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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
90
Citations
33479
World Ranking
278
National Ranking
23

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
89
Citations
33737
World Ranking
614
National Ranking
69

Genxing Pan 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 Genxing Pan sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 277 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.

Genxing Pan 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 Genxing Pan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Biochar, Greenhouse gas, Paddy field and Soil pH. Genxing Pan combines subjects such as Soil carbon and Topsoil with his study of Agronomy. His research in Soil carbon intersects with topics in Soil organic matter and Total organic carbon.

The Slash-and-char research Genxing Pan does as part of his general Biochar study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Amendment, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. Greenhouse gas and Agriculture are frequently intertwined in his study. His Soil pH research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cultivar, Soil contamination, Cadmium and Animal science.

His most cited work include:

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture (1545 citations)
  • Soil carbon 4 per mille (559 citations)
  • Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture (426 citations)

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

Genxing Pan mostly deals with Agronomy, Biochar, Soil water, Soil carbon and Paddy field. Genxing Pan has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Soil pH, Greenhouse gas and Topsoil. His Greenhouse gas research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agriculture and Methane.

His research integrates issues of Soil fertility, Nutrient and Straw in his study of Biochar. His study in Soil water is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Environmental chemistry, Biomass and Hydrology. His studies in Soil carbon integrate themes in fields like Soil organic matter, Total organic carbon, Tillage and Carbon sequestration.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (61.70%)
  • Biochar (34.04%)
  • Soil water (30.21%)

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

  • Biochar (34.04%)
  • Amendment (17.45%)
  • Agronomy (61.70%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Biochar, Amendment, Agronomy, Environmental chemistry and Paddy field. His work carried out in the field of Biochar brings together such families of science as Soil carbon, Nutrient, Topsoil and Nuclear chemistry. His work deals with themes such as Carbon sequestration and Environmental protection, which intersect with Soil carbon.

His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Global warming, Soil water and Crop residue. His Environmental chemistry research includes elements of Soil organic matter, Hydrolysis and Straw. He interconnects Soil fertility, Organic matter, Soil health and Greenhouse gas in the investigation of issues within Paddy field.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Biochar bound urea boosts plant growth and reduces nitrogen leaching. (31 citations)
  • Organic carbon quality, composition of main microbial groups, enzyme activities, and temperature sensitivity of soil respiration of an acid paddy soil treated with biochar (25 citations)
  • Biochar improves soil quality and N2-fixation and reduces net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a dryland legume-cereal cropping system (22 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem

Genxing Pan spends much of his time researching Biochar, Agronomy, Fertilizer, Amendment and Composition. His Biochar study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry and Organic matter. The study incorporates disciplines such as Global warming, Rotation system and Soil water, Soil fertility in addition to Agronomy.

His Soil fertility study combines topics in areas such as Soil quality, Soil pH, Crop rotation, Greenhouse gas and Cropping system. His research on Greenhouse gas also deals with topics like

  • Paddy field together with Topsoil,
  • Crop yield together with Soil carbon. His studies deal with areas such as Green manure, Manure and Nitrogen as well as Fertilizer.

Best Publications

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

    Pete Smith;Daniel Martino;Zucong Cai;Daniel Gwary

  • Soil carbon 4 per mille

    Budiman Minasny;Brendan P. Malone;Alex B. McBratney;Denis A. Angers

  • Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

    Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

  • Biochar’s effect on crop productivity and the dependence on experimental conditions—a meta-analysis of literature data

    Xiaoyu Liu;Afeng Zhang;Chunying Ji;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph

  • Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture

    Pete Smith;Daniel Martino;Zucong Cai;Daniel Gwary

  • Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles

    Afeng Zhang;Rongjun Bian;Genxing Pan;Liqiang Cui

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

    W Amelung;W Amelung;D Bossio;W de Vries;I Kögel-Knabner

  • Storage and sequestration potential of topsoil organic carbon in China's paddy soils

    Genxing Pan;Lianqing Li;Laosheng Wu;Xuhui Zhang

  • A three-year experiment confirms continuous immobilization of cadmium and lead in contaminated paddy field with biochar amendment

    Rongjun Bian;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Liqiang Cui;Genxing Pan

  • Effect of biochar amendment on maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions from a soil organic carbon poor calcareous loamy soil from Central China Plain

    Afeng Zhang;Yuming Liu;Genxing Pan;Qaiser Hussain

  • Quantification of biochar effects on soil hydrological properties using meta-analysis of literature data

    Morris Oduor Omondi;Xin Xia;Alphonse Nahayo;Xiaoyu Liu

  • Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

    Nikolas Hagemann;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Hans Peter Schmidt;Claudia I. Kammann

  • The role of soil organic matter in maintaining the productivity and yield stability of cereals in China

    Genxing Pan;Pete Smith;Weinan Pan

  • Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

    P. Smith;M. F. Cotrufo;C. Rumpel;K. Paustian

  • Biochar soil amendment increased bacterial but decreased fungal gene abundance with shifts in community structure in a slightly acid rice paddy from Southwest China

    Junhui Chen;Xiaoyu Liu;Jinwei Zheng;Bin Zhang

  • Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

    S. Joseph;E. R. Graber;L. Li;P. Taylor

  • Effects of amendment of biochar-manure compost in conjunction with pyroligneous solution on soil quality and wheat yield of a salt-stressed cropland from Central China Great Plain

    Muhammad Siddique Lashari;Yuming Liu;Lianqing Li;Weinan Pan

  • Carbon footprint of China's crop production—An estimation using agro-statistics data over 1993–2007

    Kun Cheng;Genxing Pan;Pete Smith;Ting Luo

  • Biochar decreased microbial metabolic quotient and shifted community composition four years after a single incorporation in a slightly acid rice paddy from southwest China.

    Jufeng Zheng;Junhui Chen;Junhui Chen;Genxing Pan;Xiaoyu Liu

  • Combined inorganic/organic fertilization enhances N efficiency and increases rice productivity through organic carbon accumulation in a rice paddy from the Tai Lake region, China.

    Genxing Pan;Ping Zhou;Zhipeng Li;Pete Smith

  • Determination of Selenium Concentration of Rice in China and Effect of Fertilization of Selenite and Selenate on Selenium Content of Rice

    Licheng Chen;Fangmei Yang;Juan Xu;Yun Hu

  • Biochar-manure compost in conjunction with pyroligneous solution alleviated salt stress and improved leaf bioactivity of maize in a saline soil from central China: a 2-year field experiment.

    Muhammad Siddique Lashari;Muhammad Siddique Lashari;Yingxin Ye;Haishi Ji;Lianqing Li

  • Responses of wheat and rice to factorial combinations of ambient and elevated CO2 and temperature in FACE experiments

    Chuang Cai;Chuang Cai;Xinyou Yin;Shuaiqi He;Wenyu Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lianqing Li
Lianqing Li Nanjing Agricultural University
Xuhui Zhang
Xuhui Zhang Nanjing Agricultural University
Jufeng Zheng
Jufeng Zheng Nanjing Agricultural University
Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph University of Nottingham
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
David E. Crowley
David E. Crowley University of California, Riverside
Stephen M. Ogle
Stephen M. Ogle Colorado State University
Keith Paustian
Keith Paustian Colorado State University
Paul Munroe
Paul Munroe University of New South Wales
Andrew C. Chang
Andrew C. Chang University of California, Riverside

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