Xia Xu

3.8k total citations
79 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Xia Xu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Xu has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Soil Science, 26 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xia Xu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). Xia Xu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). Xia Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xia Xu's co-authors include Yiqi Luo, Rebecca A. Sherry, Zheng Shi, Qinghong Geng, Dejun Li, Honghua Ruan, Brian J. Wilsey, Shuli Niu, Han Y. H. Chen and A.G. Atkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Xia Xu

75 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xia Xu China 28 1.1k 880 603 594 526 79 2.5k
Jianping Wu China 31 1.5k 1.3× 853 1.0× 764 1.3× 776 1.3× 585 1.1× 141 2.9k
Elena Vanguelova United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.1× 704 0.8× 783 1.3× 899 1.5× 872 1.7× 59 2.9k
Guiyao Zhou China 27 1.5k 1.3× 805 0.9× 698 1.2× 711 1.2× 498 0.9× 96 2.8k
Yunfan Wan China 33 991 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 592 1.0× 989 1.7× 389 0.7× 73 2.9k
Zhaolei Li China 30 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 658 1.1× 754 1.3× 279 0.5× 80 3.0k
Junjiong Shao China 23 1.3k 1.1× 702 0.8× 548 0.9× 610 1.0× 450 0.9× 47 2.3k
Urszula Norton United States 17 967 0.8× 868 1.0× 362 0.6× 759 1.3× 411 0.8× 46 2.1k
Brian D. Strahm United States 24 945 0.8× 735 0.8× 333 0.6× 597 1.0× 378 0.7× 82 1.9k
Ingeborg Callesen Denmark 21 1.4k 1.2× 925 1.1× 374 0.6× 593 1.0× 736 1.4× 38 2.4k
Bonnie G. Waring United States 25 1.9k 1.7× 1.2k 1.4× 723 1.2× 590 1.0× 714 1.4× 55 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xia Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xia Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xia Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xia Xu 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 Xia Xu. Xia Xu 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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Ali, Izhar & Xia Xu. (2025). The Hidden Carbon Cost of Boreal Wildfires: Rethinking Emissions From Belowground Combustion in Siberian Larch Forests. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70389–e70389. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangjin, Qian Zhang, Ji Chen, et al.. (2024). Soil Available Phosphorus Mediated Microbial Enzyme Activities along the Vegetation/Elevation Gradient in Wuyishan National Park, China. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 24(4). 7243–7255. 1 indexed citations
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Ning, Zhuo, et al.. (2023). Optimized strategies for nitrogen fertilizer application in Populus plantations in the context of climate change mitigation. Forest Policy and Economics. 159. 103139–103139. 3 indexed citations
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Wilsey, Brian J., Leanne M. Martin, Xia Xu, Forest Isbell, & H. Wayne Polley. (2023). Biodiversity: Net primary productivity relationships are eliminated by invasive species dominance. Ecology Letters. 27(1). e14342–e14342. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Xia, Zhu Zhu, Chenghui Ju, et al.. (2023). Long-term N addition leads to microbial C, but not N limitation of poplar plantation soils in eastern China. Forest Ecology and Management. 542. 121074–121074. 9 indexed citations
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Ju, Chenghui, et al.. (2023). Fertilization alters the abundance but not the diversity of soil fauna: A meta‐analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(4). 482–494. 9 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaocui, Xia Xu, Qinghong Geng, et al.. (2023). Global arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and abundance decreases with soil available phosphorus. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(8). 1423–1434. 35 indexed citations
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Geng, Qinghong, Xiaocui Ma, Zhu Zhu, et al.. (2022). Consistent responses of the C:N:P stoichiometry of green leaves and fine roots to N addition in poplar plantations in eastern coastal China. Plant and Soil. 485(1-2). 377–394. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Qian, Qinghong Geng, Menghua Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nutrient resorption and stoichiometric responses of poplar (Populus deltoids) plantations to N addition in a coastal region of eastern China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 14(4). 591–604. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Chonghua, Xia Xu, Yiqi Luo, et al.. (2021). Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tropical ecosystems following fire. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(2). 378–391. 14 indexed citations
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Geng, Qinghong, et al.. (2021). Effects of stand age and inter-annual precipitation variability on fine root biomass in poplar plantations in the eastern coastal China. Forest Ecology and Management. 505. 119883–119883. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Chonghua, Qinghong Geng, Xiaocui Ma, et al.. (2021). Effects of nitrogen application on the decomposition of fine roots in temperate forests: a meta-analysis. Plant and Soil. 472(1-2). 77–89. 14 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaocui, et al.. (2020). Global negative effects of nutrient enrichment on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. New Phytologist. 229(5). 2957–2969. 140 indexed citations
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Xu, Chonghua, Xia Xu, Chenghui Ju, et al.. (2020). Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide. Global Change Biology. 27(6). 1170–1180. 174 indexed citations
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Xu, Dandan, et al.. (2020). Tree Line Identification and Dynamics under Climate Change in Wuyishan National Park Based on Landsat Images. Remote Sensing. 12(18). 2890–2890. 10 indexed citations
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Tian, Jihui, Xia Xu, Shasha Luo, et al.. (2020). Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) intercropping with reduced nitrogen input influences rhizosphere phosphorus dynamics and phosphorus acquisition of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). Biology and Fertility of Soils. 56(7). 1063–1075. 35 indexed citations
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Geng, Qinghong, Qian Li, Xiaoli Cheng, et al.. (2019). Fine Root Biomass Mediates Soil Fauna Community in Response to Nitrogen Addition in Poplar Plantations (Populus deltoids) on the East Coast of China. Forests. 10(2). 122–122. 12 indexed citations

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