Xiaobing Zhou

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Xiaobing Zhou is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaobing Zhou has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Xiaobing Zhou's work include Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (31 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (24 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers). Xiaobing Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (31 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (24 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers). Xiaobing Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Moldova. Xiaobing Zhou's co-authors include Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing, Xuejun Liu, X. L. Lu, Lei Duan, Fusuo Zhang, Jianlin Shen, Enzai Du, Jiangming Mo and He Chune and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xiaobing Zhou

72 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: A... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: An overview
    2010 657 citations Xiaobing Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaobing Zhou China 21 620 553 492 470 460 79 1.8k
Emma L. Aronson United States 21 686 1.1× 176 0.3× 605 1.2× 307 0.7× 500 1.1× 57 1.7k
Victoria Ochoa Spain 20 606 1.0× 759 1.4× 375 0.8× 380 0.8× 444 1.0× 37 1.8k
Douglas Schaefer China 29 819 1.3× 466 0.8× 742 1.5× 344 0.7× 556 1.2× 75 2.5k
Edu Dorland Netherlands 16 586 0.9× 368 0.7× 801 1.6× 289 0.6× 697 1.5× 23 1.7k
Manuel Nicolas France 26 582 0.9× 234 0.4× 530 1.1× 204 0.4× 550 1.2× 58 1.8k
Zhiwei Xu China 21 606 1.0× 293 0.5× 452 0.9× 201 0.4× 520 1.1× 48 1.6k
Benjamı́n Viñegla Spain 23 380 0.6× 262 0.5× 354 0.7× 221 0.5× 383 0.8× 49 1.7k
Julie R. Deslippe New Zealand 17 527 0.8× 237 0.4× 620 1.3× 328 0.7× 566 1.2× 32 1.7k
Roberto Godoy Chile 23 812 1.3× 275 0.5× 530 1.1× 423 0.9× 668 1.5× 85 1.8k
Kaihui Li China 23 1.1k 1.7× 197 0.4× 947 1.9× 316 0.7× 593 1.3× 93 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaobing Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaobing Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaobing Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaobing Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaobing Zhou 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 Xiaobing Zhou. Xiaobing Zhou 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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Chen, Yusen, Hao Guo, Tao Ye, et al.. (2025). Drivers and spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in China’s drylands. CATENA. 250. 108724–108724.
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Yang, Ziyue, Yunjie Huang, Yonggang Li, et al.. (2025). Patch size indirectly influences the distribution characteristics of phosphorus fractions in temperate desert moss crust soils. CATENA. 251. 108821–108821. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Mingming, Benfeng Yin, Ye Tao, et al.. (2025). The development of biological soil crusts shifts the drivers of soil multifunctionality in drylands. CATENA. 258. 109238–109238. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Shuping, et al.. (2025). Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on microbial dynamics: Altered nitrogen fixation and ammonia oxidation in biological soil crusts. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 125141–125141. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, X., et al.. (2025). Climate Change Accelerates Microbial Biomass Accumulation in Soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 39(12).
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Kuzyakov, Yakov, Yuanhe Yang, Shen Yu, et al.. (2025). Hydroxyl Radical‐Driven Oxidation as a Key Pathway for Greenhouse Gas Production During Soil Drying–Rewetting. Global Change Biology. 31(10). e70552–e70552.
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Zhou, Xiaobing, et al.. (2025). Drivers for changes in ecosystem multifunctionality in China under different soil pH conditions. Journal of Mountain Science. 22(3). 888–900.
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Lu, Yuting, Huiliang Liu, Xiaobing Zhou, et al.. (2025). Response characteristics of bulk soil, rhizosphere, and root endophytic microbiota in desert ephemeral plants to increased precipitation. Plant and Soil. 513(2). 3073–3095. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Mingming, Lei Zhang, Hao Guo, et al.. (2025). Spatial distribution, drivers, and future variation of soil organic carbon in China’s ecosystems: A meta-analysis and machine-learning assessment. Ecological Indicators. 179. 114255–114255.
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Yin, Benfeng, Jiwen Li, Qing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Snow depth has greater influence on moss biocrusts' soil multifunctionality than the number of freeze-thaw cycles. Applied Soil Ecology. 199. 105420–105420. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaobing, et al.. (2024). Environmental drivers of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation in global drylands. Geoderma. 451. 117075–117075. 6 indexed citations
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Meng, Huanhuan, et al.. (2023). Stoichiometric patterns of assimilative branches of four dominant shrubs and the drivers in a Central Asian desert. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 219. 105622–105622. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Benfeng, et al.. (2023). Moss crusts mitigate the negative impacts of shrub mortality on the nutrient multifunctionality of desert soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(1). 166–179. 1 indexed citations
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Qi, Ran, Nana Xue, Shuzhi Wang, et al.. (2022). Heavy metal(loid)s shape the soil bacterial community and functional genes of desert grassland in a gold mining area in the semi-arid region. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 1). 113749–113749. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Yusen, et al.. (2022). Spatial variability and driving factors of soil multifunctionality in drylands of China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 223–232. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaobing, et al.. (2022). Typical ephemeral plant—Erodium oxyrhinchum: growth response to snow change in temperate desert, Northwest China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 16(4). 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaobing, Yunge Zhao, Jayne Belnap, et al.. (2020). Practices of biological soil crust rehabilitation in China: experiences and challenges. Restoration Ecology. 28(S2). 42 indexed citations
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