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D-Index
68
Citations
18074
World Ranking
776
National Ranking
61

Xiangui Lin 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 Xiangui Lin sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 230 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiangui Lin 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 Xiangui Lin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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
  • Botany

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Soil pH and Ecology. Xiangui Lin has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Soil organic matter, Nitrification and Arable land. Xiangui Lin focuses mostly in the field of Soil water, narrowing it down to matters related to Nutrient and, in some cases, Soil fertility and Biomass.

Xiangui Lin has included themes like Mycorrhiza, Microbial population biology, Phytoremediation and Human fertilization in his Botany study. His Soil pH study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry and Ecosystem. His study on Vegetation, Species richness and Community structure is often connected to Phylogenetic diversity as part of broader study in Ecology.

His most cited work include:

  • Soil pH drives the spatial distribution of bacterial communities along elevation on Changbai Mountain (433 citations)
  • Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories (376 citations)
  • Geographic distance and pH drive bacterial distribution in alkaline lake sediments across Tibetan Plateau (322 citations)

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

Xiangui Lin spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Soil pH and Ecology. His studies deal with areas such as Inoculation, Loam and Soil fertility as well as Agronomy. His Soil water research includes themes of Environmental chemistry, Nutrient and Microbial population biology.

His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Microorganism, Community structure, Bulk soil and Actinobacteria. His work carried out in the field of Soil pH brings together such families of science as Intercropping, Sowing and Bioaccumulation. His work on Ecosystem, Terrestrial ecosystem and Biogeochemical cycle is typically connected to Phylogenetic diversity as part of general Ecology study, connecting several disciplines of science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (52.56%)
  • Soil water (32.48%)
  • Botany (28.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Soil water (32.48%)
  • Environmental chemistry (20.94%)
  • Agronomy (52.56%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy, Microcosm and Ecology. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Inoculation, Horticulture, Fertilizer, Irrigation and Manure. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil organic matter, Bioremediation and Mineralization in addition to Environmental chemistry.

His Agronomy research includes elements of Loam and Soil fertility. The concepts of his Microcosm study are interwoven with issues in Ammonium, Botany and Stable-isotope probing. His work on Ecosystem, Agroecosystem, Community composition and Climate change as part of general Ecology research is frequently linked to Biological dispersal, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Influence of zeolite and superphosphate as additives on antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial communities during factory-scale chicken manure composting. (48 citations)
  • Two key features influencing community assembly processes at regional scale: Initial state and degree of change in environmental conditions. (32 citations)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate the heavy metal toxicity on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants cultivated on a heavily contaminated field soil at a WEEE-recycling site. (30 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Xiangui Lin mainly focuses on Environmental chemistry, Soil contamination, Mineralization, Soil organic matter and Microcosm. His Environmental chemistry research incorporates elements of Moisture, Drip irrigation, Captan and Greenhouse gas. His studies in Soil contamination integrate themes in fields like Monoculture, Allium tuberosum, Phytoremediation, Intercropping and Crop rotation.

His Mineralization study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Organic matter, Biostimulation, Bioremediation, Benzopyrene and Microbial biodegradation. His Soil organic matter research is included under the broader classification of Soil water. His Human fertilization research is within the category of Agronomy.

Best Publications

  • Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

    Ruirui Chen;Ruirui Chen;Mehmet Senbayram;Mehmet Senbayram;Sergey Blagodatsky;Sergey Blagodatsky;Olga Myachina

  • Soil pH drives the spatial distribution of bacterial communities along elevation on Changbai Mountain

    Congcong Shen;Jinbo Xiong;Huayong Zhang;Youzhi Feng

  • Nitrogen fertilization directly affects soil bacterial diversity and indirectly affects bacterial community composition

    Jun Zeng;Xuejun Liu;Ling Song;Xiangui Lin

  • Geographic distance and pH drive bacterial distribution in alkaline lake sediments across Tibetan Plateau

    Jinbo Xiong;Yongqin Liu;Xiangui Lin;Huayong Zhang

  • Soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, bacterial community structure in response to long-term fertilizer management

    Haiyan Chu;Xiangui Lin;Takeshi Fujii;Sho Morimoto

  • The effects of mineral fertilizer and organic manure on soil microbial community and diversity

    Wenhui Zhong;Ting Gu;Wei Wang;Bin Zhang

  • Mechanisms of biochar decreasing methane emission from Chinese paddy soils

    Youzhi Feng;Yanping Xu;Yongchang Yu;Zubin Xie

  • Autotrophic growth of nitrifying community in an agricultural soil.

    Weiwei Xia;Caixia Zhang;Xiaowei Zeng;Youzhi Feng

  • Community Structure of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria under Long-Term Application of Mineral Fertilizer and Organic Manure in a Sandy Loam Soil

    Haiyan Chu;Takeshi Fujii;Sho Morimoto;Xiangui Lin

  • The Role of Metal Nanoparticles in Influencing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Effects on Plant Growth

    Youzhi Feng;Xiangchao Cui;Shiying He;Ge Dong

  • Long-term balanced fertilization decreases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in an arable soil in North China revealed by 454 pyrosequencing.

    Xiangui Lin;Youzhi Feng;Huayong Zhang;Ruirui Chen

  • Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

    Yuanyuan Bao;Jan Dolfing;Zhiying Guo;Ruirui Chen

  • The impact of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles on the soil bacterial community

    Shiying He;Youzhi Feng;Hongxuan Ren;Yu Zhang

  • Bioaccessibility, dietary exposure and human risk assessment of heavy metals from market vegetables in Hong Kong revealed with an in vitro gastrointestinal model.

    Junli Hu;Fuyong Wu;Fuyong Wu;Shengchun Wu;Zhihong Cao;Zhihong Cao

  • pH is the primary determinant of the bacterial community structure in agricultural soils impacted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution.

    Yucheng Wu;Jun Zeng;Jun Zeng;Qinghe Zhu;Qinghe Zhu;Zhenfa Zhang

  • Contrasting elevational diversity patterns between eukaryotic soil microbes and plants

    Congcong Shen;Wenju Liang;Yu Shi;Xiangui Lin

  • Nitrification of archaeal ammonia oxidizers in acid soils is supported by hydrolysis of urea.

    Lu Lu;Wenyan Han;Jinbo Zhang;Yucheng Wu

  • Two key features influencing community assembly processes at regional scale: Initial state and degree of change in environmental conditions.

    Youzhi Feng;Ruirui Chen;James C. Stegen;Zhiying Guo

  • Long-term application of fresh and composted manure increase tetracycline resistance in the arable soil of eastern China.

    Shuang Peng;Yiming Wang;Beibei Zhou;Xiangui Lin

  • Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizae and heavy metals under sand culture experiment

    J. P. Liao;X. G. Lin;Z. H. Cao;Y. Q. Shi

  • Microbial functional diversity, metabolic quotient, and invertase activity of a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term application of organic amendment and mineral fertilizer

    Junli Hu;Junli Hu;Xiangui Lin;Xiangui Lin;Junhua Wang;Junhua Wang;Jue Dai;Jue Dai

  • Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in soils after continually applied with different manure for 30 years

    Shuang Peng;Youzhi Feng;Yiming Wang;Xisheng Guo

  • Higher rates of nitrogen fertilization decrease soil enzyme activities, microbial functional diversity and nitrification capacity in a Chinese polytunnel greenhouse vegetable land

    Weishou Shen;Weishou Shen;Xiangui Lin;Weiming Shi;Ju Min

Frequent Co-Authors

Youzhi Feng
Youzhi Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Jianguo Zhu
Jianguo Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiabao Zhang
Jiabao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianwei Zhang
Jianwei Zhang Universität Hamburg
Weiming Shi
Weiming Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Klaus Dittert
Klaus Dittert University of Göttingen
Kazuyuki Yagi
Kazuyuki Yagi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego

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