhong Hu China	12	211 0.4×	534 1.6×	279 1.0×	214 0.9×	162 1.1×	26	928
Emily F. Solly Switzerland	14	233 0.5×	407 1.2×	160 0.6×	154 0.6×	66 0.5×	27	767
Stephan Unger Germany	16	333 0.7×	271 0.8×	126 0.5×	345 1.4×	67 0.5×	27	764
Kelly M. Andersen United States	18	400 0.8×	280 0.8×	391 1.5×	187 0.8×	104 0.7×	31	897

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weile Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jiang, Qi, Weile Chen, Cheng‐Fang Lin, et al.. (2025). Complementary foraging of roots and mycorrhizal fungi among nutrient patch types in four subtropical monospecific broadleaved tree plantations. New Phytologist. 247(3). 1401–1414. 2 indexed citations

Fraterrigo, Jennifer M., et al.. (2025). Arctic shrub and Eriophorum leaf and root decomposition, northern Alaska, 2017-2018. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Fraterrigo, Jennifer M., et al.. (2024). Soil microenvironmental variation drives below‐ground trait variation and interacts with macroclimate to structure above‐ground trait variation of arctic shrubs. Journal of Ecology. 112(4). 901–916. 4 indexed citations

Yao, Xiaodong, Weile Chen, David Robinson, et al.. (2023). Plastic responses of below‐ground foraging traits to soil phosphorus‐rich patches across 17 coexisting AM tree species in a subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 111(4). 830–844. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, et al.. (2022). Enhanced suppression of saprotrophs by ectomycorrhizal fungi under high level of nitrogen fertilization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 1 indexed citations

Defrenne, Camille E., Amanda L. Cordeiro, Lee H. Dietterich, et al.. (2021). The Ecology Underground coalition: building a collaborative future of belowground ecology and ecologists. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3058–3064. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Weile, Yanqi Wu, Felix Fritschi, & Thomas Juenger. (2021). The genetic basis of the root economics spectrum in a perennial grass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(47). 19 indexed citations

Chen, Weile, et al.. (2020). Impacts of Arctic Shrubs on Root Traits and Belowground Nutrient Cycles Across a Northern Alaskan Climate Gradient. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 588098–588098. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Weile, et al.. (2020). On characterizing root function in perennial horticultural crops. American Journal of Botany. 107(9). 1214–1224. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Weile, Roger T. Koide, & David M. Eissenstat. (2020). Topographic and Host Effects on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in a Forested Watershed. Ecosystems. 23(8). 1537–1546. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Weile, David M. Eissenstat, & Roger T. Koide. (2018). Root diameter predicts the extramatrical hyphal exploration distance of the ectomycorrhizal fungal community. Ecosphere. 9(4). 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Weile, Roger T. Koide, & David M. Eissenstat. (2018). Nutrient foraging by mycorrhizas: From species functional traits to ecosystem processes. Functional Ecology. 32(4). 858–869. 76 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lei, Weile Chen, Thomas S. Adams, et al.. (2016). Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches. Ecology. 97(10). 2815–2823. 92 indexed citations

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Chen, Weile. (2016). MYCORRHIZAL-MEDIATED NUTRIENT FORAGING STRATEGIES OF TEMPERATE TREE SPECIES. 1 indexed citations

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Meinzer, Frederick C., Katherine A. McCulloh, David R. Woodruff, et al.. (2015). Reliance on shallow soil water in a mixed-hardwood forest in central Pennsylvania. Tree Physiology. 36(4). 444–458. 81 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinyue, Wei Wang, Weile Chen, Naili Zhang, & Hui Zeng. (2014). Comparison of Seasonal Soil Microbial Process in Snow-Covered Temperate Ecosystems of Northern China. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92985–e92985. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Wenjing Zeng, Weile Chen, Yuanhe Yang, & Hui Zeng. (2013). Effects of Forest Age on Soil Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Respiration Differ between Evergreen and Deciduous Forests. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80937–e80937. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Wenjing Zeng, Weile Chen, Hui Zeng, & Jingyun Fang. (2013). Correction: Soil Respiration and Organic Carbon Dynamics with Grassland Conversions to Woodlands in Temperate China. PLoS ONE. 8(9). 2 indexed citations

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Chang, Jia‐Ming & Weile Chen. (2012). Glomus tumor of the trachea. QJM. 106(12). 1137–1138. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Weile Chen, & Shaopeng Wang. (2010). Forest soil respiration and its heterotrophic and autotrophic components: Global patterns and responses to temperature and precipitation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42(8). 1236–1244. 130 indexed citations

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