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D-Index
60
Citations
11220
World Ranking
1234
National Ranking
107

Jiabao Zhang 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 Jiabao Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 187 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jiabao Zhang 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 Jiabao Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil water, Loam and Microbial population biology. His Agronomy research focuses on Soil carbon and how it connects with Field experiment. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Fertilizer, Biomass is strongly linked to Compost.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Hydrology and Irrigation. Jiabao Zhang has researched Loam in several fields, including Ammonia monooxygenase, Nitrification and Topsoil. His study in Microbial population biology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Soil organic matter, Nutrient and Straw.

His most cited work include:

  • Soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, bacterial community structure in response to long-term fertilizer management (312 citations)
  • Community Structure of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria under Long-Term Application of Mineral Fertilizer and Organic Manure in a Sandy Loam Soil (186 citations)
  • Long-term balanced fertilization decreases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in an arable soil in North China revealed by 454 pyrosequencing. (164 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Soil water, Fertilizer, Soil carbon and Human fertilization. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil organic matter, Loam, Soil fertility and Microbial population biology. His studies deal with areas such as Environmental chemistry, Organic matter and Water content as well as Soil water.

His work on Organic fertilizer as part of general Fertilizer study is frequently linked to Amendment, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His research in Soil carbon intersects with topics in Soil structure and Soil chemistry. His Human fertilization research includes themes of Field experiment, Mineralization, Animal science and Arable land.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (47.27%)
  • Soil water (40.00%)
  • Fertilizer (21.82%)

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

  • Soil water (40.00%)
  • Agronomy (47.27%)
  • Fertilizer (21.82%)

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

His main research concerns Soil water, Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil carbon and Human fertilization. His Soil water study incorporates themes from Organic matter and Straw. His Organic matter research incorporates elements of Soil organic matter, Vertisol, Ultisol and Soil horizon.

The Crop yield research Jiabao Zhang does as part of his general Agronomy study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Composition, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His work deals with themes such as Nitrogen, Compost and Arable land, which intersect with Fertilizer. His Human fertilization study combines topics in areas such as Soil pH and Sustainable agriculture.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Multiple long-term observations reveal a strategy for soil pH-dependent fertilization and fungal communities in support of agricultural production (8 citations)
  • Relationship between the chemical structure of straw and composition of main microbial groups during the decomposition of wheat and maize straws as affected by soil texture (7 citations)
  • Effect of long-term fertilization on decomposition of crop residues and their incorporation into microbial communities of 6-year stored soils (6 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Jiabao Zhang mostly deals with Soil water, Agronomy, Fertilizer, Vertisol and Compost. His Ultisol and Soil organic matter study in the realm of Soil water connects with subjects such as Surface charge. He combines subjects such as Soil texture, Fluvisol and Total organic carbon with his study of Agronomy.

Fertilizer connects with themes related to Human fertilization in his study. His work carried out in the field of Vertisol brings together such families of science as Chemical physics, Agricultural soil science, Carbon cycle, Soil chemistry and Bulk soil. His Compost research incorporates themes from Arable land, Crop residue, Incubation period, Incubation and Animal science.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, bacterial community structure in response to long-term fertilizer management

    Haiyan Chu;Xiangui Lin;Takeshi Fujii;Sho Morimoto

  • Bacterial Community Structure after Long-term Organic and Inorganic Fertilization Reveals Important Associations between Soil Nutrients and Specific Taxa Involved in Nutrient Transformations.

    Fang Li;Lin Chen;Jiabao Zhang;Jiabao Zhang;Jun Yin

  • Community Structure of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria under Long-Term Application of Mineral Fertilizer and Organic Manure in a Sandy Loam Soil

    Haiyan Chu;Takeshi Fujii;Sho Morimoto;Xiangui Lin

  • Biochar influences the succession of microbial communities and the metabolic functions during rice straw composting with pig manure.

    Guixiang Zhou;Xiaofeng Xu;Xiuwen Qiu;Jiabao Zhang

  • Long-term balanced fertilization decreases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in an arable soil in North China revealed by 454 pyrosequencing.

    Xiangui Lin;Youzhi Feng;Huayong Zhang;Ruirui Chen

  • Effects of biochar amendment on rapeseed and sweet potato yields and water stable aggregate in upland red soil

    Zuxiang Liu;Zuxiang Liu;Xiaomin Chen;Yan Jing;Qiuxia Li

  • Long-term Fertilization Regimes Affect Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity of an Agricultural Soil in Northern China

    Yuan Ge;Jia-bao Zhang;Li-mei Zhang;Min Yang

  • Mortierella elongata's roles in organic agriculture and crop growth promotion in a mineral soil

    Fang Li;Fang Li;Lin Chen;Marc Redmile-Gordon;Jiabao Zhang;Jiabao Zhang

  • Microbial functional diversity, metabolic quotient, and invertase activity of a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term application of organic amendment and mineral fertilizer

    Junli Hu;Junli Hu;Xiangui Lin;Xiangui Lin;Junhua Wang;Junhua Wang;Jue Dai;Jue Dai

  • A spatially referenced water and nitrogen management model (WNMM) for (irrigated) intensive cropping systems in the North China Plain

    Yong Li;Robert White;Deli Chen;Jiabao Zhang

  • Effects of long-term (23 years) mineral fertilizer and compost application on physical properties of fluvo-aquic soil in the North China Plain

    Xiuli Xin;Jiabao Zhang;Anning Zhu;Congzhi Zhang

  • Linking macroaggregation to soil microbial community and organic carbon accumulation under different tillage and residue managements

    Xianfeng Zhang;Xiuli Xin;Anning Zhu;Wenliang Yang

  • Yield, phosphorus use efficiency and balance response to substituting long-term chemical fertilizer use with organic manure in a wheat-maize system

    Xiuli Xin;Shengwu Qin;Jiabao Zhang;Anning Zhu

  • Microbial community responses to biochar addition when a green waste and manure mix are composted: A molecular ecological network analysis.

    Xiuwen Qiu;Guixiang Zhou;Guixiang Zhou;Jiabao Zhang;Wei Wang

  • Effects of tillage and residue managements on organic C accumulation and soil aggregation in a sandy loam soil of the North China Plain

    Xianfeng Zhang;Xiuli Xin;Anning Zhu;Jiabao Zhang

  • Structural and functional differentiation of the root-associated bacterial microbiomes of perennial ryegrass

    Lin Chen;Lin Chen;Philip C. Brookes;Jianming Xu;Jiabao Zhang

  • Does animal manure application improve soil aggregation? Insights from nine long-term fertilization experiments

    Zichun Guo;Jiabao Zhang;Jun Fan;Xueyun Yang

  • Effects of tillage and residue management on soil nematode communities in North China

    Xiaoke Zhang;Qi Li;Anning Zhu;Wenju Liang

  • Response and feedback of C mineralization to P availability driven by soil microorganisms

    Zhongwang Jing;Ruirui Chen;Shiping Wei;Youzhi Feng

  • Carbon sequestration in an intensively cultivated sandy loam soil in the North China Plain as affected by compost and inorganic fertilizer application

    Jianling Fan;Weixin Ding;Jian Xiang;Shenwu Qin

  • Bacillus asahii comes to the fore in organic manure fertilized alkaline soils

    Youzhi Feng;Ruirui Chen;Junli Hu;Fei Zhao

  • Effects of straw amendment and moisture on microbial communities in Chinese fluvo-aquic soil

    Lin Chen;Jiabao Zhang;Bingzi Zhao;Pei Yan

  • Soil microbial biomass and activity response to repeated drying–rewetting cycles along a soil fertility gradient modified by long-term fertilization management practices

    Bingzi Zhao;Ji Chen;Jiabao Zhang;Shengwu Qin

  • Agricultural diffuse pollution from fertilisers and pesticides in China

    Yong Li;Jiabao Zhang

  • Validation of an analytical method for determining soil hydraulic properties of stony soils using experimental data

    DongHao Ma;MingAn Shao;JiaBao Zhang;QuanJiu Wang

  • Differences in carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soils of differing initial pH induced by electrokinesis and receiving crop residue amendments

    Kongcao Xiao;Jianming Xu;Caixian Tang;Jiabao Zhang

  • The coupling effects of soil organic matter and particle interaction forces on soil aggregate stability

    Zhenghong Yu;Jiabao Zhang;Congzhi Zhang;Xiuli Xin

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus enhances crop yield and P-uptake of maize (Zea mays L.): A field case study on a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term P-deficiency fertilization.

    Junli Hu;Xiangui Lin;Junhua Wang;Jue Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangui Lin
Xiangui Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingdong Mao
Jingdong Mao Old Dominion University
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youzhi Feng
Youzhi Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haiyan Chu
Haiyan Chu Endocyte (United States)
Kurt Roth
Kurt Roth Heidelberg University
Xiying Hao
Xiying Hao Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Hailin Zhang
Hailin Zhang Oklahoma State University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kazuyuki Yagi
Kazuyuki Yagi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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