Zhili He

40.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
401 papers, 27.9k citations indexed

About

Zhili He is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhili He has authored 401 papers receiving a total of 27.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Ecology, 166 papers in Molecular Biology and 82 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Zhili He's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (214 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (54 papers). Zhili He is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (214 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (54 papers). Zhili He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhili He's co-authors include Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng, Yunfeng Yang, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Liyou Wu, Feng Luo, Yi‐Huei Jiang, Qichao Tu, Qingyun Yan and Kai Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhili He

391 papers receiving 27.5k 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.

Molecular ecological network analyses

2012 2.4k citations Ye Deng, Yunfeng Yang et al. profile →
The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages

2016 896 citations Zhili He, Jizhong Zhou et al. profile →
Functional Molecular Ecological Networks

2010 834 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. mBio profile →
Phylogenetic Molecular Ecological Network of Soil Microbial Communities in Response to Elevated CO ₂

2011 804 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. mBio profile →
Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem

2014 670 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

2016 503 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming

2011 501 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. profile →
Biodiversity and species competition regulate the resilience of microbial biofilm community

2017 381 citations Meiying Xu, Zhili He et al. profile →
The effect of hydration number on the interfacial transport of sodium ions

2018 279 citations Zhili He et al. profile →
Ecological stability of microbial communities in Lake Donghu regulated by keystone taxa

2022 195 citations Yu Huang, Yuhe Yu et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Zhili He

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhili He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhili He

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhili He. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhili He 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 Zhili He. Zhili He 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	Spatiotemporal profiling and succession of microbial communities in landfills based on a cross-kingdom abundance quantification method 2025 ·Water Research ·Rui Shen, Zhiwei Liang, Qihong Lu, Zhili He, Xiaosong He, (unknown)	3
2	Ace2 mutation disrupts amino acid absorption, impairs growth, and alters microbiota dynamics in zebrafish 2025 ·Communications Biology ·Kun Wu, (unknown), Dongwei Hou, (unknown), Renjun Zhou, (unknown), Pengcheng Gao, Qiang Lü, Muhua Wang, Shaoping Weng, Wei Ge, Zhili He, Qingyun Yan, Jianguo He	0
3	Cooperation among nitrifying microorganisms promotes the irreversible biotransformation of sulfamonomethoxine 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Xueqin Yang, Yijing Shi, Guang‐Guo Ying, Mengyuan Li, Zhili He, Longfei Shu	3
4	Hidden pathogen risk in mature compost: Low optimal growth temperature confers pathogen survival and activity during manure composting 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Junqian Zhang, Ruiwen Hu, (unknown), Fei Liu, Yijun Fan, Hua Yang, Jing Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Li Li, Zhili He, Cheng Wang	7
5	An optimized culturomics strategy for isolation of human milk microbiota 2024 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Fan Wang, Lingmin Yu, Yuting Ren, Qianwen Zhang, Shanshan He, (unknown), Zhili He, Qi Gao, Jianguo Chen	9
6	Mechanisms underlying the interactions and adaptability of nitrogen removal microorganisms in freshwater sediments 2024 ·PubMed ·Dandan Zhang, Yu Huang, Xiaoli Yu, Yuchun Yang, Cheng Wang, Kai Wu, Mingyang Niu, (unknown), Zhili He, Qingyun Yan	12
7	The vertical partitioning between denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium of coastal mangrove sediment microbiomes 2024 ·Water Research ·Yijun Fan, Zhengyuan Zhou, Fei Liu, Lu Qian, Xiaoli Yu, (unknown), Ruiwen Hu, (unknown), Hang Gu, Qingyun Yan, Zhili He, Cheng Wang	25
8	Generational Specific Recruitment of Arsenic- and Antimony-Reducing Microorganisms in Plant Root-Associated Niches for Adapting to Metalloid-Metal Pollution 2024 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yu Huang, Shengwei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pubo Chen, Dandan Zhang, (unknown), Jiaxiong Zeng, (unknown), Zhili He, Qingyun Yan	10
9	The neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid has unexpected effects on the growth and development of soil amoebae 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Wei Huang, Zhiwei Liu, Jiaxiong Zeng, Zhili He, Longfei Shu	21
10	The composition, function and assembly mechanism of epiphytic microbial communities on Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ·(unknown), Zhili He, (unknown), (unknown), Yufeng Yang	3
11	Generation of zero-valent sulfur from dissimilatory sulfate reduction in sulfate-reducing microorganisms 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shanquan Wang, Qihong Lu, Zhiwei Liang, Xiaoxiao Yu, Mang Lin, Bixian Mai, Rongliang Qiu, Wensheng Shu, Zhili He, Judy D. Wall	30
12	Vertical connectivity of microbiome and metabolome reveals depth-dependent variations across a deep cold-seep water column 2023 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Ruiwen Hu, Peter Strong, Muhammad Saleem, Zhengyuan Zhou, Zhiwen Luo, Yongjie Wu, Zhili He, Cheng Wang	3
13	Environmentally induced reconstruction of microbial communities alters particulate carbon flux of deep chlorophyll maxima in the South China sea 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Ruiwen Hu, (unknown), Muhammad Saleem, (unknown), Zhengyuan Zhou, Zhiwen Luo, Longfei Shu, Zhili He, Cheng Wang	4
14	Synergistic effects of antimony and arsenic contaminations on bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities in the rhizosphere of Miscanthus sinensis: Insights for nitrification and carbon mineralization 2021 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Yu Huang, Xiafei Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), Pubo Chen, Xingyu Liu, Tao Peng, Qiuping Zhong, Kui Xu, Cheng Wang, Longfei Shu, Tony Yang, Fanshu Xiao, Zhili He, Qingyun Yan	73
15	Diversity, function and assembly of mangrove root-associated microbial communities at a continuous fine-scale 2020 ·npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ·Wei Zhuang, Xiaoli Yu, Ruiwen Hu, Zhiwen Luo, Xingyu Liu, Xiafei Zheng, Fanshu Xiao, Yisheng Peng, Qiang He, Yun Tian, Tony Yang, Shanquan Wang, Longfei Shu, Qingyun Yan, Cheng Wang, Zhili He	122
16	SCycDB: A curated functional gene database for metagenomic profiling of sulphur cycling pathways 2020 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Xiaoli Yu, Jiayin Zhou, Wen Song, (unknown), Qiang He, Yisheng Peng, Yun Tian, Cheng Wang, Longfei Shu, Shanquan Wang, Qingyun Yan, Jihua Liu, Qichao Tu, Zhili He	112
17	The Impact of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Bacterioplankton Communities During the Construction of Donghu Tunnel (Wuhan, China) 2018 ·Microbial Ecology ·Fanshu Xiao, Yonghong Bi, Xinghao Li, Jie Huang, Yuhe Yu, Zhicai Xie, Tao Fang, Xiuyun Cao, Zhili He, Philippe Juneau, Qingyun Yan	17
18	High-Throughput Metagenomic Technologies for Complex Microbial Community Analysis: Open and Closed Formats 2015 ·mBio ·Jizhong Zhou, Zhili He, Yunfeng Yang, Ye Deng, Susannah G. Tringe, Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen	314
19	Elevated nitrate enriches microbial functional genes for potential bioremediation of complexly contaminated sediments 2014 ·The ISME Journal ·Meiying Xu, Qin Zhang, Chunyu Xia, Yuming Zhong, Guoping Sun, Jun Guo, Tong Yuan, Jizhong Zhou, Zhili He	173
20	The Electron Transfer System of Syntrophically Grown Desulfovibrio vulgaris 2009 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·C. B. Walker, Zhili He, Zamin K. Yang, Joseph A. Ringbauer, Qiang He, Jizhong Zhou, Gerrit Voordouw, Judy D. Wall, Adam P. Arkin, Terry C. Hazen, Sergey Stolyar, David A. Stahl	115

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