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D-Index
77
Citations
17773
World Ranking
498
National Ranking
39

Feng-Min Li 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 Feng-Min Li sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 274 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Feng-Min Li 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 Feng-Min Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Soil water, Water-use efficiency, Mulch and Plastic film. His primary area of study in Agronomy is in the field of Sowing. His study in Sowing is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Irrigation, Crop yield, Evapotranspiration and Tillage.

His Soil water research includes themes of Organic matter and Fertilizer. His Water-use efficiency study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Water use and Growing season. His research investigates the connection with Mulch and areas like Ridge which intersect with concerns in Surface runoff.

His most cited work include:

  • How two ridges and the furrow mulched with plastic film affect soil water, soil temperature and yield of maize on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China (326 citations)
  • Effects of plastic film mulch and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters (232 citations)
  • Effects of clear plastic film mulch on yield of spring wheat (183 citations)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Water-use efficiency, Mulch and Water content. Feng-Min Li integrates several fields in his works, including Agronomy and Plastic film. His Soil water study incorporates themes from Tillage, Organic matter, Forage and Drought tolerance.

Feng-Min Li has included themes like Soil horizon, Water use, Anthesis and Transpiration in his Water-use efficiency study. As a member of one scientific family, Feng-Min Li mostly works in the field of Mulch, focusing on Growing season and, on occasion, Field experiment. The study incorporates disciplines such as Shoot and Stomatal conductance in addition to Water content.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (95.58%)
  • Soil water (43.88%)
  • Water-use efficiency (44.90%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Agronomy (95.58%)
  • Mulch (26.19%)
  • Plastic film (20.75%)

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

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Mulch, Plastic film, Cultivar and Soil water. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil carbon and Water content. He has included themes like Field experiment, Evapotranspiration, Growing season and Human fertilization in his Mulch study.

His Cultivar study combines topics in areas such as Avena, Shoot, Animal science and Soil horizon. Feng-Min Li has researched Soil water in several fields, including Biomass, Water use, Polyethylene and Straw. His Water-use efficiency study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Dry weight and Stomatal conductance.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Ridge-furrow plastic-mulching with balanced fertilization in rainfed maize (Zea mays L.): An adaptive management in east African Plateau (58 citations)
  • Impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland vegetation variation in the Chinese Loess Plateau. (57 citations)
  • A regional evaluation of plastic film mulching for improving crop yields on the Loess Plateau of China (47 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Mulch, Plastic film, Water-use efficiency and Soil water. His work on Biomass expands to the thematically related Agronomy. Feng-Min Li works mostly in the field of Mulch, limiting it down to concerns involving Soil carbon and, occasionally, Climate change and Biomass.

As part of his studies on Water-use efficiency, Feng-Min Li often connects relevant areas like Water content. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil type, Loam, Plastic mulch and Transpiration in addition to Water content. The Cultivar study combines topics in areas such as Yield and Soil horizon.

Best Publications

  • How two ridges and the furrow mulched with plastic film affect soil water, soil temperature and yield of maize on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

    Li-Min Zhou;Feng-Min Li;Sheng-Li Jin;Yajie Song

  • Effects of clear plastic film mulch on yield of spring wheat

    Feng-Min Li;An-Hong Guo;Hong Wei

  • Effects of plastic film mulch and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters

    C.A. Liu;S.L. Jin;L.M. Zhou;Y. Jia

  • Impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland vegetation variation in the Chinese Loess Plateau.

    Kai Zheng;Jian-Zhou Wei;Jiu-Ying Pei;Hua Cheng

  • Dynamics of soil microbial biomass C and soil fertility in cropland mulched with plastic film in a semiarid agro-ecosystem

    Feng-Min Li;Feng-Min Li;Qiu-Hua Song;Patrick K. Jjemba;Yuan-Chun Shi

  • Ridge-furrow with full plastic film mulching improves water use efficiency and tuber yields of potato in a semiarid rainfed ecosystem

    Hong Zhao;Hong Zhao;Run-Yuan Wang;Bao-Luo Ma;You-Cai Xiong

  • Flower numbers, pod production, pollen viability, and pistil function are reduced and flower and pod abortion increased in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under terminal drought

    Xiangwen Fang;Neil C. Turner;Guijun Yan;Fengmin Li

  • Plastic film mulch for half growing-season maximized WUE and yield of potato via moisture-temperature improvement in a semi-arid agroecosystem

    Hong Zhao;Hong Zhao;You-Cai Xiong;Feng-Min Li;Run-Yuan Wang

  • Effect of plastic mulching on soil water use and spring wheat yield in arid region of northwest China

    Zhong-kui Xie;Ya-jun Wang;Feng-min Li

  • Productivity and soil response to plastic film mulching durations for spring wheat on entisols in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

    Feng-Min Li;Feng-Min Li;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Jin-Zhang Xu;Hui-Lian Xu

  • Ridge-furrow and plastic-mulching tillage enhances maize–soil interactions: Opportunities and challenges in a semiarid agroecosystem

    Li-Min Zhou;Sheng-Li Jin;Chang-An Liu;You-Cai Xiong

  • Effect of rainwater harvesting with ridge and furrow on yield of potato in semiarid areas

    Yuan Tian;Derong Su;Fengmin Li;Xiaoling Li

  • Yield performance of spring wheat improved by regulated deficit irrigation in an arid area

    Buchong Zhang;Buchong Zhang;Feng-Min Li;Feng-Min Li;Gaobao Huang;Zi-Yong Cheng

  • Increasing potato yields with additional water and increased soil temperature

    Xiao-Ling Wang;Feng-Min Li;Feng-Min Li;Yu Jia;Wen-Quan Shi

  • Soil physical properties and their relations to organic carbon pools as affected by land use in an alpine pastureland

    Xiao-Gang Li;Xiao-Gang Li;Feng-Min Li;Rengel Zed;Zheng-Yan Zhan

  • Soil water and alfalfa yields as affected by alternating ridges and furrows in rainfall harvest in a semiarid environment

    Yu Jia;Yu Jia;Feng-Min Li;Feng-Min Li;Xiao-Ling Wang;Xiao-Ling Wang;Sheng-Mao Yang

  • A regional evaluation of plastic film mulching for improving crop yields on the Loess Plateau of China

    Feng Zhang;Wenjuan Zhang;Jiaguo Qi;Feng Min Li

  • Influence of cultivation and fertilization on total organic carbon and carbon fractions in soils from the Loess Plateau of China

    Tianyun Wu;Jeff J Schoenau;Fengmin Li;Peiyuan Qian

  • Econometric analysis of the determinants of adoption of rainwater harvesting and supplementary irrigation technology (RHSIT) in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

    Xue-Feng He;Huhua Cao;Feng-Min Li

  • Multi-site assessment of the effects of plastic-film mulch on the soil organic carbon balance in semiarid areas of China

    Yong Peng Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Taotao Fu;Lin Wang

  • Benefits and limitations to straw- and plastic-film mulch on maize yield and water use efficiency: A meta-analysis across hydrothermal gradients

    Yue-Yuan Yu;Neil C. Turner;Yan-Hong Gong;Feng-Min Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil C. Turner
Neil C. Turner University of Western Australia
You-Cai Xiong
You-Cai Xiong Lanzhou University
Xiao Gang Li
Xiao Gang Li Lanzhou University
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Kadambot H. M. Siddique University of Western Australia
James F. Reynolds
James F. Reynolds Duke University
Jeff J. Schoenau
Jeff J. Schoenau University of Saskatchewan
Sukhdev S. Malhi
Sukhdev S. Malhi University of Alberta
Yantai Gan
Yantai Gan Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Jacob Weiner
Jacob Weiner University of Copenhagen
Jairo A. Palta
Jairo A. Palta Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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