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Xuezheng Shi publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xuezheng Shi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 136 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Xuezheng Shi D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xuezheng Shi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xuezheng Shi is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed significantly to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Engineering. Their research focuses primarily on soil science, with notable work spanning soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and unsaturated flow, and soil geostatistics and mapping.

The scientist's work often intersects with specialized subfields such as civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, biomaterials, and artificial intelligence. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements

Xuezheng Shi has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Art Frontier
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geoderma
  • Soil and Tillage Research

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Shi illustrate the focus on hyperspectral imaging and machine learning applied to soil studies as well as soil property mapping and analysis:

  • Integrating hyperspectral imaging with machine learning techniques for the high-resolution mapping of soil nitrogen fractions in soil profiles, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hyperspectral imaging for high-resolution mapping of soil carbon fractions in intact paddy soil profiles with multivariate techniques and variable selection, 2020, Geoderma
  • Spatiotemporal variations in soil organic carbon and their drivers in southeastern China during 1981-2011, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • A comparison of machine learning algorithms for mapping soil iron parameters indicative of pedogenic processes by hyperspectral imaging of intact soil profiles, 2021, European Journal of Soil Science
  • Effects of porous clay ceramic rates on aeration porosity characteristics in a structurally degraded soil under greenhouse vegetable production, 2021, Pedosphere

Collaboration forms a strong part of Shi's research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Meiyan Wang (13 joint publications)
  • Shengxiang Xu (9 joint publications)
  • Quanbo Yu (8 joint publications)
  • Xinqiao Xie (8 joint publications)
  • Lingying Xu (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Spatiotemporal characteristics, patterns, and causes of land-use changes in China since the late 1980s

    Jiyuan Liu;Wenhui Kuang;Zengxiang Zhang;Xinliang Xu

  • Carbon pools in China's terrestrial ecosystems: New estimates based on an intensive field survey

    Xuli Tang;Xia Zhao;Yongfei Bai;Zhiyao Tang

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • Economics- and policy-driven organic carbon input enhancement dominates soil organic carbon accumulation in Chinese croplands.

    Yongcun Zhao;Meiyan Wang;Shuijin Hu;Xudong Zhang

  • Soil Database of 1:1,000,000 Digital Soil Survey and Reference System of the Chinese Genetic Soil Classification System

    X. Z. Shi;D. S. Yu;E. D. Warner;X. Z. Pan

  • Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

    Helge Bruelheide;Martin Böhnke;Sabine Both;Teng Fang

  • Environmental assessment of small-scale vegetable farming systems in peri-urban areas of the Yangtze River Delta Region, China

    Biao Huang;Xuezheng Shi;Dongsheng Yu;Ingrid Öborn

  • Cross-reference system for translating between genetic soil classification of China and soil taxonomy

    X. Z. Shi;D. S. Yu;E. D. Warner;W. X. Sun

  • Cross-reference for relating Genetic Soil Classification of China with WRB at different scales

    X.Z. Shi;D.S. Yu;S.X. Xu;E.D. Warner

  • Comparison of multivariate methods for estimating selected soil properties from intact soil cores of paddy fields by Vis–NIR spectroscopy

    Shengxiang Xu;Yongcun Zhao;Meiyan Wang;Xuezheng Shi

  • Pools and distributions of soil phosphorus in China

    Chi Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Jiyuan Liu;Shaoqiang Wang

  • On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems - a study from SE China

    Thomas Scholten;Philipp Goebes;Peter Kühn;Steffen Seitz

  • Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China

    C. Geißler;P. Kühn;M. Böhnke;H. Bruelheide

  • Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soils of an Industry-Based Peri-Urban Area in Wuxi, China

    Yan-Feng Zhao;Xue-Zheng Shi;Biao Huang;Dong-Sheng Yu

  • Factors determining soil nutrient distribution in a small-scaled watershed in the purple soil region of Sichuan Province, China

    H.J. Wang;X.Z. Shi;D.S. Yu;David C. Weindorf

  • Spatial interrelations and multi-scale sources of soil heavy metal variability in a typical urban-rural transition area in Yangtze River Delta region of China

    Yongcun Zhao;Zhigang Wang;Weixia Sun;Biao Huang

  • Changes in soil fertility parameters and the environmental effects in a rapidly developing region of China

    Jeremy L. Darilek;Biao Huang;Zhigang Wang;Yanbing Qi

  • Patterns of soil nitrogen storage in China

    Hanqin Tian;Shaoqiang Wang;Jiyuan Liu;Shufen Pan

  • Variation of soil organic carbon estimates in mountain regions: A case study from Southwest China

    Y. Zhang;Y.C. Zhao;X.Z. Shi;X.X. Lu

  • National Scale Analysis of Soil Organic Carbon Storage in China Based on Chinese Soil Taxonomy

    Dong-Sheng Yu;Xue-Zheng Shi;Hong-Jie Wang;Wei-Xia Sun

  • [Estimation of China soil organic carbon storage and density based on 1:1,000,000 soil database].

    Dongsheng Yu;Xuezheng Shi;Weixia Sun;Hongjie Wang

  • Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

    Helge Bruelheide;Martin Bohnke;Sabine Both;Fang Teng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongcun Zhao
Yongcun Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
David C. Weindorf
David C. Weindorf Central Michigan University
Thomas Scholten
Thomas Scholten University of Tübingen
Peter Kühn
Peter Kühn University of Tübingen
Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt University of Tübingen
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire

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