Xinli Chen

3.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
50 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Xinli Chen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinli Chen has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Soil Science, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xinli Chen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers). Xinli Chen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers). Xinli Chen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Xinli Chen's co-authors include Han Y. H. Chen, Chen Chen, Zhiqun Huang, Scott X. Chang, Peter B. Reich, Eric B. Searle, Masumi Hisano, Wenxi Zhou, Tingting Ning and Tao Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Xinli Chen

47 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Pancreatic cancer-targeting exosomes for enhancing immunotherapy and reprogramming tumor microenvironment

2020 356 citations Wenxi Zhou, Yu Zhou et al. Biomaterials profile →
Meta-analysis shows positive effects of plant diversity on microbial biomass and respiration

2019 321 citations Chen Chen, Han Y. H. Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: A global meta‐analysis

2022 162 citations Yang Yang, Xinli Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual

2023 139 citations Xinli Chen, Anthony R. Taylor et al. Nature profile →
Plant mixture balances terrestrial ecosystem C:N:P stoichiometry

2021 135 citations Xinli Chen, Han Y. H. Chen Nature Communications profile →
Meta-analysis shows that plant mixtures increase soil phosphorus availability and plant productivity in diverse ecosystems

2022 125 citations Xinli Chen, Han Y. H. Chen et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Meta-analysis reveals the effects of microbial inoculants on the biomass and diversity of soil microbial communities

2024 47 citations Chong Li, Xinli Chen et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xinli Chen	1.3k	650	558	492	425	50	2.3k
Lingyan Zhou	1.2k 1.0×	714 1.1×	387 0.7×	1.2k 2.5×	591 1.4×	97	3.1k
Litong Chen	814 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	465 0.8×	634 1.3×	434 1.0×	64	2.5k
Martin Lukáč	885 0.7×	603 0.9×	909 1.6×	1.3k 2.6×	1.5k 3.6×	111	3.4k
Per Bengtson	1.1k 0.9×	846 1.3×	135 0.2×	570 1.2×	177 0.4×	47	2.5k
Mac A. Callaham	861 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	574 1.0×	418 0.8×	577 1.4×	75	2.5k
Jun Cui	1.4k 1.1×	841 1.3×	70 0.1×	689 1.4×	259 0.6×	56	2.8k
Bing Wang	1.1k 0.9×	579 0.9×	147 0.3×	379 0.8×	380 0.9×	87	2.0k
Yuanhu Shao	986 0.8×	549 0.8×	252 0.5×	641 1.3×	202 0.5×	62	1.7k
Guangdi Li	1.3k 1.0×	562 0.9×	245 0.4×	923 1.9×	376 0.9×	156	3.4k

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Ma, Zilong, et al.. (2025). Increased positive tree species mixture effects on the abundance and richness of Collembola with stand development in Canadian boreal forests. Forest Ecosystems. 13. 100294–100294. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Pan, Daniel Revillini, Xinli Chen, et al.. (2025). Subordinate tree species diversity explains carbon stock better than dominant tree diversity after decades of forest rewilding. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(3). 604–616. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Qi, Xinli Chen, Fang Lü, et al.. (2025). Divergent drivers of litter decomposition in karst and non-karst tropical rainforests: a comparison. CATENA. 258. 109316–109316.

Chen, Xinli, Zhengfeng An, Cole D. Gross, & Scott X. Chang. (2025). Forested lands have lower soil carbon priming effects than croplands in hedgerow agroforestry systems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 394. 109921–109921. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Wenting, Yongxin Lin, Hiroko Akiyama, et al.. (2025). Both biotic and abiotic soil N₂O productions are lower under organic N than inorganic N deposition in a Moso bamboo forest. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(7). 1271–1285. 1 indexed citations

Li, Chong, Xinli Chen, Zhaohui Jia, et al.. (2024). Meta-analysis reveals the effects of microbial inoculants on the biomass and diversity of soil microbial communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(7). 1270–1284. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Chunhuan, Scott X. Chang, Xinli Chen, et al.. (2024). Fertilization and tillage influence on soil organic carbon fractions: A global meta-analysis. CATENA. 246. 108404–108404. 20 indexed citations

Zhang, Yakun, et al.. (2024). Species mixtures enhance fine root biomass but inhibit root decay under throughfall manipulation in young natural boreal forests. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176952–176952. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xinli, Peter B. Reich, Anthony R. Taylor, Zhengfeng An, & Scott X. Chang. (2024). Resource availability enhances positive tree functional diversity effects on carbon and nitrogen accrual in natural forests. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8615–8615. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinli, Xue Zhao, Jordi Sardans, et al.. (2024). Tree mycorrhizal type mediates the responses of foliar stoichiometry and tree growth to functionally dissimilar neighbours in a subtropical forest experiment. Functional Ecology. 38(4). 765–777. 4 indexed citations

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Wen, Xing, Xinli Chen, Madhav P. Thakur, et al.. (2024). Trophic regulation of soil microbial biomass under nitrogen enrichment: A global meta‐analysis. Functional Ecology. 38(3). 560–572. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuan & Xinli Chen. (2023). Differential responses of soil extracellular enzyme activity and stoichiometry to precipitation changes in a poplar plantation. Environmental Research. 241. 117565–117565. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinli, et al.. (2023). Pulp mill biosolids mitigate soil greenhouse gas emissions from applied urea and improve soil fertility in a hybrid poplar plantation. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118474–118474. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Qi, et al.. (2023). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi decrease soil ammonium availability and nitrous oxide emissions under nitrogen input. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 333. 109385–109385. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinli, Anthony R. Taylor, Peter B. Reich, et al.. (2023). Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual. Nature. 618(7963). 94–101. 139 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yang, Xinli Chen, Liangxu Liu, et al.. (2022). Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: A global meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 28(21). 6446–6461. 162 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Xinli, Han Y. H. Chen, & Scott X. Chang. (2022). Meta-analysis shows that plant mixtures increase soil phosphorus availability and plant productivity in diverse ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(8). 1112–1121. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Yuan, Cuiting Wang, Xinli Chen, et al.. (2022). Phosphorus additions imbalance terrestrial ecosystem C:N:P stoichiometry. Global Change Biology. 28(24). 7353–7365. 58 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinli, Han Y. H. Chen, Eric B. Searle, Chen Chen, & Peter B. Reich. (2020). Negative to positive shifts in diversity effects on soil nitrogen over time. Nature Sustainability. 4(3). 225–232. 110 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wenxi, Yu Zhou, Xinli Chen, et al.. (2020). Pancreatic cancer-targeting exosomes for enhancing immunotherapy and reprogramming tumor microenvironment. Biomaterials. 268. 120546–120546. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

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