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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 97 190 180 15 15 356 32768
Environmental Sciences 101 361 338 17 17 403 36469

Ji-Zheng He publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ji-Zheng He between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ji-Zheng He published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 50 publications in 2022. 35 of the 493 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 50. Peak 50 publications in 2022. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 29 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 41 publications 2021: 40 publications 2022: 50 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 34 publications 2026: 1 publication
1988 2026

493 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ji-Zheng He: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 1
1998 1
1999 3
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 2
2004 1
2005 3
2006 6
2007 10
2008 17
2009 20
2010 22
2011 8
2012 13
2013 20
2014 20
2015 21
2016 26
2017 29
2018 19
2019 20
2020 41
2021 40
2022 50
2023 31
2024 28
2025 34
2026 1
Total 493
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Ji-Zheng He 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 Ji-Zheng He sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 356–360 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 356 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18 356
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Ji-Zheng He 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 Ji-Zheng He sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 97 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9 97
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Bacteria
  • Ecosystem

Ji-Zheng He mainly investigates Soil microbiology, Nitrification, Ecology, Agronomy and Archaea. His Soil microbiology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Resistome, Acidobacteria and Botany. The Nitrification study combines topics in areas such as Environmental chemistry, Nitrate, Nitrogen cycle and Terrestrial ecosystem.

His Ecology research includes themes of Microbial ecology and Thaumarchaeota. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Gemmatimonadetes, Soil water and Rhizosphere. In general Soil water, his work in Topsoil is often linked to Veterinary medicine linking many areas of study.

His most cited work include:

  • 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 (766 citations)
  • Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen-rich grassland soils (603 citations)
  • Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have more important role than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia oxidation of strongly acidic soils (445 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Ecology, Soil water, Agronomy, Soil microbiology and Nitrification. His Ecology study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Microbial population biology. His study in Soil water is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Environmental chemistry and Botany.

His Agronomy research integrates issues from Soil organic matter, Rhizosphere and Soil biology. His Soil microbiology study deals with Microcosm intersecting with Microorganism. His Nitrification research incorporates themes from Nitrous oxide, Archaea, Nitrogen cycle, Denitrification and Nitrate.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (62.62%)
  • Soil water (49.01%)
  • Agronomy (38.86%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Ecology (62.62%)
  • Soil water (49.01%)
  • Ecosystem (24.01%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Ecology, Soil water, Ecosystem, Agronomy and Microbiome. Ecology is represented through his Biodiversity, Soil microbiology, Species richness, Terrestrial ecosystem and Soil pH research. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Climate change and Antibiotic resistance genes.

Ji-Zheng He has researched Soil water in several fields, including Subtropics, Relative species abundance and Environmental chemistry. Ji-Zheng He combines subjects such as Library, Nitrification, Nitrospira, Comammox and Nitrososphaera with his study of Environmental chemistry. Ji-Zheng He focuses mostly in the field of Agronomy, narrowing it down to topics relating to Nitrate and, in certain cases, Soil horizon, Nitrogen cycle and Straw.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes. (58 citations)
  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes. (58 citations)
  • Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils (36 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Bacteria
  • Ecosystem

Ji-Zheng He mainly investigates Ecology, Soil microbiology, Context, Soil water and Ecosystem. He interconnects Resistome and Nitrospira in the investigation of issues within Ecology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Paddy soils and Antibiotic resistance genes in addition to Soil microbiology.

His Soil water study frequently links to other fields, such as Microorganism. His work carried out in the field of Ecosystem brings together such families of science as Biomass, Diversity index, Biodiversity and Proteobacteria. His study focuses on the intersection of Nitrification and fields such as Nitrate with connections in the field of Environmental chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Chanda Trivedi;David J. Eldridge

  • 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 archaea have more important role than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia oxidation of strongly acidic soils

    Li-Mei Zhang;Hang-Wei Hu;Ju-Pei Shen;Ji-Zheng He

  • Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates

    Hang-Wei Hu;Deli Chen;Ji-Zheng He;Ji-Zheng He

  • Effects and influence factors of dicyandiamide (DCD) application in agricultural ecosystem

    Yu Dai;Ji-Zheng He;Ju-Pei Shen

  • Review on iron availability in soil: interaction of Fe minerals, plants, and microbes

    Claudio Colombo;Giuseppe Palumbo;Ji-Zheng He;Roberto Pinton

  • Abundance and composition of ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria and ammonia‐oxidizing archaea communities of an alkaline sandy loam

    Ju-pei Shen;Li-mei Zhang;Yong-guan Zhu;Jia-bao Zhang

  • Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes

    Jianjun Wang;Ji Shen;Yucheng Wu;Chen Tu

  • Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity

    Chao Xiong;Yongguan Zhu;Juntao Wang;Brajesh K Singh

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

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

  • Ammonia-oxidizing archaea: important players in paddy rhizosphere soil?

    Xue-Ping Chen;Yong-Guan Zhu;Yue Xia;Ju-Pei Shen

  • Effects of Cd and Pb on soil microbial community structure and activities

    Sardar Khan;Abd El-Latif Hesham;Min Qiao;Shafiqur Rehman

  • Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes

    Yu-Jing Zhang;Hang-Wei Hu;Qing-Lin Chen;Brajesh K Singh

  • Protist communities are more sensitive to nitrogen fertilization than other microorganisms in diverse agricultural soils

    Zhi Bo Zhao;Ji Zheng He;Ji Zheng He;Stefan Geisen;Li Li Han

  • Autotrophic ammonia oxidation by soil thaumarchaea

    Li-Mei Zhang;Pierre R. Offre;Ji-Zheng He;Daniel T. Verhamme

  • Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome.

    Chao Xiong;Brajesh K Singh;Ji-Zheng He;Ji-Zheng He;Yan-Lai Han

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Current insights into the autotrophic thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation in acidic soils

    Ji-Zheng He;Hang-Wei Hu;Li-Mei Zhang

  • Adsorption and redox reactions of heavy metals on synthesized Mn oxide minerals

    Xiong Han Feng;Li Mei Zhai;Wen Feng Tan;Fan Liu

  • The veterinary antibiotic oxytetracycline and Cu influence functional diversity of the soil microbial community.

    W.-D. Kong;Y.-G. Zhu;B.-J. Fu;P. Marschner

  • Long-Term Nickel Contamination Increases the Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Agricultural Soils.

    Hang-Wei Hu;Jun-Tao Wang;Jing Li;Xiu-Zhen Shi

  • Field‐based evidence for copper contamination induced changes of antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils

    Hang-Wei Hu;Jun-Tao Wang;Jing Li;Jun-Jian Li

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Hang-Wei Hu
Hang-Wei Hu University of Melbourne
Li-Mei Zhang
Li-Mei Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ju-Pei Shen
Ju-Pei Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Deli Chen
Deli Chen University of Melbourne
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhihong Xu
Zhihong Xu Griffith University
Keith C. Cameron
Keith C. Cameron Lincoln University
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Fan Liu
Fan Liu Huazhong Agricultural University
Hong J. Di
Hong J. Di Lincoln University

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