Scott X. Chang

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Canada Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Canada Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
• 2020 - Kingenta Agricultural Science Award, American Society of Agronomy
• 2018 - Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science
• 2016 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
• 2016 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Best Publications

• Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

  Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  1244
  Citations

• Long-term nitrogen fertilization decreases bacterial diversity and favors the growth of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria in agro-ecosystems across the globe

  Zhongmin Dai;Weiqin Su;Huaihai Chen;Albert Barberán

  765
  Citations

• Response of microbial communities to biochar-amended soils: a critical review

  Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;James Tsz Fung Wong;Yohey Hashimoto;Longbin Huang

  756
  Citations

• Biochar had effects on phosphorus sorption and desorption in three soils with differing acidity

  Gang Xu;JunNa Sun;HongBo Shao;HongBo Shao;Scott X. Chang;Scott X. Chang

  458
  Citations

• Nitrate in groundwater of China: Sources and driving forces

  Baojing Gu;Ying Ge;Scott X. Chang;Weidong Luo

  417
  Citations

• Integrating Biochar, Bacteria, and Plants for Sustainable Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants

  Unknown

  412
  Citations

• Elevated temperature shifts soil N cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems

  Zhongmin Dai;Mengjie Yu;Huaihai Chen;Haochun Zhao

  408
  Citations

• Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review.

  Ali El-Naggar;Ahmed Hamdy El-Naggar;Sabry M. Shaheen;Binoy Sarkar

  398
  Citations

• Pyrolysis condition affected sulfamethazine sorption by tea waste biochars.

  Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage;Ming Zhang;Mahtab Ahmad

  380
  Citations

• Improper Solid Waste Management Increases Potential for COVID-19 Spread in Developing Countries.

  Christopher Nzediegwu;Scott X. Chang

  377
  Citations

• Determinants of bacterial communities in Canadian agroforestry systems.

  Samiran Banerjee;Samiran Banerjee;Mark Baah-Acheamfour;Cameron N. Carlyle;Andrew Bissett

  341
  Citations

• Status assessment and probabilistic health risk modeling of metals accumulation in agriculture soils across China: A synthesis

  Shiyan Yang;Jian Zhao;Scott X. Chang;Chris Collins

  340
  Citations

• Biochar increases soil microbial biomass with changes in extra- and intracellular enzyme activities: a global meta-analysis

  Prem Pokharel;Zilong Ma;Scott X. Chang

  320
  Citations

• What is more important for enhancing nutrient bioavailability with biochar application into a sandy soil: Direct or indirect mechanism?

  G. Xu;L. L. Wei;J. N. Sun;H. B. Shao;H. B. Shao

  298
  Citations

• Deciphering factors driving soil microbial life‐history strategies in restored grasslands

  Unknown

  291
  Citations

• Nondestructive and rapid estimation of hardwood foliar nitrogen status using the SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter

  Scott X. Chang;Daniel J. Robison

  289
  Citations

• Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: A global meta‐analysis

  Unknown

  288
  Citations

• Biochar properties and lead(II) adsorption capacity depend on feedstock type, pyrolysis temperature, and steam activation.

  Jin-Hyeob Kwak;Shahinoor Islam;Siyuan Wang;Selamawit Ashagre Messele

  285
  Citations

• SMART biochar technology—A shifting paradigm towards advanced materials and healthcare research

  Yong Sik Ok;Scott X. Chang;Bin Gao;Hyun Joong Chung

  266
  Citations

• 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

  263
  Citations

• Contrasting effects of wheat straw and its biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and enzyme activities in a Chernozemic soil

  Fengping Wu;Fengping Wu;Zhikuan Jia;Sunguo Wang;Scott X. Chang

  262
  Citations

• Effects of plant diversity on microbial biomass and community metabolic profiles in a full-scale constructed wetland.

  Chong-Bang Zhang;Jiang Wang;Wen-Li Liu;Si-Xi Zhu

  232
  Citations

• Long-term intensive management effects on soil organic carbon pools and chemical composition in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forests in subtropical China

  Yongfu Li;Jiaojiao Zhang;Scott X. Chang;Peikun Jiang

  230
  Citations