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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 47 4448 4291 101 99 161 8089

Xiaorong Wei publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiaorong Wei between 2006 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiaorong Wei published across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2022. 41 of the 230 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2022. 2006: 2 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 29 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 24 publications
2006 2025

230 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiaorong Wei: publications per year, 2006 to 2025
Year Publications
2006 2
2007 2
2008 2
2009 6
2010 8
2011 4
2012 5
2013 9
2014 6
2015 9
2016 11
2017 6
2018 4
2019 20
2020 16
2021 21
2022 29
2023 29
2024 17
2025 24
Total 230
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Xiaorong Wei publications per year - data summary

  • Xiaorong Wei, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Northwest A&F University, has 230 publications recorded across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2006 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2022 and 2023, with 29 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2006, 2007 and 2008, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.5 per year counting only the 20 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 120 publications, 52% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2006-2012: 29 publications (4.1 per year); 2013-2019: 65 publications (9.3 per year); 2020-2025: 136 publications (22.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 157–161 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

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

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205 161
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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Xiaorong Wei publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 37–41 to 531+ publications.
  • Xiaorong Wei, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Northwest A&F University, records 161 publications - the 58th percentile of the discipline.
  • 58% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Xiaorong Wei, and about 42% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 147–151 publications range, and Xiaorong Wei ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 97–101 publications, holding 333 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 157–161 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 531 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

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 121 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213 47
48 207
49 172
50 209
51 199
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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Xiaorong Wei D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 92 ranges running from 30 to 121+ D-Index.
  • Xiaorong Wei, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Northwest A&F University, records 47 D-Index - the 49th percentile of the discipline.
  • 49% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Xiaorong Wei, and about 51% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48 D-Index range, and Xiaorong Wei ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 40 D-Index, holding 280 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 52 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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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