Zejiang Cai

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Zejiang Cai is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zejiang Cai has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Zejiang Cai's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers). Zejiang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers). Zejiang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Zejiang Cai's co-authors include Boren Wang, Minggang Xu, Suduan Gao, Lu Zhang, Minggang Xu, Huimin Zhang, Xinhua He, Shilin Wen, Sun Nan and Yinghua Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zejiang Cai

48 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Soil aggregation and soil aggregate stability regulate organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a red soil of southern China

2020 265 citations Adnan Mustafa, Minggang Xu et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zejiang Cai China	19	967	470	263	227	193	49	1.4k
Qichao Zhu China	16	683 0.7×	453 1.0×	205 0.8×	146 0.6×	150 0.8×	31	1.2k
Chiara Bertora Italy	20	891 0.9×	351 0.7×	299 1.1×	240 1.1×	163 0.8×	37	1.4k
Tapan Jyoti Purakayastha India	18	975 1.0×	616 1.3×	273 1.0×	198 0.9×	240 1.2×	73	1.4k
Tingting An China	23	841 0.9×	499 1.1×	243 0.9×	228 1.0×	217 1.1×	55	1.3k
Shaowen Huang China	18	769 0.8×	450 1.0×	207 0.8×	204 0.9×	172 0.9×	55	1.4k
Yufang Shen China	24	1.2k 1.2×	633 1.3×	218 0.8×	229 1.0×	356 1.8×	53	1.6k
R. Raja India	22	907 0.9×	795 1.7×	206 0.8×	255 1.1×	226 1.2×	54	1.8k
Shihe Xing China	23	787 0.8×	454 1.0×	189 0.7×	288 1.3×	102 0.5×	50	1.4k
Juán Alberto Galantini Argentina	22	1.1k 1.1×	353 0.8×	283 1.1×	255 1.1×	241 1.2×	91	1.5k
Patma Vityakon Thailand	20	851 0.9×	407 0.9×	228 0.9×	144 0.6×	166 0.9×	67	1.3k

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Gao, Xinyu, Dandan Li, Jing Gao, et al.. (2025). Differential responses of bacteria, fungi, and C, N, P functions to soil acidification in farmland: A meta-analysis. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 40. 104499–104499. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Yu, Gerard H. Ros, Qichao Zhu, et al.. (2024). Potential use of phosphorus saturation degree as combined indicator for crop yield and leaching risks at regional scale. European Journal of Agronomy. 161. 127347–127347. 2 indexed citations

Xiao, Qiong, Wenju Zhang, Lei Wu, et al.. (2024). Long-term liming mitigates the positive responses of soil carbon mineralization to warming and labile carbon input. Journal of Environmental Management. 354. 120498–120498. 7 indexed citations

Ros, Gerard H., Qichao Zhu, Minggang Xu, et al.. (2024). Major drivers of soil acidification over 30 years differ in paddy and upland soils in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170189–170189. 19 indexed citations

Gu, Yu, Gerard H. Ros, Qichao Zhu, et al.. (2023). Responses of total, reactive and dissolved phosphorus pools and crop yields to long-term fertilization. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 357. 108658–108658. 23 indexed citations

Liu, Yuan, Songchao Chen, Qiangyi Yu, et al.. (2023). Improving Digital Mapping of Soil Organic Matter in Cropland by Incorporating Crop Rotation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Nan, et al.. (2023). Significant Effects of Long-Term Application of Straw and Manure Combined with NPK Fertilizers on Olsen P and PAC in Red Soil. Agronomy. 13(6). 1647–1647. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Zejiang, et al.. (2021). Spatial variation evaluation of cultivated land quality from the perspective of crop rotation for a typical lateritic red soil farming area in south China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Qichao, Gerard H. Ros, Zejiang Cai, et al.. (2021). Calculation of spatially explicit amounts and intervals of agricultural lime applications at county-level in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 4). 150955–150955. 15 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Adnan, Minggang Xu, Syed Atizaz Ali Shah, et al.. (2020). Soil aggregation and soil aggregate stability regulate organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a red soil of southern China. Journal of Environmental Management. 270. 110894–110894. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Zejiang, Boren Wang, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Striking a balance between N sources: Mitigating soil acidification and accumulation of phosphorous and heavy metals from manure. The Science of The Total Environment. 754. 142189–142189. 56 indexed citations

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Zhou, Haïyan, et al.. (2019). Quantitative analysis of driving-factors of soil acidification in Qiyang County, Hunan Province.. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 52(8). 1400–1412. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Suduan, et al.. (2019). Subsurface Drip Irrigation Reduced Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Pomegranate Orchard. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development. 10(3). 79–85. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2017). Effects of Two Soil Amendments from Steel Slag on Rice Growth and Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Uptake. 34(5). 439–448. 3 indexed citations

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Cai, Zejiang, Suduan Gao, Minggang Xu, & Bradley D. Hanson. (2017). Evaluation of potassium thiosulfate as a nitrification inhibitor to reduce nitrous oxide emissions. The Science of The Total Environment. 618. 243–249. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shiwei, Rui Xu, Yongchun Huang, et al.. (2017). Preparation of Fe-Cu-kaolinite for catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of 4-chlorophenol. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(5). 4924–4933. 15 indexed citations

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Gao, Jusheng, Xueyun Yang, Jing Huang, et al.. (2016). The response of soil potassium availability in rhizospheric soil of winter wheat to acidified and limed red soil. 22(6). 1577. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Boren, et al.. (2011). Effect of Long-Term Different Fertilization on Total Nitrogen and Carbon Storage in Red Soil. T'u Jang T'ung Pao. 42(4). 808–811. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Zejiang, et al.. (2011). Effects of long-term fertilization on pH of red soil,crop yields and uptakes of nitrogen,phosphorous and potassium. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing Science. 71–78. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, Wenju Zhang, Zejiang Cai, et al.. (2009). Effects of Long-Term Fertilization on Change of Labile Organic Carbon in Three Typical Upland Soils of China. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 42(5). 1646–1655. 4 indexed citations

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