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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
43
Citations
6291
World Ranking
3285
National Ranking
303

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6660
World Ranking
5120
National Ranking
111

Jiaojun Zhu 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 Jiaojun Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 160 publications — 62nd percentile

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

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

Jiaojun Zhu 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 Jiaojun Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jiaojun Zhu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a total of 143 publications in environmental science and 46 in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their subfields of study include global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, soil science, ecology, and atmospheric science. Specifically, Zhu's work covers global and planetary change with 63 publications, nature and landscape conservation with 46, soil science with 21, ecology with 16, and atmospheric science with 16.

The main topics of Zhu's research involve plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies. The number of publications per topic are as follows:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (54)
  • Forest ecology and management (42)
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (40)
  • Fire effects on ecosystems (30)
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28)
  • Tree-ring climate responses (20)
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (16)

Zhu frequently collaborates with several coauthors. Among the most frequent are Tian Gao with 24 joint publications, Deliang Lu with 20, G. Geoff Wang with 16, Qiaoling Yan with 15, and Kai Yang with 14 publications together.

Their work is often published in venues such as Forest Ecology and Management (14 publications), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (9), Journal of Forestry Research (6), Ecological Processes (6), and PubMed (5).

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhu include:

  • Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Litter decomposition and nutrient release from monospecific and mixed litters: Comparisons of litter quality, fauna and decomposition site effects, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • Severe Global Environmental Issues Caused by Canada's Record-Breaking Wildfires in 2023, 2023, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Multiyear Measurements on Δ17O of Stream Nitrate Indicate High Nitrate Production in a Temperate Forest, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Individual Tree Segmentation and Tree Height Estimation Using Leaf-Off and Leaf-On UAV-LiDAR Data in Dense Deciduous Forests, 2022, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010.

    Fei Lu;Huifeng Hu;Wenjuan Sun;Jiaojun Zhu

  • EFFECT OF GAP SIZE CREATED BY THINNING ON SEEDLING EMERGENCY, SURVIVAL AND ESTABLISHMENT IN A COASTAL PINE FOREST

    Jiao-jun Zhu;Jiao-jun Zhu;Takeshi Matsuzaki;Feng-qin Lee;Yutaka Gonda

  • Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in forest ecosystems of Northeast China: a comparison between natural secondary forest and larch plantation

    Kai Yang;Jiaojun Zhu;Min Zhang;Qiaoling Yan

  • Plant diversity of secondary forests in response to anthropogenic disturbance levels in montane regions of northeastern China

    Jiaojun Zhu;Zhihong Mao;Lile Hu;Jinxin Zhang

  • Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink

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  • Effects of land use changes on the groundwater table and the decline of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations in southern Horqin Sandy Land, Northeast China

    X. Zheng;J.J. Zhu;Q.L. Yan;L.N. Song

  • Effects of drought stresses induced by polyethylene glycol on germination of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica seeds from natural and plantation forests on sandy land

    Jiaojun Zhu;Hongzhang Kang;Hui Tan;Meiling Xu

  • Effects of gaps on regeneration of woody plants: a meta-analysis

    Jiaojun Zhu;Deliang Lu;Weidong Zhang

  • Changes in soil phosphorus fractions after 9 years of continuous nitrogen addition in a Larix gmelinii plantation

    Kai Yang;Jiaojun Zhu;Jiacun Gu;Lizhong Yu

  • The role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in alleviating pine decline in semiarid sandy soil of northern China: an experimental approach

    Jiao-jun Zhu;Feng-qin Li;Mei-ling Xu;Hong-zhang Kang;Hong-zhang Kang

  • Factors affecting the snow and wind induced damage of a montane secondary forest in northeastern China

    Jiao-jun. Zhu;Xiu-fen. Li;Zu-gen. Liu;Wei. Cao

  • Changes in soil P chemistry as affected by conversion of natural secondary forests to larch plantations

    Kai Yang;Jiao Jun Zhu;Qiao-Ling Yan;Osbert Jianxin Sun

  • Water use patterns of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees of different ages in a semiarid sandy lands of Northeast China

    Lining Song;Jiaojun Zhu;Mingcai Li;Jinxin Zhang

  • Microbial groups and their functions control the decomposition of coniferous litter: A comparison with broadleaved tree litters

    Weiwei Zhang;Kai Yang;Zhitang Lyu;Jiaojun Zhu

  • Assessment of the effects of shelterbelts on crop yields at the regional scale in Northeast China

    Xiao Zheng;Jiaojun Zhu;Zefeng Xing

  • Impacts of conversion from secondary forests to larch plantations on the structure and function of microbial communities

    Weiwei Zhang;Zhitang Lu;Kai Yang;Jiaojun Zhu

  • The impact of secondary forests conversion into larch plantations on soil chemical and microbiological properties

    Kai Yang;Wei Shi;Jiao-Jun Zhu

  • Hydraulics play an important role in causing low growth rate and dieback of aging Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees in plantations of Northeast China

    Yan‐Yan Liu;Yan‐Yan Liu;Ai‐Ying Wang;Yu‐Ning An;Pei‐Yong Lian

  • Structure, Pattern and Mechanisms of Formation of Seed Banks in Sand Dune Systems in Northeastern Inner Mongolia, China

    Qiaoling Yan;Zhimin Liu;Jiaojun Zhu;Yongming Luo

  • Optical stratification porosity as a measure of vertical canopy structure in a Japanese coastal forest

    J.J Zhu;J.J Zhu;T Matsuzaki;Y Gonda

  • Sources of water used by Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees based on stable isotope measurements in a semiarid sandy region of Northeast China

    Lining Song;Jiaojun Zhu;Mingcai Li;Jinxin Zhang

  • Changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycling suggest a transition to phosphorus limitation with the stand development of larch plantations

    Tao Yan;Xiao-Tao Lü;Jiao-Jun Zhu;Kai Yang

  • [Numerical simulation of vertical one-dimensional water movement in unsaturated soil: a case study on coniferous forest brown soil on northern slope of Changbai Mountains].

    Hong Yang;Tie-fan Pei;Zhong Li;An-zhi Wang

  • Transpiration and canopy conductance dynamics of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in its natural range and in an introduced region in the sandy plains of Northern China

    Lining Song;Jiaojun Zhu;Xiao Zheng;Kai Wang

  • Canopy transpiration of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in a sparse wood grassland in the semiarid sandy region of Northeast China

    Lining Song;Jiaojun Zhu;Mingcai Li;Jinxin Zhang

  • Different light acclimation strategies of two coexisting tree species seedlings in a temperate secondary forest along five natural light levels

    Min Zhang;Jiaojun Zhu;Mingcai Li;Guangqi Zhang

  • Comparison of intrinsic water use efficiency between different aged Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica wide windbreaks in semiarid sandy land of northern China

    Lining Song;Jiaojun Zhu;Qiaoling Yan;Mingcai Li

  • Mapping Spatial Distribution of Larch Plantations from Multi-Seasonal Landsat-8 OLI Imagery and Multi-Scale Textures Using Random Forests

    Tian Gao;Jiaojun Zhu;Xiao Zheng;Guiduo Shang

  • The effects of N and P additions on soil microbial properties in paired stands of temperate secondary forests and adjacent larch plantations in Northeast China

    Kai Yang;Jiaojun Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunting Fang
Yunting Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaohua Wei
Xiaohua Wei University of British Columbia
Osbert Jianxin SunHebei University
Osbert Jianxin SunHebei University Hebei University
Xiao-Tao Lü
Xiao-Tao Lü Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Zhang
Min Zhang Jiangnan University
Andrew E. Suyker
Andrew E. Suyker University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Keisuke Koba
Keisuke Koba Kyoto University
Per Gundersen
Per Gundersen University of Copenhagen
Yong Jiang
Yong Jiang Hebei University
Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University

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