Bailang Yu

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
142 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Bailang Yu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bailang Yu has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 54 papers in Environmental Engineering and 31 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Bailang Yu's work include Impact of Light on Environment and Health (62 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (32 papers). Bailang Yu is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Light on Environment and Health (62 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (32 papers). Bailang Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Bailang Yu's co-authors include Jianping Wu, Zuoqi Chen, Kaifang Shi, Bin Wu, Yingjie Hu, Chengshu Yang, Chang Huang, Hongxing Liu, Yuyu Zhou and Huang Yi-xiu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Bailang Yu

134 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

An extended time series (2000–2018) of global NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light data from a cross-sensor calibration

2021 549 citations Zuoqi Chen, Bailang Yu et al. profile →
Evaluating the Ability of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data to Estimate the Gross Domestic Product and the Electric Power Consumption of China at Multiple Scales: A Comparison with DMSP-OLS Data

2014 539 citations Kaifang Shi, Bailang Yu et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Extracting and understanding urban areas of interest using geotagged photos

2015 249 citations Bailang Yu et al. Computers Environment and Urban Systems profile →
Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Nighttime Light Observations: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

2019 248 citations Bailang Yu et al. Remote Sensing profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bailang Yu China	46	5.1k	2.7k	2.0k	1.4k	1.0k	142	7.5k
Jianping Wu China	51	5.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	343	9.4k
Zuoqi Chen China	42	4.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	104	6.3k
Hannes Taubenböck Germany	46	4.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	875 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	314	7.8k
Xuecao Li China	51	6.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	876 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.8×	177	9.9k
Qingfeng Guan China	34	2.6k 0.5×	864 0.3×	639 0.3×	741 0.5×	859 0.8×	185	5.3k
Xiaoping Liu China	58	7.4k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.9×	138	11.7k
Changshan Wu United States	32	2.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	422 0.2×	829 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	89	4.9k
John P. Wilson United States	36	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	564 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	153	6.2k
Alexis Comber United Kingdom	38	2.3k 0.4×	783 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	683 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	148	5.4k
Man Sing Wong Hong Kong	44	2.5k 0.5×	2.9k 1.1×	326 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	504 0.5×	262	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bailang Yu

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Wang, Congxiao, Wei Xu, Zuoqi Chen, et al.. (2025). STARS: A novel gap-filling method for SDGSAT-1 nighttime light imagery using spatiotemporal and spectral synergy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 322. 114720–114720. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Qingyu, et al.. (2025). A Novel Approach for Cloud-Free MODIS NDSI Reconstruction on the Tibetan Plateau Combining Spatiotemporal Cube and Environmental Features. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–14.

Xu, Jiahui, et al.. (2024). Impact of snow on vegetation green-up dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau: Integration of survival analysis and remote sensing data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110377–110377.

Wu, Bin, et al.. (2024). Potential of SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data in extracting urban main roads. Remote Sensing of Environment. 315. 114448–114448. 16 indexed citations

Yu, Bailang, et al.. (2024). Assessing multifunctional retrofit potential of urban roof areas and evaluating the power and carbon benefits under efficient retrofit scenarios. Journal of Cleaner Production. 444. 141270–141270. 19 indexed citations

Shi, Kaifang, Jinji Ma, Zuoqi Chen, Yuanzheng Cui, & Bailang Yu. (2023). Nighttime light remote sensing in characterizing urban spatial structure. 1(3). 100043–100043. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Congxiao, Zuoqi Chen, Bailang Yu, et al.. (2023). Impacts of COVID-19 on urban networks: Evidence from a novel approach of flow measurement based on nighttime light data. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 107. 102056–102056. 9 indexed citations

Xu, Jiahui, et al.. (2023). BI or IB: Which Better Generates High Spatiotemporal Resolution NDSI by Fusing Sentinel-2A/B and MODIS Data?. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17. 3314–3333. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Zhou, Yi Bao, Ruichang Mao, et al.. (2023). Big Geodata Reveals Spatial Patterns of Built Environment Stocks Across and Within Cities in China. Engineering. 34. 143–153. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Bin, Lei Yang, Qiusheng Wu, et al.. (2022). A Stepwise Minimum Spanning Tree Matching Method for Registering Vehicle-Borne and Backpack LiDAR Point Clouds. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Jiahui, Jin Chen, Kaixu Bai, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Vegetation Indexes and Green-Up Date Extraction Methods on the Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing. 14(13). 3160–3160. 14 indexed citations

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Wu, Bin, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of ICESat-2 ATL03/08 Surface Heights in Urban Environments Using Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Congxiao, Bailang Yu, Zuoqi Chen, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Urban Spatial Clusters in China: A Graph-Based Method Using Nighttime Light Data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 112(1). 56–77. 28 indexed citations

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Shu, Song, Hongxing Liu, Frédéric Frappart, et al.. (2020). Improving Satellite Waveform Altimetry Measurements With a Probabilistic Relaxation Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 59(6). 4733–4748. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xizhi, Bailang Yu, Yan Liu, et al.. (2019). Estimation of Poverty Using Random Forest Regression with Multi-Source Data: A Case Study in Bangladesh. Remote Sensing. 11(4). 375–375. 128 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xizhi, Bailang Yu, Yan Liu, et al.. (2018). NPP-VIIRS DNB Daily Data in Natural Disaster Assessment: Evidence from Selected Case Studies. Remote Sensing. 10(10). 1526–1526. 105 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xizhi, et al.. (2017). Analyzing urban public green space service based on real population data: A case study within the outer ring of shanghai. Huadong Shifan Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban. 2017(1). 104. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Bin, Bailang Yu, Qiusheng Wu, et al.. (2017). An Extended Minimum Spanning Tree method for characterizing local urban patterns. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 32(3). 450–475. 48 indexed citations

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Zhong, Haidong, Jie Yin, Jianping Wu, et al.. (2011). Spatial analysis for crime pattern of metropolis in transition using police records and GIS: A case study of Shanghai, China. International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications. 5(2). 93–105. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Bailang. (2000). Aerosol optical properties derived from simultaneous sunphotometer and aureolemeter measurements in Lhasa. 1 indexed citations

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