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| Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM2.5 air pollution B Gu, L Zhang, R Van Dingenen, M Vieno, HJM Van Grinsven, X Zhang, ... Science 374 (6568), 758-762, 2021 | 337 | 2021 |
| Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands B Gu, X Zhang, SK Lam, Y Yu, HJM Van Grinsven, S Zhang, X Wang, ... Nature 613 (7942), 77-84, 2023 | 299 | 2023 |
| Decoupling livestock and crop production at the household level in China S Jin, B Zhang, B Wu, D Han, Y Hu, C Ren, C Zhang, X Wei, Y Wu, ... Nature sustainability 4 (1), 48-55, 2021 | 199 | 2021 |
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| Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China C Ren, X Zhou, C Wang, Y Guo, Y Diao, S Shen, S Reis, W Li, J Xu, B Gu Nature 616 (7955), 96-103, 2023 | 155 | 2023 |
| Fertilizer overuse in Chinese smallholders due to lack of fixed inputs C Ren, S Jin, Y Wu, B Zhang, D Kanter, B Wu, X Xi, X Zhang, D Chen, ... Journal of Environmental Management 293, 112913, 2021 | 128 | 2021 |
| Climate change unequally affects nitrogen use and losses in global croplands C Ren, X Zhang, S Reis, S Wang, J Jin, J Xu, B Gu Nature Food 4 (4), 294-304, 2023 | 46 | 2023 |
| A 12% switch from monogastric to ruminant livestock production can reduce emissions and boost crop production for 525 million people L Cheng, X Zhang, S Reis, C Ren, J Xu, B Gu Nature Food 3 (12), 1040-1051, 2022 | 44 | 2022 |
| Socioeconomic barriers of nitrogen management for agricultural and environmental sustainability C Ren, X Zhang, S Reis, B Gu Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 333, 107950, 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
| Ammonia emissions from croplands decrease with farm size in China C Wang, J Duan, C Ren, H Liu, S Reis, J Xu, B Gu Environmental Science & Technology 56 (14), 9915-9923, 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
| An empirical model to estimate ammonia emission from cropland fertilization in China C Wang, K Cheng, C Ren, H Liu, J Sun, S Reis, S Yin, J Xu, B Gu Environmental Pollution 288, 117982, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Human-caused increases in reactive nitrogen burial in sediment of global lakes M Wang, BZ Houlton, S Wang, C Ren, HJM van Grinsven, D Chen, J Xu, ... The Innovation 2 (4), 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
| Driving forces of nitrogen use efficiency in Chinese croplands on county scale B Chen, C Ren, C Wang, J Duan, S Reis, B Gu Environmental Pollution 316, 120610, 2023 | 27 | 2023 |
| Uncertainty of nitrogen budget in China X Zhang, C Ren, B Gu, D Chen Environmental Pollution 286, 117216, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Agricultural management practices in China enhance nitrogen sustainability and benefit human health J Duan, H Liu, X Zhang, C Ren, C Wang, L Cheng, J Xu, B Gu Nature Food 5 (5), 378-389, 2024 | 21 | 2024 |
| Decoupling livestock and crop production at the household level in China. Nat Sustain 4: 48–55 S Jin, B Zhang, B Wu, D Han, Y Hu, C Ren, C Zhang, X Wei, Y Wu, ... | 19 | 2021 |
| Large-scale farming promotes agricultural green development in China. B Gu, J Duan, C Ren, S Wang, C Wang | 14 | 2021 |
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