Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Soil Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu's co-authors include Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Jerry M. Melillo, Serita D. Frey, Grace Pold, Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta, Egbert Schwartz, Rebecca L. Mau and Brianna Finley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil

2020 365 citations Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta, Grace Pold et al. Nature Communications profile →
Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many

2023 94 citations Bram WG Stone, Paul Dijkstra et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Dynamic interplay among soil nutrients, rhizosphere metabolites, and microbes shape drought and heat stress responses in summer maize

2024 48 citations Haotian Wang, Somayanda M. Impa et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu United States	15	856	652	323	244	210	24	1.4k
Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta France	13	830 1.0×	681 1.0×	311 1.0×	179 0.7×	227 1.1×	22	1.3k
Kevin M. Geyer United States	14	898 1.0×	759 1.2×	272 0.8×	156 0.6×	232 1.1×	20	1.3k
Chanda Trivedi Australia	9	845 1.0×	712 1.1×	545 1.7×	258 1.1×	149 0.7×	10	1.4k
Aimeric Blaud United Kingdom	14	830 1.0×	521 0.8×	263 0.8×	139 0.6×	196 0.9×	18	1.3k
Zachary B. Freedman United States	22	648 0.8×	738 1.1×	469 1.5×	266 1.1×	194 0.9×	54	1.4k
Jiao Feng China	24	841 1.0×	558 0.9×	302 0.9×	119 0.5×	211 1.0×	70	1.4k
Judith Prommer Austria	14	809 0.9×	508 0.8×	424 1.3×	112 0.5×	194 0.9×	21	1.3k
Jérémy Puissant France	15	1.1k 1.3×	842 1.3×	456 1.4×	192 0.8×	222 1.1×	19	1.7k
Sean T. Berthrong United States	12	834 1.0×	686 1.1×	352 1.1×	181 0.7×	203 1.0×	15	1.5k
Xiaobin Guo China	17	1.3k 1.5×	698 1.1×	449 1.4×	120 0.5×	340 1.6×	30	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ouyang, Yang, Rohit Gupte, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, et al.. (2025). Microfluidic droplets with amended culture media cultivate a greater diversity of soil microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(3). e0179424–e0179424. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Haotian, Somayanda M. Impa, Hao Wang, et al.. (2024). Dynamic interplay among soil nutrients, rhizosphere metabolites, and microbes shape drought and heat stress responses in summer maize. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 191. 109357–109357. 48 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Shun Han, Serita D. Frey, et al.. (2024). Microbial responses to long-term warming differ across soil microenvironments. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae051–ycae051. 7 indexed citations

Cao, Dan, Zhi Ma, Hongrui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Stoichiometry regulates rice straw-induced priming effect: The microbial life strategies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109514–109514. 27 indexed citations

Stone, Bram WG, Paul Dijkstra, Brianna Finley, et al.. (2023). Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many. The ISME Journal. 17(4). 611–619. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

Stone, Bram WG, Steven J. Blazewicz, Benjamin J. Koch, et al.. (2023). Nutrients strengthen density dependence of per-capita growth and mortality rates in the soil bacterial community. Oecologia. 201(3). 771–782. 4 indexed citations

Stone, Bram WG, Junhui Li, Benjamin J. Koch, et al.. (2021). Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3381–3381. 110 indexed citations

Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Michaela Hayer, Rebecca L. Mau, et al.. (2021). Substrate stoichiometric regulation of microbial respiration and community dynamics across four different ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 163. 108458–108458. 10 indexed citations

Stone, Bram WG, Junhui Li, Benjamin J. Koch, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4052–4052. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Serita D. Frey, Jerry M. Melillo, & Kristen M. DeAngelis. (2021). Physical protection regulates microbial thermal responses to chronic soil warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 159. 108298–108298. 8 indexed citations

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Domeignoz‐Horta, Luiz A., Grace Pold, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, et al.. (2020). Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3684–3684. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Grace Pold, Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta, et al.. (2020). Soil aggregate-mediated microbial responses to long-term warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 152. 108055–108055. 56 indexed citations

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Waring, Bonnie G., Benjamin N. Sulman, Sasha C. Reed, et al.. (2020). From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world. Global Change Biology. 26(12). 6631–6643. 70 indexed citations

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Li, Junhui, Rebecca L. Mau, Paul Dijkstra, et al.. (2019). Predictive genomic traits for bacterial growth in culture versus actual growth in soil. The ISME Journal. 13(9). 2162–2172. 71 indexed citations

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Morrissey, Ember M., Rebecca L. Mau, Michaela Hayer, et al.. (2019). Evolutionary history constrains microbial traits across environmental variation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(7). 1064–1069. 77 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Paul Dijkstra, & Bruce A. Hungate. (2017). Increased plant uptake of native soil nitrogen following fertilizer addition – not a priming effect?. Applied Soil Ecology. 114. 105–110. 58 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Jingran Sun, Rebecca L. Mau, et al.. (2016). Labile carbon input determines the direction and magnitude of the priming effect. Applied Soil Ecology. 109. 7–13. 121 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, John H. Fike, John M. Galbraith, et al.. (2013). Effects of harvest frequency and biosolids application on switchgrass yield, feedstock quality, and theoretical ethanol yield. GCB Bioenergy. 7(1). 112–121. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, et al.. (2011). Effects of waterborne acephate exposure on antioxidant responses and acetylcholinesterase activities in Synechogobius hasta. Environmental Toxicology. 28(1). 42–50. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianbin, et al.. (2010). Nitrate accumulation in soil profiles under seasonally open ‘sunlight greenhouses’ in northwest China and potential for leaching loss during summer fallow. Soil Use and Management. 26(3). 332–339. 44 indexed citations

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