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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,867
Country Rank
1,384
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian Quan Liu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,583
10,804
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
151,634
Country Rank
6,488
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Huyuan Feng](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Botany
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,600
3,563
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
373,209
Country Rank
17,486
Institution Rank : 80
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yongjun Liu 刘永俊](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/724746.jpg)
Mycorrhizal ecology
Plant-microbe-soil interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
1,664
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
471,740
Country Rank
22,207
Institution Rank : 103
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Muhammad Khalid Rafiq](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/724500.jpg)
Grassland Ecology and Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
1,297
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
472,062
Country Rank
22,226
Institution Rank : 104
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yanhao Feng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/742431.jpg)
Community ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Biodiversity
Invasion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,706
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
487,862
Country Rank
23,018
Institution Rank : 111
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zilong Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/755740.jpg)
Sustainability Sciences
Circular Economy
Coupled human-natural relationship
Industrial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
1,149
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
493,103
Country Rank
23,238
Institution Rank : 113
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Nawal Shrestha](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5a/749307.jpg)
Macroecology
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Biodiversity and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
1,564
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
597,212
Country Rank
27,784
Institution Rank : 130
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ming Long Yuan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Ecological genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
827
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
686,576
Country Rank
31,435
Institution Rank : 141
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Qiang Yang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1d/700816.jpg)
Ecology - soil ecology - plant above- and belowground interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
586
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
750,047
Country Rank
33,984
Institution Rank : 147
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Shengdan Wu | 武生聃](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/4503608.jpg)
Ecology and Evolution
Polyploidy
Systems Biology
Multi-Omics
Drylands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
738
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
779,039
Country Rank
35,132
Institution Rank : 152
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Tanweer Kumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fb/724514.jpg)
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering
Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
578
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
783,836
Country Rank
35,318
Institution Rank : 153
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Wenchun Luo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
adaptation
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
494
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,008,551
Country Rank
45,838
Institution Rank : 188
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Aitian Ren](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7e/4565115.jpg)
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
332
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,018,353
Country Rank
46,358
Institution Rank : 192
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Li Yan (严理)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1d/4573596.jpg)
Ecology;biodiversity;nutrition in plant and soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
301
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,122,212
Country Rank
51,351
Institution Rank : 215
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Beibei Ma](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Bioinformation
Microorganism
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
219
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,175,724
Country Rank
53,852
Institution Rank : 233
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yajun Li](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
debris flow activity
initiation thresholds
landscape evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
181
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,252,111
Country Rank
58,553
Institution Rank : 247
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xin Song](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/77/4884165.jpg)
soil ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
156
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,299,105
Country Rank
61,348
Institution Rank : 261
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xuejing Wang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/4884148.jpg)
seed ecology
dispersal
seed bank
dormancy
phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,358,952
Country Rank
64,686
Institution Rank : 272
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yue Yang](/pictures/69/4884157.jpg)
生物学-微生物学(Biology- Microbiology)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
110
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,385,914
Country Rank
66,136
Institution Rank : 278
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yingbo Yang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/4884159.jpg)
Macroecology
Biological invasion
Species distrubution model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
103
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,408,613
Country Rank
67,286
Institution Rank : 286
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jinyuan Chen](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
botany
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
97
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,419,116
Country Rank
67,746
Institution Rank : 289
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Shahnaz Akhtar](/pictures/fc/4816666.jpg)
Zoology
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
93
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,419,215
Country Rank
67,748
Institution Rank : 290
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jiajia Su|苏 佳佳](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/4884167.jpg)
Dendrochronology
Forest Ecology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,444,961
Country Rank
68,912
Institution Rank : 292
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Han Chen](/pictures/9c/4884160.jpg)
Ecology/Environment Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
82
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,458,877
Country Rank
69,566
Institution Rank : 296
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![mj s](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
gynecology tumor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
15
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,867
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,384
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
7
Jian Quan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,583
10,804
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
151,634
![China](/flags/cn.png)
6,488
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
33
Huyuan Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,600
3,563
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
373,209
![China](/flags/cn.png)
17,486
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
80
Yongjun Liu 刘永俊
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
1,664
0.685
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Mycorrhizal ecology
Plant-microbe-soil interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
471,740
![China](/flags/cn.png)
22,207
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
103
Muhammad Khalid Rafiq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
1,297
0.736
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Grassland Ecology and Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
472,062
![China](/flags/cn.png)
22,226
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
104
Yanhao Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,706
0.969
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Community ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Biodiversity
Invasion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
487,862
![China](/flags/cn.png)
23,018
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
111
Zilong Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
1,149
0.686
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Sustainability Sciences
Circular Economy
Coupled human-natural relationship
Industrial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
493,103
![China](/flags/cn.png)
23,238
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
113
Nawal Shrestha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
1,564
0.948
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Macroecology
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Biodiversity and Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
597,212
![China](/flags/cn.png)
27,784
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
130
Ming Long Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
827
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
686,576
![China](/flags/cn.png)
31,435
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
141
Qiang Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
586
0.617
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Ecology - soil ecology - plant above- and belowground interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
750,047
![China](/flags/cn.png)
33,984
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
147
Shengdan Wu | 武生聃
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
738
0.927
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Ecology and Evolution
Polyploidy
Systems Biology
Multi-Omics
Drylands
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
779,039
![China](/flags/cn.png)
35,132
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
152
Tanweer Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
578
0.789
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering
Abiotic Stress Tolerance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
783,836
![China](/flags/cn.png)
35,318
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
153
Wenchun Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
494
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,008,551
![China](/flags/cn.png)
45,838
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
188
Aitian Ren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
332
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,018,353
![China](/flags/cn.png)
46,358
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
192
Li Yan (严理)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
301
0.901
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Ecology;biodiversity;nutrition in plant and soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,122,212
![China](/flags/cn.png)
51,351
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
215
Beibei Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
219
0.936
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Bioinformation
Microorganism
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,175,724
![China](/flags/cn.png)
53,852
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
233
Yajun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
181
0.919
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
debris flow activity
initiation thresholds
landscape evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,252,111
![China](/flags/cn.png)
58,553
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
247
Xin Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
156
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,299,105
![China](/flags/cn.png)
61,348
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
261
Xuejing Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
seed ecology
dispersal
seed bank
dormancy
phenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,358,952
![China](/flags/cn.png)
64,686
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
272
Yue Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
110
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,385,914
![China](/flags/cn.png)
66,136
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
278
Yingbo Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
103
0.981
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Macroecology
Biological invasion
Species distrubution model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,408,613
![China](/flags/cn.png)
67,286
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
286
Jinyuan Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
97
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,419,116
![China](/flags/cn.png)
67,746
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
289
Shahnaz Akhtar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
93
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,419,215
![China](/flags/cn.png)
67,748
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
290
Jiajia Su|苏 佳佳
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
Dendrochronology
Forest Ecology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,444,961
![China](/flags/cn.png)
68,912
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
292
Han Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
82
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,458,877
![China](/flags/cn.png)
69,566
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5185.jpg)
296
mj s
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
15
0.176