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2026
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New Zealand
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
19748
World Ranking
1575
National Ranking
6

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
19507
World Ranking
705
National Ranking
4

Hong J. Di 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 Hong J. Di sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 280 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong J. Di 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 Hong J. Di sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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 Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Hong J. Di is affiliated with Lincoln University in New Zealand and has a research focus spanning Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Their extensive body of work includes significant contributions to soil science, environmental chemistry, and plant science, with an emphasis on nutrient dynamics and microbial ecology.

Their research interests notably cover areas such as:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management

Among the key publication venues for Hong J. Di are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Some of the frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Keith C. Cameron
  • Xuejun Zeng
  • Xinxin Han
  • Yun Zhang
  • Ju-Pei Shen

Selected recent papers by Hong J. Di provide insight into practical and ecological aspects of soil and environmental science, including:

  • The application of Bacillus Megaterium alters soil microbial community composition, bioavailability of soil phosphorus and potassium, and cucumber growth in the plastic shed system of North China (2020), published in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Hyperuricemia and gout increased the risk of long-term mortality in patients with heart failure: insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2023), published in Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Response of nitrate leaching to no-tillage is dependent on soil, climate, and management factors: A global meta-analysis (2023), published in Global Change Biology
  • Response of soil microbial communities to continuously mono-cropped cucumber under greenhouse conditions in a calcareous soil of north China (2020), published in Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • Exploration of the association between serum uric acid and testosterone in adult males: NHANES 2011-2016 (2021), published in Translational Andrology and Urology

Hong J. Di's contributions have been recognized through the designation as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen losses from the soil/plant system: a review

    K.C. Cameron;H.J. Di;J.L. Moir

  • Nitrate leaching in temperate agroecosystems: sources, factors and mitigating strategies

    H.J. Di;K.C. Cameron

  • Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen-rich grassland soils

    H. J. Di;K. C. Cameron;J. P. Shen;C. S. Winefield

  • Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long-term fertilization practices

    Ji-zheng He;Ju-pei Shen;Li-mei Zhang;Yong-guan Zhu

  • Ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria and archaea grow under contrasting soil nitrogen conditions

    Hong J. Di;Keith C. Cameron;Ju-Pei Shen;Chris S. Winefield

  • THE USE OF A NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR, DICYANDIAMIDE (DCD), TO DECREASE NITRATE LEACHING AND NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS IN A SIMULATED GRAZED AND IRRIGATED GRASSLAND

    H.J. Di;K.C. Cameron

  • Gross nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates and their relationships to enzyme activities and the soil microbial biomass in soils treated with dairy shed effluent and ammonium fertilizer at different water potentials

    M. Zaman;H. J. Di;K. C. Cameron;C. M. Frampton

  • Effect of soil moisture status and a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, on ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier growth and nitrous oxide emissions in a grassland soil

    Hong J. Di;Keith C. Cameron;Andriy Podolyan;Aimee Robinson

  • Comparison of the effectiveness of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, in reducing nitrous oxide emissions in four different soils under different climatic and management conditions

    H. J. Di;K. C. Cameron;R. R. Sherlock

  • Influence of organic and mineral amendments on microbial soil properties and processes

    Christine H. E. Stark;Christine H. E. Stark;Leo M. Condron;Alison Stewart;Hong J. Di

  • Is soil an appropriate dumping ground for our wastes

    K. C. Cameron;H. J. Di;R. G. McLaren

  • Reducing environmental impacts of agriculture by using a fine particle suspension nitrification inhibitor to decrease nitrate leaching from grazed pastures

    H.J. Di;K.C. Cameron

  • pH-dependent distribution of soil ammonia oxidizers across a large geographical scale as revealed by high-throughput pyrosequencing

    Hang-Wei Hu;Li-Mei Zhang;Yu Dai;Hong-Jie Di

  • Nitrate leaching losses and pasture yields as affected by different rates of animal urine nitrogen returns and application of a nitrification inhibitor—a lysimeter study

    Hong J. Di;Keith C. Cameron

  • Characterization of organic phosphorus in leachate from a grassland soil

    Gurpal S. Toor;Leo M. Condron;Hong J. Di;Keith C. Cameron

  • Nutrient management in New Zealand pastures— recent developments and future issues

    R. M. Monaghan;M. J. Hedley;H. J. Di;R. W. McDowell

  • A review of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in Chinese soils.

    Ju-Pei Shen;Li-Mei Zhang;Hong J. Di;Ji-Zheng He

  • Effects of temperature and application rate of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), on nitrification rate and microbial biomass in a grazed pasture soil

    H. J. Di;K. C. Cameron

  • Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in spray‐irrigated grazed grassland by treating the soil with dicyandiamide, a nitrification inhibitor

    H.J. Di;K.C. Cameron

  • The spatial coverage of dairy cattle urine patches in an intensively grazed pasture system

    James L. Moir;Keith C. Cameron;Hong J. Di;Ulrike Fertsak

  • Inhibition of nitrification to mitigate nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in grazed grassland: a review

    Hong Jie Di;Keith C. Cameron

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grassland as affected by a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, and relationships with ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea

    Hong J. Di;Keith C. Cameron;Rob R. Sherlock;Ju-Pei Shen

  • Inhibition of ammonium oxidation by a liquid formulation of 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) compared with a dicyandiamide (DCD) solution in six new Zealand grazed grassland soils

    Hong Jie Di;Keith C. Cameron

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from two dairy pasture soils as affected by different rates of a fine particle suspension nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide

    H. J. Di;K. C. Cameron

  • A field study of gross rates of N mineralization and nitrification and their relationships to microbial biomass and enzyme activities in soils treated with dairy effluent and ammonium fertilizer

    M. Zaman;H.J. Di;K.C. Cameron

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith C. Cameron
Keith C. Cameron Lincoln University
Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Ju-Pei Shen
Ju-Pei Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiafa Luo
Jiafa Luo AgResearch
Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Li-Mei Zhang
Li-Mei Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karl G. Richards
Karl G. Richards Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Gurpal S. Toor
Gurpal S. Toor University of Maryland, College Park

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