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D-Index
49
Citations
8969
World Ranking
4037
National Ranking
89

Xugao Wang 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 Xugao Wang sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 152 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xugao Wang 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 Xugao Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xugao Wang is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's research spans several subfields including nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, plant science, insect science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their research topics cover a broad range of ecological and biological areas. Notable themes in their work include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, forest ecology and management, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant and animal studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Wang's recent publications illustrate the scientist's focus on soil and forest ecology. Key papers include:

  • "Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K-selected microbial community" (2021), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Stoichiometric imbalance and microbial community regulate microbial elements use efficiencies under nitrogen addition" (2021), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Above- and below-ground biodiversity jointly regulate temperate forest multifunctionality along a local-scale environmental gradient" (2020), published in Journal of Ecology
  • "Tree species traits affect which natural enemies drive the Janzen-Connell effect in a temperate forest" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Linkages between the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial life strategy are dependent on sampling season" (2022), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

These papers reflect an emphasis on microbial ecology, forest ecosystem processes, and the interactions between soil biology and environmental factors.

Wang has frequently published in several journals including Forest Ecology and Management, PubMed, Biodiversity Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Global Change Biology. Their most frequent outlets are:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • PubMed
  • Biodiversity Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Change Biology

Collaboration is a prominent aspect of Wang's career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Zhanqing Hao
  • Ji Ye
  • Shuai Fang
  • Fei Lin
  • Zikun Mao

The scientist's work contributes to understanding complex ecological relationships and environmental dynamics, particularly in temperate forest ecosystems and soil microbial communities. Their publication record indicates a consistent contribution to the expanding knowledge in environmental and agricultural biological sciences through multi-disciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size.

    N. L. Stephenson;A. J. Das;Richard S. Condit;S. E. Russo

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K-selected microbial community

    Hui Li;Shan Yang;Mikhail V Semenov;Fei Yao

  • Microbial Taxa Distribution Is Associated with Ecological Trophic Cascades along an Elevation Gradient.

    Fei Yao;Shan Yang;Shan Yang;Zhirui Wang;Xue Wang

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology.

    Lauren G. Shoemaker;Lauren G. Shoemaker;Lauren G. Shoemaker;Lauren L. Sullivan;Lauren L. Sullivan;Ian Donohue;Juliano S. Cabral

  • Species associations in an old‐growth temperate forest in north‐eastern China

    Xugao Wang;Thorsten Wiegand;Zhanqing Hao;Buhang Li

  • An integrated UAV-borne lidar system for 3D habitat mapping in three forest ecosystems across China

    Qinghua Guo;Yanjun Su;Tianyu Hu;Xiaoqian Zhao

  • Stoichiometric imbalance and microbial community regulate microbial elements use efficiencies under nitrogen addition

    Jing Li;Changpeng Sang;Jingyi Yang;Lingrui Qu

  • Above- and below-ground biodiversity jointly regulate temperate forest multifunctionality along a local-scale environmental gradient

    Zuoqiang Yuan;Arshad Ali;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Tommaso Jucker

  • Global signal of top-down control of terrestrial plant communities by herbivores.

    Shihong Jia;Xugao Wang;Zuoqiang Yuan;Fei Lin

  • Maxent modeling for predicting the potential distribution of Sanghuang, an important group of medicinal fungi in China

    Hai-Sheng Yuan;Yu-Lian Wei;Xu-Gao Wang

  • Aboveground carbon storage is driven by functional trait composition and stand structural attributes rather than biodiversity in temperate mixed forests recovering from disturbances

    Zuoqiang Yuan;Shaopeng Wang;Arshad Ali;Antonio Gazol

  • Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees

    Chengjin Chu;James A. Lutz;Kamil Král;Tomáš Vrška

  • Spatial patterns of tree species richness in two temperate forests

    Xugao Wang;Thorsten Wiegand;Amy Wolf;Robert Howe

  • Testing the independent species’ arrangement assertion made by theories of stochastic geometry of biodiversity

    Thorsten Wiegand;Andreas Huth;Stephan Getzin;Xugao Wang

  • Tree species traits affect which natural enemies drive the Janzen-Connell effect in a temperate forest.

    Shihong Jia;Xugao Wang;Zuoqiang Yuan;Fei Lin

  • Effects of local biotic neighbors and habitat heterogeneity on tree and shrub seedling survival in an old-growth temperate forest

    Xuejiao Bai;Simon A. Queenborough;Xugao Wang;Jian Zhang

  • Predicting the distributions of suitable habitat for three larch species under climate warming in Northeastern China

    Wenfang Leng;Hong S. He;Hong S. He;Rencang Bu;Limin Dai

  • Soil bacterial communities of different natural forest types in Northeast China

    Hui Li;Dandan Ye;Xugao Wang;Matthew Lee Settles

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhanqing Hao
Zhanqing Hao Northwestern Polytechnical University
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Fangliang He
Fangliang He University of Alberta
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Amy Wolf
Amy Wolf University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Robert W. Howe
Robert W. Howe University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali Hebei University

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