Anping Chen

28.8k total citations · 25 hit papers
219 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Anping Chen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Anping Chen has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 55 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Anping Chen's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (62 papers), Climate variability and models (31 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (31 papers). Anping Chen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (62 papers), Climate variability and models (31 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (31 papers). Anping Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Anping Chen's co-authors include Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, Jingyun Fang, Xuhui Wang, Xu Lian, Ranga B. Myneni, Shuqing Zhao, Ivan A. Janssens, Changhui Peng and Shushi Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anping Chen

211 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening

2019 1.4k citations Shilong Piao, Xuhui Wang et al. profile →
Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges

2019 1.3k citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. profile →
Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China Between 1949 and 1998

2001 1.3k citations Anping Chen, Changhui Peng et al. profile →
Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming

2008 926 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015

2020 616 citations Xiaoping Liu, Yinghuai Huang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Terrestrial vegetation carbon sinks in China, 1981–2000

2007 562 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. profile →
Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation

2013 528 citations Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

2021 482 citations Xu Lian, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
Altitude and temperature dependence of change in the spring vegetation green-up date from 1982 to 2006 in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

2011 480 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. profile →
Leaf onset in the northern hemisphere triggered by daytime temperature

2015 463 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Spring temperature change and its implication in the change of vegetation growth in North America from 1982 to 2006

2011 456 citations Xuhui Wang, Shilong Piao et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Divergent hydrological response to large-scale afforestation and vegetation greening in China

2018 410 citations Yue Li, Shilong Piao et al. Science Advances profile →
Activation of ferritinophagy is required for the RNA-binding protein ELAVL1/HuR to regulate ferroptosis in hepatic stellate cells

2018 374 citations Hai Ding, Jiangjuan Shao et al. profile →
Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation

2020 362 citations Xu Lian, Shilong Piao et al. Science Advances profile →
A reversal in global terrestrial stilling and its implications for wind energy production

2019 343 citations Zhenzhong Zeng, Alan D. Ziegler et al. profile →
The impact of the 2009/2010 drought on vegetation growth and terrestrial carbon balance in Southwest China

2019 290 citations Xiangyi Li, Yue Li et al. profile →
Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought

2020 213 citations Xiangyi Li, Shilong Piao et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Highland cropland expansion and forest loss in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century

2018 211 citations Zhenzhong Zeng, Lyndon Estes et al. profile →
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport

2022 154 citations Xu Lian, Tao Wang et al. profile →
Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere

2022 149 citations Shilong Piao, Yan Sun et al. profile →
Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

2023 124 citations Wen Zhang, Christopher R. Schwalm et al. profile →
Enhanced habitat loss of the Himalayan endemic flora driven by warming-forced upslope tree expansion

2022 111 citations Tao Wang, Anping Chen et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Global variations in critical drought thresholds that impact vegetation

2023 107 citations Xiangyi Li, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction

2024 97 citations Peng Xu, Geng Li et al. profile →
Climate-induced tree-mortality pulses are obscured by broad-scale and long-term greening

2024 58 citations Yuchao Yan, Shilong Piao et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events 2025 ·Nature Plants ·Yuchao Yan, Songbai Hong, Anping Chen, Josep Peñuelas, Craig D. Allen, William M. Hammond, Seth M. Munson, Ranga B. Myneni, Shilong Piao	3
2	Fire effects on soil CH4 and N2O fluxes across terrestrial ecosystems 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Jiahuan Guo, Huili Feng, Changhui Peng, (unknown), Weifeng Wang, Daniel Kneeshaw, Chang Pan, (unknown), (unknown), Anping Chen	5
3	Green preparation of Ca-P containing coatings on WE43 magnesium alloy and systematical investigation on collective effects of organic and inorganic electrolytes 2024 ·Materials Today Communications ·Yun Wang, Shufang Zhang, Wenxin Hu, (unknown), Anping Chen, (unknown), Rongfang Zhao, Rongfa Zhang	1
4	Changes in above- versus belowground biomass distribution in permafrost regions in response to climate warming 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hanbo Yun, Philippe Ciais, Qing Zhu, Deliang Chen, Constantin M. Zohner, Jing Tang, Yang Qu, Hao Zhou, Joshua P. Schimel, Peng Zhu, Ming Shao, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Qingbai Wu, Anping Chen, Bo Elberling	13
5	Much faster warming-tracking rate of the latitudinal forest line in North America than that in Eurasia under the early 21st century's warming 2023 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Mengjie Wang, (unknown), Nan Cong, Anping Chen	1
6	Improving E3SM Land Model Photosynthesis Parameterization via Satellite SIF, Machine Learning, and Surrogate Modeling 2023 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Anping Chen, Daniel Ricciuto, Jiafu Mao, Jiawei Wang, Dan Lu, Fandong Meng	5
7	Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Zhihua Liu, Wen J. Wang, Ashley P. Ballantyne, Hong S. He, Xugao Wang, Shuguang Liu, Philippe Ciais, Michael C. Wimberly, Shilong Piao, Kailiang Yu, Qichao Yao, Yu Liang, Zhiwei Wu, Yunting Fang, Anping Chen, (unknown), Jiaojun Zhu	37
8	Ecological Flow Management Identified as Leading Driver of Grassland Greening in the Gobi Desert Using Deep Learning 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Yi Zheng, Feng Han, Peng Xu, Anping Chen	2
9	Is climate change pushing gymnosperms against the wall in the northwestern Himalayas? 2023 ·Regional Environmental Change ·(unknown), Irfan Rashid, Anping Chen	3
10	Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth 2022 ·Earth s Future ·Xiuchen Wu, Hongyan Liu, Henrik Hartmann, Philippe Ciais, John S. Kimball, Christopher R. Schwalm, J. Julio Camarero, Anping Chen, Pierre Gentine, Yuting Yang, Shulei Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Chongyang Xu, Wen Zhang, Zongshan Li, Deliang Chen	25
11	Machine learning–based observation-constrained projections reveal elevated global socioeconomic risks from wildfire 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Yan Yu, Jiafu Mao, Stan D. Wullschleger, Anping Chen, Xiaoying Shi, Yaoping Wang, Forrest M. Hoffman, Yulong Zhang, Eric M. Pierce	53
12	Policy-enabled stabilization of nitrous oxide emissions from livestock production in China over 1978–2017 2022 ·Nature Food ·Peng Xu, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Yi Zheng, Feng Zhou, Lin Ma, Bin Li, Xu Liu, Geng Li, Haiyan Lu, Quan Feng, Shiyao Hu, Anping Chen	40
13	Contrasting Responses of Soil Inorganic Carbon to Afforestation in Acidic Versus Alkaline Soils 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Songbai Hong, Anping Chen	17
14	A novel lncRNA PLK4 up‐regulated by talazoparib represses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by promoting YAP‐mediated cell senescence 2020 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Yan Jia, Huanhuan Jin, Liyuan Gao, Yang Xiang, Feixia Wang, Hai Ding, Anping Chen, Shanzhong Tan, Feng Zhang, Jiangjuan Shao, Shijun Wang, Shizhong Zheng	18
15	Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Xiangyi Li, Shilong Piao, Kai Wang, Xuhui Wang, Tao Wang, Philippe Ciais, Anping Chen, Xu Lian, Shushi Peng, Josep Peñuelas	213
16	High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015 breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Sustainability ·Xiaoping Liu, Yinghuai Huang, Xiaocong Xu, Xuecao Li, Xia Li, Philippe Ciais, Peirong Lin, Kai Gong, Alan D. Ziegler, Anping Chen, Peng Gong, Jun Chen, Guohua Hu, Yimin Chen, Shuanjin Wang, Qiusheng Wu, Kangning Huang, Lyndon Estes, Zhenzhong Zeng	616
17	Divergent hydrological response to large-scale afforestation and vegetation greening in China breakdown → 2018 ·Science Advances ·Yue Li, Shilong Piao, Laurent Li, Anping Chen, Xuhui Wang, Philippe Ciais, Ling Huang, Xu Lian, Shushi Peng, Zhenzhong Zeng, Kai Wang, Liming Zhou	410
18	Afforestation neutralizes soil pH 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Songbai Hong, Shilong Piao, Anping Chen, Yongwen Liu, Lingli Liu, Shushi Peng, Jordi Sardans, Yan Sun, Josep Peñuelas, Hui Zeng	201
19	Existence of Solutions to Nonlinear Langevin Equation Involving Two Fractional Orders with Boundary Value Conditions 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Anping Chen	3
20	Implications and Estimations of four Terrestrial Productivity Parameters 2001 ·Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology ·(unknown), Zhiyao Tang, Anping Chen, (unknown)	38

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