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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 65 904 833 70 69 204 18928
Ecology and Evolution 68 1502 1436 30 30 226 21283

Yongfei Bai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yongfei Bai between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yongfei Bai published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 12.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2024. 52 of the 300 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2024. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 24 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 27 publications 2025: 25 publications
2002 2025

300 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yongfei Bai: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 0
2004 4
2005 6
2006 2
2007 3
2008 8
2009 8
2010 9
2011 13
2012 8
2013 9
2014 6
2015 19
2016 11
2017 13
2018 24
2019 18
2020 25
2021 20
2022 21
2023 20
2024 27
2025 25
Total 300
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Yongfei Bai 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 Yongfei Bai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 201–205 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 204 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71 204
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Yongfei Bai 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 Yongfei Bai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58 65
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

Yongfei Bai is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with substantial contributions in Plant Science, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant and animal studies, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Yongfei Bai has published extensively in leading scientific venues. Some frequent publication venues include Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Ecology, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Applied Soil Ecology, and Journal of Applied Ecology.

Frequent co-authors in their research network include Dima Chen, Xiaoming Lu, Liji Wu, Ying Wu, and Yujin Zhao.

Among recent papers authored by Yongfei Bai are:

  • Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions (2022, Science)
  • The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management (2022, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Nitrogen-induced acidification, not N-nutrient, dominates suppressive N effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Soil acidification reduces the effects of short-term nutrient enrichment on plant and soil biota and their interactions in grasslands (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Long-term regional evidence of the effects of livestock grazing on soil microbial community structure and functions in surface and deep soil layers (2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Their research addresses significant environmental issues such as soil carbon dynamics, nutrient effects on soil organisms, and ecosystem responses to land use and management. This body of work contributes to understanding ecological processes relevant to soil health, vegetation, and sustainable land management practices.

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem stability and compensatory effects in the Inner Mongolia grassland

    Yongfei Bai;Xingguo Han;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Zuozhong Chen

  • Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions

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  • Tradeoffs and thresholds in the effects of nitrogen addition on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: evidence from inner Mongolia Grasslands

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Christopher M. Clark;Shahid Naeem

  • Primary production and rain use efficiency across a precipitation gradient on the Mongolia Plateau.

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Qi Xing;Qingmin Pan

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

    Xuli Tang;Xia Zhao;Yongfei Bai;Zhiyao Tang

  • Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010.

    Fei Lu;Huifeng Hu;Wenjuan Sun;Jiaojun Zhu

  • Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage.

    Shiping Chen;Wantong Wang;Wenting Xu;Yang Wang

  • Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils.

    Tian Ma;Shanshan Zhu;Zhiheng Wang;Dima Chen

  • The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences

    Kathryn E. Barry;Liesje Mommer;Jasper van Ruijven;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth

  • Linking stoichiometric homoeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning and stability.

    Qiang Yu;Quansheng Chen;James J. Elser;Nianpeng He

  • Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem

    Philipp Schönbach;Hongwei Wan;Martin Gierus;Yongfei Bai

  • Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Chris M. Clark;Qingmin Pan

  • Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China's terrestrial ecosystems

    Zhiyao Tang;Wenting Xu;Guoyi Zhou;Yongfei Bai

  • Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Qingmin Pan;Jianhui Huang

  • Evidence that acidification-induced declines in plant diversity and productivity are mediated by changes in below-ground communities and soil properties in a semi-arid steppe

    Dima Chen;Zhichun Lan;Xue Bai;James B. Grace

  • The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management

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  • Reconciling multiple impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil carbon: plant, microbial and geochemical controls.

    Chenglong Ye;Chenglong Ye;Dima Chen;Steven J. Hall;Shang Pan

  • Effects of nitrogen enrichment on belowground communities in grassland: Relative role of soil nitrogen availability vs. soil acidification

    Dima Chen;Dima Chen;Zhichun Lan;Shuijin Hu;Yongfei Bai

  • Comparing physiological responses of two dominant grass species to nitrogen addition in Xilin River Basin of China

    Shiping Chen;Yongfei Bai;Lixia Zhang;Xingguo Han

  • Differential responses of soil bacterial communities to long-term N and P inputs in a semi-arid steppe

    Ning Ling;Dima Chen;Hui Guo;Jiaxin Wei

  • Soil acidification exerts a greater control on soil respiration than soil nitrogen availability in grasslands subjected to long‐term nitrogen enrichment

    Dima Chen;Dima Chen;Jianjun Li;Zhichun Lan;Shuijin Hu

  • Changes in the abundance of C3/C4 species of Inner Mongolia grassland: evidence from isotopic composition of soil and vegetation

    Maximilian H. O. M. Wittmer;Karl Auerswald;Yongfei Bai;Rudi Schäufele

  • Rate-specific responses of prokaryotic diversity and structure to nitrogen deposition in the Leymus chinensis steppe

    Minjie Yao;Junpeng Rui;Jiabao Li;Yumei Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Dima Chen
Dima Chen Inner Mongolia University
Xingguo Han
Xingguo Han Hebei University
Jianguo Wu
Jianguo Wu Arizona State University
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University
Jianhui Huang
Jianhui Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Friedhelm Taube
Friedhelm Taube Kiel University
Karl Auerswald
Karl Auerswald Technical University of Munich
Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University
Hans Schnyder
Hans Schnyder Technical University of Munich
Shiping Chen
Shiping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences

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