Xiaokang Guan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 784 citations indexed

About

Xiaokang Guan is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaokang Guan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Soil Science, 12 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Xiaokang Guan's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (8 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Irrigation Practices and Water Management (6 papers). Xiaokang Guan is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (8 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Irrigation Practices and Water Management (6 papers). Xiaokang Guan collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xiaokang Guan's co-authors include Tongchao Wang, Neil C. Turner, Li Wei, Shouchen Ma, Feng‐Min Li, Fu-Jian Mei, Shah Jahan Leghari, Yanli Wang, Xia Zhang and Changshuo Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Xiaokang Guan

24 papers receiving 762 citations

Hit Papers

Does continuous straw returning keep China farmland soil ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Does continuous straw returning keep China farmland soil organic carbon continued increase? A meta-analysis
    2021 158 citations Yanli Wang, Fu-Jian Mei et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaokang Guan China 13 433 386 255 119 100 24 784
Na Zhao China 17 492 1.1× 346 0.9× 249 1.0× 118 1.0× 76 0.8× 61 838
P. Nyamugafata Zimbabwe 20 526 1.2× 348 0.9× 272 1.1× 79 0.7× 97 1.0× 38 1.0k
Junxiao Pan China 17 356 0.8× 385 1.0× 208 0.8× 206 1.7× 106 1.1× 52 821
Hao Feng China 18 398 0.9× 324 0.8× 185 0.7× 74 0.6× 60 0.6× 49 703
Bingjing Cui China 12 476 1.1× 425 1.1× 166 0.7× 62 0.5× 110 1.1× 23 765
Xucheng Zhang China 12 323 0.7× 324 0.8× 141 0.6× 73 0.6× 122 1.2× 63 677
Joaquin Sanabria United States 19 496 1.1× 615 1.6× 257 1.0× 118 1.0× 166 1.7× 32 1.1k
Yüze Li China 18 617 1.4× 485 1.3× 243 1.0× 234 2.0× 82 0.8× 46 975
Yuncheng Liao China 12 343 0.8× 267 0.7× 127 0.5× 88 0.7× 100 1.0× 26 596

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaokang Guan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaokang Guan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaokang Guan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaokang Guan. The network helps show where Xiaokang Guan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaokang Guan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaokang Guan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaokang Guan 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 Xiaokang Guan. Xiaokang Guan 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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Wang, Yanli, et al.. (2025). Optimizing cropping systems and irrigation regimes to mitigate NH3 emissions and enhance crop productivity in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Field Crops Research. 322. 109763–109763. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Ke, Lingyun Li, Jinghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Estimation of Canopy Water Content by Integrating Hyperspectral and Thermal Imagery in Winter Wheat Fields. Agronomy. 14(11). 2569–2569. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanli, et al.. (2024). Drought and rewatering practices improve adaptability of seedling maize to drought stress by a super-compensate effect. Heliyon. 10(20). e39602–e39602. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanli, et al.. (2023). Optimizing irrigation strategies for sustainable crop productivity and reduced groundwater consumption in a winter wheat-maize rotation system. Journal of Environmental Management. 348. 119469–119469. 13 indexed citations
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Guan, Xiaokang, et al.. (2023). Adaptability of wheat to future climate change: Effects of sowing date and sowing rate on wheat yield in three wheat production regions in the North China Plain. The Science of The Total Environment. 901. 165906–165906. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanli, et al.. (2023). The potential for soil C sequestration and N fixation under different planting patterns depends on the carbon and nitrogen content and stability of soil aggregates. The Science of The Total Environment. 897. 165430–165430. 31 indexed citations
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Wen, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Field identification of drought tolerant wheat genotypes using canopy vegetation indices instead of plant physiological and biochemical traits. Ecological Indicators. 154. 110781–110781. 10 indexed citations
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Qiu, Xiao, Guorui Wang, Salah Fatouh Abou‐Elwafa, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide identification of HD-ZIP transcription factors in maize and their regulatory roles in promoting drought tolerance. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 28(2). 425–437. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanli, Fu-Jian Mei, Ling Yue, et al.. (2021). Does continuous straw returning keep China farmland soil organic carbon continued increase? A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 288. 112391–112391. 158 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leghari, Shah Jahan, Xiaokang Guan, Shouchen Ma, et al.. (2020). Deficit Subsurface Drip Irrigation Improves Water Use Efficiency and Stabilizes Yield by Enhancing Subsoil Water Extraction in Winter Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 508–508. 42 indexed citations
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Ma, Shouchen, Tongchao Wang, Xiaokang Guan, & Xia Zhang. (2018). Effect of sowing time and seeding rate on yield components and water use efficiency of winter wheat by regulating the growth redundancy and physiological traits of root and shoot. Field Crops Research. 221. 166–174. 89 indexed citations
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Guan, Xiaokang, et al.. (2016). Soil carbon sequestration by three perennial legume pastures is greater in deeper soil layers than in the surface soil. Biogeosciences. 13(2). 527–534. 37 indexed citations
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Yu, Kailiang, Xiaokang Guan, Chao Fang, et al.. (2016). Medicago sativa improves soil carbon sequestration following revegetation of degraded arable land in a semi-arid environment on the Loess Plateau, China. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 232. 93–100. 40 indexed citations
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Guan, Xiaokang, Xiao Hui Zhang, Neil C. Turner, Bingcheng Xu, & Feng‐Min Li. (2012). Two perennial legumes (Astragalus adsurgens Pall. and Lespedeza davurica S.) adapted to semiarid environments are not as productive as lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), but use less water. Grass and Forage Science. 68(3). 469–478. 21 indexed citations
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Guan, Xiaokang & Song Gu. (2009). Photorespiration and photoprotection of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon) under water stress. Photosynthetica. 47(3). 30 indexed citations

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