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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
80
Citations
24025
World Ranking
419
National Ranking
46

Deli Chen publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deli Chen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 348 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Deli Chen D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deli Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Soil water, Denitrification, Nitrous oxide and Fertilizer. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Urea, Leaching and Ammonia. His work deals with themes such as Incubation, Mineralogy, Nitrogen cycle and Greenhouse gas, which intersect with Soil water.

His studies in Denitrification integrate themes in fields like Soil organic matter, Soil health, Ecology and Loam. His Nitrous oxide research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Animal science, Nitrification and Irrigation. His Fertilizer study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Food processing, Pollution and Crop.

His most cited work include:

  • Nitrogen fertilizer use in China – Contributions to food production, impacts on the environment and best management strategies (681 citations)
  • Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates (278 citations)
  • An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems. (272 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Nitrification, Denitrification and Environmental chemistry. His Agronomy research incorporates elements of Urea, Nitrous oxide and Ammonia. His Nitrous oxide research incorporates themes from Animal science and Greenhouse gas.

His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Hydrology, Pasture and Incubation. The study incorporates disciplines such as Mineralization, Soil pH, Autotroph, Nitrogen cycle and Nitrate in addition to Nitrification. He works in the field of Fertilizer, namely Ammonia volatilization from urea.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (40.37%)
  • Soil water (23.91%)
  • Nitrification (16.77%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Soil water (23.91%)
  • Nitrification (16.77%)
  • Greenhouse gas (12.73%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Deli Chen mostly deals with Soil water, Nitrification, Greenhouse gas, Agronomy and Agriculture. Deli Chen has researched Soil water in several fields, including Environmental chemistry, Pollution and Environmental quality. The Nitrification study combines topics in areas such as Mineralization, Autotroph, Nitrogen cycle, Denitrification and Animal science.

His research integrates issues of Nitrous oxide, Carbon dioxide, Methane and Feedlot in his study of Greenhouse gas. Deli Chen interconnects Rhizosphere and Ammonia in the investigation of issues within Agronomy. His Agriculture research incorporates elements of Natural resource economics, Irrigation and Agricultural economics.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes (63 citations)
  • Four steps to food security for swelling cities. (32 citations)
  • Comammox Nitrospira play an active role in nitrification of agricultural soils amended with nitrogen fertilizers (29 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Ammonia, Nitrification, Greenhouse gas and Ecology. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Soil water, Rhizosphere and Plastic pollution. His work in the fields of Soil water, such as Vertisol, Soil organic matter and Soil health, intersects with other areas such as Plastic film.

His Ammonia research incorporates themes from Fertilizer and Water content. Deli Chen works mostly in the field of Greenhouse gas, limiting it down to topics relating to Nitrous oxide and, in certain cases, Carbon dioxide, as a part of the same area of interest. His Ecology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Vineyard and Terroir, Fermentation in winemaking, Wine.

Best Publications

  • An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems.

    Ee Ling Ng;Esperanza Huerta Lwanga;Simon M. Eldridge;Priscilla Johnston

  • Nitrogen fertilizer use in China – Contributions to food production, impacts on the environment and best management strategies

    Z.L. Zhu;Z.L. Zhu;D.L. Chen

  • Policy distortions, farm size, and the overuse of agricultural chemicals in China.

    Yiyun Wu;Xican Xi;Xin Tang;Deming Luo

  • Ammonia volatilization from synthetic fertilizers and its mitigation strategies: A global synthesis

    Baobao Pan;Shu Kee Lam;Arvin Mosier;Yiqi Luo

  • Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution

    Baojing Gu;Lin Zhang;Rita Van Dingenen;Massimo Vieno

  • Trade-offs between soil carbon sequestration and reactive nitrogen losses under straw return in global agroecosystems

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Benjamin Wolf;Ralf Kiese

  • Can knowledge-based N management produce more staple grain with lower greenhouse gas emission and reactive nitrogen pollution? A meta-analysis

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Deli Chen;Jinyang Wang

  • Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes

    Yu-Jing Zhang;Hang-Wei Hu;Qing-Lin Chen;Brajesh K Singh

  • How Does Recycling of Livestock Manure in Agroecosystems Affect Crop Productivity, Reactive Nitrogen Losses, and Soil Carbon Balance?

    Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Xiaoyuan Yan;Deli Chen

  • Prospects of improving efficiency of fertiliser nitrogen in Australian agriculture: a review of enhanced efficiency fertilisers

    D. Chen;H. Suter;A. Islam;R. Edis

  • Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China

    Sitong Wang;Xuemei Bai;Xiaoling Zhang;Stefan Reis

  • Nitrogen losses from fertilizers applied to maize, wheat and rice in the North China Plain

    G. X. Cai;D. L. Chen;H. Ding;A. Pacholski

  • Long-Term Nickel Contamination Increases the Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Agricultural Soils.

    Hang-Wei Hu;Jun-Tao Wang;Jing Li;Xiu-Zhen Shi

  • Spatial variability of shallow groundwater level, electrical conductivity and nitrate concentration, and risk assessment of nitrate contamination in North China Plain.

    Kelin Hu;Yuangfang Huang;Hong Li;Hong Li;Baoguo Li

  • Plastic pollution in croplands threatens long-term food security

    Dan Zhang;Ee Ling Ng;Wanli Hu;Hongyuan Wang

  • Field‐based evidence for copper contamination induced changes of antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils

    Hang-Wei Hu;Jun-Tao Wang;Jing Li;Jun-Jian Li

  • Effects of irrigation, fertilization and crop straw management on nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions from a wheat–maize rotation field in northern China

    Chunyan Liu;Kai Wang;Shixie Meng;Shixie Meng;Xunhua Zheng

  • Using nitrification inhibitors to mitigate agricultural N2O emission: a double-edged sword?

    Shu Kee Lam;Helen Suter;Arvin R. Mosier;Deli Chen

  • Comammox Nitrospira play an active role in nitrification of agricultural soils amended with nitrogen fertilizers

    Chaoyu Li;Hang-Wei Hu;Qing-Lin Chen;Deli Chen

  • Estimating the nitrogen status of crops using a digital camera

    Y. Li;D. Chen;C.N. Walker;J.F. Angus

  • N2O emissions from agricultural lands: a synthesis of simulation approaches

    Deli Chen;Yong Li;Peter Grace;Arvin R. Mosier

  • Influence of nitrification inhibitors on nitrification and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from a clay loam soil fertilized with urea

    Deli Chen;Helen C. Suter;Arshad Islam;Robert Edis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Yong Li
Yong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hang-Wei Hu
Hang-Wei Hu University of Melbourne
Baojing Gu
Baojing Gu Zhejiang University
J. R. Freney
J. R. Freney Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Roger Armstrong
Roger Armstrong La Trobe University
Sean M. McGinn
Sean M. McGinn Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Richard Eckard
Richard Eckard University of Melbourne
Kelin Hu
Kelin Hu Tulane University
Longlong Xia
Longlong Xia Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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