Zhenling Cui

23.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
247 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Zhenling Cui is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenling Cui has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Plant Science, 114 papers in Soil Science and 80 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Zhenling Cui's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (99 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (73 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (61 papers). Zhenling Cui is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (99 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (73 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (61 papers). Zhenling Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zhenling Cui's co-authors include Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen, Xuejun Liu, Peter Christie, Qingfeng Meng, Shanchao Yue, Peter M. Vitousek, Xiaotang Ju, Bin Yin and Shaolin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhenling Cui

240 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems

2009 2.2k citations Xiaotang Ju, Guangxi Xing et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

2013 2.1k citations Xuejun Liu, Zhenling Cui et al. profile →
Integrated soil–crop system management for food security

2011 631 citations Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers

2016 457 citations Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui et al. profile →
Conservation agriculture improves soil health and sustains crop yields after long-term warming

2024 43 citations Ruixing Hou, Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al. Nature Communications profile →
Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide

2025 23 citations Jun Ling, Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al. PubMed profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenling Cui

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenling Cui

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenling Cui

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bacterial rrn copy numbers linked to soil function and crop yield in long-term manure-fertilized soils 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Shuikuan Bei, Xingjie Wu, Yong Hou, Huimin Yuan, Christopher Rensing, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Jingjing Peng	1
2	Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide breakdown → 2025 ·PubMed ·Jun Ling, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Zhenling Cui, (unknown), Wushuai Zhang, Qiang Gao, Yuanxue Chen, (unknown), Yakov Kuzyakov, Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen, Jing Tian	23
3	Nutrient runoff and leaching under various fertilizer treatments and pedogeographic conditions: A case study in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) fields of the Erhai Lake basin, China 2024 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·(unknown), (unknown), Zhibiao Wei, Yingxin Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Yanxia Hu, Hong Zhang, (unknown), Zhenling Cui	10
4	Challenges of optimal crop management 2024 ·Nature Food ·Yulong Yin, Zhenling Cui	2
5	Intra-rural inequality of diet-related carbon footprint in China 2024 ·Environmental Impact Assessment Review ·(unknown), Mingxi Du, Xue Zhou, Haifeng Du, Qiuyu Liu, Jingxu Wang, Lulu Chen, Yulong Yin, Wei Zou, Zhenling Cui	9
6	Conservation agriculture improves soil health and sustains crop yields after long-term warming breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ruixing Hou, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Guiyao Zhou, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jingbo Zhang, Jing Tian, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo	43
7	City-level livestock methane emissions in China from 2010 to 2020 2024 ·Scientific Data ·Mingxi Du, Xiang Kang, Qiuyu Liu, Haifeng Du, Jianjun Zhang, Yulong Yin, Zhenling Cui	11
8	Fertilization of peach for yield and quality, and optimization of nitrogen application rates in China: A meta-analysis 2023 ·Scientia Horticulturae ·(unknown), Luncheng You, Xue Yang, (unknown), Qi Shao, Haiyan Wang, Qingsong Zhang, Zhenling Cui, Yongliang Chen	11
9	Exploring phosphorus fertiliser management in wheat production 2023 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·Xiaojun Yan, Xiaohui Chen, (unknown), Ziwei Luo, Changcheng Ma, Wenqing Huang, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, (unknown), Fusuo Zhang	5
10	Potassium resources management systems in Chinese agriculture: Yield gaps and environmental costs 2023 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·(unknown), Ting Li, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaoqin Chen, (unknown), Yueyue Tao, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Jianwei Lü, Jun Nie, Huoyan Wang, Jianmin Zhou	10
11	City-level decoupling between livestock and crop production and its effect on fertilizer usage: Evidence from China 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Mingxi Du, Qiuyu Liu, Haifeng Du, Wei Zou, Li Zhao, Yulong Yin, Zhenling Cui	6
12	Mind the blind spot: lessons from fungal community sequencing in a plant–soil feedback experiment 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Mengshuai Liu, Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente, Jasper van Ruijven, Wopke van der Werf, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Chunxu Song, Liesje Mommer	1
13	Benefits and Trade-Offs of Tillage Management in China: A Meta-Analysis 2021 ·Agronomy ·Yingcheng Wang, Ying Hao, Yulong Yin, Hongye Wang, Zhenling Cui	8
14	Region-specific nitrogen management indexes for sustainable cereal production in China 2020 ·Environmental Research Communications ·Tingyu Li, Weifeng Zhang, Hanbing Cao, Ying Hao, Qingsong Zhang, Siyang Ren, (unknown), Yulong Yin, Wei Qin, Zhenling Cui, (unknown), Xiaotang Ju, O. Oenema, W. de Vries, Zhang Fu-suo	26
15	[Reactive nitrogen loss pathways and their effective factors in paddy field in southern China]. 2015 ·PubMed ·Guiliang Wang, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang, (unknown), Shouhong Wang	5
16	Basic NPK fertilizer recommendation and fertilizer formula for maize production regions in China. 2015 ·Acta Pedologica Sinica ·(unknown), Liang Wu, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Zhang Fu-suo	20
17	Clinical diagnostic performance of the simultaneous amplification and testing methods for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex for smear-negative or sputum-scarce pulmonary tuberculosis in China 2014 ·Chinese Medical Journal ·Lin Fan, Qing Zhang, Liping Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenling Cui, Jingliang Ju, Heping Xiao	19
18	Evaluation of yield increasing potential by irrigation of spring maize in Heilongjiang province based on Hybrid-Maize model 2013 ·Nongye gongcheng xuebao ·Peng Hou, Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Wei Wang, Lina Wang, Jinfu Tang, Zhang Fu-suo	7
19	Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiaotang Ju, Guangxi Xing, Xinping Chen, Shaolin Zhang, Lijuan Zhang, Xuejun Liu, Zhenling Cui, Bin Yin, Peter Christie, Zhaoliang Zhu, Fusuo Zhang	2196
20	[Appropriate soil nitrate N content for a winter wheat/summer maize rotation system in North China Plain]. 2007 ·PubMed ·Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang, Jiufei Xu, Liwei Shi, Junliang Li	6

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