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D-Index
40
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7074
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8019
National Ranking
746

Youzhi Feng publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Youzhi Feng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Youzhi Feng D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Youzhi Feng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Youzhi Feng is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular expertise in ecology, soil science, and molecular biology.

Their research addresses several interconnected themes involving microbial community ecology and physiology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and the interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and plants. They have also contributed to studies on gut microbiota and health, building materials and conservation, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Youzhi Feng has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • Geoderma
  • Microorganisms

Frequent collaborators in Feng's research include:

  • Xiangui Lin
  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
  • Yuanyuan Bao
  • Ruirui Chen
  • Zhongpei Li

Some of their recent scientific papers include:

  • "Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils" (2021), published in Microbiome
  • "Straw chemistry links the assembly of bacterial communities to decomposition in paddy soils" (2020), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Water availability creates global thresholds in multidimensional soil biodiversity and functions" (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Dynamic microbial assembly processes correspond to soil fertility in sustainable paddy agroecosystems" (2020), published in Functional Ecology
  • "Temperature thresholds drive the global distribution of soil fungal decomposers" (2022), published in Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Soil pH drives the spatial distribution of bacterial communities along elevation on Changbai Mountain

    Congcong Shen;Jinbo Xiong;Huayong Zhang;Youzhi Feng

  • Mechanisms of biochar decreasing methane emission from Chinese paddy soils

    Youzhi Feng;Yanping Xu;Yongchang Yu;Zubin Xie

  • Autotrophic growth of nitrifying community in an agricultural soil.

    Weiwei Xia;Caixia Zhang;Xiaowei Zeng;Youzhi Feng

  • The Role of Metal Nanoparticles in Influencing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Effects on Plant Growth

    Youzhi Feng;Xiangchao Cui;Shiying He;Ge Dong

  • Long-term balanced fertilization decreases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in an arable soil in North China revealed by 454 pyrosequencing.

    Xiangui Lin;Youzhi Feng;Huayong Zhang;Ruirui Chen

  • Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

    Yuanyuan Bao;Jan Dolfing;Zhiying Guo;Ruirui Chen

  • The impact of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles on the soil bacterial community

    Shiying He;Youzhi Feng;Hongxuan Ren;Yu Zhang

  • Two key features influencing community assembly processes at regional scale: Initial state and degree of change in environmental conditions.

    Youzhi Feng;Ruirui Chen;James C. Stegen;Zhiying Guo

  • Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in soils after continually applied with different manure for 30 years

    Shuang Peng;Youzhi Feng;Yiming Wang;Xisheng Guo

  • Different responses of soil microbial metabolic activity to silver and iron oxide nanoparticles.

    Shiying He;Youzhi Feng;Jun Ni;Yufang Sun

  • Response and feedback of C mineralization to P availability driven by soil microorganisms

    Zhongwang Jing;Ruirui Chen;Shiping Wei;Youzhi Feng

  • Evaluation of zinc oxide nanoparticles on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth and soil bacterial community.

    Jiangbing Xu;Jiangbing Xu;Xiaosan Luo;Yanling Wang;Youzhi Feng

  • Bacillus asahii comes to the fore in organic manure fertilized alkaline soils

    Youzhi Feng;Ruirui Chen;Junli Hu;Fei Zhao

  • Consistent responses of the microbial community structure to organic farming along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

    Wenhui Wang;Hui Wang;Youzhi Feng;Lei Wang

  • Responses of paddy soil bacterial community assembly to different long-term fertilizations in southeast China

    Yongjie Yu;Meng Wu;Evangelos Petropoulos;Jianwei Zhang

  • Water availability creates global thresholds in multidimensional soil biodiversity and functions

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  • Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Crude Extracts from Spent Mushroom Substrate and its Possible Mechanisms

    Xuanzhen Li;Xiangui Lin;Jing Zhang;Yucheng Wu

  • Biosorption and Bioreduction of Trivalent Aurum by Photosynthetic Bacteria Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Youzhi Feng;Yongchang Yu;Yiming Wang;Xiangui Lin

  • Straw chemistry links the assembly of bacterial communities to decomposition in paddy soils

    Yuanyuan Bao;Youzhi Feng;James C. Stegen;Meng Wu

  • pH is a good predictor of the distribution of anoxygenic purple phototrophic bacteria in Arctic soils

    Youzhi Feng;Paul Grogan;J. Gregory Caporaso;J. Gregory Caporaso;Huayong Zhang

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Alleviate the Negative Effects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Bacterial Community in Rhizospheric Soils

    Jiling Cao;Youzhi Feng;Xiangui Lin;Junhua Wang

  • Fertilization decreases compositional variation of paddy bacterial community across geographical gradient

    Ruirui Chen;Linghao Zhong;Zhongwang Jing;Zhiying Guo

  • Dynamic microbial assembly processes correspond to soil fertility in sustainable paddy agroecosystems

    Wenjing Liu;Emily B. Graham;Linghao Zhong;Jianwei Zhang

  • Balanced Fertilization Decreases Environmental Filtering on Soil Bacterial Community Assemblage in North China.

    Youzhi Feng;Zhiying Guo;Linghao Zhong;Fei Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangui Lin
Xiangui Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianwei Zhang
Jianwei Zhang Universität Hamburg
Jianguo Zhu
Jianguo Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiabao Zhang
Jiabao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haiyan Chu
Haiyan Chu Endocyte (United States)
Jan Dolfing
Jan Dolfing Northumbria University
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Yong Wang
Yong Wang Nanjing Tech University
Ning Gu
Ning Gu Southeast University

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