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D-Index
47
Citations
8089
World Ranking
4452
National Ranking
105

Xiaorong Wei 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 Xiaorong Wei sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Xiaorong Wei 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 Xiaorong Wei sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xiaorong Wei is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Among recent publications associated with Xiaorong Wei are:

  • "Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality" (2021) in The ISME Journal
  • "Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems" (2022) in iMeta
  • "Afforestation can lower microbial diversity and functionality in deep soil layers in a semiarid region" (2022) in Global Change Biology
  • "Response of soil OC, N and P to land-use change and erosion in the black soil region of the Northeast China" (2020) in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Soil erosion leads to degradation of hydraulic properties in the agricultural region of Northeast China" (2021) in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xiaorong Wei include Mingan Shao, Weibo Kong, Yufei Yao, Liping Qiu, and Xiaoxu Jia.

Xiaorong Wei has published extensively in journals such as CATENA, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Geoderma, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Global Change Biology.

Best Publications

  • Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality.

    Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Qian Zhang;Qian Zhang;Hansong Zhu;Hansong Zhu;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Global pattern of soil carbon losses due to the conversion of forests to agricultural land

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingan Shao;William Gale;Linhai Li

  • Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen as affected by vegetation types in Northern Loess Plateau of China

    Xiaoli Fu;Mingan Shao;Xiaorong Wei;Robert Horton

  • Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems

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  • Changes in soil properties and the availability of soil micronutrients after 18 years of cropping and fertilization

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingde Hao;Mingan Shao;William J. Gale

  • Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming

    Peter B. Reich;Kerrie M. Sendall;Artur Stefanski;Xiaorong Wei;Xiaorong Wei

  • Acclimation of photosynthetic temperature optima of temperate and boreal tree species in response to experimental forest warming.

    Kerrie M Sendall;Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;Changming Zhao;Hou Jihua

  • Afforestation can lower microbial diversity and functionality in deep soil layers in a semiarid region

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  • Soil texture determines the distribution of aggregate-associated carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous under two contrasting land use types in the Loess Plateau

    Nannan Ge;Nannan Ge;Xiaorong Wei;Xiaorong Wei;Xiang Wang;Xuetong Liu

  • Hillslope scale temporal stability of soil water storage in diverse soil layers

    Xiao Xu Jia;Ming An Shao;Xiao Rong Wei;Yun Qiang Wang;Yun Qiang Wang

  • Soil organic carbon losses due to land use change in a semiarid grassland

    Liping Qiu;Xiaorong Wei;Xingchang Zhang;Jimin Cheng

  • Dynamics of aggregate-associated organic carbon following conversion of forest to cropland

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingan Shao;William J. Gale;Xingchang Zhang

  • Distribution of soil organic C, N and P in three adjacent land use patterns in the northern Loess Plateau, China

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingan Shao;Xiaoli Fu;Robert Horton

  • Dynamics of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon along an afforestation chronosequence

    Liping Qiu;Xiaorong Wei;Jianlun Gao;Xingchang Zhang

  • Natural vegetation restoration is more beneficial to soil surface organic and inorganic carbon sequestration than tree plantation on the Loess Plateau of China

    Zhao Jin;Yunshe Dong;Yunqiang Wang;Xiaorong Wei

  • Accumulation of soil organic carbon in aggregates after afforestation on abandoned farmland

    Xiaorong Wei;Xuezhang Li;Xiaoxu Jia;Mingan Shao;Mingan Shao

  • Traditional dry soil layer index method overestimates soil desiccation severity following conversion of cropland into forest and grassland on China’s Loess Plateau

    Xiaoxu Jia;Chunlei Zhao;Yunqiang Wang;Yuanjun Zhu

  • Impact of long-term grazing exclusion on soil microbial community composition and nutrient availability

    Zhe Wang;Zhe Wang;Qian Zhang;Christopher Staley;Hailong Gao

  • Halophytes increase rhizosphere microbial diversity, network complexity and function in inland saline ecosystem.

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  • Changes in soil physical and chemical properties after short drought stress in semi-humid forests.

    Qingyin Zhang;Mingan Shao;Mingan Shao;Xiaoxu Jia;Xiaorong Wei

  • Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation after Grazing Exclusion in Semiarid Grassland

    Liping Qiu;Xiaorong Wei;Xingchang Zhang;Jimin Cheng

  • Mineral N stock and nitrate accumulation in the 50 to 200 m profile on the Loess Plateau

    Xiaoxu Jia;Yuanjun Zhu;Laiming Huang;Laiming Huang;Xiaorong Wei

  • Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen after 28 years grassland afforestation: effects of tree species, slope position, and soil order

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingan Shao;Xiaoli Fu;Robert Horton

  • Distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen along a revegetational succession on the Loess Plateau of China

    Xiaoxu Jia;Xiaorong Wei;Ming'an Shao;Xuezhang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Mingan Shao
Mingan Shao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoxu Jia
Xiaoxu Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Robert Horton
Robert Horton Iowa State University
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Yunqiang Wang
Yunqiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rebecca A. Montgomery
Rebecca A. Montgomery University of Minnesota
Baoyuan Liu
Baoyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Karl Stahr
Karl Stahr University of Hohenheim

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