Zhengguo Sun

981 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 764 citations indexed

About

Zhengguo Sun is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhengguo Sun has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 764 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Zhengguo Sun's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers). Zhengguo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers). Zhengguo Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zhengguo Sun's co-authors include Jianlong Li, Chengcheng Gang, Wei Zhou, Yizhao Chen, Inakwu Odeh, Jiaguo Qi, Zhaoqi Wang, Yangyang Liu, Linjing Tong and Zhaoying Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Zhengguo Sun

28 papers receiving 753 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.

Quantitative assessment of the contributions of climate change and human activities on global grassland degradation

2014 316 citations Chengcheng Gang, Wei Zhou et al. Environmental Earth Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhengguo Sun China	11	409	325	230	138	124	30	764
Haidi Zhao China	15	378 0.9×	482 1.5×	173 0.8×	164 1.2×	179 1.4×	20	893
Qifei Han China	15	435 1.1×	247 0.8×	172 0.7×	121 0.9×	78 0.6×	24	662
Michael Cherlet Italy	14	545 1.3×	424 1.3×	159 0.7×	175 1.3×	81 0.7×	25	929
Wenxin Zhou China	8	409 1.0×	239 0.7×	121 0.5×	178 1.3×	99 0.8×	13	719
Zidong Li China	9	471 1.2×	237 0.7×	107 0.5×	170 1.2×	110 0.9×	14	770
Thomas Higginbottom United Kingdom	16	381 0.9×	436 1.3×	150 0.7×	148 1.1×	85 0.7×	25	773
Fotios Xystrakis Greece	16	774 1.9×	187 0.6×	199 0.9×	67 0.5×	145 1.2×	32	915
Qi Fu China	11	428 1.0×	199 0.6×	126 0.5×	92 0.7×	65 0.5×	24	657
Huakun Zhou China	15	249 0.6×	337 1.0×	162 0.7×	335 2.4×	126 1.0×	37	781

Countries citing papers authored by Zhengguo Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhengguo Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhengguo Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Huiyan, Hui Wang, Yang He, et al.. (2025). Legume green manure partial replacement of fertilizers enhances soil microbial diversity and sustains wheat yield. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1618555–1618555.

Cao, Zhengfeng, Mengyu Yan, Qianxi Wang, et al.. (2025). PCA-Driven Multivariate Trait Integration in Alfalfa Breeding: A Selection Model for High-Yield and Stable Progenies. Plants. 14(18). 2906–2906.

Wang, Huiyan, Liang Zhong, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Systematic Analysis of the Effects of Different Green Manure Crop Rotations on Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Bacterial Community Structure in the Taihu Lake Region, Jiangsu. Agriculture. 14(7). 1017–1017. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Liang, et al.. (2024). Indirect Estimation of Heavy Metal Contamination in Rice Soil Using Spectral Techniques. Plants. 13(6). 831–831. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Shengjie, Min Qian, Huiyan Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Sweet Sorghum Growth and Soil Quality in Coastal Saline–Alkali Soils Through Organic Acid-Containing Bio-Based Materials and Microbial Synergy. Agronomy. 15(1). 56–56. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Shengjie, Liang Zhong, Yunqiao Zhou, et al.. (2024). Interactions and Conflicts between Urbanization and Greenness: A Case Study from Nanjing, China. Remote Sensing. 16(13). 2505–2505. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Dongming, et al.. (2024). Changes in Vegetation Greenness and Responses to Land Use Changes in the Yongding River Basin (in North China) from 2002 to 2022. Agronomy. 14(10). 2292–2292. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Liang, Huiyan Wang, Xinbao Liu, et al.. (2024). Modifying soil bacterial communities in saline mudflats with organic acids and substrates. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1392441–1392441. 5 indexed citations

Zhong, Liang, et al.. (2023). Inversion of heavy metal copper content in soil-wheat systems using hyperspectral techniques and enrichment characteristics. The Science of The Total Environment. 907. 168104–168104. 21 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengguo, et al.. (2023). Biomass composite with exogenous organic acid addition supports the growth of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor ‘Dochna’) by reducing salinity and increasing nutrient levels in coastal saline–alkaline soil. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1163195–1163195. 10 indexed citations

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Zhong, Liang, et al.. (2023). Multi-Scale Stereoscopic Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Estimation of Heavy Metal Contamination in Wheat Soil over a Large Area of Farmland. Agronomy. 13(9). 2396–2396. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengguo, et al.. (2022). Synergism Between Water Management and Phosphorus Supply Enhances the Nodulation and Root Growth and Development of Chinese Milk Vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 784251–784251. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Fang, Xinbao Liu, Yixin Shen, et al.. (2020). Symbiotic Performances of Three Mesorhizobium huakuii Strains Inoculated to Chinese Milk Vetch Varieties. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 599400–599400. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, Yangyang Liu, Yanzhen Zhang, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Spatial Agglomeration of Agricultural Drought Disaster in China from 1978 to 2016. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14393–14393. 55 indexed citations

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Liu, Yangyang, Zhaoying Zhang, Linjing Tong, et al.. (2019). Assessing the effects of climate variation and human activities on grassland degradation and restoration across the globe. Ecological Indicators. 106. 105504–105504. 116 indexed citations

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Chen, Yizhao, et al.. (2019). Contrasting policy shifts influence the pattern of vegetation production and C sequestration over pasture systems: A regional-scale comparison in Temperate Eurasian Steppe. Agricultural Systems. 176. 102679–102679. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengguo, et al.. (2017). Application of a new model using productivity coupled with hydrothermal factors (PCH) for evaluating net primary productivity of grassland in southern China. Solid Earth. 8(2). 545–552. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhengguo, Chengming Sun, Wei Zhou, Weimin Ju, & Jianlong Li. (2014). Classification and Net Primary Productivity of the Southern China's Grasslands Ecosystem Based on Improved Comprehensive and Sequential Classification System (CSCS) Approach. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 13(4). 893–903. 5 indexed citations

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Gang, Chengcheng, Wei Zhou, Yizhao Chen, et al.. (2014). Quantitative assessment of the contributions of climate change and human activities on global grassland degradation. Environmental Earth Sciences. 72(11). 4273–4282. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Wei, et al.. (2013). Desertification dynamic and the relative roles of climate change and human activities in desertification in the Heihe River Basin based on NPP. Journal of Arid Land. 5(4). 465–479. 42 indexed citations

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