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53
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10194
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4255
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452

Hui Zeng 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 Hui Zeng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 133 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Hui Zeng 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 Hui Zeng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hui Zeng is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily covers Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Molecular Biology as subfields of study.

The main topics Hui Zeng has explored include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Seasonal peak photosynthesis is hindered by late canopy development in northern ecosystems", 2022, Nature Plants
  • "Rhizosheath: Distinct features and environmental functions", 2023, Geoderma
  • "A bibliometric analysis of research progress in sulfate-rich wastewater pollution control technology", 2022, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • "Precipitation determines the magnitude and direction of interannual responses of soil respiration to experimental warming", 2020, Plant and Soil
  • "The rhizosphere effect on soil gross nitrogen mineralization: A meta-analysis", 2021, Soil Ecology Letters

Frequent co-authors that Hui Zeng has collaborated with are:

  • Junjian Wang
  • Xiaohan Mo
  • Mengke Wang
  • Deliang Kong
  • Xinyue Chen

Key publication venues where Hui Zeng has multiple publications include:

  • Plant and Soil
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Corrosion Science
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Afforestation in China cools local land surface temperature

    Shu-Shi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Zhenzhong Zeng;Philippe Ciais

  • Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Ranga B. Myneni

  • Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species

    Deliang Kong;Chengen Ma;Qian Zhang;L e Li

  • Modeling the dynamics of landscape structure in Asia's emerging desakota regions : a case study in Shenzhen

    Daniel Z. Sui;Hui Zeng

  • The contribution of China’s emissions to global climate forcing

    Bengang G. Li;Thomas Gasser;Philippe Ciais;Shilong L. Piao;Shilong L. Piao

  • Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species‐rich tropical‐subtropical forests

    Le Li;M. Luke McCormack;Chengen Ma;Deliang Kong

  • Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum.

    Deliang Kong;Junjian Wang;Huifang Wu;Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes

  • Afforestation neutralizes soil pH

    Songbai Hong;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Anping Chen;Yongwen Liu

  • Divergent responses of soil organic carbon to afforestation

    Songbai Hong;Guodong Yin;Guodong Yin;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Ray Dybzinski

  • Environmental factors covary with plant diversity-productivity relationships among Chinese grassland sites

    Wenhong Ma;Jin-Sheng He;Yuanhe Yang;Xiangping Wang

  • Variation of first‐order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

    Weile Chen;Weile Chen;Hui Zeng;David M. Eissenstat;Dali Guo

  • Global soil acidification impacts on belowground processes

    Cheng Meng;Cheng Meng;Dashuan Tian;Hui Zeng;Zhaolei Li

  • HBCD and TBBPA in particulate phase of indoor air in Shenzhen, China.

    Hong-Gang Ni;Hui Zeng

  • The nutrient absorption-transportation hypothesis: optimizing structural traits in absorptive roots.

    Deliang Kong;Junjian Wang;Hui Zeng;Mengzhou Liu

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN EXPOSURE TO PERSISTENT HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM E-WASTE IN CHINA

    Hong-Gang Ni;Hui Zeng;Shu Tao;Eddy Y. Zeng

  • Soil Respiration in Tibetan Alpine Grasslands: Belowground Biomass and Soil Moisture, but Not Soil Temperature, Best Explain the Large-Scale Patterns

    Yan Geng;Yonghui Wang;Kuo Yang;Shaopeng Wang

  • Halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment.

    Jian-Lin Sun;Hui Zeng;Hong-Gang Ni

  • Global patterns and climate drivers of water-use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems deduced from satellite-based datasets and carbon cycle models

    Yan Sun;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Mengtian Huang;Philippe Ciais

  • Above- and belowground biomass in relation to environmental factors in temperate grasslands, Inner Mongolia.

    WenHong Ma;YuanHe Yang;JinSheng He;Hui Zeng

  • Global meta-analysis on the responses of soil extracellular enzyme activities to warming.

    Cheng Meng;Dashuan Tian;Hui Zeng;Zhaolei Li

  • Spatial variability of soil properties in relation to land use and topography in a typical small watershed of the black soil region, northeastern China

    Jian-Bing Wei;Jian-Bing Wei;Du-Ning Xiao;Hui Zeng;Yi-Kun Fu

  • Non-growing-season soil respiration is controlled by freezing and thawing processes in the summer monsoon-dominated Tibetan alpine grassland

    Yonghui Wang;Huiying Liu;Haegeun Chung;Lingfei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Shushi Peng
Shushi Peng Peking University
Dali Guo
Dali Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Shiping Wang
Shiping Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zaichun Zhu
Zaichun Zhu Peking University
Biao Zhu
Biao Zhu Peking University
Ranga B. Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni Boston University
Anping Chen
Anping Chen Colorado State University

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