Weixing Zhu

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Weixing Zhu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weixing Zhu has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Soil Science, 43 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 42 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Weixing Zhu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (41 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers). Weixing Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (41 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (34 papers). Weixing Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Weixing Zhu's co-authors include Yunting Fang, Jiangming Mo, Per Gundersen, Nancy B. Grimm, Corinna Gries, Diane Hope, Wei Zhang, Margaret M. Carreiro, Dejun Li and Joan G. Ehrenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Weixing Zhu

97 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 200 400 600
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. Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity
    2003 662 citations Weixing Zhu et al. profile →

Peers

Weixing Zhu
Franz Makeschin Germany
Fuzhong Wu China
Enzai Du China
Weijun Shen China
Richard A. Hallett United States
Ruth D. Yanai United States
Sally A. Power Australia
Luc Abbadie France
Honghua Ruan China
Franz Makeschin Germany
Weixing Zhu
Citations per year, relative to Weixing Zhu Weixing Zhu (= 1×) peers Franz Makeschin

Countries citing papers authored by Weixing Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weixing Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weixing Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weixing Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weixing Zhu 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 Weixing Zhu. Weixing Zhu 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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Zhu, Feifei, Erik A. Hobbie, Kai Huang, et al.. (2025). Paired 15N labeling reveals that temperate broadleaved tree species proportionally take up more nitrate than conifers. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(4).
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Chen, Ji‐Qiang, et al.. (2024). Twinstar is a chitin synthase interacting protein with an essential role in insect cuticle biosynthesis. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feifei, Jin Li, Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa, et al.. (2024). Evidence and causes of recent decreases in nitrogen deposition in temperate forests in Northeast China. The Science of The Total Environment. 929. 172472–172472. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Guigang, Feifei Zhu, Wu Zhou, et al.. (2024). Higher resistance of larch-broadleaf mixed forests than larch forests against soil acidification under experimental nitrogen addition. Plant and Soil. 505(1-2). 335–349. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Dongwei, Shanlong Li, Weixing Zhu, et al.. (2023). Storage and Stability of Soil Organic Carbon in Two Temperate Forests in Northeastern China. Land. 12(5). 1019–1019. 4 indexed citations
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Mgelwa, Abubakari Said, Feifei Zhu, Dan Dan Huang, et al.. (2023). Patterns and drivers of atmospheric inorganic nitrogen deposition in Northeast Asia. Journal of Environmental Management. 349. 119343–119343. 8 indexed citations
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Kang, Ronghua, Kai Huang, Tian Gao, et al.. (2023). Forest Canopy Acts as an Atmospheric NOx Sink: Results From Micrometeorological Flux Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(19). 5 indexed citations
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Duan, Yihang, Jan Mulder, Peter Dörsch, et al.. (2023). Universal temperature sensitivity of denitrification nitrogen losses in forest soils. Nature Climate Change. 13(7). 726–734. 15 indexed citations
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Gurmesa, Geshere Abdisa, Shasha Zhang, Ang Wang, et al.. (2023). Within‐site difference in nitrogen status between mixed forests and larch plantations: Evidence from multiple indicators. Ecosphere. 14(1). 2 indexed citations
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Xi, Dan, Yunting Fang, & Weixing Zhu. (2022). Spatial Variations of Soil N2 and N2O Emissions from a Temperate Forest: Quantified by the In Situ 15N Labeling Method. Forests. 13(9). 1347–1347. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feifei, Erik A. Hobbie, Weixing Zhu, et al.. (2022). Effects of nitrogen deposition on carbon allocation between wood and leaves in temperate forests. Plants People Planet. 5(2). 267–280. 9 indexed citations
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Duan, Yihang, Dongwei Liu, Kai Huang, et al.. (2022). Design and performance of an ecosystem‐scale forest soil warming experiment with infrared heater arrays. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). 2065–2077. 12 indexed citations
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Gurmesa, Geshere Abdisa, Erik A. Hobbie, Shasha Zhang, et al.. (2022). Natural 15N abundance of ammonium and nitrate in soil profiles: New insights into forest ecosystem nitrogen saturation. Ecosphere. 13(3). 17 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weixing, Ronghua Kang, Zhi Quan, et al.. (2021). Interannual and seasonal variabilities in soil NO fluxes from a rainfed maize field in the Northeast China. Environmental Pollution. 286. 117312–117312. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Ang, Dexiang Chen, Oliver L. Phillips, et al.. (2021). Dynamics and multi‐annual fate of atmospherically deposited nitrogen in montane tropical forests. Global Change Biology. 27(10). 2076–2087. 21 indexed citations
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Kang, Ronghua, Weixing Zhu, Linlin Song, et al.. (2020). δ15N of Nitric Oxide Produced Under Aerobic or Anaerobic Conditions From Seven Soils and Their Associated N Isotope Fractionations. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(9). 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Shaonan, Fan Wang, Emily M. Elliott, et al.. (2020). Multiyear Measurements on Δ17O of Stream Nitrate Indicate High Nitrate Production in a Temperate Forest. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(7). 4231–4239. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Ang, Erik A. Hobbie, Feifei Zhu, et al.. (2020). Mature conifers assimilate nitrate as efficiently as ammonium from soils in four forest plantations. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3184–3194. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Dongwei, Weixing Zhu, Xiaobo Wang, et al.. (2017). Abiotic versus biotic controls on soil nitrogen cycling in drylands along a 3200 km transect. Biogeosciences. 14(4). 989–1001. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weijian, Weixing Zhu, & Shikai Hu. (2005). Soil resource availability impacts microbial response to organic carbon and inorganic nitrogen inputs.. PubMed. 17(5). 705–10. 4 indexed citations

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