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 Longjun Ci 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

Characteristics, drivers ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2019 2019 2001 2008 2020 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening
    2019 1.4k citations Shilong Piao, Xuhui Wang et al. profile →
  2. Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges
    2019 1.3k citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  3. Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China Between 1949 and 1998
    2001 1.3k citations Anping Chen, Changhui Peng et al. profile →
  4. Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming
    2008 926 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
  5. High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015
    2020 616 citations Philippe Ciais, Anping Chen et al. profile →
  6. Terrestrial vegetation carbon sinks in China, 1981–2000
    2007 562 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. profile →
  7. Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation
    2013 528 citations Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  8. Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world
    2021 482 citations Xu Lian, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  9. 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. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
  10. Leaf onset in the northern hemisphere triggered by daytime temperature
    2015 463 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. 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 →
  12. Divergent hydrological response to large-scale afforestation and vegetation greening in China
    2018 410 citations Shilong Piao, Anping Chen et al. profile →
  13. 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 →
  14. Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation
    2020 362 citations Xu Lian, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  15. A reversal in global terrestrial stilling and its implications for wind energy production
    2019 343 citations Zhenzhong Zeng, Anping Chen et al. profile →
  16. The impact of the 2009/2010 drought on vegetation growth and terrestrial carbon balance in Southwest China
    2019 290 citations Xiangyi Li, Anping Chen et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
  17. 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 →
  18. Highland cropland expansion and forest loss in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century
    2018 211 citations Zhenzhong Zeng, Anping Chen et al. profile →
  19. Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport
    2022 154 citations Jiangpeng Cui, Xu Lian et al. profile →
  20. Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere
    2022 149 citations Shilong Piao, Yan Sun et al. profile →
  21. Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems
    2023 124 citations Wen Zhang, Christopher R. Schwalm et al. profile →
  22. 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 →
  23. Global variations in critical drought thresholds that impact vegetation
    2023 107 citations Xiangyi Li, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  24. Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction
    2024 97 citations Peng Xu, Geng Li et al. profile →
  25. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Anping Chen 11.7k 6.3k 4.1k 2.9k 2.4k 219 19.5k
Xuhui Wang 10.1k 0.9× 5.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 316 16.4k
T. Andrew Black 14.9k 1.3× 7.3k 1.2× 5.1k 1.2× 3.2k 1.1× 3.8k 1.6× 296 19.6k
David Schimel 13.0k 1.1× 8.8k 1.4× 5.0k 1.2× 4.0k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 227 23.2k
Benjamin Smith 13.2k 1.1× 5.5k 0.9× 5.7k 1.4× 5.3k 1.8× 1.5k 0.6× 203 20.6k
Riccardo Valentini 9.7k 0.8× 4.4k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 261 15.1k
Ying‐Ping Wang 11.0k 0.9× 4.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 536 21.8k
Rodrigo Vargas 6.5k 0.6× 3.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 225 12.7k
Joshua B. Fisher 11.1k 1.0× 4.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 223 15.4k
Andrew D. Richardson 18.3k 1.6× 12.9k 2.1× 5.6k 1.3× 4.8k 1.6× 4.4k 1.9× 270 27.7k
Hans Peter Schmid 8.3k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 123 14.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anping Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anping Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anping Chen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anping Chen. Anping Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Yuchao, Songbai Hong, Anping Chen, et al.. (2025). Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events. Nature Plants. 11(4). 731–742. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengjie, et al.. (2025). Increasing constraint of aridity on tree intrinsic water use efficiency. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7560–7560.
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Guo, Jiahuan, Huili Feng, Changhui Peng, et al.. (2024). Fire effects on soil CH4 and N2O fluxes across terrestrial ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174708–174708. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yun, Shufang Zhang, Wenxin Hu, et al.. (2024). Green preparation of Ca-P containing coatings on WE43 magnesium alloy and systematical investigation on collective effects of organic and inorganic electrolytes. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109870–109870. 1 indexed citations
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Yun, Hanbo, Philippe Ciais, Qing Zhu, et al.. (2024). Changes in above- versus belowground biomass distribution in permafrost regions in response to climate warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(25). e2314036121–e2314036121. 13 indexed citations
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Yan, Yuchao, Shilong Piao, William M. Hammond, et al.. (2024). Climate-induced tree-mortality pulses are obscured by broad-scale and long-term greening. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(5). 912–923. 58 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Zaichun, Anping Chen, Zhaoqi Wang, et al.. (2024). Changes in leaf and root carbon allocation of global vegetation simulated by the optimally integrated ecosystem models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110366–110366. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Anping, Daniel Ricciuto, Jiafu Mao, et al.. (2023). Improving E3SM Land Model Photosynthesis Parameterization via Satellite SIF, Machine Learning, and Surrogate Modeling. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(4). 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengjie, et al.. (2023). Much faster warming-tracking rate of the latitudinal forest line in North America than that in Eurasia under the early 21st century's warming. Global and Planetary Change. 230. 104263–104263. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, et al.. (2023). Ecological Flow Management Identified as Leading Driver of Grassland Greening in the Gobi Desert Using Deep Learning. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(11). 2 indexed citations
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Lian, Xu, Jiangpeng Cui, Anping Chen, et al.. (2023). Discrepant trends in global land-surface and air temperatures controlled by vegetation biophysical feedbacks. Environmental Research Letters. 18(12). 124013–124013. 5 indexed citations
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Yu, Yan, Jiafu Mao, Stan D. Wullschleger, et al.. (2022). Machine learning–based observation-constrained projections reveal elevated global socioeconomic risks from wildfire. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1250–1250. 53 indexed citations
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Xu, Peng, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Yi Zheng, et al.. (2022). Policy-enabled stabilization of nitrous oxide emissions from livestock production in China over 1978–2017. Nature Food. 3(5). 356–366. 40 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiuchen, Hongyan Liu, Henrik Hartmann, et al.. (2022). Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth. Earth s Future. 10(7). 25 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, Srivatsan V. Raghavan, Xiaogang He, et al.. (2022). Large‐scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water‐insecure regions in the Asia‐Pacific. Global Change Biology. 28(21). 6385–6403. 37 indexed citations
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Hong, Songbai & Anping Chen. (2021). Contrasting Responses of Soil Inorganic Carbon to Afforestation in Acidic Versus Alkaline Soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(1). 17 indexed citations
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Jia, Yan, Huanhuan Jin, Liyuan Gao, et al.. (2020). A novel lncRNA PLK4 up‐regulated by talazoparib represses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by promoting YAP‐mediated cell senescence. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(9). 5304–5316. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangyi, Shilong Piao, Kai Wang, et al.. (2020). Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(8). 1075–1083. 213 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hong, Songbai, Shilong Piao, Anping Chen, et al.. (2018). Afforestation neutralizes soil pH. Nature Communications. 9(1). 520–520. 201 indexed citations
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Chen, Anping, et al.. (2011). Existence of Solutions to Nonlinear Langevin Equation Involving Two Fractional Orders with Boundary Value Conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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