Xun Qian

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Xun Qian is a scholar working on Pollution, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xun Qian has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pollution, 19 papers in Soil Science and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Xun Qian's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (32 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers) and Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (12 papers). Xun Qian is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (32 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers) and Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (12 papers). Xun Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Xun Qian's co-authors include Xiaojuan Wang, Wei Sun, Jie Gu, Manli Duan, Haichao Li, Yanan Yin, Jian‐Qiang Su, Xiaxia Tuo, Ranran Zhang and Jie Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xun Qian

61 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Core phylotypes enhance the resistance of soil microbiome to environmental changes to maintain multifunctionality in agricultural ecosystems

2022 116 citations Shuo Jiao, Jiejun Qi et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Land conversion to agriculture induces taxonomic homogenization of soil microbial communities globally

2024 84 citations Ziheng Peng, Xun Qian et al. profile →
Agricultural subsoil microbiomes and functions exhibit lower resistance to global change than topsoils in Chinese agroecosystems

2025 13 citations Ziheng Peng, Yu Liu et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xun Qian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xun Qian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xun Qian 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 Xun Qian. Xun Qian 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	Livestock manure-based organic fertilization facilitates the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes across the soil-onion continuum: A significant contribution from root exudates 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Tao Cao, (unknown), (unknown), H. F. Liu, Li Zhang, Jun Xie, Jun Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaojuan Wang, Jie Gu, Xun Qian, James M. Tiedje	1
2	Exposure and health risks of livestock air resistomes 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Jun Wang, (unknown), Lan Jiang, Feng Wang, (unknown), Mei Li, Shuo Jiao, Gehong Wei, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje, Xun Qian	1
3	Global health risks lurking in livestock resistome 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Timothy A. Johnson, (unknown), Wei Sun, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje, Xun Qian	4
4	Diversification, niche adaptation, and evolution of a candidate phylum thriving in the deep Critical Zone 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Feng Wang, (unknown), Yiran Zhang, John F. Quensen, Tom A. Williams, Michael Thompson, (unknown), (unknown), Shuo Jiao, Gehong Wei, Yuanjun Zhu, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje, Xun Qian	2
5	Trait‐Based Life History Strategies Shape Bacterial Niche Breadth 2025 ·Advanced Science ·Ziheng Peng, Yiran Zhang, Xiaomeng Li, Hui-Yuan Gao, (unknown), (unknown), Xun Qian, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao	12
6	Reducing antibiotic resistance genes in soil: The role of organic materials in reductive soil disinfestation 2025 ·Environmental Pollution ·Ranran Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Qian Lou, Yongshan Zhao, Haifeng Zhuang, Jin Zhang, (unknown), Xiaolin Wang, Xun Qian, Liusheng Lei, Ming Hung Wong	1
7	Efficient peroxymonosulfate activation by iron-cobalt bimetallic biochar for rapid removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, and ampicillin: The coexisting of free-radical and non-radical pathways 2024 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·Lu An, Jia Wang, Jun Wang, H. F. Liu, Fei Wu, Ting Hu, Xun Qian, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaojuan Wang, Jie Gu	25
8	Bridging ecological processes to diversity formation and functional profiles in belowground bacterial communities 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Beibei Chen, Ziheng Peng, Chen Shi, Yu Liu, Jiejun Qi, Haibo Pan, Hang Gao, Jiamin Gao, Chunling Liang, Jiai Liu, Xun Qian, Xiao Zhang, Sanfeng Chen, Jizhong Zhou, Gehong Wei, Shuo Jiao	9
9	Paenalcaligenes faecalis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from chicken faeces 2024 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Yiran Zhang, John F. Quensen, Bo Chen, Hailong Li, James Tiedje, (unknown), Xun Qian	0
10	Metagenomics insights into responses of rhizobacteria and their alleviation role in licorice allelopathy 2023 ·Microbiome ·Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Xun Qian, (unknown), Weimin Chen, Xihui Shen, Shiheng Tao, Shuo Jiao, Gehong Wei	28
11	Deciphering microbiomes dozens of meters under our feet and their edaphoclimatic and spatial drivers 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Haoran He, Jingxiong Zhou, Yunqiang Wang, Shuo Jiao, Xun Qian, Yu‐Rong Liu, Ji Liu, Ji Chen, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Albert C. Brangarí, Li Chen, Yongxing Cui, Haibo Pan, Renmao Tian, Yuting Liang, Wenfeng Tan, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Linchuan Fang	20
12	Long-read sequencing revealed cooccurrence, host range, and potential mobility of antibiotic resistome in cow feces 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xun Qian, Santosh Gunturu, Wei Sun, James R. Cole, Bo Norby, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje	42
13	Metagenomic analysis reveals the shared and distinct features of the soil resistome across tundra, temperate prairie, and tropical ecosystems 2021 ·Microbiome ·Xun Qian, Santosh Gunturu, Jiarong Guo, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje	98
14	Discriminations of the geographical origin of peach based on stable isotope and rare earth element fingerprint characteristics. 2020 ·Shipin Kexue / Food Science ·An Li, Qiusheng Chen, Jie Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Xinxin Jin, (unknown), Xun Qian	2
15	Negative effects of oxytetracycline and copper on nitrogen metabolism in an aerobic fermentation system: Characteristics and mechanisms 2020 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Honghong Guo, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, Zilin Song, Xun Qian, Wei Sun, Mubasher Nasir, Jing Yu	29
16	Impacts of biochar on the environmental risk of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements during anaerobic digestion of cattle farm wastewater 2018 ·Bioresource Technology ·Wei Sun, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, Xun Qian, Xiaxia Tuo	124
17	Diversity, abundance, and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in various types of animal manure following industrial composting 2017 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Xun Qian, Jie Gu, Wei Sun, Xiaojuan Wang, Jian‐Qiang Su, (unknown)	356
18	Effects of adding different surfactants on antibiotic resistance genes and intI1 during chicken manure composting 2016 ·Bioresource Technology ·Yajun Zhang, Haichao Li, Jie Gu, Xun Qian, Yanan Yin, Yang Li, Ranran Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang	90
19	Effects of oxytetracycline on the abundance and community structure of nitrogen-fixing bacteria during cattle manure composting 2016 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), Xun Qian, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, Hua Gao	40
20	Effects of sulphamethazine and zinc on the functional diversity of microbial communities during composting 2015 ·Environmental Technology ·Manli Duan, (unknown), Jie Gu, Xun Qian, Wei Sun, Hua Gao, Xiaojuan Wang	5

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