Zhongmin Dai

7.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
63 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Zhongmin Dai is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongmin Dai has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Soil Science, 27 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zhongmin Dai's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (12 papers). Zhongmin Dai is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (12 papers). Zhongmin Dai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhongmin Dai's co-authors include Jianming Xu, Philip C. Brookes, Caixian Tang, Bin Ma, Huaihai Chen, Yan He, Jian Wu, Melissa Dsouza, Jack A. Gilbert and Haizhen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhongmin Dai

61 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Geographic patterns of co-occurrence network topological features for soil microbiota at continental scale in eastern China

2016 950 citations Bin Ma, Zhongmin Dai et al. profile →
Long‐term nitrogen fertilization decreases bacterial diversity and favors the growth of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria in agro‐ecosystems across the globe

2018 603 citations Zhongmin Dai, Weiqin Su et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils by biochar: Mechanisms, potential risks and applications in China

2019 512 citations Zhongmin Dai, Philip C. Brookes et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Long-term nutrient inputs shift soil microbial functional profiles of phosphorus cycling in diverse agroecosystems

2019 507 citations Zhongmin Dai, Huaihai Chen et al. profile →
Potential role of biochars in decreasing soil acidification - A critical review

2017 449 citations Zhongmin Dai, Caixian Tang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Elevated temperature shifts soil N cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems

2020 298 citations Zhongmin Dai, Mengjie Yu et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Association of biochar properties with changes in soil bacterial, fungal and fauna communities and nutrient cycling processes

2021 227 citations Zhongmin Dai, Caixian Tang et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongmin Dai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongmin Dai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhongmin Dai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhongmin Dai 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 Zhongmin Dai. Zhongmin Dai 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stressor Combinations Shift Soil Microbial Communities From Rare to Unknown Taxa and Alter Genomic Strategies 2026 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Xing Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Yanfeng He, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhongmin Dai, (unknown)	0
2	Multiple environmental stressors interactively affect soil phosphorus cycling microbiomes 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Xianjin Tang, Yun Chen, Zhongmin Dai, Scott X. Chang, (unknown), Dan He, Jianming Xu	1
3	Harnessing synthetic microbial communities for sustainable agriculture: Enhancing soil health and crop yields 2025 ·Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ·(unknown), Yue Tao, Yang Luo, (unknown), Siyue Han, Yang Yang, Zhongmin Dai, Ying Zhang	0
4	Partial organic substitution increases microbial diversity but has divergent effects on functional microorganisms under various fertilization regimes in an ultisol 2025 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yongxin Lin, (unknown), Xiangyin Ni, Jianbo Fan, Hang‐Wei Hu, Zhongmin Dai, Weidong Chen, (unknown), Yuheng Cheng, Guiping Ye, Ji‐Zheng He	1
5	Environmental interactions and remediation strategies for co-occurring pollutants in soil 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Zhongmin Dai, Bin Ma, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	13
6	Arsenic modifies the microbial community assembly of soil–root habitats in Pteris vittata 2024 ·ISME Communications ·Jiahui Lin, Zhongmin Dai, Mei Lei, (unknown), Weijun Zhou, Q. Lena, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	3
7	Labile and recalcitrant carbon inputs differ in their effects on microbial phosphorus transformation in a flooded paddy soil with rice (Oryza sativa L.) 2024 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·Yanlan Huang, Zhongmin Dai, Caixian Tang, Jianming Xu	4
8	Soil and stone terraces offset the negative impacts of sloping cultivation on soil microbial diversity and functioning by protecting soil carbon 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Yingbo Qiu, Qi Fu, (unknown), Jiayi Zhao, Jiaxin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yu Huang, Zhengchao Tian, Joshua L. Heitman, Zhiyuan Yao, Zhongmin Dai, Yunpeng Qiu, Huaihai Chen	1
9	Postfire Phosphorus Enrichment Mitigates Nitrogen Loss in Boreal Forests 2024 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Haojie Shen, Zhongmin Dai, Qianqian Zhang, Di Tong, Weiqin Su, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	2
10	Effects of simulated warming on soil microbial community diversity and composition across diverse ecosystems 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Jiayi Zhao, Xuan Xie, Yuying Jiang, Jiaxin Li, Qi Fu, Yingbo Qiu, (unknown), Zhiyuan Yao, Zhongmin Dai, Yunpeng Qiu, Huaihai Chen	52
11	Heavy metal effects on multitrophic level microbial communities and insights for ecological restoration of an abandoned electroplating factory site 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·Xuehua Wang, Zhongmin Dai, Haochun Zhao, Lingfei Hu, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	22
12	Metallic micronutrients are associated with the structure and function of the soil microbiome 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Zhongmin Dai, Xu Guo, Jiahui Lin, Tao Wang, Dan He, (unknown), Jun Meng, Jipeng Luo, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, Philip C. Brookes, Jianming Xu	83
13	Heavy metal contamination collapses trophic interactions in the soil microbial food web via bottom-up regulation 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Zhongmin Dai, Jiahui Lin, Haochun Zhao, (unknown), Bin Ma, Lingfei Hu, (unknown), Xiaoyun Chen, Manqiang Liu, Xin Ke, Yijun Yu, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	36
14	Contamination with multiple heavy metals decreases microbial diversity and favors generalists as the keystones in microbial occurrence networks 2022 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiahui Lin, Xuehua Wang, Caixian Tang, Zhongmin Dai, Jianming Xu	77
15	Metagenomic insights into soil microbial communities involved in carbon cycling along an elevation climosequences 2021 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Zhongmin Dai, Huadong Zang, Jie Chen, Yingyi Fu, Xuehua Wang, (unknown), Congcong Shen, Jianjun Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov, Joscha N. Becker, Andreas Hemp, Albert Barberán, Anna Gunina, Huaihai Chen, Yu Luo, Jianming Xu	82
16	Concurrent and rapid recovery of bacteria and protist communities in Canadian boreal forest ecosystems following wildfire 2021 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Zhongmin Dai, Xiaofei Lv, Bin Ma, Na Chen, Scott X. Chang, Jiahui Lin, Xuehua Wang, Weiqin Su, (unknown), Yanlan Huang, (unknown), Yu Luo, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	28
17	Labile carbon facilitated phosphorus solubilization as regulated by bacterial and fungal communities in Zea mays 2021 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Yanlan Huang, Zhongmin Dai, Jiahui Lin, Daming Li, (unknown), Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	74
18	Recovery patterns of soil bacterial and fungal communities in Chinese boreal forests along a fire chronosequence 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Weiqin Su, Caixian Tang, Jiahui Lin, Mengjie Yu, Zhongmin Dai, Yu Luo, Yong Li, Jianming Xu	28
19	Elevated temperature shifts soil N cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems breakdown → 2020 ·Global Change Biology ·Zhongmin Dai, Mengjie Yu, Huaihai Chen, Haochun Zhao, Yanlan Huang, Weiqin Su, Fang Xia, Scott X. Chang, Philip C. Brookes, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jianming Xu	298
20	Impacts of simulated acid rain on recalcitrance of two different soils 2012 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Zhongmin Dai, Xingmei Liu, Jian Wu, Jianming Xu	30

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