Yongfu Li

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
255 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Yongfu Li is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongfu Li has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Soil Science, 68 papers in Plant Science and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yongfu Li's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (93 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (28 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Yongfu Li is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (93 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (28 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Yongfu Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Australia. Yongfu Li's co-authors include Peikun Jiang, Scott X. Chang, Yongchun Li, Xiaohu Luo, Yu Luo, Weijun Fu, Guomo Zhou, Li Wang, Hailong Wang and Junhui Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yongfu Li

243 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Effects of biochar application in forest ecosystems on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

2017 334 citations Yongfu Li et al. profile →
Stoichiometric regulation of priming effects and soil carbon balance by microbial life strategies

2022 145 citations Yunying Fang, Yongfu Li et al. profile →
Sustained superiority of biochar over straw for enhancing soil biological-phosphorus via the mediation of phoD-harboring bacteria in subtropical Moso bamboo forests

2025 16 citations Zhenhui Jiang, Tony Vancov et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongfu Li China	46	2.6k	1.8k	1.1k	688	607	255	6.7k
Jakob Magid Denmark	46	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	531 0.8×	342 0.6×	216	6.7k
Xiaoyu Liu China	44	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	849 0.8×	271 0.4×	775 1.3×	162	7.2k
Lars Stoumann Jensen Denmark	53	5.0k 2.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	678 1.0×	246 0.4×	245	9.9k
Hailin Zhang United States	53	2.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.5×	831 0.8×	290 0.4×	243 0.4×	333	10.0k
David Reay United Kingdom	48	3.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.6k 2.4×	1.7k 2.5×	433 0.7×	161	10.7k
María Luz Cayuela Spain	42	5.0k 2.0×	1.7k 0.9×	937 0.9×	389 0.6×	377 0.6×	97	9.2k
Gaihe Yang China	55	3.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 2.0×	656 1.0×	235 0.4×	184	8.1k
Neal W. Menzies Australia	51	2.7k 1.0×	3.9k 2.2×	1000 0.9×	448 0.7×	217 0.4×	280	9.7k
Xinping Chen China	53	3.7k 1.4×	5.2k 2.8×	1.4k 1.3×	688 1.0×	291 0.5×	257	10.1k
Xiukang Wang China	48	1.9k 0.8×	4.1k 2.2×	524 0.5×	974 1.4×	386 0.6×	198	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yongfu Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongfu Li

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Jiang, Zhenhui, Tony Vancov, Yunying Fang, et al.. (2025). Sustained superiority of biochar over straw for enhancing soil biological-phosphorus via the mediation of phoD-harboring bacteria in subtropical Moso bamboo forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 584. 122606–122606. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Fan, Bo, Liming Yin, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, et al.. (2025). Urbanization enhances soil nitrogen mineralization mainly by increasing particulate organic nitrogen fractions in urban park greenspaces: A case study in Hangzhou, China. Applied Soil Ecology. 210. 106098–106098. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiashu, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Tony Vancov, et al.. (2025). Biochar mitigates nitrogen deposition-induced enhancement of soil N2O emissions in a subtropical forest. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 62(3). 291–305. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, Chang‐Zhi Dong, Xu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Slow-release urea fertilizer with polymer and biochar-based organic coatings: Design, field trials and global economic implications. Industrial Crops and Products. 235. 121738–121738. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Yongxing Cui, Changhui Peng, et al.. (2024). Biochar amendment alleviates soil microbial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation and increases soil heterotrophic respiration under long-term nitrogen input in a subtropical forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175867–175867. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yongfu, et al.. (2024). Antimicrobial perylenequinones isolated from the endophytic fungus Alternaria alstroemeriae. Phytochemistry Letters. 65. 64–67. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, Yan Zhang, Yongfu Li, et al.. (2024). Optimizing fabrication of coated fertilizers integrated with biochar for enhanced slow-release properties: Mechanisms and cost-effectiveness analysis. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 120077–120077. 25 indexed citations

Li, Junjun, Yongfu Li, Yanjiang Cai, et al.. (2024). Engineering lattice strain in bimetallic nanostructures to modulate peroxymonosulfate activation pathways. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130612–130612. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yongfu, Yunying Fang, Dafeng Hui, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen deposition-induced stimulation of soil heterotrophic respiration is counteracted by biochar in a subtropical forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 349. 109940–109940. 28 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhenhui, et al.. (2023). Incorporation of spring maize into paddy fields increased nitrogen uptake in late rice by enhancing soil nitrogen supply: Field 15N tracer studies. Field Crops Research. 299. 108990–108990. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, An, Li Tian, Yongfu Li, et al.. (2023). Regional complex system simulation optimization through linking governance and environment performance: A case study of water environmental carrying capacity based on the SDES model. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 104. 107356–107356. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yihui, et al.. (2023). Peroxymonosulfate activation by iron-nickel nanoalloys anchored on nitrogen-doped biochar for efficient sulfadiazine degradation. Applied Surface Science. 637. 157945–157945. 20 indexed citations

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Hu, Xin, Yihui Li, Yongfu Li, et al.. (2023). Efficient activation of peroxymonosulfate by amorphous MnO2/α-Fe2O3 for the degradation of organic pollutants. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145011–145011. 26 indexed citations

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Huang, An, Li Tian, Qing Li, et al.. (2023). Land-Use Planning Serves as a Critical Tool for Improving Resources and Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Review of Evaluation Methods and Application. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2370–2370. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Simin, Qianqian Guo, Yi Liu, et al.. (2022). Characteristics of Electroencephalogram in the Prefrontal Cortex during Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease under Propofol General Anesthesia. Brain Sciences. 13(1). 62–62. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, You‐Ming, Junxia He, Wei Zhu, et al.. (2019). Novel pillar[5]arene-based supramolecular organic framework gel for ultrasensitive response Fe3+ and F− in water. Materials Science and Engineering C. 100. 62–69. 48 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, et al.. (2017). The Density Functional Theory Research on The Raman Spectra of SF₆ Decomposition Gas Products. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhanlei, Yongfu Li, Peikun Jiang, Guomo Zhou, & Juan Liu. (2014). [Effect of bamboo leaf biochar addition on soil CO2 efflux and labile organic carbon pool in a Chinese chestnut plantation].. PubMed. 25(11). 3152–60. 1 indexed citations

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Pan, Haozhi, Yongfu Li, & Anrong Dang. (2013). Application of network Huff model for commercial network planning at suburban – Taking Wujin district, Changzhou as a case. Annals of GIS. 19(3). 131–141. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiaojiao, Yongfu Li, Peikun Jiang, et al.. (2013). [Effects of fertilization on soil CO2 flux in Castanea mollissima stand].. PubMed. 24(9). 2431–9. 3 indexed citations

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