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Shaoshan An
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation · 🇨🇳 CN

Career Stage: Eminent

CDR Specialization

Soil Carbon

Enhancing carbon storage in agricultural and terrestrial soils through management practices and biochar amendment.

Metrics

MetricValue
h-index46
Citations6,029
Publications120
CDR Focus29.2%
TrajectoryStable

Top CDR Publications

  1. Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems (2021) 977 citations · Soil Carbon

  2. Increasing contribution of microbial residues to soil organic carbon in grassland restoration chronosequence (2022) 272 citations

  3. Initial soil formation by biocrusts: Nitrogen demand and clay protection control microbial necromass accrual and recycling (2022) 211 citations · Soil Carbon

  4. Metabolic pathways of CO2 fixing microorganisms determined C-fixation rates in grassland soils along the precipitation gradient (2022) 152 citations · Soil Carbon

  5. The accumulation of microbial necromass carbon from litter to mineral soil and its contribution to soil organic carbon sequestration (2021) 121 citations · Soil Carbon

  6. Contribution of roots to soil organic carbon: From growth to decomposition experiment (2023) 119 citations · Soil Carbon

  7. Divergent contribution of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter to soil carbon in grassland (2023) 80 citations · Soil Carbon

  8. Fertilization and tillage influence on soil organic carbon fractions: A global meta-analysis (2024) 62 citations · Soil Carbon

  9. Importance of soil labile organic carbon fractions in shaping microbial community after vegetation restoration (2022) 51 citations · Soil Carbon

  10. Unfolding the Potential of Soil Microbial Community Diversity for Accumulation of Necromass Carbon at Large Scale (2025) 44 citations · Soil Carbon

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