Zilin Song

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Zilin Song is a scholar working on Soil Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Zilin Song has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Soil Science, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Zilin Song's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (16 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (13 papers). Zilin Song is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers), Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (16 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (13 papers). Zilin Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zilin Song's co-authors include Chao Zhang, Guobin Liu, Gaihe Yang, Sha Xue, Jie Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Yongzhong Feng, Jie Gu, Yuexiang Yuan and Zhiying Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Materials and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zilin Song

74 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Simplified microbial network reduced microbial structure stability and soil functionality in alpine grassland along a natural aridity gradient

2024 98 citations Chao Zhang, Lirong Liao et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
De novo design of self-assembling peptides with antimicrobial activity guided by deep learning

2025 23 citations Huayang Liu, Zilin Song et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zilin Song China	28	1.1k	704	631	601	565	78	3.0k
Paul Illmer Austria	33	493 0.5×	846 1.2×	581 0.9×	654 1.1×	673 1.2×	103	3.7k
Thomas F. Ducey United States	23	684 0.6×	153 0.2×	457 0.7×	356 0.6×	341 0.6×	56	2.4k
Shin Haruta Japan	30	258 0.2×	1.2k 1.7×	822 1.3×	987 1.6×	920 1.6×	86	3.6k
Jérôme Hamelin France	35	210 0.2×	898 1.3×	875 1.4×	647 1.1×	874 1.5×	76	3.4k
Susumu Asakawa Japan	36	940 0.9×	626 0.9×	564 0.9×	215 0.4×	2.0k 3.6×	148	4.0k
Rafael López Núñez Spain	34	1.2k 1.1×	116 0.2×	894 1.4×	306 0.5×	622 1.1×	142	3.9k
P. Dabert France	31	222 0.2×	948 1.3×	1.5k 2.4×	451 0.8×	872 1.5×	80	3.9k
Qian Zhang China	38	450 0.4×	155 0.2×	976 1.5×	499 0.8×	793 1.4×	196	4.5k
Stefano Dumontet Italy	33	720 0.7×	99 0.1×	648 1.0×	173 0.3×	424 0.8×	79	2.9k
Matthias Noll Germany	31	344 0.3×	341 0.5×	468 0.7×	252 0.4×	1.0k 1.9×	98	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zilin Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zilin Song

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

Liu, Huayang, Zilin Song, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). De novo design of self-assembling peptides with antimicrobial activity guided by deep learning. Nature Materials. 24(8). 1295–1306. 23 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Lu, Lirong Liao, Feike A. Dijkstra, et al.. (2024). Aridity thresholds of microbiome-soil function relationship along a climatic aridity gradient in alpine ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 192. 109388–109388. 16 indexed citations

Gao, Yan, Zilin Song, Shuang Yu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced ferroptosis by a nanoparticle mimicking hemoglobin coordinate pattern with self-supplying hydrogen peroxide. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(5). 110097–110097. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jie, Athar Mahmood, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Urea fertilization increased CO2 and CH4 emissions by enhancing C-cycling genes in semi-arid grasslands. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120718–120718. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2024). Microbial mechanisms for CO2 and CH4 emissions in Robinia pseudoacacia forests along a North–South transect in the Loess Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122802–122802. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Jun, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, et al.. (2023). Response characteristics of denitrifying bacteria and denitrifying functional genes to woody peat during pig manure composting. Bioresource Technology. 374. 128801–128801. 21 indexed citations

Song, Zilin, Ye Ding, & Jing Huang. (2023). Constant advance replicas method for locating minimum energy paths and transition states. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 44(26). 2042–2057. 1 indexed citations

Trozzi, Francesco, Zilin Song, Niraj Verma, et al.. (2022). Allosteric control of ACE2 peptidase domain dynamics. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 20(17). 3605–3618. 3 indexed citations

Song, Zilin & Peng Tao. (2022). Graph-learning guided mechanistic insights into imipenem hydrolysis in GES carbapenemases. Electronic Structure. 4(3). 34001–34001. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wenya, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, et al.. (2021). Insights into the associations of copper and zinc with nitrogen metabolism during manure composting with shrimp shell powder. Bioresource Technology. 349. 126431–126431. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Honghong, Jie Gu, Xiaojuan Wang, et al.. (2020). Negative effects of oxytetracycline and copper on nitrogen metabolism in an aerobic fermentation system: Characteristics and mechanisms. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 403. 123890–123890. 29 indexed citations

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Liao, Lirong, Jie Wang, Chao Zhang, Guobin Liu, & Zilin Song. (2019). [Effects of grazing exclusion on the abundance of functional genes involved in soil nitrogen cycling and nitrogen storage in semiarid grassland].. PubMed. 30(10). 3473–3481. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2019). Urea fertilization decreases soil bacterial diversity, but improves microbial biomass, respiration, and N-cycling potential in a semiarid grassland. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 55(3). 229–242. 119 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao, Jie Wang, Guobin Liu, Zilin Song, & Linchuan Fang. (2019). Impact of soil leachate on microbial biomass and diversity affected by plant diversity. Plant and Soil. 439(1-2). 505–523. 52 indexed citations

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Song, Zilin, Chao Zhang, Guobin Liu, Dong Qu, & Sha Xue. (2015). Fractal Feature of Particle-Size Distribution in the Rhizospheres and Bulk Soils during Natural Recovery on the Loess Plateau, China. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138057–e0138057. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tong, Linlin Liu, Zilin Song, et al.. (2013). Biogas Production by Co-Digestion of Goat Manure with Three Crop Residues. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66845–e66845. 136 indexed citations

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Song, Zilin. (2012). Factors Affecting Biogas Yields of Manure-Straw Mixture. Nongye huanjing kexue xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Song, Zilin, et al.. (2012). Effect of Ca(OH)2 pretreatment on biogas production of rice straw fermentation.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 28(19). 207–213. 3 indexed citations

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Pan, Chen, Zilin Song, Yonghe Qi, et al.. (2012). Molecular Determinants of Enterovirus 71 Viral Entry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(9). 6406–6420. 115 indexed citations

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Song, Zilin. (2011). Anaerobic Co-digestion Effects of Manure and Straw and Analysis of Influencing Factors. Nongye huanjing kexue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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