Xiaorong Wei

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
198 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Xiaorong Wei is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaorong Wei has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Soil Science, 57 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaorong Wei's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (122 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (63 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (35 papers). Xiaorong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (122 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (63 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (35 papers). Xiaorong Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiaorong Wei's co-authors include Mingan Shao, Xiaoxu Jia, Liping Qiu, Xingchang Zhang, Robert Horton, Hansong Zhu, Peter B. Reich, Xuezhang Li, Yufei Yao and Mingde Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Xiaorong Wei

187 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality

2021 541 citations Liping Qiu, Peter B. Reich et al. profile →
Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems

2022 184 citations Xiaorong Wei et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaorong Wei

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Crop rotation enhances soil microbial network complexity and functionality: a meta-analysis 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Weibo Kong, Yufei Yao, Liping Qiu, Mingan Shao, Xiaorong Wei	1
2	CT radiomics-based explainable machine learning model for accurate differentiation of malignant and benign endometrial tumors: a two-center study 2025 ·BioMedical Engineering OnLine ·Tingrui Zhang, Hao Wu, Zekun Jiang, Yingying Wang, Rui Ye, Hongyuhang Ni, Chang Liu, J. Cao, Xiaoli Sun, Rong Shao, Xiaorong Wei, Yingchun Sun	0
3	Multidisciplinary Soil Science for Sustainability 2025 ·European Journal of Soil Science ·Yonghong Wu, (unknown), Xiaorong Wei, Yuji Jiang	0
4	Effects of anecic Amynthas aspergillum on the proportion and depth of straw-derived carbon input into soil 2024 ·Geoderma ·(unknown), (unknown), Tong Liu, Jiong Cheng, Xiaorong Wei, Mingan Shao	2
5	Lateral CO2 emission from eroded scarps and terrace sidewalls: A non-negligible but long-ignored carbon source 2024 ·CATENA ·(unknown), (unknown), Xianwen Li, Shengli Guo, Xiaorong Wei, Yaxian Hu	1
6	Unidirectional freeze–thaw redistributes water and amplifies soil microbial heterogeneity in a mecrocosm experiment 2024 ·Geoderma ·(unknown), Yaxian Hu, (unknown), Xianwen Li, Xiaorong Wei	2
7	Bringing ancient loess critical zones into a new era of sustainable development goals 2024 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Xiaoxu Jia, Ping Zhu, Xiaorong Wei, Yuanjun Zhu, Mingbin Huang, Wei Hu, Yunqiang Wang, Tuvia Turkeltaub, Andrew Binley, Robert Horton, Mingan Shao	4
8	The effects of roots and earthworms on aggregate size distribution and their associated carbon under contrasting soil types and soil moisture conditions 2024 ·CATENA ·(unknown), Xiangdong Li, Xiaorong Wei, Mingan Shao	4
9	Progressive melting of surface water and unequal discharge of different DOM components profoundly perturb soil biochemical cycling 2024 ·Water Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Xianwen Li, Ming Li, Xiaorong Wei, Shengli Guo, Yaxian Hu	2
10	Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate erosional soil nitrogen loss by regulating nitrogen cycling genes and enzymes in experimental agro-ecosystems 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Yaxian Hu, (unknown), Xiang Wang, Liping Qiu, (unknown), Mingan Shao, Gehong Wei, Xiaorong Wei	20
11	Zokor activity promotes soil water infiltration in the Mu Us sandy land of northern Shaanxi, China 2023 ·Pedosphere ·Miao Gan, (unknown), Xueqin Yang, Xiaorong Wei, (unknown), (unknown), Mingan Shao, (unknown), Xi Yang, (unknown)	1
12	Appropriateness of introducing earthworms into sustainable agriculture from the perspective of soil carbon emissions 2023 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·Xiangdong Li, (unknown), Weixin Zhang, Xiaorong Wei, Tong Liu, Jiong Cheng, Mingan Shao	8
13	Response of soil N dynamics to land‐use change and topographic position in a semiarid hilly grassland 2023 ·Land Degradation and Development ·(unknown), Liping Qiu, Chun-Liang Chen, Mengying Wang, Xiaorong Wei, Weibo Kong, Jimin Cheng	2
14	Response of soil water to long-term revegetation, topography, and precipitation on the Chinese Loess Plateau 2023 ·CATENA ·Mingyu Chen, Xueqin Yang, (unknown), Yue Bai, Mingan Shao, Xiaorong Wei, Yuhua Jia, Yunqiang Wang, Xiaoxu Jia, Yuanjun Zhu, Qingyin Zhang, (unknown), Tongchuan Li	18
15	Tracing the Sources and Fate of NO₃^– in the Vadose Zone–Groundwater System of a Thousand-Year-Cultivated Region 2022 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Xiaoxu Jia, Xiaofan Yang, Jiao Wang, Xiaorong Wei, Lianhai Wu, Mingan Shao	52
16	Assessing the relevant time frame for temperature acclimation of leaf dark respiration: A test with 10 boreal and temperate species 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Peter B. Reich, Artur Stefański, Roy Rich, Kerrie M. Sendall, Xiaorong Wei, Changming Zhao, Jihua Hou, Rebecca Montgomery, Raimundo Bermúdez	13
17	Re-evaluation of organic carbon pool from land surface down to bedrock on China’s Loess Plateau 2020 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Xiaoxu Jia, Haiming Wu, Mingan Shao, Laiming Huang, Xiaorong Wei, Yunqiang Wang, Yuanjun Zhu	18
18	Traditional dry soil layer index method overestimates soil desiccation severity following conversion of cropland into forest and grassland on China’s Loess Plateau 2019 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Xiaoxu Jia, Chunlei Zhao, Yunqiang Wang, Yuanjun Zhu, Xiaorong Wei, Mingan Shao	87
19	[Distribution characteristics of soil pH, CEC and organic matter in a small watershed of the Loess Plateau]. 2009 ·PubMed ·Xiaorong Wei, Mingan Shao	3
20	[Relationships between soil organic carbon and environmental factors in gully watershed of the Loess Plateau]. 2008 ·PubMed ·Xiaorong Wei, Mingan Shao, (unknown)	4

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