Zunji Jian

733 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Zunji Jian is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zunji Jian has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Zunji Jian's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers) and Forest ecology and management (6 papers). Zunji Jian is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers) and Forest ecology and management (6 papers). Zunji Jian collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Zunji Jian's co-authors include Ma Fanqiang, Quanshui Guo, Qin Aili, Shunxiang Pei, Gexi Xu, Bo Liu, Rainer W. Bussmann, Wenfa Xiao, Lixiong Zeng and Lei Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Zunji Jian

24 papers receiving 541 citations

Hit Papers

Maxent modeling for predicting impacts of climate change ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Maxent modeling for predicting impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered conifer from southwestern China
    2017 286 citations Qin Aili, Quanshui Guo et al. Global Ecology and Conservation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zunji Jian China 11 229 209 161 112 112 26 546
Guoqing Li China 13 224 1.0× 227 1.1× 199 1.2× 112 1.0× 150 1.3× 22 629
Daniel E. Winkler United States 15 125 0.5× 276 1.3× 223 1.4× 160 1.4× 66 0.6× 41 739
Shijie Han China 14 96 0.4× 189 0.9× 151 0.9× 99 0.9× 138 1.2× 40 586
Mark Renz United States 14 129 0.6× 264 1.3× 285 1.8× 133 1.2× 76 0.7× 48 748
D. A. Beaumont United Kingdom 10 100 0.4× 158 0.8× 158 1.0× 132 1.2× 53 0.5× 19 438
Bastian Steudel Germany 9 63 0.3× 243 1.2× 193 1.2× 172 1.5× 55 0.5× 16 581
Pieter Vangansbeke Belgium 17 198 0.9× 406 1.9× 195 1.2× 170 1.5× 55 0.5× 48 741
Numa P. Pavón Mexico 12 118 0.5× 222 1.1× 182 1.1× 247 2.2× 31 0.3× 44 611
Raquel Benavides Spain 21 122 0.5× 504 2.4× 217 1.3× 152 1.4× 88 0.8× 43 997
Alexandra Prinz Sweden 3 78 0.3× 314 1.5× 164 1.0× 218 1.9× 133 1.2× 3 610

Countries citing papers authored by Zunji Jian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zunji Jian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zunji Jian

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

All Works

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Lei, Lei, Wenfa Xiao, Xin Yang, et al.. (2025). Vetch cover crops increase particulate organic carbon in citrus orchard by increasing lignin phenols. Applied Soil Ecology. 207. 105921–105921. 1 indexed citations
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Jian, Zunji, Lixiong Zeng, Lei Lei, et al.. (2025). Fungi stimulate organic phosphorus fraction transformation in subtropical masson pine plantation soils after nine years of thinning and understory removal. Ecological Processes. 14(1). 1 indexed citations
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Jian, Zunji, et al.. (2024). Impact of pine wilt disease infection on multiple ecosystem services and their trade-offs in subtropical Masson pine forests. Global Ecology and Conservation. 56. e03316–e03316.
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Jian, Zunji, Lixiong Zeng, Lei Lei, et al.. (2024). Effects of thinning and understory removal on soil phosphorus fractions in subtropical pine plantations. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1416852–1416852. 4 indexed citations
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Tian, Huiling, Jianhua Zhu, Xiangdong Lei, et al.. (2024). Models considering the theoretical stand age will underestimate the future forest carbon sequestration potential. Forest Ecology and Management. 562. 121982–121982. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Jin, Zunji Jian, Yuanzheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Nutrient Variations and Their Use Efficiency of Pinus massoniana Seedling Tissues in Response to Low Phosphorus Conditions. Forests. 15(2). 351–351. 3 indexed citations
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Zeng, Lixiong, Wenfa Xiao, Changfu Liu, et al.. (2023). Effects of thinning and understorey removal on soil extracellular enzyme activity vary over time during forest recovery after treatment. Plant and Soil. 492(1-2). 457–469. 10 indexed citations
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Jian, Zunji, Quanshui Guo, Qin Aili, et al.. (2023). Effects of mixed substrates of different agricultural and forestry residues on the cutting seedlings of Thuja sutchuenensis.. PubMed. 34(7). 1817–1824. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Na, Le Li, Zunji Jian, et al.. (2022). Living grass mulching improves soil enzyme activities through enhanced available nutrients in citrus orchards in subtropical China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1053009–1053009. 10 indexed citations
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Tian, Huiling, Jianhua Zhu, Zunji Jian, et al.. (2022). The Carbon Neutral Potential of Forests in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China. Forests. 13(5). 721–721. 5 indexed citations
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Jian, Zunji, et al.. (2022). Phosphorus is the key soil indicator controlling productivity in planted Masson pine forests across subtropical China. The Science of The Total Environment. 822. 153525–153525. 24 indexed citations
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Tian, Huiling, Jianhua Zhu, Zunji Jian, et al.. (2022). Using machine learning algorithms to estimate stand volume growth of Larix and Quercus forests based on national-scale Forest Inventory data in China. Forest Ecosystems. 9. 100037–100037. 25 indexed citations
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Aili, Qin, Zunji Jian, Ma Fanqiang, et al.. (2020). Low genetic diversity and population differentiation in Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered rediscovered conifer species in southwestern China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 25. e01430–e01430. 16 indexed citations
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Jian, Zunji, Ma Fanqiang, Quanshui Guo, Qin Aili, & Wenfa Xiao. (2018). Long-term responses of riparian plants’ composition to water level fluctuation in China's Three Gorges Reservoir. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207689–e0207689. 13 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunxiang, Zunji Jian, Quanshui Guo, et al.. (2018). Temporal and spatial variation and risk assessment of soil heavy metal concentrations for water-level-fluctuating zones of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 18(9). 2924–2934. 18 indexed citations
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Aili, Qin, et al.. (2015). Plant community dynamics in the Hydro-fluctuation Belt of the Three Gorges Reservoir at the Zigui and Wushan Section, East of Fengjie County,China. 35(23). 7867. 3 indexed citations
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