Qingfeng Meng

5.3k citations

75 papers · 4.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

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Agronomy and Crop Science top 0.1%
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Papers in

Agronomy and Crop Science 49
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility 45
- Bioenergy crop production and management 6
Plant Science 49
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 20
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement 14
- Genetics and Plant Breeding 10

Co-authors: Zhenling Cui (25 shared papers)Xinping Chen (29 shared papers)Fusuo Zhang (20 shared papers)Shanchao Yue (12 shared papers)Peng Hou (5 shared papers)Volker Römheld (3 shared papers)Pu Wang (17 shared papers)Kenneth G. Cassman (2 shared papers)
Journals: Field Crops Research (10 papers)Agronomy Journal (7 papers)Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (3 papers)Pedosphere (3 papers)Agronomy (3 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Qingfeng Meng

73 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Qingfeng Meng's Hit Papers

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China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management 2023 · 130 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Communications
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Integrated soil–crop system management for food security Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Peter M. Vitousek, Kenneth G. Cassman, Pamela A. Matson, Jinshun Bai, Qingfeng Meng, Peng Hou, Shanchao Yue, Volker Römheld, Fusuo Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2011	675
2	Integrated soil and plant phosphorus management for crop and environment in China. A review Plant and Soil ·H. Li, G Huang, Qingfeng Meng, Lin Ma, Lixing Yuan, F. Wang, wenxiang zhang, Zhenling Cui, Jianbo Shen, Xingyu Chen, Rongfeng Jiang, F. Zhang	2011	272
3	Understanding production potentials and yield gaps in intensive maize production in China Field Crops Research ·Qingfeng Meng, Peng Hou, Liang Wu, Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang	2012	264
4	Grain yields in relation to N requirement: Optimizing nitrogen management for spring maize grown in China Field Crops Research ·Peng Hou, Qiang Gao, Ruizhi Xie, Shaokun Li, Qingfeng Meng, Ernest A. Kirkby, Volker Römheld, Torsten Müller, Fusuo Zhang, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen	2012	168
5	Closing the yield gap could reduce projected greenhouse gas emissions: a case study of maize production inChina Global Change Biology ·Zhenling Cui, Shanchao Yue, Guiliang Wang, Qingfeng Meng, Liang Wu, Zhiping Yang, Qiang Zhang, Shiqing Li, Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen	2013	165
6	Alternative cropping systems for sustainable water and nitrogen use in the North China Plain Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Qingfeng Meng, Qinping Sun, Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Shanchao Yue, Fusuo Zhang, Volker Römheld	2011	161
7	Zinc biofortification of wheat through fertilizer applications in different locations of China Field Crops Research ·Yueqiang Zhang, Yixiang Sun, Youliang Ye, Md. Rezaul Karim, Yanfang Xue, Peng Yan, Qingfeng Meng, Zhenling Cui, İsmail Çakmak, Fusuo Zhang, Chunqin Zou	2011	161
8	Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from optimized and alternative cereal cropping systems on the North China Plain: A two-year field study The Science of The Total Environment ·Bing Gao, Xiaotang Ju, Fang Su, Qingfeng Meng, O. Oenema, Peter Christie, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang	2013	142
9	Effects of EDAH, a novel plant growth regulator, on mechanical strength, stalk vascular bundles and grain yield of summer maize at high densities Field Crops Research ·Cailong Xu, Yingbo Gao, Beijing Tian, Jianhong Ren, Qingfeng Meng, Pu Wang	2016	138
10	Improving Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Simultaneously for Maize and Wheat in China: A Review Pedosphere ·Qingfeng Meng, Shanchao Yue, Peng Hou, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen	2016	138
11	China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management Nature Communications ·Ning Luo, Qingfeng Meng, Puyu Feng, Ziren Qu, Yonghong Yu, De Li Liu, Christoph Müller, Pu Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2023	130
12	Growing sensitivity of maize to water scarcity under climate change Scientific Reports ·Qingfeng Meng, Xinping Chen, David B. Lobell, Zhenling Cui, Yi Zhang, Haishun Yang, Fusuo Zhang	2016	127
13	A steady-state N balance approach for sustainable smallholder farming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yulong Yin, Rongfang Zhao, Yi Yang, Qingfeng Meng, (unknown), Kenneth G. Cassman, Wen‐Feng Cong, Xingshuai Tian, Kai He, Yingcheng Wang, Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang	2021	100
14	The impact of alternative cropping systems on global warming potential, grain yield and groundwater use Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Bing Gao, Xiaotang Ju, Qingfeng Meng, Zhenling Cui, Peter Christie, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang	2015	97
15	Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve for Optimizing Nitrogen Management of Winter Wheat Production in the North China Plain Agronomy Journal ·Shanchao Yue, Qingfeng Meng, Rongfang Zhao, Fei Li, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang, Zhenling Cui	2012	94
16	Estimating maize yield potential and yield gap with agro-climatic zones in China—Distinguish irrigated and rainfed conditions Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Baohua Liu, Xinping Chen, Qingfeng Meng, Haishun Yang, Justin Van Wart	2017	91
17	Remotely estimating aerial N status of phenologically differing winter wheat cultivars grown in contrasting climatic and geographic zones in China and Germany Field Crops Research ·Fei Li, Bodo Mistele, Yuncai Hu, Xianlu Yue, Shanchao Yue, Yuxin Miao, Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Qingfeng Meng, Urs Schmidhalter	2012	78
18	Manipulating Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilizer Application to Improve Yield and Reduce Environmental Impact in Chinese Maize Production Frontiers in Plant Science ·Cailong Xu, Shoubing Huang, Beijing Tian, Jianhong Ren, Qingfeng Meng, Pu Wang	2017	70
19	Dissecting the critical stage in the response of maize kernel set to individual and combined drought and heat stress around flowering Environmental and Experimental Botany ·Xiwei Liu, Xinglong Wang, Xingya Wang, Jia Gao, Ning Luo, Qingfeng Meng, Pu Wang	2020	69
20	The benefits of recent warming for maize production in high latitude China Climatic Change ·Qingfeng Meng, Peng Hou, David B. Lobell, Hongfei Wang, Zhenling Cui, Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen	2013	68

About Qingfeng Meng

Qingfeng Meng is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Ecology, having authored 75 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (45 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (21 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (20 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (14 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (10 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (8 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Agronomy and Crop Science (1.9k citations), Soil Science (1.6k citations), Plant Science (2.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (449 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (695 citations). Qingfeng Meng has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang, Shanchao Yue, Peng Hou, Volker Römheld, Pu Wang, Kenneth G. Cassman, Liang Wu and Jinshun Bai. Their work appears in journals such as Field Crops Research, Agronomy Journal, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Pedosphere and Agronomy.

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