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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
158
Citations
94958
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
3

Fusuo Zhang 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 Fusuo Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 729 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Fusuo Zhang 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 Fusuo Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 158 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy
  • Ecology

Agronomy, Agriculture, Intercropping, Fertilizer and Nutrient are his primary areas of study. The concepts of his Agronomy study are interwoven with issues in Rhizosphere and Phosphorus. His Agriculture research includes themes of Agroforestry, Crop yield and Agricultural economics.

He has included themes like Monoculture, Legume, Interspecific competition, Biomass and Vicia faba in his Intercropping study. The Fertilizer study combines topics in areas such as Leaching, Nitrogen, Irrigation, Manure and Nitrate. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Shoot, Botany, Biomass, Zinc and Animal science.

His most cited work include:

  • Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands (1753 citations)
  • Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems (1458 citations)
  • Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China (1269 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Nitrogen, Fertilizer, Agriculture and Nutrient. His work deals with themes such as Rhizosphere and Phosphorus, which intersect with Agronomy. His Nitrogen research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Environmental chemistry, Deposition, Nitrate and Animal science.

The Fertilizer study combines topics in areas such as Soil water, Cropping system, Crop yield and Manure. His studies in Agriculture integrate themes in fields like Agroforestry, Agricultural economics and Greenhouse gas. His study in Shoot is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Poaceae, Root system and Plant physiology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (57.66%)
  • Nitrogen (19.75%)
  • Fertilizer (20.22%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agriculture (19.43%)
  • Fertilizer (20.22%)
  • Agronomy (57.66%)

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

Fusuo Zhang mainly focuses on Agriculture, Fertilizer, Agronomy, Crop and Nitrogen. His Agriculture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Natural resource economics, Greenhouse gas and Sustainable development. His research integrates issues of Soil acidification, Soil pH, Cropping, Crop yield and Manure in his study of Fertilizer.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Phosphorus and Nutrient in addition to Agronomy. His studies deal with areas such as Soil type and Livestock as well as Crop. His Nitrogen research integrates issues from Environmental chemistry, Deposition, Phase and Ammonia.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers. (244 citations)
  • China’s livestock transition: Driving forces, impacts, and consequences (92 citations)
  • Enhanced-efficiency fertilizers are not a panacea for resolving the nitrogen problem. (68 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

His primary areas of investigation include Agriculture, Fertilizer, Agronomy, Crop and Food security. His Agriculture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Whole food, Natural resource economics and Sustainable development. Fusuo Zhang combines subjects such as Nitrogen, Cropping, Crop residue, Yield gap and Botrytis fabae with his study of Fertilizer.

The various areas that Fusuo Zhang examines in his Agronomy study include Soil acidification and Nutrient. His work in Crop covers topics such as Crop yield which are related to areas like Animal science and Human fertilization. His Food security research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Food processing and Yield.

Best Publications

  • Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands

    J.H. Guo;X.J. Liu;Y. Zhang;J.L. Shen

  • Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems

    Xiao-Tang Ju;Guang-Xi Xing;Xin-Ping Chen;Shao-Lin Zhang

  • Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

    Xuejun Liu;Ying Zhang;Wenxuan Han;Aohan Tang

  • Phosphorus Dynamics: From Soil to Plant

    Jianbo Shen;Lixing Yuan;Junling Zhang;Haigang Li

  • Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

    Xinping Chen;Zhenling Cui;Mingsheng Fan;Peter Vitousek

  • Nutrient Imbalances in agricultural development

    P.M. Vitousek;Rosamond L. Naylor;T. Crews;M.B. David

  • Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison E. Bennett;Wen Feng Cong;Tim J. Daniell

  • Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers.

    Zhenling Cui;Hongyan Zhang;Xinping Chen;Chaochun Zhang

  • Diversity enhances agricultural productivity via rhizosphere phosphorus facilitation on phosphorus-deficient soils.

    Long Li;Shu-Min Li;Jian-Hao Sun;Li-Li Zhou

  • Nitrogen balance and groundwater nitrate contamination: Comparison among three intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain

    X.T. Ju;C.L. Kou;F.S. Zhang;Peter Christie

  • Using competitive and facilitative interactions in intercropping systems enhances crop productivity and nutrient-use efficiency

    Fusuo Zhang;Long Li

  • New technologies reduce greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogenous fertilizer in China

    Wei-feng Zhang;Zheng-xia Dou;Pan He;Xiao-Tang Ju

  • Integrated soil-crop system management for food security

    Xin-Ping Chen;Zhen-Ling Cui;Peter M. Vitousek;Kenneth G. Cassman

  • Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: An overview☆

    Xuejun Liu;Lei Duan;Jiangming Mo;Enzai Du

  • Strategies for overcoming low agronomic nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated rice systems in China

    Shaobing Peng;Roland J. Buresh;Jianliang Huang;Jianchang Yang

  • Wheat/maize or wheat/soybean strip intercropping - I. Yield advantage and interspecific interactions on nutrients

    Long Li;Long Li;Jianhao Sun;Fusuo Zhang;Xiaolin Li

  • Improving crop productivity and resource use efficiency to ensure food security and environmental quality in China

    Mingsheng Fan;Jianbo Shen;Lixing Yuan;Rongfeng Jiang

  • Plant diversity and overyielding: insights from belowground facilitation of intercropping in agriculture

    Long Li;David Tilman;Hans Lambers;Fu Suo Zhang

  • Improved tolerance of maize plants to salt stress by arbuscular mycorrhiza is related to higher accumulation of soluble sugars in roots.

    G. Feng;F.S. Zhang;X.L. Li;C.Y. Tian

  • Agricultural non-point source pollution in China: causes and mitigation measures.

    Bo Sun;Linxiu Zhang;Linzhang Yang;Fusuo Zhang

  • Improving nitrogen fertilization in rice by site-specific N management. A review

    Shaobing Peng;Roland J. Buresh;Jianliang Huang;Xuhua Zhong

  • Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers

    Weifeng Zhang;Guoxin Cao;Xiaolin Li;Hongyan Zhang

  • Long-term experiments for sustainable nutrient management in China. A review

    Yuxin Miao;Bobby A. Stewart;Fusuo Zhang

  • Our Nutrient World: the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution.

    M.A. Sutton;A. Bleeker;C.M. Howard;J.W. Erisman

  • P for two, sharing a scarce resource - Soil phosphorus acquisition in the rhizosphere of intercropped species

    Philippe Hinsinger;Elodie Betencourt;Laetitia Bernard;Alain Brauman

  • Root distribution and interactions between intercropped species.

    Long Li;Jianhao Sun;Fusuo Zhang;Tianwen Guo

  • Chinese agriculture: An experiment for the world

    Fusuo Zhang;Xinping Chen;Peter Vitousek

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinping Chen
Xinping Chen Southwest University
Xuejun Liu
Xuejun Liu China Agricultural University
Zhenling Cui
Zhenling Cui China Agricultural University
Jianbo Shen
Jianbo Shen China Agricultural University
Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guohua Mi
Guohua Mi China Agricultural University
Long Li
Long Li China Agricultural University
Rongfeng Jiang
Rongfeng Jiang China Agricultural University
Lin Ma
Lin Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fanjun Chen
Fanjun Chen China Agricultural University

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