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Xiao Gang Li

Xiao Gang Li

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
5656
World Ranking
4169
National Ranking
390

Xiao Gang Li 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 Xiao Gang Li sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 64 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiao Gang Li 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 Xiao Gang Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% 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
  • Ecosystem

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Mulch, Pasture, Soil carbon and Straw. His Agronomy research includes themes of Soil water, Bulk density and Bulk soil. His studies deal with areas such as Total organic carbon, Hay, Botany, Overgrazing and Carbon cycle as well as Bulk density.

Xiao Gang Li usually deals with Mulch and limits it to topics linked to Water content and Productivity, Yield and Cover crop. His Pasture research includes elements of Rangeland management, Nutrient cycle, Carex and Growing season. His Soil carbon research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Mineralization, Soil respiration, Grazing, Grazing pressure and Soil horizon.

His most cited work include:

  • Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems—An Innovative Technique for Boosting Crop Productivity in Semiarid Rain-Fed Environments (275 citations)
  • Effect of grazing on carbon stocks and assimilate partitioning in a Tibetan montane pasture revealed by 13CO2 pulse labeling (145 citations)
  • Ridge-furrow and plastic-mulching tillage enhances maize–soil interactions: Opportunities and challenges in a semiarid agroecosystem (117 citations)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Soil carbon, Soil organic matter and Mulch. His Agronomy research integrates issues from Water content, Total organic carbon, Mineralization and Topsoil. His Soil water study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry, Organic matter, Salinity and Animal science.

His Soil carbon research incorporates themes from Biomass, Loess plateau, Nutrient and Soil horizon. His study on Bulk soil is often connected to Sugar as part of broader study in Soil organic matter. His work on Plastic mulch as part of general Mulch research is often related to Plastic film and Water-use efficiency, thus linking different fields of science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (101.52%)
  • Soil water (69.70%)
  • Soil carbon (27.27%)

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

  • Agronomy (101.52%)
  • Soil water (69.70%)
  • Plastic film (13.64%)

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

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Soil water, Plastic film, Mulch and Topsoil. The Litter research Xiao Gang Li does as part of his general Agronomy study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Altitude, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His study in the fields of Soil carbon and Mineralization under the domain of Soil water overlaps with other disciplines such as Sea level and Microorganism.

The various areas that Xiao Gang Li examines in his Soil carbon study include Total organic carbon and Plant litter. His research in Mulch intersects with topics in Field experiment, Residue, Crop and Animal science. His work in Topsoil addresses subjects such as Subsoil, which are connected to disciplines such as Shrub, Ecological stoichiometry, Soil organic matter, Cycling and Grassland.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Long-term active restoration of extremely degraded alpine grassland accelerated turnover and increased stability of soil carbon. (3 citations)
  • Modern wheat cultivars have greater root nitrogen uptake efficiency than old cultivars (3 citations)
  • Presence frequency of plant species can predict spatial patterns of the species in small patches on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (2 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His scientific interests lie mostly in Horticulture, Nitrogen fertilizer, Cultivar, Cyperaceae and Species diversity. His Cyperaceae research entails a greater understanding of Ecology. His Species diversity study frequently links to related topics such as Spatial heterogeneity.

Best Publications

  • Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems—An Innovative Technique for Boosting Crop Productivity in Semiarid Rain-Fed Environments

    Yantai Gan;Yantai Gan;Kadambot H.M. Siddique;Neil C. Turner;Xiao-Gang Li

  • Effects of plastic film mulch and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters

    C.A. Liu;S.L. Jin;L.M. Zhou;Y. Jia

  • The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

    Georg Miehe;Per Marten Schleuss;Elke Seeber;Wolfgang Babel

  • Effect of grazing on carbon stocks and assimilate partitioning in a Tibetan montane pasture revealed by 13CO2 pulse labeling

    Silke Hafner;Sebastian Unteregelsbacher;Elke Seeber;Becker Lena

  • Ridge-furrow and plastic-mulching tillage enhances maize–soil interactions: Opportunities and challenges in a semiarid agroecosystem

    Li-Min Zhou;Sheng-Li Jin;Chang-An Liu;You-Cai Xiong

  • Soil physical properties and their relations to organic carbon pools as affected by land use in an alpine pastureland

    Xiao-Gang Li;Xiao-Gang Li;Feng-Min Li;Rengel Zed;Zheng-Yan Zhan

  • Multi-site assessment of the effects of plastic-film mulch on the soil organic carbon balance in semiarid areas of China

    Yong Peng Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Taotao Fu;Lin Wang

  • Multi-site assessment of the effects of plastic-film mulch on dryland maize productivity in semiarid areas in China

    Yong Peng Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Jing Zhu;Cheng Yun Fan

  • Nitrogen fertilization decreases the decomposition of soil organic matter and plant residues in planted soils

    Xiao Gang Li;Bin Jia;Jieting Lv;Qiujin Ma

  • Grazing exclusion decreases soil organic C storage at an alpine grassland of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Xiao-Ming Shi;Xiao Gang Li;Chun Tao Li;Yu Zhao

  • Long-term fertilization and manuring effects on physically-separated soil organic matter pools under a wheat–wheat–maize cropping system in an arid region of China

    Long Hai;Xiao Gang Li;Feng Min Li;Dong Rang Suo

  • Continuous plastic-film mulching increases soil aggregation but decreases soil pH in semiarid areas of China

    Lin Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Jieting Lv;Taotao Fu

  • Film-Mulched Ridge–Furrow Management Increases Maize Productivity and Sustains Soil Organic Carbon in a Dryland Cropping System

    Xiao-E. Liu;Xiao Gang Li;Long Hai;Yong Peng Wang

  • How efficient is film fully-mulched ridge–furrow cropping to conserve rainfall in soil at a rainfed site?

    Xiao E Liu;Xiao Gang Li;Long Hai;Yong Peng Wang

  • Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands

    Wolfgang Babel;Tobias Biermann;Tobias Biermann;Heinz Coners;Eva Falge

  • The effects of plastic-film mulch on the grain yield and root biomass of maize vary with cultivar in a cold semiarid environment

    Lin Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Zhen Huan Guan;Bin Jia

  • Changes in soil organic carbon, nutrients and aggregation after conversion of native desert soil into irrigated arable land.

    Xiao Gang Li;Yin Ke Li;Feng Min Li;Qifu Ma

  • Cultivation effects on temporal changes of organic carbon and aggregate stability in desert soils of Hexi Corridor region in China

    Xiao-Gang Li;Feng-Min Li;Zed Rengel;Bhupinderpal-Singh

  • Film fully-mulched ridge-furrow cropping affects soil biochemical properties and maize nutrient uptake in a rainfed semi-arid environment

    Yong Peng Wang;Xiao Gang Li;Long Hai;Kadambot H. M. Siddique

  • Regulation of soil phosphorus cycling in grasslands by shrubs

    Xiao-Li Gao;Xiao Gang Li;Ling Zhao;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Crop cultivation and intensive grazing affect organic C pools and aggregate stability in arid grassland soil

    Xiao-Gang Li;Xiao-Gang Li;Zhe-Feng Wang;Qi-Fu Ma;Feng-Min Li

  • Assessing the effects of plastic film fully mulched ridge–furrow on rainwater distribution in soil using dye tracer and simulated rainfall

    Xiaojin Jiang;Xiao Gang Li

  • Decomposition of maize straw in saline soil

    Xiaogang Li;Xiaogang Li;Xiaogang Li;Fengmin Li;Bhupinderpal-Singh;Zhijun Cui

  • Effects of land use on soil total and light fraction organic, and microbial biomass C and N in a semi-arid ecosystem of northwest China

    Xiao-Ling Wang;Xiao-Ling Wang;Yu Jia;Xiao-Gang Li;Rui-Jun Long

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng-Min Li
Feng-Min Li Lanzhou University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Xingliang Xu
Xingliang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Kadambot H. M. Siddique University of Western Australia
Neil C. Turner
Neil C. Turner University of Western Australia
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel University of Western Australia
Yantai Gan
Yantai Gan Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Olga Shibistova
Olga Shibistova University of Hannover
Georg Miehe
Georg Miehe Philipp University of Marburg

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