Zexin Meng

514 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 345 citations indexed

About

Zexin Meng is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zexin Meng has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 345 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Ecology, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zexin Meng's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (3 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers). Zexin Meng is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (3 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers). Zexin Meng collaborates with scholars based in China. Zexin Meng's co-authors include Wenqing Chen, Jianyu Wang, Ran Xu, Jun Chen, Yingjun Zhang, Tianming Hu, Jia He, Kaixi Liu, Zhengang Wang and Xiang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Zexin Meng

5 papers receiving 340 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 microbial network complexity predicts ecosystem function along elevation gradients on the Tibetan Plateau

2022 253 citations Wenqing Chen, Jianyu Wang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zexin Meng China	5	163	162	137	67	62	6	345
Jianyu Wang China	7	200 1.2×	191 1.2×	191 1.4×	83 1.2×	66 1.1×	10	433
Hongbiao Zi China	10	175 1.1×	177 1.1×	89 0.6×	31 0.5×	68 1.1×	19	324
T. Ryan Lock United States	11	158 1.0×	154 1.0×	106 0.8×	30 0.4×	60 1.0×	34	363
Eileen Reid United Kingdom	9	154 0.9×	120 0.7×	140 1.0×	45 0.7×	62 1.0×	11	344
William A. Argiroff United States	9	198 1.2×	178 1.1×	186 1.4×	39 0.6×	47 0.8×	12	376
Xinyu Xu China	9	109 0.7×	86 0.5×	224 1.6×	31 0.5×	96 1.5×	19	357
Nicole Scheunemann Germany	9	260 1.6×	195 1.2×	169 1.2×	27 0.4×	42 0.7×	10	390
Tushou Luo China	10	127 0.8×	100 0.6×	126 0.9×	39 0.6×	90 1.5×	29	333
Chaohe Huangfu China	13	122 0.7×	104 0.6×	261 1.9×	98 1.5×	87 1.4×	35	383
Olesya Dulya Russia	8	99 0.6×	99 0.6×	117 0.9×	39 0.6×	26 0.4×	14	279

Countries citing papers authored by Zexin Meng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zexin Meng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zexin Meng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zexin Meng 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 Zexin Meng. Zexin Meng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Meng, Zexin, Yiping Wu, Ji Chen, et al.. (2025). The trade-offs among fungal guilds are associated with soil organic carbon dynamics in alpine ecosystems. 4(1). 100178–100178.

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Chen, Wenqing, Jianyu Wang, Jia He, et al.. (2024). Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(6). 1359–1371. 6 indexed citations

3.

He, Jia, Jun Zhang, Jianyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Natural restoration enhances soil multitrophic network complexity and ecosystem functions in the Loess Plateau. CATENA. 226. 107059–107059. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenqing, Jianyu Wang, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2022). Soil microbial network complexity predicts ecosystem function along elevation gradients on the Tibetan Plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 172. 108766–108766. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Wenqing, Jianyu Wang, Zexin Meng, et al.. (2019). Fertility‐related interplay between fungal guilds underlies plant richness–productivity relationships in natural grasslands. New Phytologist. 226(4). 1129–1143. 61 indexed citations

6.

Chen, Zhifeng, et al.. (2017). Evaluation and Prediction of Regional Water Resources Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of Shandong Province. Environment and Natural Resources Research. 7(1). 21–21. 6 indexed citations

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