Weiping Zhang

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Weiping Zhang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiping Zhang has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 27 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Weiping Zhang's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (27 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (16 papers). Weiping Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (27 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (16 papers). Weiping Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Weiping Zhang's co-authors include Long Li, Han Pu, Lynn G. Clark, Jonathan F. Wendel, Hao Yang, Er-Qing Wei, Rui‐Peng Yu, Dario Fornara, Genxu Wang and Lu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Weiping Zhang

125 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Plant litter strengthens positive biodiversity–ecosystem ... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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. Plant litter strengthens positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships over time
    2023 83 citations Weiping Zhang, Dario Fornara et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weiping Zhang China 35 1.0k 670 660 482 462 128 3.4k
Lars Andersson Sweden 28 1.3k 1.3× 31 0.0× 168 0.3× 529 1.1× 518 1.1× 100 2.6k
Zhengwen Wang China 23 773 0.7× 21 0.0× 127 0.2× 253 0.5× 616 1.3× 60 2.6k
Liesbet Temmerman Belgium 35 1.1k 1.1× 65 0.1× 111 0.2× 197 0.4× 783 1.7× 101 3.5k
Zhixiang Zhang China 29 552 0.5× 61 0.1× 57 0.1× 634 1.3× 1.0k 2.2× 264 3.2k
Xin‐Guang Zhu China 42 5.7k 5.5× 180 0.3× 801 1.2× 560 1.2× 3.8k 8.1× 141 8.7k
John S. Fletcher United States 42 1.1k 1.1× 105 0.2× 67 0.1× 171 0.4× 1.6k 3.5× 192 5.7k
Shi‐Bao Zhang China 32 2.0k 2.0× 129 0.2× 40 0.1× 1.0k 2.1× 1.7k 3.7× 160 3.6k
Wei Huang China 28 1.8k 1.7× 166 0.2× 37 0.1× 453 0.9× 1.8k 3.9× 155 2.9k
Henrik Hartmann Germany 46 2.1k 2.0× 21 0.0× 175 0.3× 386 0.8× 834 1.8× 185 8.3k
Barry A. Logan United States 39 3.6k 3.5× 346 0.5× 77 0.1× 723 1.5× 2.3k 4.9× 143 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiping Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiping Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiping Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiping Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiping Zhang 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 Weiping Zhang. Weiping Zhang 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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Zhang, Weiping, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous degradation of direct black BN dye wastewater and electricity generation by red soil microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry. 165. 108986–108986. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Hongjie, et al.. (2025). Cover crop mixtures enhance multiple ecosystem functions: A global meta‐analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(8). 1914–1928. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, et al.. (2024). Elevated temperature as the dominant stressor on the harmful algal bloom-causing dinoflagellate Prorocentrum obtusidens in a future ocean scenario. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175946–175946. 2 indexed citations
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Su, Ye, Rui‐Peng Yu, Huasen Xu, et al.. (2024). Maize cultivar mixtures increase aboveground biomass and grain quality via trait dissimilarity and plasticity. European Journal of Agronomy. 156. 127160–127160. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Junwei, et al.. (2024). The alteration of interspecific interaction responded to various relative sowing time in wheat/maize intercropping. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1470293–1470293.
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Yang, Hao, Weiping Zhang, Т. Martijn Bezemer, et al.. (2023). Interspecific interactions between crops influence soil functional groups and networks in a maize/soybean intercropping system. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 355. 108595–108595. 30 indexed citations
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Su, Ye, Rui‐Peng Yu, Huasen Xu, et al.. (2023). Crop cultivar mixtures stabilize productivity, partly via facilitation, when conditions are less benign. Field Crops Research. 302. 109046–109046. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Qi, Jian Li, Yingzhao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Tectonic-sedimentary evolution in a Palaeocene rifted Lishui Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 160. 106616–106616. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Rui‐Peng, Ye Su, Hans Lambers, et al.. (2023). A novel proxy to examine interspecific phosphorus facilitation between plant species. New Phytologist. 239(5). 1637–1650. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, Dario Fornara, Hao Yang, et al.. (2023). Plant litter strengthens positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships over time. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(5). 473–484. 83 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Weiping, Dario Fornara, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2021). Interspecific interactions affect N and P uptake rather than N:P ratios of plant species: evidence from intercropping. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(2). 223–236. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, Zhaoxin Li, Huasen Xu, et al.. (2021). Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(11). 2603–2613. 61 indexed citations
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Wang, Ziyang, Peiji Shi, Xuebin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Research on Landscape Pattern Construction and Ecological Restoration of Jiuquan City Based on Ecological Security Evaluation. Sustainability. 13(10). 5732–5732. 61 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, Lei Zhao, Markku Larjavaara, et al.. (2020). Height-diameter allometric relationships for seedlings and trees across China. Acta Oecologica. 108. 103621–103621. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng-li, Zhang, Zhang Cheng-li, Weiping Zhang, et al.. (2018). Thallium pollution and potential ecological risk in the vicinity of coal mines in Henan Province, China. Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability. 30(1). 107–111. 10 indexed citations
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Lü, Zhou, Weiping Zhang, Hong Y. Ling, & Han Pu. (2006). Quantum correlation in the photoassociation of a heteronuclear molecular Bose-Einstein Condensate. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Guoliang, Er-Qing Wei, Mengling Wang, et al.. (2005). Pranlukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor-1 antagonist, protects against chronic ischemic brain injury and inhibits the glial scar formation in mice. Brain Research. 1053(1-2). 116–125. 64 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Surrey W. L., Joy Everett, Weiping Zhang, & Lynn G. Clark. (2000). Phylogeny and Classification of the Bambusoideae (Poaceae). 35–42. 40 indexed citations

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