Zucong Cai

18.0k citations
246 papers · 13.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 50
Topics
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (143 papers)Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (95 papers)Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (50 papers)
Journals
ScienceSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaJournal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations
ChinaGermanyIreland

In The Last Decade

Zucong Cai

239 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Ques...2008202620142020200810002.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k

Peers

Zucong Cai
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Soil Science 7.0k
  • Plant Science 4.8k
  • Ecology 4.1k
  • Environmental Chemistry 3.9k
  • Pollution 1.6k
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Countries citing papers authored by Zucong Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zucong Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zucong Cai. 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 Zucong Cai. The network helps show where Zucong Cai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zucong Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zucong Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zucong Cai 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 Zucong Cai. Zucong Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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[Effects of strong reductive approach on remediation of degraded facility vegetable soil].
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[Effects of applying controlled-release fertilizer and its combination with urea on nitrous oxide emission during rice growth period].
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Relationship between light and heavy fractions of organic matter for several agricultural soils in China.
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About Zucong Cai

Zucong Cai is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science, having authored 246 papers that have together received 13.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (143 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (95 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (7.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.9k citations) and Ecology (4.1k citations). Zucong Cai has collaborated with scholars based in China, Germany and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Jinbo Zhang, Mark A. Sutton, James N. Galloway, Luiz Antônio Martinelli, Alan R. Townsend, Jan Willem Erisman, Mateete Bekunda, J. R. Freney, Sybil P. Seitzinger and Christoph Müller. Their work appears in journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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