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D-Index
63
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15203
World Ranking
2461
National Ranking
248

Li-Mei Zhang 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 Li-Mei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 226 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Li-Mei Zhang 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 Li-Mei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Li-Mei Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive body of research focused primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses various specialized subfields, including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, soil science, and pollution.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as microbial community ecology and physiology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Among recent publications, the following represent some of their notable contributions:

  • Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome (2021, Microbiome)
  • Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions (2020, Environmental Microbiology)
  • Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Fertilization changes soil microbiome functioning, especially phagotrophic protists (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Li-Mei Zhang collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Lili Han, Ji-Zheng He, Ju-Pei Shen, An-Hui Ge, and Juntao Wang. The number of collaborations with these coauthors indicates sustained research partnerships.

The scientist has published in various academic venues, with multiple contributions to The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Microbiology, Research Square, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, and SSRN Electronic Journal. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, spanning environmental and agricultural sciences.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity

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

  • Links between ammonia oxidizer community structure, abundance, and nitrification potential in acidic soils.

    Huaiying Yao;Yangmei Gao;Graeme W. Nicol;Colin D. Campbell

  • 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

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

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

  • Mechanism of negative surface charge formation on biochar and its effect on the fixation of soil Cd

    Zhongxin Tan;Shengnan Yuan;Mengfan Hong;Limei Zhang

  • Microbial arsenic methylation in soil and rice rhizosphere.

    Yan Jia;Hai Huang;Min Zhong;Feng-Hua Wang

  • 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

  • Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions

    Chao Xiong;Ji‐Zheng He;Brajesh K. Singh;Yong‐Guan Zhu

  • 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

  • Impact of long-term fertilization practices on the abundance and composition of soil bacterial communities in Northeast China.

    Ju-Pei Shen;Li-Mei Zhang;Jun-Fu Guo;Jessica L. Ray

  • Differences in soil bacterial diversity: driven by contemporary disturbances or historical contingencies?

    Yuan Ge;Ji-zheng He;Yong-guan Zhu;Jia-bao Zhang

  • A review of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in Chinese soils.

    Ju-Pei Shen;Li-Mei Zhang;Hong J. Di;Ji-Zheng He

  • Microbial composition and diversity of an upland red soil under long-term fertilization treatments as revealed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches

    Ji-Zheng He;Yong Zheng;Cheng-Rong Chen;Yuan-Qiu He

  • Altitude ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soils of Mount Everest.

    Li-Mei Zhang;Mu Wang;James I. Prosser;Yuan-Ming Zheng

  • Altitudinal distribution patterns of soil bacterial and archaeal communities along mt. Shegyla on the Tibetan Plateau.

    Jun-Tao Wang;Peng Cao;Hang-Wei Hu;Jing Li

  • Soil pH determines the alpha diversity but not beta diversity of soil fungal community along altitude in a typical Tibetan forest ecosystem

    Jun-Tao Wang;Yuan-Ming Zheng;Hang-Wei Hu;Li-Mei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Ju-Pei Shen
Ju-Pei Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lee E. Eiden
Lee E. Eiden National Institutes of Health
Hang-Wei Hu
Hang-Wei Hu University of Melbourne
Yunting Fang
Yunting Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Brajesh K. Singh
Brajesh K. Singh Western Sydney University
Hong J. Di
Hong J. Di Lincoln University
James I. Prosser
James I. Prosser University of Aberdeen
René Drucker-Colín
René Drucker-Colín National Autonomous University of Mexico

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