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Shiqiang Wan

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Ecology and Evolution
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
79
Citations
23375
World Ranking
876
National Ranking
17

Shiqiang Wan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shiqiang Wan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 183 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Shiqiang Wan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shiqiang Wan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award

Overview

Shiqiang Wan is a researcher affiliated with Henan University in China, specializing in environmental and agricultural biological sciences. Their research spans various aspects of ecosystem functioning, microbial ecology, and plant-environment interactions, with a primary focus on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Their publication record includes significant contributions in top-tier journals, reflecting an engagement with topics critical to understanding ecosystem responses to environmental changes. Selected recent papers include:

  • Soil microbial diversity and network complexity drive the ecosystem multifunctionality of temperate grasslands under changing precipitation (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Nitrogen enrichment alters multiple dimensions of grassland functional stability via changing compositional stability (2022, Ecology Letters)
  • Increased precipitation and nitrogen addition accelerate the temporal increase in soil respiration during 8-year old-field grassland succession (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Effects of Grazing, Wind Erosion, and Dust Deposition on Plant Community Composition and Structure in a Temperate Steppe (2020, Ecosystems)
  • Elevated CO2, warming, N addition, and increased precipitation affect different aspects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Their work often appears in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Functional Ecology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). These platforms indicate a consistent focus on environmental science and ecosystem studies.

Shiqiang Wan collaborates frequently with several researchers including Jingyi Ru, Jian Song, Jiayin Feng, Xueli Qiu, and Zhenxing Zhou, indicating an active research network within their field.

The main fields of study covered in their publications are Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, demonstrating a broad interdisciplinary approach. Their more specific subfields include Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Primary research topics encompass:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Best Publications

  • Acclimatization of soil respiration to warming in a tall grass prairie

    Yiqi Luo;Shiqiang Wan;Dafeng Hui;Linda L. Wallace

  • FIRE EFFECTS ON NITROGEN POOLS AND DYNAMICS IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: A META-ANALYSIS

    Shiqiang Wan;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo

  • Global response patterns of terrestrial plant species to nitrogen addition.

    Jianyang Xia;Shiqiang Wan

  • Predominant role of water in regulating soil and microbial respiration and their responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland

    Weixing Liu;Zhe Zhang;Shiqiang Wan

  • Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Ranga B. Myneni

  • Water-mediated responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to climatic change in a temperate steppe

    Shuli Niu;Mingyu Wu;Yi Han;Jianyang Xia

  • Soil microbial responses to experimental warming and clipping in a tallgrass prairie.

    W. Zhang;W. Zhang;K. M. Parker;Y. Luo;S. Wan

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models

    Elise Pendall;Scott Bridgham;Paul J. Hanson;Bruce Hungate

  • Climate warming and biomass accumulation of terrestrial plants: a meta-analysis

    Delu Lin;Jianyang Xia;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan

  • Water-use efficiency in response to climate change: from leaf to ecosystem in a temperate steppe

    Shuli Niu;Xuerong Xing;Zhe Zhang;Jianyang Xia

  • Responses of soil respiration to elevated CO2, air warming, and changing soil water availability in a model old-field grassland

    Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Richard J. Norby;Joanne Ledford;Jake F. Weltzin

  • Temperature and soil moisture interactively affected soil net N mineralization in temperate grassland in Northern China

    Changhui Wang;Shiqiang Wan;Xuerong Xing;Lei Zhang

  • Source components and interannual variability of soil CO2 efflux under experimental warming and clipping in a grassland ecosystem

    Xuhui Zhou;Shiqiang Wan;Yiqi Luo

  • Labile, recalcitrant, and microbial carbon and nitrogen pools of a tallgrass prairie soil in the US Great Plains subjected to experimental warming and clipping

    Asfaw Belay-Tedla;Xuhui Zhou;Bo Su;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan

  • Response of soil CO2 efflux to water manipulation in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem

    Xiaozhong Liu;Shiqiang Wan;Bo Su;Dafeng Hui

  • Substrate regulation of soil respiration in a tallgrass prairie: Results of a clipping and shading experiment

    Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Yiqi Luo

  • Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

    Haijun Yang;Yang Li;Mingyu Wu;Zhe Zhang

  • Community structure and composition in response to climate change in a temperate steppe

    Haijun Yang;Mingyu Wu;Weixing Liu;Zhe Zhang

  • Changes in microclimate induced by experimental warming and clipping in tallgrass prairie

    S. Wan;Y. Luo;L. L. Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Dafeng Hui
Dafeng Hui Tennessee State University
Jianyang Xia
Jianyang Xia East China Normal University
Shuli Niu
Shuli Niu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Xingguo Han
Xingguo Han Hebei University
Linghao Li
Linghao Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Lin Jiang
Lin Jiang Georgia Institute of Technology
Lingli Liu
Lingli Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhui Huang
Jianhui Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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