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Shenglei Fu

Shenglei Fu

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
64
Citations
11734
World Ranking
1010
National Ranking
78

Shenglei Fu 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 Shenglei Fu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 223 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shenglei Fu 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 Shenglei Fu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

Shenglei Fu mainly focuses on Agronomy, Ecology, Soil water, Soil biology and Understory. His multidisciplinary approach integrates Agronomy and Biochar in his work. His work in the fields of Ecology, such as Ecosystem, Introduced species, Biomass and Habitat, intersects with other areas such as Simulated data.

His Soil biology research includes themes of Soil organic matter, Soil health, Agroforestry and Microbial population biology. Shenglei Fu combines subjects such as Nutrient and Botany with his study of Soil organic matter. His research in Understory intersects with topics in Soil pH, Acacia mangium, Biota and Litter.

His most cited work include:

  • Use of phytoremediation and biochar to remediate heavy metal polluted soils: a review (240 citations)
  • Biological Indices for Soil Quality Evaluation: Perspectives and Limitations (157 citations)
  • Interactive effects of biochar and the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on plant productivity and soil enzyme activities (123 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Ecology, Understory, Soil water and Ecosystem. The various areas that he examines in his Agronomy study include Soil organic matter, Soil biodiversity, Soil carbon and Eucalyptus. His Soil organic matter study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Soil biology, Soil pH and Soil fertility.

His study in Soil carbon is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Environmental chemistry, Carbon cycle and Soil respiration. His studies deal with areas such as Temperate forest, Forest management, Agroforestry and Litter as well as Understory. Shenglei Fu works mostly in the field of Soil water, limiting it down to topics relating to Subtropics and, in certain cases, Fern.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (72.83%)
  • Ecology (30.43%)
  • Understory (28.26%)

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

  • Agronomy (72.83%)
  • Understory (28.26%)
  • Canopy (10.87%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Understory, Canopy, Litter and Temperate forest. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Community structure, Terrestrial ecosystem and Plant litter. His research on Canopy also deals with topics like

  • Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, which have a strong connection to Soil carbon, Horticulture and Deposition,
  • Environmental chemistry that connect with fields like Soil pH and Soil acidification.

His work deals with themes such as Eucalyptus, Trophic level and Soil food web, which intersect with Litter. The concepts of his Earthworm study are interwoven with issues in Microcosm and Soil water. Ecosystem is the subject of his research, which falls under Ecology.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Forest canopy maintains the soil community composition under elevated nitrogen deposition (9 citations)
  • Forest canopy maintains the soil community composition under elevated nitrogen deposition (9 citations)
  • Leaf litter contributes more to soil organic carbon than fine roots in two 10-year-old subtropical plantations (9 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

Shenglei Fu spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Litter, Plant litter, Monoculture and Biomass. Shenglei Fu has included themes like Canopy and Understory in his Agronomy study. His Understory research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Temperate forest, Temperate deciduous forest and Environmental chemistry.

His research investigates the connection between Litter and topics such as Soil carbon that intersect with problems in Detritus, Eucalyptus, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Acacia crassicarpa and Soil horizon. His Plant litter research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil organic matter, Epigeal and Earthworm. His Biomass research incorporates themes from Soil biodiversity, Forest ecology, Terrestrial ecosystem and Tree canopy.

Best Publications

  • Use of phytoremediation and biochar to remediate heavy metal polluted soils: a review

    J. Paz-Ferreiro;J. Paz-Ferreiro;H. Lu;S. Fu;A. Méndez

  • Rhizosphere Effects on Decomposition

    Weixin Cheng;Dale W. Johnson;Shenglei Fu

  • Biological Indices for Soil Quality Evaluation: Perspectives and Limitations

    Jorge Paz‐Ferreiro;Jorge Paz‐Ferreiro;Shenglei Fu

  • Earthworms facilitate carbon sequestration through unequal amplification of carbon stabilization compared with mineralization

    Weixin Zhang;Paul F. Hendrix;Lauren E. Dame;Roger A. Burke

  • Interactive effects of biochar and the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on plant productivity and soil enzyme activities

    Jorge Paz-Ferreiro;Jorge Paz-Ferreiro;Shenglei Fu;Ana Méndez;Gabriel Gascó

  • 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

  • Biochar reduces soil heterotrophic respiration in a subtropical plantation through increasing soil organic carbon recalcitrancy and decreasing carbon-degrading microbial activity.

    Yongchun Li;Yongfu Li;Scott X. Chang;Yunfeng Yang

  • Impacts of litter and understory removal on soil properties in a subtropical Acacia mangium plantation in China

    Yanmei Xiong;Hanping Xia;Zhi’an Li;Xi’an Cai

  • Effects of understory removal and tree girdling on soil microbial community composition and litter decomposition in two Eucalyptus plantations in South China

    Jianping Wu;Zhanfeng Liu;Xiaoling Wang;Yuxin Sun

  • Rhizosphere priming effects on the decomposition of soil organic matter in C4 and C3 grassland soils

    Shenglei Fu;Weixin Cheng

  • Combining phytoextraction and biochar addition improves soil biochemical properties in a soil contaminated with Cd

    Huanping Lu;Zhian Li;Shenglei Fu;Ana Méndez

  • Soil microbial community composition under Eucalyptus plantations of different age in subtropical China.

    Yusong Cao;Shenglei Fu;Xiaoming Zou;Honglin Cao

  • CAN Canopy Addition of Nitrogen Better Illustrate the Effect of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Forest Ecosystem

    Wei Zhang;Weijun Shen;Shidan Zhu;Shiqiang Wan

  • Effects of experimental nitrogen and/or phosphorus additions on soil nematode communities in a secondary tropical forest

    Jie Zhao;Faming Wang;Jian Li;Bi Zou

  • Responses of trophic groups of soil nematodes to residue application under conventional tillage and no-till regimes

    Shenglei Fu;David C Coleman;Paul F Hendrix;D.A Crossley

  • Allelopathic effects of eucalyptus and the establishment of mixed stands of eucalyptus and native species.

    Chenlu Zhang;Shenglei Fu

  • Fine root biomass and morphology in a temperate forest are influenced more by the nitrogen treatment approach than the rate

    Wen Li;Yifei Shi;Dandan Zhu;Wenqian Wang

  • A soil fauna index for assessing soil quality

    Shaokui Yan;A.N. Singh;Shenglei Fu;Chonghui Liao

  • Effects of vegetation removal on soil properties and decomposer organisms

    Jie Zhao;Xiaoling Wang;Yuanhu Shao;Guoliang Xu

  • Biochar alters the resistance and resilience to drought in a tropical soil

    Chenfei Liang;Xiaolin Zhu;Shenglei Fu;Ana Méndez

  • Drought promotes soil phosphorus transformation and reduces phosphorus bioavailability in a temperate forest.

    Hongzhi Zhang;Leilei Shi;Haibo Lu;Yuanhu Shao

  • Biochar from pruning residues as a soil amendment: Effects of pyrolysis temperature and particle size

    Chenfei Liang;Chenfei Liang;Gabriel Gascó;Shenglei Fu;Ana Méndez

  • Nematodes as indicators of soil recovery in tailings of a lead/zinc mine

    Yuanhu Shao;Weixin Zhang;Juecui Shen;Lixia Zhou

  • Dietary flexibility aids Asian earthworm invasion in North American forests.

    Weixin Zhang;Paul F. Hendrix;Bruce A. Snyder;Marirosa Molina

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Paz-Ferreiro
Jorge Paz-Ferreiro RMIT University
Zhian Li
Zhian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoming Zou
Xiaoming Zou University of Puerto Rico
Gabriel Gascó
Gabriel Gascó Technical University of Madrid
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ana Méndez
Ana Méndez Technical University of Madrid
Jiangming Mo
Jiangming Mo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dima Chen
Dima Chen Inner Mongolia University
Junhua Yan
Junhua Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University

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