2026 Weixin Cheng: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	64	2315	2209	930	861	142	15289

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Overview

Weixin Cheng is a researcher based at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their work centers on agricultural and biological sciences with significant contributions to environmental science.

Their research spans multiple subfields including soil science, plant science, ecology, environmental chemistry, and civil and structural engineering. Cheng's research topics are focused on:

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Weixin Cheng has published extensively in several scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Plant and Soil
New Phytologist
Pedosphere
Plant Cell & Environment

Notable recent papers authored by Cheng include:

"Root effects on soil organic carbon: a double-edged sword" (2020) published in New Phytologist
"Priming effect on soil carbon decomposition by root exudate surrogates: A meta-analysis" (2023) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
"Soil DOC release and aggregate disruption mediate rhizosphere priming effect on soil C decomposition" (2020) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
"A distinct sensitivity to the priming effect between labile and stable soil organic carbon" (2022) published in New Phytologist
"Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees cause a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio of soil organic matter decomposition via rhizosphere priming than ectomycorrhizal trees" (2021) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Cheng's frequent co-authors comprise:

Peng Wang
Feike A. Dijkstra
Liming Yin
Biao Zhu
Jiayu Lu

The collective body of Cheng's work contributes knowledge primarily to understanding interactions between soil organic carbon, nutrients, and plant root activities, with emphasis on priming effects and mycorrhizal associations in various ecosystems.

Best Publications

Microbial and Faunal Interactions and Effects on Litter Nitrogen and Decomposition in Agroecosystems

Michael H. Beare;Robert W. Parmelee;Paul F. Hendrix;Weixin Cheng

858
Citations
Photosynthesis controls of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition

Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Weixin Cheng

620
Citations
Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

Weixin Cheng;Weixin Cheng;William J. Parton;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Richard Phillips

614
Citations
Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization

Biao Zhu;Biao Zhu;Jessica L.M. Gutknecht;Jessica L.M. Gutknecht;Donald J. Herman;Daniel C. Keck;Daniel C. Keck

448
Citations
Rhizosphere Effects on Decomposition

Weixin Cheng;Dale W. Johnson;Shenglei Fu

443
Citations
Root effects on soil organic carbon: a double-edged sword.

Feike A. Dijkstra;Biao Zhu;Weixin Cheng

418
Citations
Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands

Chao Wang;Xiaobo Wang;Dongwei Liu;Honghui Wu

397
Citations
Rhizosphere priming effect: A meta-analysis

Changfu Huo;Yiqi Luo;Weixin Cheng;Weixin Cheng

383
Citations
Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14

J. Nathaniel Holland;Weixin Cheng;D. A. Crossley

378
Citations
Rhizosphere priming effect: Its functional relationships with microbial turnover, evapotranspiration, and C–N budgets

Weixin Cheng

362
Citations
Rhizosphere feedbacks in elevated CO2

Weixin Cheng

340
Citations
IS AVAILABLE CARBON LIMITING MICROBIAL RESPIRATION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE

Weixin Cheng;Qiangli Zhang;David C. Coleman;C. Ronald Carroll

330
Citations
Effects of substrate availability on the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition

Alexander Gershenson;Alexander Gershenson;Nicholas E. Bader;Weixin Cheng

316
Citations
Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth

Michael Bonkowski;Weixin Cheng;Bryan S Griffiths;Jörn Alphei

315
Citations
Root effects on soil organic matter decomposition.

Weixin Cheng;Yakov Kuzyakov

312
Citations
Interactions between soil and tree roots accelerate long‐term soil carbon decomposition

Feike A. Dijkstra;Weixin Cheng

309
Citations
Net primary productivity of a CO2-enriched deciduous forest and the implications for carbon storage

Richard J. Norby;Paul J. Hanson;Elizabeth G. O'Neill;Tim J. Tschaplinski

287
Citations
Measurement of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition using natural 13C

Weixin Cheng

276
Citations
A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe

Qiuying Tian;Nana Liu;Wenming Bai;Linghao Li

271
Citations
In situ measurement of root respiration and soluble C concentrations in the rhizosphere

Cheng Weixin;David C. Coleman;C.Ronald Carroll;Carol A. Hoffman

250
Citations
Rhizosphere priming effect increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition

Biao Zhu;Weixin Cheng

248
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Biao Zhu Peking University

Feike A. Dijkstra University of Sydney

Dale W. Johnson University of Nevada Reno

David C. Coleman University of Georgia

Xingguo Han Hebei University

Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen

Linghao Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

Edith Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma

Yiqi Luo Cornell University

External Links

Personal website of Weixin Cheng

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