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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
62
Citations
11268
World Ranking
1119
National Ranking
88

Weixin Ding 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 Weixin Ding sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 155 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weixin Ding 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 Weixin Ding sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
  • Agriculture
  • Carbon dioxide

Weixin Ding mainly investigates Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil water, Loam and Growing season. The concepts of his Agronomy study are interwoven with issues in Soil carbon, Soil respiration, Soil fertility and Water content. His research investigates the connection between Fertilizer and topics such as Compost that intersect with issues in Fraction.

He combines topics linked to Botany with his work on Soil water. His work in Loam covers topics such as Total organic carbon which are related to areas like Soil test and Mineralization. His Growing season study incorporates themes from Peat and Irrigation.

His most cited work include:

  • Long-term application of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer on N2O emissions, soil quality and crop production in a sandy loam soil (241 citations)
  • Biochar suppressed the decomposition of organic carbon in a cultivated sandy loam soil: A negative priming effect (146 citations)
  • Nitrous oxide emissions from an intensively cultivated maize–wheat rotation soil in the North China Plain (136 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil water, Soil carbon and Environmental chemistry. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Nitrous oxide, Loam and Nitrification. His Fertilizer research focuses on Animal science and how it connects with Field experiment.

Weixin Ding focuses mostly in the field of Soil water, narrowing it down to topics relating to Human fertilization and, in certain cases, Ammonium. His Soil carbon study which covers Soil organic matter that intersects with Soil chemistry. His Environmental chemistry study also includes

  • Methane which connect with Flux,
  • Carex lasiocarpa which intersects with area such as Botany, Cyperaceae and Dissolved organic carbon.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (49.28%)
  • Fertilizer (31.16%)
  • Soil water (30.43%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agronomy (49.28%)
  • Greenhouse gas (13.77%)
  • Manure (20.29%)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Greenhouse gas, Manure, Fertilizer and Environmental chemistry. His Agronomy research includes themes of Soil organic matter, Soil water and Soil classification. His research in Soil water is mostly concerned with Soil carbon.

His studies deal with areas such as Straw, Ultisol, Organic fertilizer and Animal science as well as Manure. Weixin Ding applies his multidisciplinary studies on Fertilizer and Amendment in his research. His Environmental chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Cellulose, Mineralization, Nitrogen, Methane and Carbon.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Long-term manure application increases soil organic matter and aggregation, and alters microbial community structure and keystone taxa (65 citations)
  • Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture (29 citations)
  • Long-term application of manure over plant residues mitigates acidification, builds soil organic carbon and shifts prokaryotic diversity in acidic Ultisols (29 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Fertilizer, Manure, Straw and Ultisol. His Agronomy research includes elements of Soil water, Soil carbon, Soil organic matter, Soil classification and Nutrient. His Topsoil study in the realm of Soil water connects with subjects such as Microbial Physiology.

Weixin Ding performs integrative Fertilizer and Amendment research in his work. His studies in Manure integrate themes in fields like Camellia sinensis and Organic fertilizer. His Organic fertilizer research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Nitrous oxide, Chicken manure, Animal science and Nitrogen.

Best Publications

  • Long-term manure application increases soil organic matter and aggregation, and alters microbial community structure and keystone taxa

    Yongxin Lin;Guiping Ye;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Deyan Liu

  • Long-term application of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer on N2O emissions, soil quality and crop production in a sandy loam soil

    Lei Meng;Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai

  • Biochar suppressed the decomposition of organic carbon in a cultivated sandy loam soil: A negative priming effect

    Weiwei Lu;Weixin Ding;Junhua Zhang;Yi Li

  • Functional Relationships of Soil Acidification, Liming, and Greenhouse Gas Flux

    A Kunhikrishnan;R Thangarajan;N.S S Bolan;N.S S Bolan;Y Xu;Y Xu

  • Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture

    Junji Yuan;Jian Xiang;Deyan Liu;Hojeong Kang

  • Long-term application of organic manure and mineral fertilizers on aggregation and aggregate-associated carbon in a sandy loam soil

    Hongyan Yu;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Ruilin Geng

  • CO2 emission in an intensively cultivated loam as affected by long-term application of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer

    Weixin Ding;Lei Meng;Yunfeng Yin;Zucong Cai

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from an intensively cultivated maize–wheat rotation soil in the North China Plain

    Weixin Ding;Yan Cai;Zucong Cai;Kazuyuki Yagi

  • Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics in an Eastern Chinese coastal wetland following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora

    Yaohong Zhang;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Andrea Donnison

  • Wheat straw-derived biochar amendment stimulated N2O emissions from rice paddy soils by regulating the amoA genes of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

    Yongxin Lin;Weixin Ding;Deyan Liu;Tiehu He

  • Preliminary budget of methane emissions from natural wetlands in China

    Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai;Dexuan Wang

  • Plant species effects on methane emissions from freshwater marshes

    Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta

  • Nutrient addition reduces carbon sequestration in a Tibetan grassland soil: Disentangling microbial and physical controls

    Ruyi Luo;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Deyan Liu;Jianling Fan

  • Exotic Spartina alterniflora invasion alters ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of CH4 and N2O and carbon sequestration in a coastal salt marsh in China

    Junji Yuan;Weixin Ding;Deyan Liu;Hojeong Kang

  • Importance of heterotrophic nitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in a cropland soil: Evidences from a 15N tracing study to literature synthesis

    Zengming Chen;Weixin Ding;Yehong Xu;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Effects of long-term compost and fertilizer application on stability of aggregate-associated organic carbon in an intensively cultivated sandy loam soil

    Hongyan Yu;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Ruilin Geng

  • Responses of soil respiration to N fertilization in a loamy soil under maize cultivation

    Weixin Ding;Hongyan Yu;Zucong Cai;Fengxiang Han

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from Chinese maize–wheat rotation systems: A 3-year field measurement

    Yanjiang Cai;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment accelerates soil organic carbon loss in alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Ruyi Luo;Jianling Fan;Weijin Wang;Jiafa Luo

  • Impact of urease and nitrification inhibitors on nitrous oxide emissions from fluvo-aquic soil in the North China Plain

    Weixin X. Ding;Hongyan Y. Yu;Zucong C. Cai

  • Manure over crop residues increases soil organic matter but decreases microbial necromass relative contribution in upland Ultisols: Results of a 27-year field experiment

    Guiping Ye;Yongxin Lin;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Deyan Liu

  • Effect of standing water depth on methane emissions from freshwater marshes in northeast China

    Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta;Xiaoping Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiafa Luo
Jiafa Luo AgResearch
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Hojeong Kang
Hojeong Kang Yonsei University
Reinhard Well
Reinhard Well University of Göttingen
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hong J. Di
Hong J. Di Lincoln University
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta

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