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Enqing Hou publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Enqing Hou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Enqing Hou D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Enqing Hou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Enqing Hou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, focusing on environmental and agricultural biological sciences. Their research contributions span several interconnected disciplines, including soil science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and plant science.

The key fields of study for this scientist encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader categories, their work addresses specific subfields such as:

  • Soil Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science

Enqing Hou's research primarily revolves around topics including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, which reflect their focus on nutrient cycling and ecosystem processes. Notable papers include:

  • "Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe" (2021, Ecology Letters)

In addition, coauthored works in related fields appear alongside other researchers, demonstrating collaborative efforts in soil and ecosystem studies. Prominent frequent coauthors are:

  • Xianzhen Luo
  • Yiqi Luo
  • Dazhi Wen
  • Muhammed Mustapha Ibrahim
  • Lifen Jiang

Publication activity is notably concentrated in specific scientific journals, including:

  • Global Change Biology
  • CATENA
  • Nature Communications
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment

This profile demonstrates an active engagement with core environmental and biological processes related to soil nutrient dynamics and ecosystem functioning. The intersections between phosphorus limitation, soil aggregation, carbon storage, and plant nutrient uptake define much of their recent scholarly output.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems.

    Enqing Hou;Yiqi Luo;Yuanwen Kuang;Chengrong Chen

  • Manure acts as a better fertilizer for increasing crop yields than synthetic fertilizer does by improving soil fertility.

    Andong Cai;Minggang Xu;Boren Wang;Wenju Zhang

  • Effects of climate on soil phosphorus cycle and availability in natural terrestrial ecosystems

    Enqing Hou;Enqing Hou;Chengrong Chen;Yiqi Luo;Guoyi Zhou

  • Plant acclimation to long-term high nitrogen deposition in an N-rich tropical forest.

    Xiankai Lu;Peter M Vitousek;Qinggong Mao;Frank S Gilliam

  • Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities

    T. S. George;C. D. Giles;D. Menezes-Blackburn;Leo M. Condron

  • Altitudinal patterns and controls of plant and soil nutrient concentrations and stoichiometry in subtropical China.

    Xianjin He;Enqing Hou;Yang Liu;Dazhi Wen

  • Nitrogen addition stimulates soil aggregation and enhances carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A meta-analysis

    Xiaofei Lu;Xiaofei Lu;Enqing Hou;Jieyun Guo;Frank S Gilliam

  • Global patterns and drivers of soil total phosphorus concentration

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  • Fine-root functional trait responses to experimental warming: a global meta-analysis.

    Jinsong Wang;Jinsong Wang;Camille Defrenne;M. Luke McCormack;Lu Yang

  • Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe

    Enqing Hou;Dazhi Wen;Lifen Jiang;Xianzhen Luo

  • A global dataset of plant available and unavailable phosphorus in natural soils derived by Hedley method

    Enqing Hou;Xiang Tan;Marijke Heenan;Dazhi Wen

  • A structural equation model analysis of phosphorus transformations in global unfertilized and uncultivated soils

    Enqing Hou;Chengrong Chen;Yuanwen Kuang;Yuguang Zhang

  • Soil environmental factors rather than denitrification gene abundance control N2O fluxes in a wet sclerophyll forest with different burning frequency

    Xian Liu;C.R. Chen;W.J. Wang;J.M. Hughes

  • Mycorrhizal fungi and phosphatase involvement in rhizosphere phosphorus transformations improves plant nutrition during subtropical forest succession

    Yang Liu;Guihua Zhang;Xianzhen Luo;Enqing Hou;Enqing Hou

  • Phosphorus Supply Increases Nitrogen Transformation Rates and Retention in Soil: A Global Meta‐Analysis

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  • Long-term tree growth rate, water use efficiency, and tree ring nitrogen isotope composition of Pinus massoniana L. in response to global climate change and local nitrogen deposition in Southern China

    Fangfang Sun;Fangfang Sun;Yuanwen Kuang;Dazhi Wen;Zhihong Xu

  • Stomatal responses of terrestrial plants to global change

    Unknown

  • Soil pH predominantly controls the forms of organic phosphorus in topsoils under natural broadleaved forests along a 2500 km latitudinal gradient

    Enqing Hou;Dazhi Wen;Yuanwen Kuang;Jing Cong

  • Phosphatase activity in relation to key litter and soil properties in mature subtropical forests in China

    Enqing Hou;Chengrong Chen;Dazhi Wen;Xian Liu

  • Soil phosphorus fractionation and nutrient dynamics along the Cooloola coastal dune chronosequence, southern Queensland, Australia

    C. R. Chen;E. Q. Hou;L. M. Condron;G. Bacon

  • Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?

    Athanasios Paschalis;Simone Fatichi;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Philippe Ciais

  • Effects of long-term nitrogen deposition on phosphorus leaching dynamics in a mature tropical forest

    Kaijun Zhou;Xiankai Lu;Taiki Mori;Qinggong Mao

  • Global patterns and drivers of soil total phosphorus concentration

    Xianjin He;Laurent Augusto;Daniel S. Goll;Bruno Ringeval

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Chengrong Chen
Chengrong Chen Griffith University
Daniel S. Goll
Daniel S. Goll Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Shuli Niu
Shuli Niu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Tibbett
Mark Tibbett University of Reading
Håkan Wallander
Håkan Wallander Lund University
Keitaro Tawaraya
Keitaro Tawaraya Yamagata University
María de la Luz Mora
María de la Luz Mora University of La Frontera

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