Cheng Liu

17.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
361 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Cheng Liu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Liu has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Atmospheric Science, 165 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 87 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cheng Liu's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (173 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (108 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (102 papers). Cheng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (173 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (108 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (102 papers). Cheng Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Cheng Liu's co-authors include Qihou Hu, Chengxin Zhang, Jianguo Liu, Chengzhi Xing, Wenjing Su, Youwen Sun, Zhouqing Xie, Yunsheng Dong, Wei Tan and Wenchang Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Liu

336 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Experimental Ten-Photon Entanglement

2016 384 citations Cheng Liu et al. profile →
Ground-Level NO₂Surveillance from Space Across China for High Resolution Using Interpretable Spatiotemporally Weighted Artificial Intelligence

2022 188 citations Cheng Liu, Chengxin Zhang et al. profile →
Disentangling the activity-selectivity trade-off in catalytic conversion of syngas to light olefins

2023 161 citations Cheng Liu et al. profile →
Occurrence, toxicity, dietary exposure, and management of Alternaria mycotoxins in food and feed: A systematic literature review

2025 14 citations Cheng Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Liu China	43	3.8k	2.5k	2.2k	1.7k	438	361	6.5k
Jianguo Liu China	41	3.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	487 1.1×	641	7.4k
Heikki Junninen Finland	42	5.6k 1.5×	2.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	233 0.5×	133	6.7k
Lin Wang China	49	5.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	4.2k 1.9×	1.5k 0.9×	250 0.6×	269	8.8k
Wei Gong China	39	2.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	823 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	108 0.2×	310	5.9k
R. L. Jones United Kingdom	48	4.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	413 0.9×	240	7.5k
M. J. Evans United Kingdom	50	6.5k 1.7×	4.4k 1.7×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	198 0.5×	146	8.1k
Marc Bocquet France	41	3.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	684 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	229 0.5×	150	5.5k
Unto Tapper Finland	25	2.8k 0.7×	736 0.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	107 0.2×	109	6.8k
Lieven Clarisse Belgium	49	6.2k 1.6×	5.3k 2.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	141 0.3×	217	7.9k
Xiaohong Liu United States	61	10.5k 2.8×	9.8k 3.9×	1.8k 0.8×	608 0.4×	1.0k 2.3×	345	13.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Liu

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All Works

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Qiu, Jian-Wei, Qi Chen, Cheng Liu, et al.. (2025). Ru single atom modified DUT-67(Zr) with unsaturated Zr for high-efficiency photocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 366. 125034–125034. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Yilin, Yifan Li, Jun Ma, et al.. (2025). Tailoring Oxygen Vacancies with Atomically Dispersed Cu Sites for Stable and Efficient Photothermal CO ₂ Conversion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202505244–e202505244. 12 indexed citations

Xing, Chengzhi, Chengxin Zhang, Ji-Nan Lin, et al.. (2024). Studies on regional ozone formation sensitivities and transport with higher spatiotemporal resolutions in a stereoscopic dimension: GEMS and vertical observations. Atmospheric Research. 302. 107314–107314. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengxin, et al.. (2024). First TanSat CO2 retrieval over land and ocean using both nadir and glint spectroscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 304. 114053–114053. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Cheng, Huiling Chen, Qi Chen, et al.. (2024). Active site modulation in UiO-66(Ce) MOFs by Al3+ doping for boosting photocatalysis. Journal of Catalysis. 437. 115670–115670. 4 indexed citations

Xing, Chengzhi, Cheng Liu, Qihua Li, et al.. (2024). Observations of HONO and its precursors between urban and its surrounding agricultural fields: The vertical transports, sources and contribution to OH. The Science of The Total Environment. 915. 169159–169159. 6 indexed citations

Liang, Dongli, K.‐E. Min, Jiaxin Liang, et al.. (2024). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of STAT1 in porcine-derived cell lines to elucidate the role of STAT1 in autophagy following classical swine fever virus infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1468258–1468258. 1 indexed citations

Xing, Chengzhi, Cheng Liu, Chunxiang Ye, et al.. (2024). Observations of the vertical distributions of summertime atmospheric pollutants in Nam Co: OH production and source analysis. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(17). 10093–10112. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Peize, Tobias Borsdorff, Zhiwei Li, et al.. (2024). TROPOMI unravels transboundary transport pathways of atmospheric carbon monoxide in Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175942–175942. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Uniformly elevated future heat stress in China driven by spatially heterogeneous water vapor changes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4522–4522. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Qihua, Chengzhi Xing, Qihou Hu, et al.. (2024). Identification of O3 Sensitivity to Secondary HCHO and NO2 Measured by MAX-DOAS in Four Cities in China. Remote Sensing. 16(4). 662–662. 4 indexed citations

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Xing, Chengzhi, Cheng Liu, Jinan Lin, Wei Tan, & Ting Liu. (2023). VOCs hyperspectral imaging: A new insight into evaluate emissions and the corresponding health risk from industries. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 461. 132573–132573. 20 indexed citations

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He, Mengying, et al.. (2023). Cenozoic tectonosedimentary evolution of the Linxia Basin, northeast Tibetan Plateau based on an analysis of detrital zircon provenance. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 623. 111622–111622. 4 indexed citations

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Ou, Jinping, Qihou Hu, Chengzhi Xing, et al.. (2023). Differences in the Vertical Distribution of Aerosols, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Formaldehyde between Islands and Inland Areas: A Case Study in the Yangtze River Delta of China. Remote Sensing. 15(23). 5475–5475. 1 indexed citations

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Ou, Jinping, Qihou Hu, Chengzhi Xing, et al.. (2023). Analysis of the Vertical Distribution and Driving Factors of Aerosol and Ozone Precursors in Huaniao Island, China, Based on Ground-Based MAX-DOAS. Remote Sensing. 15(21). 5103–5103. 2 indexed citations

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Yi, Y., Ping Zhu, Xingchen Pan, et al.. (2022). Simple single-shot complete spatiotemporal intensity and phase measurement of an arbitrary ultrashort pulse using coherent modulation imaging. Optics Letters. 47(21). 5664–5664. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Cheng, Youwen Sun, Tobias Borsdorff, et al.. (2022). Satellite Observations Reveal a Large CO Emission Discrepancy From Industrial Point Sources Over China. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(5). 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaogong, Weiguang Gao, Jun Lü, et al.. (2020). Characterization of pesudorange bias and its effect on positioning for BDS satellites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Cheng, Jing Wang, Sa Wang, et al.. (2019). Nitrous Acid and Diethyl Sulfate, as Chemical Mutagenic Agents, to Improve the Biomass, Metabolites, Enzyme Activity, and Antioxidant Activity of Wild <i>Phellinus igniarius</i>. Food Science and Technology Research. 25(3). 459–466. 4 indexed citations

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Xing, Chengzhi, Cheng Liu, Shanshan Wang, et al.. (2017). Observations of the vertical distributions of summertime atmospheric pollutants and the corresponding ozone production in Shanghai, China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(23). 14275–14289. 134 indexed citations

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