Wenhua Xu

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wenhua Xu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenhua Xu has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Soil Science and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Wenhua Xu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). Wenhua Xu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). Wenhua Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Wenhua Xu's co-authors include Edith Bai, Shiqiang Wan, Ping Jiang, Weiwei Dai, Shanlong Li, Wei Li, Hui Wang, Guoqing Hu, Thomas W. Boutton and Ping Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Wenhua Xu

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

A meta‐analysis of experimental warming effects on terrestrial nitrogen pools and dynamics

2013 485 citations Edith Bai, Shanlong Li et al. New Phytologist profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenhua Xu China	18	857	474	358	303	189	61	1.5k
Meifeng Deng China	20	763 0.9×	537 1.1×	450 1.3×	398 1.3×	137 0.7×	39	1.5k
Guoying Zhou China	24	525 0.6×	432 0.9×	427 1.2×	251 0.8×	143 0.8×	104	1.5k
Qiufang Zhang China	19	726 0.8×	533 1.1×	356 1.0×	135 0.4×	188 1.0×	81	1.3k
Bernd Zeller France	25	770 0.9×	489 1.0×	529 1.5×	320 1.1×	299 1.6×	54	1.6k
Junming Wang United States	23	482 0.6×	592 1.2×	404 1.1×	273 0.9×	172 0.9×	92	1.6k
Zhiqiang Wang China	21	657 0.8×	319 0.7×	679 1.9×	354 1.2×	109 0.6×	69	1.6k
Nan Xia China	11	554 0.6×	345 0.7×	361 1.0×	271 0.9×	203 1.1×	31	1.3k
Gerald Jandl Germany	15	755 0.9×	371 0.8×	205 0.6×	106 0.3×	236 1.2×	26	1.2k
Su Yan China	24	444 0.5×	342 0.7×	403 1.1×	258 0.9×	327 1.7×	108	1.6k
Shouqin Sun China	21	317 0.4×	374 0.8×	369 1.0×	214 0.7×	149 0.8×	90	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenhua Xu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Wenwu & Wenhua Xu. (2025). Fucoxanthin alleviates secondary brain injury in mice following intracerebral hemorrhage via PI3K-mediated inhibition of NF-κB signaling pathway. Pathology - Research and Practice. 270. 155933–155933. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Wenhua, et al.. (2024). First Report of Root Rot Caused by Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium flocciferum on Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus in China. Journal of Phytopathology. 172(5). 1 indexed citations

Fan, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Metabolite and Transcriptomic Changes Reveal the Cold Stratification Process in Sinopodophyllum hexandrum Seeds. Plants. 13(19). 2693–2693. 1 indexed citations

Jin, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). Optimisation of services to prevent dental caries for school-aged children in China: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open. 14(12). e084776–e084776.

Zhao, Linjie, Qiong Sun, Chong Wang, et al.. (2024). Toxoplasma gondii-Derived Exosomes: A Potential Immunostimulant and Delivery System for Tumor Immunotherapy Superior to Toxoplasma gondii. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 19. 12421–12438. 3 indexed citations

He, Zhen‐Yu, et al.. (2023). A case of giant Ewing's sarcoma (EES)/primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of the cervicothoracic junction in children with incomplete paralysis of both lower limbs: Case report and literature review. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 1066304–1066304. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Jing, Wenhua Xu, Yan Jiang, et al.. (2023). Stress Induces Prolonged Pain Recovery After Surgery: Involvement of Glucocorticoid-Related Pathway. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 26(4). 268–279. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Mingzheng, et al.. (2023). PACAP inhibition alleviates neuropathic pain by modulating Nav1.7 through the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway in a rat model of chronic constriction injury. Neuropeptides. 99. 102327–102327. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Hueiming, Li Wang, Yanqun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Evaluating an oral health programme for the prevention of dental decay among school-aged children in China: protocol for a mixed-methods study based on the RE-AIM framework. BMJ Open. 12(9). e061601–e061601.

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Xu, Wenhua, et al.. (2022). Antidepressant Active Components of Bupleurum chinense DC‐Paeonia lactiflora Pall Herb Pair: Pharmacological Mechanisms. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 1024693–1024693. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Feng, et al.. (2016). Design and application of 3D printed navigational guiding template in cervical pedicle screw placement. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 36(5). 257–264. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenhua, Jun Zhang, Yuanyin Wang, Liecheng Wang, & Xuxia Wang. (2016). Changes in the expression of voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1.3, Nav1.7, Nav1.8, and Nav1.9 in rat trigeminal ganglia following chronic constriction injury. Neuroreport. 27(12). 929–934. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Hui, Thomas W. Boutton, Wenhua Xu, et al.. (2015). Quality of fresh organic matter affects priming of soil organic matter and substrate utilization patterns of microbes. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10102–10102. 181 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenhua, Wěi Li, Ping Jiang, Hui Wang, & Edith Bai. (2014). Distinct temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition in forest organic layer and mineral soil. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6512–6512. 35 indexed citations

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Bai, Edith, Shanlong Li, Wenhua Xu, et al.. (2013). A meta‐analysis of experimental warming effects on terrestrial nitrogen pools and dynamics. New Phytologist. 199(2). 441–451. 485 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guoying, Zhou, et al.. (2010). Influences of enclosure to Achnatherum splendens steppes biomass in the Qinghai Lake Area.. Ganhanqu dili. 33(3). 434–441. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Weixing, Wenhua Xu, Hong Jian-ping, & Shiqiang Wan. (2010). Interannual variability of soil microbial biomass and respiration in responses to topography, annual burning and N addition in a semiarid temperate steppe. Geoderma. 158(3-4). 259–267. 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanfang, Shuli Niu, Wenhua Xu, & Yi Han. (2008). Species‐specific Response of Photosynthesis to Burning and Nitrogen Fertilization. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50(5). 565–574. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Jing, et al.. (2006). HPLC determination of contents of four active constituents in tibetan medicine {\sl Gentiana straminea} （Gentianaceae） during different growing period. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 28(2). 219–222. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanlong, Haiyan Fu, Yingying Zhang, et al.. (1994). Chemical components from Dryopteris fragrans and their cytotoxicity. Zhongcaoyao. 5 indexed citations

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