X. L. Lu

11.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
97 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

X. L. Lu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, X. L. Lu has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Soil Science, 43 papers in Ecology and 41 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in X. L. Lu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (77 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (41 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers). X. L. Lu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (77 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (41 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers). X. L. Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. X. L. Lu's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

X. L. Lu

92 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: An overview

2010 657 citations Jiangming Mo, X. L. Lu et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems

2020 506 citations Enqing Hou, Yiqi Luo et al. profile →
Nitrogen deposition contributes to soil acidification in tropical ecosystems

2014 454 citations X. L. Lu, Qinggong Mao et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Effects of climate on soil phosphorus cycle and availability in natural terrestrial ecosystems

2018 259 citations Enqing Hou, Chengrong Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Exploring global changes in agricultural ammonia emissions and their contribution to nitrogen deposition since 1980

2022 201 citations X. L. Lu, Buqing Zhong et al. profile →
Nitrogen deposition accelerates soil carbon sequestration in tropical forests

2021 199 citations X. L. Lu, Qinggong Mao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
X. L. Lu China	40	3.9k	2.2k	1.9k	1.7k	1.2k	97	6.1k
Edith Bai China	41	3.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	125	6.1k
Michael Dannenmann Germany	37	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	138	6.2k
Dashuan Tian China	33	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	919 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	108	4.8k
John M. Stark United States	35	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	57	5.9k
Marisa de Cássia Píccolo Brazil	45	3.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	160	6.0k
Luc Abbadie France	39	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	975 0.8×	81	6.3k
Jared L. DeForest United States	32	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	940 0.6×	934 0.8×	44	6.1k
Changming Fang China	38	3.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	963 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	87	7.0k
Yunting Fang China	49	3.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	221	8.3k
Jiangming Mo China	50	5.9k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.5×	155	8.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of X. L. Lu

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Meidl, Peter, Senhao Wang, Bo Tang, et al.. (2025). 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. 204. 109746–109746. 4 indexed citations

Mustafa, Adnan, et al.. (2025). How urbanization reshapes soil organic carbon stability in urban forests: a critical review. Carbon Research. 4(1).

Saeed, Qudsia, et al.. (2025). Advancing crop resilience through nucleic acid innovations: rhizosphere engineering for food security and climate adaptation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 2). 143194–143194. 3 indexed citations

Tang, Songbo, Hans Lambers, Peter Hietz, et al.. (2024). Global change progressively increases foliar nitrogen–phosphorus ratios in China's subtropical forests. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17201–e17201. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Ruzhen, Hao Zhou, Junjie Yang, et al.. (2023). 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. 347. 119121–119121. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, Zixuan Wang, Buqing Zhong, et al.. (2023). Soil Macrofauna Disperse and Reconstruct Soil Nematode Communities: Takeaways from a Microcosm Study. Forests. 14(4). 748–748. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Cong, Qinggong Mao, Taiki Mori, et al.. (2023). Resource allocation theory reveals sulfur shortage for microbes under phosphorus amendment in tropical forests with divergent land use history. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184. 109126–109126. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Jie, Xiaomin Ma, X. L. Lu, et al.. (2023). Long-term phosphorus addition alleviates CO2 and N2O emissions via altering soil microbial functions in secondary rather primary tropical forests. Environmental Pollution. 323. 121295–121295. 19 indexed citations

He, Jinhong, Xiangping Tan, Yanxia Nie, et al.. (2023). Distinct Responses of Abundant and Rare Soil Bacteria to Nitrogen Addition in Tropical Forest Soils. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(1). e0300322–e0300322. 15 indexed citations

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Tang, Songbo, Jianfeng Liu, Frank S. Gilliam, et al.. (2022). Drivers of foliar ¹⁵N trends in southern China over the last century. Global Change Biology. 28(18). 5441–5452. 12 indexed citations

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Hou, Enqing, Dazhi Wen, Lifen Jiang, et al.. (2021). Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1420–1431. 102 indexed citations

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Lu, X. L., et al.. (2021). Long-Term Nitrogen Addition Decreases Soil Carbon Mineralization in an N-Rich Primary Tropical Forest. Forests. 12(6). 734–734. 12 indexed citations

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Mao, Qinggong, Hao Chen, Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa, et al.. (2021). Negative effects of long-term phosphorus additions on understory plants in a primary tropical forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 798. 149306–149306. 17 indexed citations

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Gurmesa, Geshere Abdisa, X. L. Lu, Per Gundersen, et al.. (2019). Species Differences in Nitrogen Acquisition in Humid Subtropical Forest Inferred From 15N Natural Abundance and Its Response to Tracer Addition. Forests. 10(11). 991–991. 4 indexed citations

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Mori, Taiki, X. L. Lu, Ryota Aoyagi, & Jiangming Mo. (2018). Reconsidering the phosphorus limitation of soil microbial activity in tropical forests. Functional Ecology. 32(5). 1145–1154. 103 indexed citations

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Gurmesa, Geshere Abdisa, X. L. Lu, Per Gundersen, et al.. (2017). Nitrogen input ¹⁵ N signatures are reflected in plant ¹⁵ N natural abundances in subtropical forests in China. Biogeosciences. 14(9). 2359–2370. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Mianhai, Wei Zhang, Yiqi Luo, et al.. (2017). Different responses of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation to nitrogen addition between disturbed and rehabilitated subtropical forests. The Science of The Total Environment. 601-602. 1505–1512. 42 indexed citations

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Zhu, Feifei, X. L. Lu, Lei Liu, & Jiangming Mo. (2015). Phosphate addition enhanced soil inorganic nutrients to a large extent in three tropical forests. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 7923–7923. 25 indexed citations

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Huang, Juan, Wei Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, et al.. (2014). Urbanization in China changes the composition and main sources of wet inorganic nitrogen deposition. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(9). 6526–6534. 49 indexed citations

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Lu, X. L., Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, et al.. (2010). Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China. Environmental Pollution. 159(10). 2228–2235. 42 indexed citations

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