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Zhaoliang Song

Zhaoliang Song

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
10745
World Ranking
4929
National Ranking
516

Zhaoliang Song 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 Zhaoliang Song sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhaoliang Song 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 Zhaoliang Song sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhaoliang Song is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and specializes in Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Plant Science, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of Dr. Song's work encompass:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Silicon Effects in Agriculture
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Heavy metals in environment

Their publications are frequently found in key scientific venues such as:

  • CATENA
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Plant and Soil

Among recent papers co-authored by Zhaoliang Song are:

  • "Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Carbon-nitrogen isotope coupling of soil organic matter in a karst region under land use change, Southwest China," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Distribution, sources, and decomposition of soil organic matter along a salinity gradient in estuarine wetlands characterized by C:N ratio, δ13C-δ15N, and lignin biomarker," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Storage, patterns and influencing factors for soil organic carbon in coastal wetlands of China," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Spartina alterniflora invasion controls organic carbon stocks in coastal marsh and mangrove soils across tropics and subtropics," 2021, Global Change Biology

Zhaoliang Song collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Hailong Wang (44 joint publications)
  • Yidong Wang (34 joint publications)
  • Changxun Yu (33 joint publications)
  • Lukas Van Zwieten (26 joint publications)
  • Xiangbin Ran (24 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Impact of rice cultivar and organ on elemental composition of phytoliths and the release of bio-available silicon.

    Zimin Li;Zhaoliang Song;Jean-Thomas Cornelis

  • Effect of bamboo and rice straw biochars on the mobility and redistribution of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) in contaminated soil.

    Kouping Lu;Xing Yang;Gerty Gielen;Nanthi Bolan

  • Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

    Thangavel Ramesh;Nanthi S. Bolan;Mary Beth Kirkham;Hasintha Wijesekara

  • A critical review on bioremediation technologies for Cr(VI)-contaminated soils and wastewater

    Shaopan Xia;Zhaoliang Song;Paramsothy Jeyakumar;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen

  • Occurrence, turnover and carbon sequestration potential of phytoliths in terrestrial ecosystems

    Zhaoliang Song;Zhaoliang Song;Kim McGrouther;Hailong Wang;Hailong Wang

  • Plant impact on the coupled terrestrial biogeochemical cycles of silicon and carbon: Implications for biogeochemical carbon sequestration

    Zhaoliang Song;Zhaoliang Song;Hailong Wang;P. James Strong;Zimin Li

  • Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity

    Zihan Jiang;Hongyan Liu;Hongya Wang;Jian Peng

  • Distribution, contamination and source identification of heavy metals in bed sediments from the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River in Hunan province, China

    Xiaohong Fang;Bo Peng;Xin Wang;Zhaoliang Song

  • Bamboo- and pig-derived biochars reduce leaching losses of dibutyl phthalate, cadmium, and lead from co-contaminated soils.

    Peng Qin;Hailong Wang;Hailong Wang;Xing Yang;Lizhi He

  • Occluded C in rice phytoliths: implications to biogeochemical carbon sequestration

    Zimin Li;Zhaoliang Song;Zhaoliang Song;Jeffrey F. Parr;Hailong Wang

  • Storage, patterns and influencing factors for soil organic carbon in coastal wetlands of China

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  • The production of phytoliths in China's grasslands: implications to the biogeochemical sequestration of atmospheric CO2

    Zhaoliang Song;Hongyan Liu;Yong Si;Yi Yin

  • Functions of phytoliths in vascular plants: an evolutionary perspective

    Caroline A. E. Strömberg;Verónica S. Di Stilio;Zhaoliang Song;Zhaoliang Song

  • Carbon-nitrogen isotope coupling of soil organic matter in a karst region under land use change, Southwest China

    Guilin Han;Yang Tang;Man Liu;Lukas Van Zwieten

  • Release of heavy metals during weathering of the Lower Cambrian Black Shales in western Hunan, China

    Bo Peng;Zhaoliang Song;Xiangling Tu;Meilian Xiao

  • Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone

    Sophie M. Green;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Chenglong Tu;Heather Buss

  • The impact of crop residue biochars on silicon and nutrient cycles in croplands.

    Zichuan Li;Zhaoliang Song;Bhupinder Pal Singh;Hailong Wang

  • Distribution, sources, and decomposition of soil organic matter along a salinity gradient in estuarine wetlands characterized by C:N ratio, δ 13 C-δ 15 N, and lignin biomarker

    Shaopan Xia;Zhaoliang Song;Qiang Li;Laodong Guo

  • Spartina alterniflora invasion controls organic carbon stocks in coastal marsh and mangrove soils across tropics and subtropics.

    Shaopan Xia;Weiqi Wang;Zhaoliang Song;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Spatio-temporal variations in water use efficiency and its drivers in China over the last three decades

    Shaobo Sun;Zhaoliang Song;Xiuchen Wu;Tiejun Wang

  • The production of phytolith-occluded carbon in China's forests: implications to biogeochemical carbon sequestration.

    Zhaoliang Song;Hongyan Liu;Beilei Li;Xiaomin Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Hongyan Liu
Hongyan Liu Peking University
Lukas Van Zwieten
Lukas Van Zwieten New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Xiuchen Wu
Xiuchen Wu Beijing Normal University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Cong-Qiang Liu
Cong-Qiang Liu Tianjin University
Timothy A. Quine
Timothy A. Quine University of Exeter
Bhupinder Pal Singh
Bhupinder Pal Singh University of New England

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