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, Lijuan Zhang and Bin Yin 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

Reducing environmental ri... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2013 2011 2016 2024 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. 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 →
  2. Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China
    2013 2.1k citations Xuejun Liu, Ying Zhang et al. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers
    2016 457 citations Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui et al. profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide
    2025 23 citations Jun Ling, Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Zhenling Cui 7.5k 7.4k 4.1k 2.8k 2.7k 247 15.6k
Xinping Chen 7.0k 0.9× 6.3k 0.9× 3.8k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 205 13.4k
Achim Dobermann 8.8k 1.2× 6.0k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 186 14.6k
Xiaotang Ju 4.1k 0.5× 6.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 3.4k 1.3× 175 11.6k
Roel Merckx 4.9k 0.6× 10.2k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 3.9k 1.4× 3.9k 1.5× 350 18.8k
Genxing Pan 4.6k 0.6× 10.4k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 4.4k 1.6× 2.4k 0.9× 353 20.0k
K. W. T. Goulding 5.1k 0.7× 9.8k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 4.4k 1.5× 5.7k 2.1× 250 18.8k
H. H. Janzen 3.6k 0.5× 9.6k 1.3× 3.5k 0.9× 4.5k 1.6× 3.7k 1.4× 210 15.3k
Kees Jan van Groenigen 4.0k 0.5× 7.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 3.5k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 99 12.1k
Alan J. Franzluebbers 3.1k 0.4× 11.1k 1.5× 3.4k 0.8× 4.1k 1.5× 4.1k 1.5× 280 15.8k
Himanshu Pathak 5.8k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 260 11.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenling Cui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenling Cui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bei, Shuikuan, Xingjie Wu, Yong Hou, et al.. (2025). Bacterial rrn copy numbers linked to soil function and crop yield in long-term manure-fertilized soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 209. 106048–106048. 1 indexed citations
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Ling, Jun, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, et al.. (2025). Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3009–3009. 23 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yin, Yulong & Zhenling Cui. (2024). Challenges of optimal crop management. Nature Food. 5(1). 13–14. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Mingxi, Xue Zhou, Haifeng Du, et al.. (2024). Intra-rural inequality of diet-related carbon footprint in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 106. 107483–107483. 9 indexed citations
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Du, Mingxi, Xiang Kang, Qiuyu Liu, et al.. (2024). City-level livestock methane emissions in China from 2010 to 2020. Scientific Data. 11(1). 251–251. 11 indexed citations
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Hou, Ruixing, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Guiyao Zhou, et al.. (2024). Conservation agriculture improves soil health and sustains crop yields after long-term warming. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8785–8785. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Mengshuai, Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente, Jasper van Ruijven, et al.. (2023). Mind the blind spot: lessons from fungal community sequencing in a plant–soil feedback experiment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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You, Luncheng, Xue Yang, Qi Shao, et al.. (2023). Fertilization of peach for yield and quality, and optimization of nitrogen application rates in China: A meta-analysis. Scientia Horticulturae. 313. 111917–111917. 11 indexed citations
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Yan, Xiaojun, Xiaohui Chen, Ziwei Luo, et al.. (2023). Exploring phosphorus fertiliser management in wheat production. European Journal of Agronomy. 153. 127063–127063. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Ting, Xiaoqin Chen, Yueyue Tao, et al.. (2023). Potassium resources management systems in Chinese agriculture: Yield gaps and environmental costs. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 202. 107397–107397. 10 indexed citations
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Du, Mingxi, Qiuyu Liu, Haifeng Du, et al.. (2023). City-level decoupling between livestock and crop production and its effect on fertilizer usage: Evidence from China. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167115–167115. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Yingcheng, Ying Hao, Yulong Yin, Hongye Wang, & Zhenling Cui. (2021). Benefits and Trade-Offs of Tillage Management in China: A Meta-Analysis. Agronomy. 11(8). 1495–1495. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yibo, Mathew R. Heal, Stefan Reis, et al.. (2021). Trends in secondary inorganic aerosol pollution in China and its responses to emission controls of precursors in wintertime. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 2 indexed citations
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Li, Tingyu, Weifeng Zhang, Hanbing Cao, et al.. (2020). Region-specific nitrogen management indexes for sustainable cereal production in China. Environmental Research Communications. 2(7). 75002–75002. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Guiliang, et al.. (2015). [Reactive nitrogen loss pathways and their effective factors in paddy field in southern China].. PubMed. 26(8). 2337–45. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Liang, et al.. (2015). Basic NPK fertilizer recommendation and fertilizer formula for maize production regions in China.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 52(4). 802–817. 20 indexed citations
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Ju, Xiaotang, Guangxi Xing, Xinping Chen, et al.. (2009). Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(9). 3041–3046. 2196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Zhenling, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang, et al.. (2007). [Appropriate soil nitrate N content for a winter wheat/summer maize rotation system in North China Plain].. PubMed. 18(10). 2227–32. 6 indexed citations

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