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D-Index
66
Citations
14708
World Ranking
883
National Ranking
81

Xinhua He 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 Xinhua He sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 258 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xinhua He 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 Xinhua He sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

Botany, Agronomy, Ectomycorrhiza, Mycorrhiza and Ecology are his primary areas of study. The various areas that Xinhua He examines in his Botany study include Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Rhizosphere and Nutrient. His Agronomy research incorporates elements of Soil organic matter, Soil carbon and Terrestrial ecosystem, Ecosystem.

His work deals with themes such as Pisolithus, Mycorrhizal network and Casuarina, which intersect with Ectomycorrhiza. His Mycorrhiza research includes elements of Pinus sabiniana, Quercus douglasii, Fagaceae and Herbaceous plant. The concepts of his Manure study are interwoven with issues in Soil acidification, Fertilizer and Soil water, Cambisol, Red soil.

His most cited work include:

  • Balancing green and grain trade (309 citations)
  • Mycorrhizal networks: des liaisons dangereuses? (305 citations)
  • Nitrogen transfer within and between plants through Common Mycorrhizal Networks (CMNs) (204 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Botany, Soil water, Soil carbon and Fertilizer. His research integrates issues of Soil organic matter, Total organic carbon, Nutrient and Soil fertility in his study of Agronomy. His Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Inoculation, Horticulture, Rhizosphere and Mycorrhiza.

His studies in Rhizosphere integrate themes in fields like Glomalin and Plant physiology. Compost is closely connected to Animal science in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Soil water. His research investigates the connection between Soil carbon and topics such as Manure that intersect with issues in Alkali soil.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (68.50%)
  • Botany (44.88%)
  • Soil water (38.19%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agronomy (68.50%)
  • Soil water (38.19%)
  • Soil carbon (39.37%)

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

Xinhua He mostly deals with Agronomy, Soil water, Soil carbon, Fertilizer and Environmental chemistry. His studies deal with areas such as Nitrous oxide, Subsoil and Water content as well as Agronomy. Xinhua He has researched Soil water in several fields, including Rhizosphere, Nitrification and Animal science.

His Soil carbon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil fertility, Carbon sequestration, Cambisol, Manure and Topsoil. His study in Fertilizer is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Nutrient management, Nutrient, Greenhouse gas and Human fertilization. His Environmental chemistry research focuses on Cycling and how it relates to Terrestrial ecosystem, Pollution, Ammonia and Alkali soil.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Impact of agricultural fertilization practices on organo-mineral associations in four long-term field experiments: Implications for soil C sequestration. (19 citations)
  • Impact of agricultural fertilization practices on organo-mineral associations in four long-term field experiments: Implications for soil C sequestration. (19 citations)
  • Effects of grassland afforestation on structure and function of soil bacterial and fungal communities. (17 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Botany

His primary areas of study are Environmental chemistry, Soil carbon, Fertilizer, Soil water and Human fertilization. His work carried out in the field of Environmental chemistry brings together such families of science as Carbon nitrogen, Transformation and Manure. Xinhua He interconnects Carbon sequestration, Organic matter, Cambisol and Decomposition in the investigation of issues within Soil carbon.

Fertilizer is a subfield of Agronomy that Xinhua He studies. Xinhua He merges many fields, such as Agronomy and Structure and function, in his writings. His Soil water research integrates issues from Cycling, Ammonia, Pollution, Ferrihydrite and Terrestrial ecosystem.

Best Publications

  • Balancing green and grain trade

    Yiping Chen;Kaibo Wang;Yishan Lin;Weiyu Shi

  • Mycorrhizal networks: des liaisons dangereuses?

    Marc-André Selosse;Franck Richard;Franck Richard;Xinhua He;Suzanne W. Simard

  • Nitrogen transfer within and between plants through Common Mycorrhizal Networks (CMNs)

    Xin-Hua He;Christa Critchley;Caroline Bledsoe

  • Intensified soil acidification from chemical N fertilization and prevention by manure in an 18-year field experiment in the red soil of southern China

    Zejiang Cai;Boren Wang;Minggang Xu;Huimin Zhang

  • Contributions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to growth, photosynthesis, root morphology and ionic balance of citrus seedlings under salt stress

    Qiang-Sheng Wu;Ying-Ning Zou;Xin-Hua He

  • Long-term combined chemical and manure fertilizations increase soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in aggregate fractions at three typical cropland soils in China

    Y.T. He;W.J. Zhang;M.G. Xu;X.G. Tong

  • Water use efficiency and evapotranspiration of winter wheat and its response to irrigation regime in the north China plain

    Guo Yu Qiu;Liming Wang;Xinhua He;Xiying Zhang

  • Reduced dependence of rhizosphere microbiome on plant-derived carbon in 32-year long-term inorganic and organic fertilized soils

    Chao Ai;Guoqing Liang;Jingwen Sun;Xiubin Wang

  • Fertilization shapes bacterial community structure by alteration of soil pH

    Yuting Zhang;Yuting Zhang;Hong Shen;Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Ben W. Thomas

  • Hyphosphere interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate solubilizing bacterium promote phytate mineralization in soil

    Lin Zhang;Jiequn Fan;Xiaodong Ding;Xinhua He

  • Direct and indirect effects of glomalin, mycorrhizal hyphae and roots on aggregate stability in rhizosphere of trifoliate orange

    Qiang-Sheng Wu;Ming-Qin Cao;Ying-Ning Zou;Xin-hua He

  • Use of 15N stable isotope to quantify nitrogen transfer between mycorrhizal plants

    Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Minggang Xu;Guo Yu Qiu;Guo Yu Qiu;Jianbin Zhou

  • Responses of soil carbon pool and soil aggregates associated organic carbon to straw and straw-derived biochar addition in a dryland cropping mesocosm system

    Rong Huang;Dong Tian;Jiang Liu;Sheng Lv

  • Particles interaction forces and their effects on soil aggregates breakdown

    Feinan Hu;Chenyang Xu;Hang Li;Song Li

  • 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

  • Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants

    Yuan Yuan Song;Mao Ye;Chuanyou Li;Xinhua He

  • Effects of 17-year fertilization on soil microbial biomass C and N and soluble organic C and N in loessial soil during maize growth

    Bin Liang;Xueyun Yang;Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Jianbin Zhou

  • Analysis of diversity and relationships among mango cultivars using Start Codon Targeted (SCoT) markers

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  • Effects of grassland afforestation on structure and function of soil bacterial and fungal communities.

    Kaibo Wang;Yongwang Zhang;Zhuangsheng Tang;Zhouping Shangguan

  • Stratification of soil organic C, N and C:N ratio as affected by conservation tillage in two maize fields of China

    Yilai Lou;Minggang Xu;Xianni Chen;Xinhua He

  • Linking organic carbon accumulation to microbial community dynamics in a sandy loam soil: result of 20 years compost and inorganic fertilizers repeated application experiment

    Huanjun Zhang;Weixin Ding;Hongyan Yu;Xinhua He;Xinhua He

  • Carbon stocks and changes of dead organic matter in China's forests

    Jianxiao Zhu;Huifeng Hu;Shengli Tao;Xiulian Chi

  • Snow removal alters soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity in a Tibetan alpine forest

    Bo Tan;Fu-zhong Wu;Wan-qin Yang;Xin-hua He

  • Long-term fertilization increases soil organic carbon and alters its chemical composition in three wheat-maize cropping sites across central and south China

    Y.T. He;X.H. He;X.H. He;M.G. Xu;W.J. Zhang

  • Soil organic carbon sequestration in upland soils of northern China under variable fertilizer management and climate change scenarios

    Guiying Jiang;Minggang Xu;Xinhua He;Wenju Zhang

  • The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community response to warming and grazing differs between soil and roots on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.

    Wei Yang;Yong Zheng;Cheng Gao;Xinhua He

  • Spatial distribution of glomalin-related soil protein and its relationships with root mycorrhization, soil aggregates, carbohydrates, activity of protease and β-glucosidase in the rhizosphere of Citrus unshiu

    Qiang-Sheng Wu;Xin-Hua He;Xin-Hua He;Ying-Ning Zou;Kai-Ping He

  • Recalcitrant carbon components in glomalin-related soil protein facilitate soil organic carbon preservation in tropical forests.

    Jing Zhang;Xuli Tang;Siyuan Zhong;Guangcai Yin

  • A one-year short-term biochar application improved carbon accumulation in large macroaggregate fractions

    Qingzhong Zhang;ZhangLiu Du;Yilai Lou;Xinhua He

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang-Sheng Wu
Qiang-Sheng Wu Yangtze University
Guanghui Yu
Guanghui Yu Tianjin University
Ying-Ning Zou
Ying-Ning Zou Yangtze University
Minggang Xu
Minggang Xu Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Qirong Shen
Qirong Shen Nanjing Agricultural University
Wei Ran
Wei Ran Nanjing Agricultural University
Caroline S. Bledsoe
Caroline S. Bledsoe University of California, Davis
Wanqin Yang
Wanqin Yang Taizhou University
Lei Deng
Lei Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xueyun Yang
Xueyun Yang Northwest A&F University

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