Xiaoli Cheng

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaoli Cheng is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoli Cheng has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Soil Science, 83 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaoli Cheng's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (86 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (45 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers). Xiaoli Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (86 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (45 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers). Xiaoli Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Xiaoli Cheng's co-authors include Quanfa Zhang, Shuqing An, Yiqi Luo, Wen Yang, Kerong Zhang, Bo Li, Haishan Dang, Junjun Wu, Qiong Chen and Siyue Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoli Cheng

150 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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. Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming
    2011 501 citations Xiaoli Cheng, Yiqi Luo et al. profile →
  2. Meta-analysis shows the impacts of ecological restoration on greenhouse gas emissions
    2024 61 citations Tiehu He, Weixin Ding et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaoli Cheng China 42 3.2k 2.6k 1.1k 1.0k 900 154 6.0k
Keisuke Koba Japan 44 2.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 918 0.9× 955 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 142 5.6k
Bertrand Guenet France 40 2.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 574 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 121 5.1k
Beate Michalzik Germany 27 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 897 0.8× 552 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 83 4.7k
Changming Fang China 38 3.2k 1.0× 3.9k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.5× 963 1.1× 87 7.0k
Patrick Schleppi Switzerland 38 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 951 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 118 4.6k
Jana E. Compton United States 36 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 921 0.9× 711 0.7× 1.8k 2.0× 98 5.2k
Jianlin Shen China 35 1.5k 0.5× 3.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 1.7k 1.9× 115 6.6k
Albert Bleeker Netherlands 33 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 867 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 74 5.1k
Randall K. Kolka United States 45 3.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 2.0k 1.8× 654 0.6× 755 0.8× 231 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaoli Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaoli Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoli Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaoli Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaoli Cheng 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 Xiaoli Cheng. Xiaoli Cheng 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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Bai, Jiankun, Matthew A. Sturchio, Yiqi Luo, Guanghui Lin, & Xiaoli Cheng. (2025). Species turnover and climates co‐dominate the carbon–water relationship in grasslands along an elevational gradient. Functional Ecology. 39(8). 2123–2134. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, Hong Zhang, Xiaoxiang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Soil methane uptake is tightly linked to carbon dioxide emission in global upland ecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 373. 109127–109127. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, Hong Zhang, Xiaoli Cheng, & Guihua Liu. (2024). Ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of methane in global upland and wetland ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 361. 110325–110325.
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Zhang, Huan, Jiahui Wang, Jinsong Wang, et al.. (2024). Invasion of exotic Spartina alterniflora alters the size, availability, and stability of the soil phosphorus pool in the coastal wetlands of Eastern China. CATENA. 239. 107909–107909. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, et al.. (2024). Tree stem methane emissions: Global patterns and controlling factors. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 350. 109976–109976. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xinshuai, Youchao Chen, Feng Liu, et al.. (2024). Plant species composition and key‐species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(9). 2100–2110. 5 indexed citations
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Ábalos, Diego, et al.. (2024). Addressing challenges associated with nitrification inhibitors. Trends in Microbiology. 32(10). 936–939. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaoli, César Terrer, Woo‐Jung Choi, et al.. (2024). Global evidence for joint effects of multiple natural and anthropogenic drivers on soil nitrogen cycling. Global Change Biology. 30(5). e17309–e17309. 7 indexed citations
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He, Tiehu, Weixin Ding, Xiaoli Cheng, et al.. (2024). Meta-analysis shows the impacts of ecological restoration on greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2668–2668. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Shengyun, Minghui Wu, Xiaoli Cheng, et al.. (2024). Freeze-thaw strength increases microbial stability to enhance diversity-soil multifunctionality relationship. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, Hong Zhang, Yongtai Pan, et al.. (2023). Particulate organic carbon is more sensitive to nitrogen addition than mineral-associated organic carbon: A meta-analysis. Soil and Tillage Research. 232. 105770–105770. 47 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaoli, et al.. (2023). Construction of a model of endometritis in domestic rabbits using equine-derived pathogens and evaluation of therapeutic effect of sensitive drugs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1064522–1064522. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen addition stimulates litter decomposition rate: From the perspective of the combined effect of soil environment and litter quality. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 179. 108992–108992. 40 indexed citations
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Liao, Chang, Chunyan Long, Qian Zhang, & Xiaoli Cheng. (2023). Different regulation processes of litter phosphorus loss for leaf and root under subtropical afforestation. Plant and Soil. 486(1-2). 455–468. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jinsheng, et al.. (2023). Elevational variation in soil phosphorus pools and controlling factors in alpine areas of Southwest China. Geoderma. 431. 116361–116361. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiaoli, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Pablo García‐Palacios, et al.. (2023). Shifts in soil ammonia‐oxidizing community maintain the nitrogen stimulation of nitrification across climatic conditions. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e16989–e16989. 13 indexed citations
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Wu, Junjun, Jia Wei, Dandan Zhang, Guihua Liu, & Xiaoli Cheng. (2021). Case study on a coniferous plantation site about inter-annual shifts in microbial communities under short-term detritus input manipulations. Ecological Indicators. 130. 108053–108053. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kerong, Xiaoli Cheng, Haishan Dang, & Quanfa Zhang. (2020). Biomass:N:K:Ca:Mg:P ratios in forest stands world‐wide: Biogeographical variations and environmental controls. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(12). 2176–2189. 18 indexed citations

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