Xinping Chen

17.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
257 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Xinping Chen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinping Chen has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Plant Science, 71 papers in Soil Science and 36 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xinping Chen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (49 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (43 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (31 papers). Xinping Chen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (49 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (43 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (31 papers). Xinping Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Xinping Chen's co-authors include Fusuo Zhang, Chunqin Zou, Zhenling Cui, Jianbo Shen, Weifeng Zhang, Lixing Yuan, Zhaohai Bai, Junling Zhang, Haigang Li and Xiaojun Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xinping Chen

244 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Phosphorus Dynamics: From Soil to Plant

2011 1.3k citations Zhaohai Bai, Xinping Chen et al. profile →
Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers

2016 457 citations Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui et al. profile →
Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation

2021 395 citations Xinping Chen et al. profile →
An experiment for the world

2013 323 citations Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen et al. profile →
Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide

2025 23 citations Jun Ling, Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xinping Chen China	53	5.2k	3.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	257	10.1k
Jianbo Shen China	61	7.7k 1.5×	4.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	174	12.4k
Himanshu Pathak India	61	5.8k 1.1×	5.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	260	11.7k
Bruce A. Linquist United States	42	4.4k 0.9×	4.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	137	8.8k
Paul Mäder Switzerland	51	6.4k 1.2×	6.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	181	12.7k
Jiabao Zhang China	52	2.9k 0.6×	4.6k 1.3×	845 0.5×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	247	8.6k
Stefaan De Neve Belgium	51	2.3k 0.4×	4.9k 1.3×	874 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	227	8.1k
Sylvie Recous France	46	2.6k 0.5×	5.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	131	7.8k
Shu Kee Lam Australia	36	2.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	821 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	126	5.9k
Joann K. Whalen Canada	49	2.4k 0.5×	5.2k 1.4×	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	314	9.5k
Bernie J. Zebarth Canada	47	2.9k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.7×	220	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinping Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Linsheng, Bo Meng, Huayang Wang, et al.. (2025). Environmental trade-offs and productivity gains through sustainable nitrogen use in an intensive high-input sugarcane production system in China. Industrial Crops and Products. 232. 121288–121288.

Supit, Iwan, Fen Zhang, Xiaozhong Wang, et al.. (2025). Rethinking the WOFOST model to simulate growth and development of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. Pekinensis). Agricultural Systems. 230. 104468–104468.

Ling, Jun, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2025). Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3009–3009. 23 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Jingjing, Wenyang Zhao, Jia Kang, et al.. (2024). Halcinonide activates smoothened to ameliorate ischemic stroke injury. Life Sciences. 361. 123324–123324.

Cheng, Yingying, Mengyuan Cao, Xiaojun Shi, et al.. (2024). Mitigating salt stress in Zea mays: Harnessing Serratia nematodiphila-biochar-based seed coating for plant growth promotion and rhizosphere microecology regulation. Industrial Crops and Products. 223. 120164–120164. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Linsheng, Bo Meng, Jianming Zhan, et al.. (2024). High sugarcane yield and large reduction in reactive nitrogen loss can be achieved by lowering nitrogen input. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 369. 109032–109032. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Kexin, Yuan Wang, Jens Hartung, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive network meta-analysis to assess the benefit of starter fertilization on yield, nutrient uptake and nutrient use efficiency. European Journal of Agronomy. 159. 127259–127259. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Xinping. (2024). The adsorption and desorption processes of organic working fluids R1234yf, R134a, R32 in MOF-5 and Co-MOF-74: a molecular simulation study. Frontiers in Energy Research. 12.

Zhang, Chaochun, et al.. (2024). Iron biofortification and yield of wheat grain in response to Fe fertilization and its driving variables: A meta-analysis. Global Food Security. 40. 100737–100737. 4 indexed citations

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Bai, Zhaohai, Ling Liu, Carolien Kroeze, et al.. (2024). Optimizing phosphorus fertilizer use to enhance water quality, food security and social equality. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 203. 107400–107400. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinping, Yixin Chen, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2024). ZG16 impacts gut microbiota-associated intestinal inflammation and pulmonary mucosal function through bacterial metabolites. International Immunopharmacology. 141. 112995–112995. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying, Mengru Wang, Jing Yang, et al.. (2024). Increasing cascade dams in the upstream area reduce nutrient inputs to the Three Gorges Reservoir in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171683–171683. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Gang, Bin Liu, J. J. Wang, et al.. (2024). Environmental impact and mitigation potentials in Greenhouse tomatoes production system in Yangtze River Delta. Plant and Soil. 509(1-2). 289–300. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yihan, Miaomiao Song, Yiming Zhu, et al.. (2023). Impact of microplastic particle size on physiological and biochemical properties and rhizosphere metabolism of Zea mays L.: Comparison in different soil types. The Science of The Total Environment. 908. 168219–168219. 33 indexed citations

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Lakshmanan, Prakash, Xiaoxuan Su, Yujia Shi, et al.. (2023). Impact of residual antibiotics on microbial decomposition of livestock manures in Eutric Regosol: Implications for sustainable nutrient recycling and soil carbon sequestration. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 147. 498–511. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Xiaojun, Xiaohui Chen, Ziwei Luo, et al.. (2023). Exploring phosphorus fertiliser management in wheat production. European Journal of Agronomy. 153. 127063–127063. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Ting, Xiaoqin Chen, Yueyue Tao, et al.. (2023). Potassium resources management systems in Chinese agriculture: Yield gaps and environmental costs. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 202. 107397–107397. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Xuanjing, Maryna Strokal, Carolien Kroeze, et al.. (2020). Modeling the Contribution of Crops to Nitrogen Pollution in the Yangtze River. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(19). 11929–11939. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinping, et al.. (2013). The inverse correlations between methane content and elastic parameters of coal-bed methane reservoirs. Geophysics. 78(4). D237–D248. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinping & Zhang Fu-suo. (1996). The problems and countermeasures of vegetable fertilization in Beijing. Zhongguo Nongye Daxue xuebao. 1(5). 63–66. 9 indexed citations

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