Xiaomin Zhu

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaomin Zhu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaomin Zhu has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xiaomin Zhu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (6 papers). Xiaomin Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (6 papers). Xiaomin Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Xiaomin Zhu's co-authors include Baoliang Chen, Baoshan Xing, Lizhong Zhu, Jiangming Mo, Wei Zhang, X. L. Lu, Hao Chen, Qinggong Mao, Yajing Wu and Lijuan Mao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xiaomin Zhu

59 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effects and mechanisms of biochar-microbe interactions in soil improvement and pollution remediation: A review

2017 778 citations Xiaomin Zhu, Baoliang Chen et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaomin Zhu China	25	846	596	592	401	341	68	2.6k
Veysel Turan Türkiye	25	553 0.7×	890 1.5×	923 1.6×	251 0.6×	322 0.9×	30	3.1k
Xin Chen China	29	519 0.6×	659 1.1×	506 0.9×	251 0.6×	217 0.6×	131	2.1k
Changqun Duan China	27	422 0.5×	687 1.2×	515 0.9×	337 0.8×	356 1.0×	125	2.1k
Guangliang Zhang China	34	807 1.0×	544 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	1.5k 3.8×	444 1.3×	111	3.9k
Daoyou Huang China	32	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.6k 2.7×	467 1.2×	384 1.1×	98	3.4k
Subhadip Ghosh Singapore	21	678 0.8×	674 1.1×	686 1.2×	251 0.6×	319 0.9×	71	2.4k
Jinsong Zhao China	25	1.2k 1.4×	350 0.6×	290 0.5×	437 1.1×	140 0.4×	84	2.2k
Guodi Zheng China	33	975 1.2×	295 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	200 0.5×	388 1.1×	114	2.7k
R. S. Singh India	27	849 1.0×	493 0.8×	224 0.4×	333 0.8×	213 0.6×	146	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaomin Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaomin Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaomin Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaomin Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaomin Zhu 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 Xiaomin Zhu. Xiaomin Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mustafa, Adnan, et al.. (2025). How urbanization reshapes soil organic carbon stability in urban forests: a critical review. Carbon Research. 4(1).

Jiang, Haibo, et al.. (2025). Calvin cycle driven autotrophic CO2-fixation traits and autotrophic microbial communities in paddy (Anthrosol) and upland (Vertisol) soils: rhizosphere effects and impacts of biochar. Biochar. 7(1).

Yang, Hao‐Chang, et al.. (2025). How terrorist attacks reshape global energy efficiency: Evidence from a global panel of 68 countries. 1. 9 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiaomin, Joeri Kaal, Mohamed Traoré, & Yuanwen Kuang. (2024). Characterization of modern and waterlogged archaeological cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis) wood: An analytical pyrolysis (Py-GC-MS and THM-GC-MS) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR) study of within tree (radial) and decay-induced compositional variations. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 177. 106347–106347. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Xiangbin, Jie Wang, Xiaolei Shi, et al.. (2024). Genetically optimizing soybean nodulation improves yield and protein content. Nature Plants. 10(5). 736–742. 34 indexed citations

Fan, Wenhao, Tianxue Yang, Yang Wu, et al.. (2024). Sulfuric acid–assisted ball milling for the preparation of Si–O-enriched straw biochar: removal efficiency of rhodamine B and adsorption mechanism. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(13). 20651–20664. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Enhui, Zhengzheng Liu, Jing Wang, et al.. (2023). Metabolic and Microbial Profiling of Soil Microbial Community under Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Stress. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(51). 21855–21865. 36 indexed citations

Li, Tengteng, Hao Cheng, Yue Li, et al.. (2023). Divergent accumulation of amino sugars and lignins mediated by soil functional carbon pools under tropical forest conversion. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163204–163204. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Qitong, Ziliang Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, et al.. (2022). Absorptive roots drive a larger microbial carbon pump efficacy than transport roots in alpine coniferous forests. Journal of Ecology. 110(7). 1646–1655. 14 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei, Cai Chen, Xiaomin Zhu, Jing Wang, & Qian Jiang. (2022). Parthenolide ameliorates neurological deficits and neuroinflammation in mice with traumatic brain injury by suppressing STAT3/NF-κB and inflammasome activation. International Immunopharmacology. 108. 108913–108913. 45 indexed citations

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Wu, Yajing, Huicong Yan, Xiaomin Zhu, et al.. (2022). Biochar Effectively Inhibits the Horizontal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes via Restraining the Energy Supply for Conjugative Plasmid Transfer. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(17). 12573–12583. 70 indexed citations

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Xiao, Xin, et al.. (2021). Self-assembled fungus-biochar composite pellets (FBPs) for enhanced co-sorption-biodegradation towards phenanthrene. Chemosphere. 286(Pt 3). 131887–131887. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Lichao, et al.. (2021). Identify potential allelochemicals from Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr. root extracts that induce allelopathy on Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7068–7068. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Junwei, Xiaomin Zhu, Qing X. Li, et al.. (2020). Bead-immobilized Pseudomonas stutzeri Y2 prolongs functions to degrade s-triazine herbicides in industrial wastewater and maize fields. The Science of The Total Environment. 731. 139183–139183. 48 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaomin, et al.. (2018). Reduced bioavailability and plant uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil slurry amended with biochars pyrolyzed under various temperatures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(17). 16991–17001. 29 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaomin, et al.. (2017). Responses of Pinus massoniana seedlings to lead stress. Biologia Plantarum. 61(4). 785–790. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaomin, Baoliang Chen, Lizhong Zhu, & Baoshan Xing. (2017). Effects and mechanisms of biochar-microbe interactions in soil improvement and pollution remediation: A review. Environmental Pollution. 227. 98–115. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Guiqian, Xiaomin Zhu, Bo Hu, et al.. (2015). Impact of emission controls on air quality in Beijing during APEC 2014: lidar ceilometer observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(21). 12667–12680. 168 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaomin, Yuanwen Kuang, Dan Xi, Jiong Li, & Faguo Wang. (2013). Absorption of Hazardous Pollutants by a Medicinal FernBlechnum orientaleL.. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaokang, Haijiao Wang, Xiaomin Zhu, et al.. (2008). Cohort mortality study in three ceramic factories in Jingdezhen in China. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology [Medical Sciences]. 28(4). 386–390. 12 indexed citations

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