Zhenke Zhu

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Zhenke Zhu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenke Zhu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Soil Science, 38 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zhenke Zhu's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (69 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (20 papers). Zhenke Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (69 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (20 papers). Zhenke Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Russia. Zhenke Zhu's co-authors include Tida Ge, Jinshui Wu, Yakov Kuzyakov, Shoulong Liu, Georg Guggenberger, Yajun Hu, Yu Luo, Hongzhao Yuan, Xiaomeng Wei and Mouliang Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhenke Zhu

95 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis

2021 177 citations Yalong Liu, Tida Ge et al. profile →
Stoichiometric regulation of priming effects and soil carbon balance by microbial life strategies

2022 145 citations Zhenke Zhu, Yuhong Li et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenke Zhu China	38	2.8k	1.4k	1.3k	797	702	96	4.2k
Jingkuan Wang China	36	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	785 1.0×	755 1.1×	151	4.5k
Sven Marhan Germany	46	3.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	845 1.1×	709 1.0×	124	5.4k
Jianzhao Wu China	24	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	910 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	452 0.6×	51	4.2k
Shoulong Liu China	33	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	976 0.7×	690 0.9×	481 0.7×	54	3.2k
Anna Gunina Germany	33	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	544 0.7×	315 0.4×	92	3.6k
Zubin Xie China	33	2.4k 0.9×	807 0.6×	934 0.7×	513 0.6×	550 0.8×	74	3.9k
Franz Buegger Germany	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	781 1.0×	323 0.5×	91	3.9k
Mary E. Stromberger United States	23	1.9k 0.7×	964 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	505 0.6×	434 0.6×	49	3.3k
Tobias Rütting Sweden	30	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	647 0.9×	71	3.6k
Wenju Zhang China	34	2.8k 1.0×	835 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	818 1.0×	258 0.4×	139	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenke Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenke Zhu

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

All Works

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Mei, Zhi-Gang, Chuanfa Wu, Shengjing Shi, et al.. (2025). Loss of protistan diversity weakens soil phosphorus availability. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105976–105976. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhenke, Liang Wei, Wenju Zhang, et al.. (2025). Bacterial necromass decomposition and priming effects in paddy soils depend on long-term fertilization. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 211. 109992–109992. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Liang, Xin Rong, Hongzhao Yuan, et al.. (2025). Carbon stabilization by iron plaque on rice roots: The role of oxygen loss. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 210. 109947–109947. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Ze, Xiangxiang Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov, et al.. (2025). Frequency and C:N:P stoichiometry of organic inputs determines intensity of net C balance in paddy soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 214. 110051–110051. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Kailu, Zhenke Zhu, Liang Wei, et al.. (2025). Decoding soil health constraints in regional agroecosystems: Machine learning reveals microbial enzymatic thresholds and drivers. Soil and Tillage Research. 258. 107000–107000.

Duan, Xun, Xiangbi Chen, Wei Liang, et al.. (2024). Iron‑carbon complex types and bonding forms jointly control organic carbon mineralization in paddy soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 953. 176117–176117. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Cuiyan, Wei Huang, Yixian Liu, et al.. (2024). Physicochemically protected organic carbon release is the rate-limiting step of rhizosphere priming in paddy soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176859–176859. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhenke, Liang Wei, Shuang Wang, et al.. (2024). Coupling of microbial-explicit model and machine learning improves the prediction and turnover process simulation of soil organic carbon. 1(1). 100001–100001. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Wei, Jun Zhao, Xiaobin Guo, et al.. (2024). Intensive N2 fixation accelerates microbial turnover in cropland soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170081–170081. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Zhou Fei, Lin Qi, et al.. (2024). Soil bacterial and protist communities from loquat orchards drive nutrient cycling and fruit yield. Soil Ecology Letters. 6(4). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuang, Li Wang, Zhenke Zhu, et al.. (2024). Contrasting viral diversity and potential biogeochemical impacts in paddy and upland soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 199. 105399–105399. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangbin, Yuting Yang, Xiaoli Zhu, et al.. (2023). Combining water-saving and drought-resistant rice with plastic film mulching mitigates CH4 emissions with higher net economic benefits. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 202. 107372–107372. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunqiu, Muhammad Shahbaz, Mostafa Zhran, et al.. (2021). Microbial Resource Limitation in Aggregates in Karst and Non-Karst Soils. Agronomy. 11(8). 1591–1591. 9 indexed citations

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Zhran, Mostafa, Tida Ge, Yangwu Deng, et al.. (2020). Assessment of depth‐dependent microbial carbon‐use efficiency in long‐term fertilized paddy soil using an ¹⁸O–H₂O approach. Land Degradation and Development. 32(1). 199–207. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Yalong, Tida Ge, Zhenke Zhu, et al.. (2019). Carbon input and allocation by rice into paddy soils: A review. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 133. 97–107. 134 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhenke, Tida Ge, Yu Luo, et al.. (2018). Microbial stoichiometric flexibility regulates rice straw mineralization and its priming effect in paddy soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 121. 67–76. 228 indexed citations

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Li, Yifei, Mouliang Xiao, Zhenke Zhu, et al.. (2018). Effects of doubled concentration of CO2 on soil hydrolase activities related to turnover of soil C and N in a rice-cropping system.. China Environmental Science. 38(9). 3474–3480. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhenke, Tida Ge, Yajun Hu, et al.. (2016). Fate of rice shoot and root residues, rhizodeposits, and microbe-assimilatedcarbon in paddy soil – Part 1: Decomposition and priming effect. Biogeosciences. 13(15). 4481–4489. 63 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhenke, et al.. (2015). [Spatial Effect of the Dams and Sluices on the Risk of Schistosomiasis in Dongting Lake Region of Hunan Province].. PubMed. 33(5). 328–37. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhenke, Hongzhao Yuan, Tida Ge, et al.. (2015). [Effects of Different Plantation Type on the Abundance and Diversity of Soil Microbes in Subtropical Red Soils].. PubMed. 36(10). 3839–44. 1 indexed citations

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