Aifeng Zhou

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Aifeng Zhou is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aifeng Zhou has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 34 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Aifeng Zhou's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (100 papers), Geological formations and processes (30 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers). Aifeng Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (100 papers), Geological formations and processes (30 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers). Aifeng Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Aifeng Zhou's co-authors include Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen, Duo Wu, Jiawu Zhang, Xiaozhong Huang, Jianbao Liu, Wei Huang, Yan Zhao, Song Feng and Junqing Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Aifeng Zhou

107 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

2019 470 citations Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aifeng Zhou China	33	3.2k	1.1k	946	761	682	117	3.7k
Gayatri Kathayat China	23	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	734 0.8×	699 0.9×	719 1.1×	38	3.4k
Liangcheng Tan China	36	3.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	874 1.1×	632 0.9×	115	4.1k
Youfeng Ning China	28	3.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	985 1.3×	920 1.3×	75	4.3k
Jiawu Zhang China	33	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	898 0.9×	643 0.8×	537 0.8×	72	3.9k
Liang Yi China	29	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	845 1.1×	728 1.1×	109	4.7k
Donald T. Rodbell United States	31	3.9k 1.2×	939 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	925 1.2×	949 1.4×	75	4.6k
Jule Xiao China	29	3.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	990 1.0×	871 1.1×	982 1.4×	74	4.3k
Matthew S. Lachniet United States	32	2.3k 0.7×	849 0.8×	657 0.7×	591 0.8×	390 0.6×	63	2.8k
J. Curt Stager United States	26	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	893 1.2×	866 1.3×	50	3.9k
Jun Cheng China	21	3.0k 0.9×	872 0.8×	797 0.8×	509 0.7×	611 0.9×	64	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aifeng Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Jianbao, Xianyu Huang, Aifeng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Pronounced methane cycling in northern lakes coincided with a rapid rise in atmospheric CH ₄ during the last deglacial warming. Science Advances. 11(29). eadt2561–eadt2561.

Zhou, Aifeng, Zhiguo Rao, Mingrui Qiang, et al.. (2025). Late Holocene temperature variability in northern Xinjiang (NW China) and its potential connection to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 368. 109571–109571.

Ai, Hao, E. O. Owusu, Liangliang Lv, et al.. (2025). Integrated analysis of laboratory and field experiments to screen rice germplasm for submergence tolerance across various growth stages. Field Crops Research. 336. 110218–110218.

Zhang, Y., Qiaoyu Cui, Liang Chen, et al.. (2025). Quantitative pollen reconstruction of temperature and precipitation in the subtropical-temperate climate transition zone of East-Central China since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 367. 109528–109528.

Zhou, Aifeng, Cheng Zhao, Zhouqing Xie, et al.. (2025). Meltwater‐Induced Lake Freshening and Muted Warming in Northern China Under Contemporary Global Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(6).

Chen, Lin, Yao Zhang, Mengjing Li, et al.. (2024). Natural and anthropogenic forcing of ecological and environmental changes at Lake Qilu, SW China, since the last deglaciation. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112514–112514. 1 indexed citations

Ai, Hao, et al.. (2024). Functional nutritional rice: current progresses and future prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1488210–1488210. 2 indexed citations

Li, Meng, et al.. (2024). Salinity impacts on n-alkanes in lake sediments of the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 656. 112571–112571.

Wang, Leibin, Hui Zhao, Huan Xia, et al.. (2024). Effect of plant roots on the radiocarbon age of loess deposits in arid central Asia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 651. 112403–112403.

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Tan, Xuan, Tingting Feng, Heming Zhao, et al.. (2024). The ldp1 Mutation Affects the Expression of Auxin-Related Genes and Enhances SAM Size in Rice. Plants. 13(6). 759–759. 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Tingjiang, Zhi‐Chao Liu, Zhantao Feng, et al.. (2024). Biomarkers Indicate Pliocene Uplift of the Maxian Mountains, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(9). 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Lin, Menghan Qiu, Zheng‐Xiang Li, et al.. (2024). Human settlement and destructive activities disrupt the positive contribution of dust to plant biomass growth over the past 2000 years. Global and Planetary Change. 244. 104640–104640. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shanjia, et al.. (2023). Warfare impact overtakes climate-controlled fires in the eastern Silk Roads since 2000 B.P.. PNAS Nexus. 2(12). 10 indexed citations

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Lv, Feiya, Jianhui Chen, Aifeng Zhou, et al.. (2021). Vegetation History and Precipitation Changes in the NE Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau: A 7,900‐years Pollen Record From Caodalian Lake. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(4). 29 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Jennifer Adams, Jianhui Chen, et al.. (2020). Neoglacial trends in diatom dynamics from a small alpine lake in the Qinling mountains of central China. Climate of the past. 16(2). 543–554. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Duo, Aifeng Zhou, Jiawu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Temperature-induced dry climate in basins in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the early to middle Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 237. 106311–106311. 61 indexed citations

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Chen, Fahu, Jianhui Chen, Wei Huang, et al.. (2019). Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales. Earth-Science Reviews. 192. 337–354. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xia, Dunsheng, et al.. (2012). HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE REORDED BY MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF WULUNGU LAKE SEDIMENT. 32(4). 803–811. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Aifeng, Fahu Chen, Mingrui Qiang, Meilin Yang, & Jiawu Zhang. (2007). The discovery of annually laminated sediments (varves) from shallow Sugan Lake in inland arid China and their paleoclimatic significance. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 50(8). 1218–1224. 32 indexed citations

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Qiang, Mingrui, Fahu Chen, Jiawu Zhang, et al.. (2006). Grain size in sediments from Lake Sugan: a possible linkage to dust storm events at the northern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Geology. 51(7). 1229–1238. 67 indexed citations

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