Zichun Guo

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Zichun Guo is a scholar working on Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zichun Guo has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Soil Science, 21 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zichun Guo's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (21 papers) and Soil Management and Crop Yield (8 papers). Zichun Guo is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (21 papers) and Soil Management and Crop Yield (8 papers). Zichun Guo collaborates with scholars based in China, Bangladesh and Denmark. Zichun Guo's co-authors include Xinhua Peng, Fahui Jiang, Mahbub Ul Islam, Xinhua Peng, Hu Zhou, Daozhong Wang, Zhongbin Zhang, Zhongbin Zhang, Jiabao Zhang and Xueyun Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Zichun Guo

38 papers receiving 924 citations

Hit Papers

Does straw return increase crop yield in the wheat-maize ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Does straw return increase crop yield in the wheat-maize cropping system in China? A meta-analysis
    2022 141 citations Zichun Guo, Fahui Jiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zichun Guo China 14 679 215 213 186 141 45 941
Alberto Enrique Spain 13 773 1.1× 191 0.9× 210 1.0× 141 0.8× 179 1.3× 40 1.0k
A. S. Toor India 15 743 1.1× 268 1.2× 133 0.6× 200 1.1× 138 1.0× 31 928
Paloma Bescansa Spain 12 707 1.0× 171 0.8× 201 0.9× 133 0.7× 157 1.1× 21 932
Tianfu Han China 20 547 0.8× 337 1.6× 92 0.4× 152 0.8× 137 1.0× 48 881
M.J. Imaz Spain 11 664 1.0× 168 0.8× 180 0.8× 127 0.7× 137 1.0× 14 868
Weinan Pan United States 6 632 0.9× 208 1.0× 128 0.6× 127 0.7× 180 1.3× 7 953
Safya Menasseri France 8 813 1.2× 222 1.0× 217 1.0× 111 0.6× 200 1.4× 11 1.1k
Pramod Jha India 14 591 0.9× 210 1.0× 113 0.5× 165 0.9× 115 0.8× 49 805
Ruqin Fan China 16 527 0.8× 123 0.6× 209 1.0× 101 0.5× 123 0.9× 40 726

Countries citing papers authored by Zichun Guo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zichun Guo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zichun Guo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zichun Guo. The network helps show where Zichun Guo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zichun Guo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zichun Guo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zichun Guo 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 Zichun Guo. Zichun Guo 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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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Long-term fertilization increases heavy metals accumulation in topsoil but not in deeper layers of red soil sloping farmland. Journal of Environmental Management. 396. 128171–128171.
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Soil macropore structure plays divergent roles in fresh and decomposed particulate organic matter. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Contrasting soil structure and yield responses to 8-year conservation tillage in Fluvo-aquic and Shajiang black soils. European Journal of Agronomy. 172. 127881–127881.
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Crop rotation impacts on SOC fraction contents and stability: Insights from a global meta-analysis. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 399. 110128–110128.
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Long-term straw return with nitrogen fertilization enhances soil pore structure, POM accumulation, and their positive feedback in a Vertisol. Soil and Tillage Research. 252. 106602–106602. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuai, Fahui Jiang, Zichun Guo, et al.. (2025). Soil organic carbon trade-offs under conservation tillage: Carbon stock versus stability mediated by particulate and mineral-associated fractions. Soil and Tillage Research. 254. 106704–106704. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2024). Soil pore structure shaped compositions and structures of soil microbial community during 13C-labelled maize straw decomposition. Applied Soil Ecology. 204. 105746–105746. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2024). Interaction between POM and pore structure during straw decomposition in two soils with contrasting texture. Soil and Tillage Research. 245. 106288–106288. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Yanchen, et al.. (2024). Preparation of phase change Heat storage wood with in-situ generation of thermal conductive particles to improve photothermal conversion efficiency. Materials Today Sustainability. 27. 100890–100890. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Lei, et al.. (2023). Pore shrinkage capacity of Shajiang black soils (Vertisols) on the North China Plain and its influencing factors. Pedosphere. 34(3). 620–630. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Yi, Yulin Zhang, Zichun Guo, Zhihao Zhang, & Fanjiang Zeng. (2023). Vein Network and Climatic Factors Predict the Leaf Economic Spectrum of Desert Plants in Xinjiang, China. Plants. 12(3). 581–581. 3 indexed citations
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Halder, Milton, S. Liu, Zhongbin Zhang, Zichun Guo, & Xiuyuan Peng. (2022). Effects of organic matter characteristics on soil aggregate turnover using rare earth oxides as tracers in a red clay soil. Geoderma. 421. 115908–115908. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Yalin Li, Xiaodong Tan, et al.. (2022). New paleomagnetic results of the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene sedimentary rocks from the Xigaze forearc basin and their tectonic implications. Tectonophysics. 837. 229433–229433. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Zichun, Jiabao Zhang, Jun Fan, et al.. (2019). Does animal manure application improve soil aggregation? Insights from nine long-term fertilization experiments. The Science of The Total Environment. 660. 1029–1037. 123 indexed citations
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Li, Changjun, Fanjiang Zeng, Bo Zhang, et al.. (2015). Optimal root system strategies for desert phreatophytic seedlings in the search for groundwater. Journal of Arid Land. 7(4). 462–474. 16 indexed citations

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