X. L. Lu

11.9k citations

97 papers · 6.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 40

Soil Science top 0.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 77
Environmental Chemistry top 0.2%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 41
Ecology top 0.5%
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 38
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 6
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 10
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 10
Plant Science
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 10
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 8

Co-authors: Jiangming Mo Qinggong Mao Yiqi Luo Frank S. Gilliam Guoyi Zhou Enqing HouWei ZhangYunting Fang
Cited by: Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Ecology
Journals: Global Change Biology (10 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (6 papers)Forests (6 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Australia

In The Last Decade

X. L. Lu

92 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

2022 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020 Nature Communications
2018 Global Change Biology
2014 Global Change Biology
2010 Environmental Pollution

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1	Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·G.P. van Wee,Peter Meidl,Senhao Wang,Bo Tang,Matthias C. Rillig,Анна Игоревна Федянина,Jing Chen,林昊,Zhiyang Lie,Rachel Elizabeth Grothe,Lili Rong,Anis Hamidah,Zhanfeng Liu,Wei Zhang,X. L. Lu,Juxiu Liu,Qing Ye,Jiangming Mo,Mianhai Zheng	2025	4
2	How urbanization reshapes soil organic carbon stability in urban forests: a critical review Carbon Research ·刘兴辉 Liu Xing-hui,Adnan Mustafa,X. L. Lu,Xiaomin Zhu,弘治内堀,Qing Ye,Manolo Serrano-Martínez,Jiangming Mo	2025	0
3	Advancing crop resilience through nucleic acid innovations: rhizosphere engineering for food security and climate adaptation International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Qudsia Saeed,Adnan Mustafa,Inci. Oney,刘兴辉 Liu Xing-hui,Anne-Catherine Jambut-Absil,M. CatalinaaI,Massimiliano Fiorini,Muhammad Naveed,Muhammad Asim Farooq,X. L. Lu	2025	3
4	Global change progressively increases foliar nitrogen–phosphorus ratios in China's subtropical forests Global Change Biology ·Diana V. P. Churata,Songbo Tang,Hans Lambers,Peter Hietz,Visi Rarasanti,Frank S. Gilliam,X. L. Lu,Xianzhen Luo,Martha Jinright,Shu Wang,T David,俊光斉藤,Yuanwen Kuang	2024	8
5	Nitrogen addition and mowing had only weak interactive effects on macronutrients in plant-soil systems of a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia Journal of Environmental Management ·Nuria Calvet,Ruzhen Wang,Hao Zhou,Junjie Yang,X. L. Lu,Xingguo Han,Jianhui Huang	2023	2
6	Soil Macrofauna Disperse and Reconstruct Soil Nematode Communities: Takeaways from a Microcosm Study Forests ·Tao Liu,Zixuan Wang,Agustin Penedo Coello,Buqing Zhong,Xinxing He,Yihan Wang,Susana Valencia Olsson,Wende Yan,X. L. Lu	2023	1
7	Resource allocation theory reveals sulfur shortage for microbes under phosphorus amendment in tropical forests with divergent land use history Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Cong Wang,Qinggong Mao,Taiki Mori,Juan Huang,Hui Mo,Jiangming Mo,X. L. Lu	2023	7
8	Long-term phosphorus addition alleviates CO2 and N2O emissions via altering soil microbial functions in secondary rather primary tropical forests Environmental Pollution ·Jie Chen,Xiaomin Ma,X. L. Lu,Han Xu,Dexiang Chen,Yanpeng Li,Zhou Zhang,Yide Li,Suhui Ma,Yakov Kuzyakov	2023	19
9	Distinct Responses of Abundant and Rare Soil Bacteria to Nitrogen Addition in Tropical Forest Soils Microbiology Spectrum ·Jinhong He,Xiangping Tan,Yanxia Nie,Lei Ma,Juxiu Liu,X. L. Lu,Jiangming Mo,Julie Leloup,Naoise Nunan,Qing Ye,Weijun Shen	2023	15
10	Drivers of foliar ¹⁵N trends in southern China over the last century Global Change Biology ·Songbo Tang,Jianfeng Liu,Frank S. Gilliam,Peter Hietz,Zhiheng Wang,X. L. Lu,T David,Dazhi Wen,Enqing Hou,Diana V. P. Churata,Yunting Fang,Ying Tu,Dan Xi,Zhiqun Huang,Dianxiang Zhang,Rong Wang,Yuanwen Kuang	2022	12
11	Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe Ecology Letters ·Enqing Hou,Dazhi Wen,Lifen Jiang,Xianzhen Luo,Yuanwen Kuang,X. L. Lu,Chengrong Chen,Joel Andrés Hernández Gómez,Xianjin He,Xingzhao Huang,Yiqi Luo	2021	102
12	Long-Term Nitrogen Addition Decreases Soil Carbon Mineralization in an N-Rich Primary Tropical Forest Forests ·X. L. Lu,Qinggong Mao,Józef Starzewski,Taiki Mori,Jiangming Mo,Fanglong Su,雅章三上	2021	12
13	Negative effects of long-term phosphorus additions on understory plants in a primary tropical forest The Science of The Total Environment ·Qinggong Mao,Hao Chen,Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa,Per Gundersen,David S. Ellsworth,Frank S. Gilliam,Cong Wang,Sung-Ha Oh,Qing Ye,Jiangming Mo,X. L. Lu	2021	17
14	Species Differences in Nitrogen Acquisition in Humid Subtropical Forest Inferred From 15N Natural Abundance and Its Response to Tracer Addition Forests ·Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa,X. L. Lu,Per Gundersen,Qinggong Mao,Yunting Fang,Jiangming Mo	2019	4
15	Reconsidering the phosphorus limitation of soil microbial activity in tropical forests Functional Ecology ·Taiki Mori,X. L. Lu,Ryota Aoyagi,Jiangming Mo	2018	103
16	Nitrogen input ¹⁵ N signatures are reflected in plant ¹⁵ N natural abundances in subtropical forests in China Biogeosciences ·Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa,X. L. Lu,Per Gundersen,Yunting Fang,Qinggong Mao,Hao Chen,Jiangming Mo	2017	21
17	Different responses of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation to nitrogen addition between disturbed and rehabilitated subtropical forests The Science of The Total Environment ·Mianhai Zheng,Wei Zhang,Yiqi Luo,Taiki Mori,Qinggong Mao,Senhao Wang,Б.А. Калакуток,X. L. Lu,Jiangming Mo	2017	42
18	Phosphate addition enhanced soil inorganic nutrients to a large extent in three tropical forests Scientific Reports ·Feifei Zhu,X. L. Lu,Lei Liu,Jiangming Mo	2015	25
19	Urbanization in China changes the composition and main sources of wet inorganic nitrogen deposition Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Juan Huang,Wei Zhang,Xiaomin Zhu,Frank S. Gilliam,Hao Chen,X. L. Lu,Jiangming Mo	2014	49
20	Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China Environmental Pollution ·X. L. Lu,Jiangming Mo,Frank S. Gilliam,Guirui Yu,Wei Zhang,Yunting Fang,Juan Huang	2010	42

About X. L. Lu

X. L. Lu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science, having authored 97 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (77 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (41 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.7k citations), Ecology (2.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (945 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations). X. L. Lu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Jiangming Mo, Qinggong Mao, Yiqi Luo, Frank S. Gilliam, Guoyi Zhou, Enqing Hou, Wei Zhang, Yunting Fang, Yuanwen Kuang and Dazhi Wen. Their work appears in journals such as Global Change Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, Forests, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Geoderma.

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