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D-Index
63
Citations
15884
World Ranking
1953
National Ranking
715

Xiaofeng Xu 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 Xiaofeng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 235 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaofeng Xu 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 Xiaofeng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Xiaofeng Xu is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States and has a significant publication record in environmental science and related fields. Their research spans multiple aspects of ecosystem dynamics, soil science, and global environmental change.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics within soil and ecosystem ecology, including:

  • Global biogeography of fungal and bacterial biomass carbon in topsoil, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Improved global-scale predictions of soil carbon stocks with Millennial Version 2, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Soil dissolved organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems: Global budget, spatial distribution and controls, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982-2018, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Climatic versus Anthropogenic Controls of Decadal Trends (1983-2017) in Algal Blooms in Lakes and Reservoirs across China, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Xiaofeng Xu frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Liyuan He (34 publications)
  • Fenghui Yuan (31 publications)
  • Yunjiang Zuo (26 publications)
  • Jianzhao Liu (23 publications)
  • Lihua Zhang (22 publications)

Publishing regularly in established journals, Xu's most common publication venues include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (7 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (6 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (5 publications)
  • Biogeosciences (5 publications)

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science with 158 publications and Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 66 publications.

Xu's subfields of study demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach spanning ecological and environmental sciences, notably:

  • Ecology (78 publications)
  • Soil Science (44 publications)
  • Global and Planetary Change (39 publications)
  • Atmospheric Science (26 publications)
  • Environmental Chemistry (17 publications)

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (88 publications)
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (74 publications)
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (56 publications)
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 publications)
  • Climate change and permafrost (30 publications)
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (20 publications)
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 publications)

Best Publications

  • A global analysis of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

    Xiaofeng Xu;Peter E. Thornton;Wilfred M. Post

  • Two-decade reconstruction of algal blooms in China's Lake Taihu.

    Hongtao Duan;Ronghua Ma;Xiaofeng Xu;Fanxiang Kong

  • Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models

    Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Steven D. Allison;Niels H. Batjes

  • Model estimates of net primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the southern United States during 1895–2007

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Mingliang Liu;Chi Zhang

  • Microbes drive global soil nitrogen mineralization and availability.

    Zhaolei Li;Dashuan Tian;Bingxue Wang;Jinsong Wang

  • Explicitly representing soil microbial processes in Earth system models

    William R. Wieder;Steven D. Allison;Eric A. Davidson;Katerina Georgiou;Katerina Georgiou

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • China's Terrestrial Carbon Balance: Contributions from Multiple Global Change Factors

    Hanqin Tian;Jerry M. Melillo;Chaoqun Lu;David W. Kicklighter

  • Plant functional types in Earth system models: past experiences and future directions for application of dynamic vegetation models in high-latitude ecosystems

    Stan D. Wullschleger;Howard E. Epstein;Elgene O. Box;Eugénie S. Euskirchen

  • Global methane and nitrous oxide emissions from terrestrial ecosystems due to multiple environmental changes

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Guangsheng Chen;Chaoqun Lu;Xiaofeng Xu

  • Ecosystem–atmosphere exchange of CH4 and N2O and ecosystem respiration in wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeastern China

    Changchun Song;Changchun Song;Xiaofeng Xu;Hanqin Tian;Yiyong Wang

  • Extension of the growing season due to delayed autumn over mid and high latitudes in North America during 1982–2006

    Wenquan Zhu;Wenquan Zhu;Hanqin Tian;Xiaofeng Xu;Yaozhong Pan

  • Substrate and environmental controls on microbial assimilation of soil organic carbon: a framework for Earth System Models

    Xiaofeng Xu;Joshua P. Schimel;Peter E. Thornton;Xia Song

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of CH 4 and N 2 O fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of North America during 1979–2008: application of a global biogeochemistry model

    Hanqin Tian;X. Xu;M. Liu;Wei Ren

  • 9.0% power conversion efficiency from ternary all-polymer solar cells

    Zhaojun Li;Xiaofeng Xu;Wei Zhang;Xiangyi Meng

  • The Millennial model: in search of measurable pools and transformations for modeling soil carbon in the new century

    Rose Abramoff;Xiaofeng Xu;Melannie Hartman;Sarah O’Brien;Sarah O’Brien

  • Net exchanges of CO2, CH4, and N2O between China's terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere and their contributions to global climate warming

    Hanqin Tian;Xiaofeng Xu;Chaoqun Lu;Mingliang Liu

  • Impacts of urbanization on carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems of the Southern United States

    Chi Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Arthur Chappelka

  • Investigation of near-global daytime boundary layer height using high-resolution radiosondes: first results and comparison with ERA5, MERRA-2, JRA-55, and NCEP-2 reanalyses

    Jianping Guo;Jian Zhang;Kun Yang;Hong Liao

  • Stoichiometric models of microbial metabolic limitation in soil systems

    Yongxing Cui;Yongxing Cui;Daryl L. Moorhead;Xiaobin Guo;Shushi Peng

  • North American terrestrial CO2 uptake largely offset by CH4 and N2O emissions: toward a full accounting of the greenhouse gas budget.

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Chaoqun Lu;Xiaofeng Xu

  • Century-Scale Responses of Ecosystem Carbon Storage and Flux to Multiple Environmental Changes in the Southern United States

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Chi Zhang;Mingliang Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Ergang Wang
Ergang Wang Chalmers University of Technology
Guangsheng Chen
Guangsheng Chen Zhejiang A & F University
Mingliang Liu
Mingliang Liu Washington State University
Chaoqun Lu
Chaoqun Lu Iowa State University
Mats Andersson
Mats Andersson Flinders University
Peter E. Thornton
Peter E. Thornton Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang Linyi University
Shufen Pan
Shufen Pan Auburn University
Changchun Song
Changchun Song Chinese Academy of Sciences

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