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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
61
Citations
11700
World Ranking
1164
National Ranking
94

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of investigation include Soil water, Nitrification, Agronomy, Environmental chemistry and Soil pH. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Cycling, Denitrification and Nitrous oxide. In his study, Animal science and Soil carbon is strongly linked to Mineralization, which falls under the umbrella field of Nitrification.

As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Agronomy, concentrating on Nitrate and intersecting with Water content. Jinbo Zhang combines subjects such as Temperate forest and Ecology with his study of Environmental chemistry. As a part of the same scientific family, Jinbo Zhang mostly works in the field of Soil pH, focusing on Soil microbiology and, on occasion, Rhizosphere, Urea and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense.

His most cited work include:

  • Soil pH has contrasting effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralizations in adjacent forest and grassland soils in central Alberta, Canada (105 citations)
  • Nitrification of archaeal ammonia oxidizers in acid soils is supported by hydrolysis of urea. (105 citations)
  • Heterotrophic nitrification of organic N and its contribution to nitrous oxide emissions in soils (101 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Soil water, Nitrification, Agronomy, Environmental chemistry and Soil pH. His work carried out in the field of Soil water brings together such families of science as Denitrification, Nitrate and Straw. His Nitrification study incorporates themes from Animal science, Autotroph, Heterotroph and Mineralization.

Jinbo Zhang has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Microorganism and Soil carbon. Jinbo Zhang works mostly in the field of Environmental chemistry, limiting it down to topics relating to Temperate forest and, in certain cases, Greenhouse gas. His Soil pH study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Subtropics, Temperate climate, Alkali soil and Incubation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Soil water (86.63%)
  • Nitrification (82.67%)
  • Agronomy (53.47%)

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

  • Nitrification (82.67%)
  • Environmental chemistry (50.99%)
  • Soil water (86.63%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Nitrification, Environmental chemistry, Soil water, Soil pH and Autotroph. His research in Nitrification intersects with topics in Soil acidification, Animal science, Agronomy and Mineralization. Jinbo Zhang interconnects Nitrous oxide, Nitrogen deposition, Forest ecology and Lignin in the investigation of issues within Environmental chemistry.

His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Species evenness, Denitrification, Nitrate and Biogeochemical cycle. His biological study deals with issues like Alkali soil, which deal with fields such as Crop yield. In his research on the topic of Autotroph, Microorganism is strongly related with Heterotroph.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Nitrogen deposition differentially affects soil gross nitrogen transformations in organic and mineral horizons (9 citations)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa's food nitrogen and phosphorus footprints: A scenario analysis for 2050. (5 citations)
  • C:N ratio is not a reliable predictor of N2O production in acidic soils after a 30-day artificial manipulation. (5 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of study are Nitrification, Animal science, Soil pH, Soil water and Heterotroph. His Animal science research focuses on Fertilizer and how it connects with Crop yield, Alkali soil and Leaching. His Soil water research incorporates themes from Environmental chemistry and Straw.

His research integrates issues of Soil carbon, Restoration ecology, Nitrate and Nutrient in his study of Environmental chemistry. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil acidification, Denitrification, Autotroph and Acetic acid in addition to Heterotroph. His Mineralization study combines topics in areas such as Reactive nitrogen, Forest ecology, Chicken manure and Soil horizon.

Best Publications

  • Heterotrophic nitrification of organic N and its contribution to nitrous oxide emissions in soils

    Jinbo Zhang;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller;Zucong Cai

  • Mechanisms of soil N dynamics following long-term application of organic fertilizers to subtropical rain-fed purple soil in China

    Jing Wang;Bo Zhu;Jinbo Zhang;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Soil pH has contrasting effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralizations in adjacent forest and grassland soils in central Alberta, Canada

    Yi Cheng;Yi Cheng;Jing Wang;Bruno Mary;Jin-bo Zhang

  • Patterns and drivers of global gross nitrogen mineralization in soils.

    Ahmed S Elrys;Ahmed S Elrys;Ahmad Ali;Huimin Zhang;Yi Cheng;Yi Cheng

  • Effects of long-term repeated mineral and organic fertilizer applications on soil nitrogen transformations

    J. B. Zhang;T. B. Zhu;Z. C. Cai;S. W. Qin

  • Nitrification of archaeal ammonia oxidizers in acid soils is supported by hydrolysis of urea.

    Lu Lu;Wenyan Han;Jinbo Zhang;Yucheng Wu

  • Illumina MiSeq investigations on the changes of microbial community in the Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense infected soil during and after reductive soil disinfestation.

    Xinqi Huang;Liangliang Liu;Teng Wen;Rui Zhu

  • Mechanisms for the retention of inorganic N in acidic forest soils of southern China

    Jin-bo Zhang;Zu-cong Cai;Zu-cong Cai;Tong-bin Zhu;Tong-bin Zhu;Wen-yan Yang

  • Importance of heterotrophic nitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in a cropland soil: Evidences from a 15N tracing study to literature synthesis

    Zengming Chen;Weixin Ding;Yehong Xu;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Wheat straw and its biochar have contrasting effects on inorganic N retention and N2O production in a cultivated Black Chernozem

    Yi Cheng;Yi Cheng;Zu-cong Cai;Scott X. Chang;Jing Wang

  • Global gross nitrification rates are dominantly driven by soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry and total nitrogen

    Ahmed S. Elrys;Ahmed S. Elrys;Jing Wang;Mohamed A. S. Metwally;Yi Cheng;Yi Cheng

  • Global Patterns and Drivers of Soil Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium.

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  • Agricultural land use affects nitrate production and conservation in humid subtropical soils in China

    Jinbo Zhang;Jinbo Zhang;Tongbin Zhu;Tianzhu Meng;Yanchen Zhang

  • Terrestrial N cycling associated with climate and plant‐specific N preferences: a review

    J. Zhang;Z. Cai;C. Müller;C. Müller

  • Nitrogen cycling in forest soils across climate gradients in Eastern China

    Jinbo Zhang;Tongbin Zhu;Zucong Cai;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • N2O production pathways in the subtropical acid forest soils in China.

    Jinbo Zhang;Zucong Cai;Tongbin Zhu

  • The contribution of nitrogen transformation processes to total N2O emissions from soils used for intensive vegetable cultivation

    Tongbin Zhu;Jinbo Zhang;Zucong Cai

  • Nitrogen mineralization, immobilization turnover, heterotrophic nitrification, and microbial groups in acid forest soils of subtropical China

    Tongbin Zhu;Tongbin Zhu;Tianzhu Meng;Jinbo Zhang;Yunfeng Yin

  • Tea plantation destroys soil retention of NO3− and increases N2O emissions in subtropical China

    Tongbin Zhu;Tongbin Zhu;Jinbo Zhang;Tianzhu Meng;Yanchen Zhang

  • Nitrogen deposition affects both net and gross soil nitrogen transformations in forest ecosystems: A review.

    Yi Cheng;Jing Wang;Scott X. Chang;Zucong Cai

  • Denitrification and total nitrogen gas production from forest soils of Eastern China

    Jinbo Zhang;Zucong Cai;Yi Cheng;Tongbin Zhu

  • Changes in the soil microbial community after reductive soil disinfestation and cucumber seedling cultivation

    Xinqi Huang;Liangliang Liu;Teng Wen;Jinbo Zhang;Jinbo Zhang

  • The substrate is an important factor in controlling the significance of heterotrophic nitrification in acidic forest soils

    Jinbo Zhang;Jinbo Zhang;Weijun Sun;Wenhui Zhong;Zucong Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta
Yuanhe Yang
Yuanhe Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bruno Mary
Bruno Mary INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Xiaoyuan Yan
Xiaoyuan Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Minggang Xu
Minggang Xu Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research
Shenggong Li
Shenggong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences

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