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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 56 3700 3534 400 396 194 9955

Guozhen Du publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Guozhen Du between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Guozhen Du published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 9.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2014. 15 of the 223 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2014. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 6 publications
2003 2025

223 publications in total across all disciplines

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Guozhen Du: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 6
2007 8
2008 10
2009 7
2010 10
2011 13
2012 11
2013 9
2014 17
2015 15
2016 8
2017 15
2018 12
2019 14
2020 11
2021 13
2022 16
2023 10
2024 9
2025 6
Total 223
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Guozhen Du 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 Guozhen Du sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 191–200 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377 194
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Guozhen Du 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 Guozhen Du sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202 56
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Guozhen Du is affiliated with Lanzhou University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focus includes plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and soil science, reflecting a broad engagement with ecological and environmental dynamics.

They have published research on key topics such as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, nematode management and characterization studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, land use and ecosystem services, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Recent publications include:

  • "Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Dominant plants affect litter decomposition mainly through modifications of the soil microbial community," 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Direct and indirect effects of temperature and precipitation on alpine seed banks in the Tibetan Plateau," 2020, Ecological Applications
  • "Soil Seed Banks, Alternative Stable State Theory, and Ecosystem Resilience," 2021, BioScience
  • "High soil pH enhances the network interactions among bacterial and archaeal microbiota in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau," 2020, Environmental Microbiology

Their work appears frequently in several publication venues, notably:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Guozhen Du has collaborated regularly with a group of co-authors, including Shuaiwei Luo, Wei Qi, Xianhui Zhou, Xiangtai Wang, and Guixin Li, indicating a consistent network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Daniel S. Gruner;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

    Philip A. Fay;Suzanne M. Prober;W. Stanley Harpole;Johannes M. H. Knops

  • Effect of fencing and grazing on a Kobresia-dominated meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Gao-Lin Wu;Guo-Zhen Du;Zhen-Heng Liu;Simon Thirgood

  • Direct and indirect influences of 8 yr of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on Glomeromycota in an alpine meadow ecosystem

    Yongjun Liu;Yongjun Liu;Guoxi Shi;Lin Mao;Gang Cheng

  • Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

    Kimberly J. Komatsu;Meghan L. Avolio;Nathan P. Lemoine;Forest Isbell

  • Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Andrew T. Tredennick;Sally E. Koerner;Emily Grman

  • Dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure and functioning along a nitrogen enrichment gradient in an alpine meadow ecosystem.

    Shengjing Jiang;Yongjun Liu;Jiajia Luo;Mingsen Qin

  • Seed mass and germination in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tsinghai–Tibet plateau

    Haiyan Bu;Xuelin Chen;Xiuli Xu;Kun Liu

  • Geographic variation in seed mass within and among nine species of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): effects of elevation, plant size and seed number per fruit

    Hui Guo;Susan J. Mazer;Guozhen Du

  • Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal community shifts in response to increasing soil fertility

    Yongjun Liu;Yongjun Liu;Nancy Collins Johnson;Lin Mao;Guoxi Shi

  • The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities

    Zhongling Yang;Jasper van Ruijven;Guozhen Du

  • Regional Contingencies in the Relationship between Aboveground Biomass and Litter in the World's Grasslands

    Lydia R. O’Halloran;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Andrew S. MacDougall

  • The role of biomass allocation strategy in diversity loss due to fertilization

    Kechang Niu;Yanjiang Luo;Philippe Choler;Guozhen Du

  • Role of soil seed bank along a disturbance gradient in an alpine meadow on the Tibet plateau

    Miaojun Ma;Xianhui Zhou;Guozhen Du

  • Community-wide germination strategies in an alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau: phylogenetic and life-history correlates

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  • Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow

    Kechang Niu;Kechang Niu;Philippe Choler;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Nicholas Mirotchnick

  • The allometry of reproductive biomass in response to land use in Tibetan alpine grasslands.

    Kechang Niu;Kechang Niu;Philippe Choler;Binbin Zhao;Guozhen Du

  • Response of microbial functional groups involved in soil N cycle to N, P and NP fertilization in Tibetan alpine meadows

    Wenbin Ma;Shengjing Jiang;Féline Assemien;Mingsen Qin

  • Identifying response groups of soil nitrifiers and denitrifiers to grazing and associated soil environmental drivers in Tibetan alpine meadows

    Zhen Xie;Xavier Le Roux;Chuanpei Wang;Zhenkuan Gu

  • Grazing practices affect the soil microbial community composition in a Tibetan alpine meadow

    Fei Yang;Kechang Niu;Courtney G. Collins;Xuebin Yan

  • The Relationship between Species Richness and Evenness in Plant Communities along a Successional Gradient: A Study from Sub-Alpine Meadows of the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

    Hui Zhang;Robert John;Zechen Peng;Jianli Yuan

  • Impacts of altitude and position on the rates of soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in alpine meadows on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

    Shihu Zhang;Dongdong Chen;Dashuai Sun;Xiangtao Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Gao-Lin Wu
Gao-Lin Wu Lanzhou University
Carol C. Baskin
Carol C. Baskin University of Kentucky
Huyuan Feng
Huyuan Feng Lanzhou University
Yann Hautier
Yann Hautier Utrecht University
Jerry M. Baskin
Jerry M. Baskin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky
Jennifer Firn
Jennifer Firn Queensland University of Technology

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