Chi Xu

7.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
147 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Chi Xu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Chi Xu has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Chi Xu's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (33 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (18 papers). Chi Xu is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (33 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (18 papers). Chi Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Chi Xu's co-authors include Marten Scheffer, Timothy M. Lenton, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Maosong Liu, Timothy A. Kohler, Shuqing An, Egbert H. van Nes, Milena Holmgren, Cheng Zhang and Kristie L. Ebi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chi Xu

140 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Future of the human climate niche 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 2023 2024 2023 100 200 300
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. Future of the human climate niche
    2020 374 citations Chi Xu, Timothy A. Kohler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios
    2022 350 citations Chi Xu, Kristie L. Ebi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Quantifying the human cost of global warming
    2023 168 citations Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  4. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
    2024 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
  5. The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
    2023 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
  6. Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally
    2024 79 citations Yuxiang Li, Jens‐Christian Svenning et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Enhancing Climate-Driven Urban Tree Cooling with Targeted Nonclimatic Interventions
    2025 16 citations Zhaowu Yu, Siheng Li et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chi Xu China 30 1.7k 1.0k 602 508 507 147 3.9k
Wu Yang China 31 3.0k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 427 0.7× 231 0.5× 444 0.9× 115 5.0k
Rachel Warren United Kingdom 36 2.2k 1.2× 724 0.7× 459 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 671 1.3× 108 5.8k
Steve Cinderby United Kingdom 26 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 873 1.5× 1.3k 2.5× 837 1.7× 78 4.8k
Cécile Girardin United Kingdom 25 2.7k 1.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.8× 398 0.8× 363 0.7× 33 4.4k
Guangyu Wang Canada 32 2.1k 1.2× 980 1.0× 581 1.0× 369 0.7× 619 1.2× 183 4.0k
Ranjeet John United States 30 2.0k 1.1× 991 1.0× 414 0.7× 648 1.3× 181 0.4× 67 3.6k
Matthew W. Jones United Kingdom 26 2.0k 1.2× 553 0.5× 511 0.8× 610 1.2× 874 1.7× 66 4.1k
Ian Douglas United Kingdom 32 1.4k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 327 0.5× 481 0.9× 406 0.8× 141 4.0k
Diane Hope United States 27 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 512 0.9× 483 1.0× 959 1.9× 43 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Chi Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chi Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chi Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chi Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chi Xu 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 Chi Xu. Chi Xu 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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Ma, Yuping, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the impact of urban blue-green spaces on humid-heat exposure risk: A case study of Nanjing’s central urban area. Ecological Indicators. 176. 113708–113708. 3 indexed citations
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Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Ricard V. Solé, Sonia Kéfi, et al.. (2025). Causes and consequences of disordered hyperuniformity in global drylands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(41). e2504496122–e2504496122. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhaowu, Siheng Li, Wenjun Yang, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Climate-Driven Urban Tree Cooling with Targeted Nonclimatic Interventions. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(18). 9082–9092. 16 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crowther, Thomas W., Gabriel Reuben Smith, Haozhi Ma, et al.. (2025). Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020. Science. 389(6765). 1151–1156. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Juntao, Huiqin Chen, Pei-Hua Zheng, et al.. (2024). Effects of Dietary Fish Oil Supplementation on the Growth, Proximate Composition, and Liver Health of Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle (Mauremys sinensis). Animals. 14(17). 2511–2511. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Lihe, Yiwen Liu, Yuanming Zhu, et al.. (2024). Effects of Surrounding Landscape Context on Threatened Wetland Bird Diversity at the Global Scale. Diversity. 16(12). 738–738. 1 indexed citations
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Nes, Egbert H. van, Marten Scheffer, Jane Uhd Jepsen, et al.. (2023). Northern expansion is not compensating for southern declines in North American boreal forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3373–3373. 23 indexed citations
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Ripple, William J., Christopher Wolf, Jillian W. Gregg, et al.. (2023). The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory. BioScience. 73(12). 841–850. 98 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Jiaguo, Qiang He, Chi Xu, et al.. (2023). Self-organized mud cracking amplifies the resilience of an iconic “Red Beach” salt marsh. Science Advances. 9(18). eabq3520–eabq3520. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Yuming Guo, Chi Xu, et al.. (2023). Meta-analysis reveals cyanotoxins risk across African inland waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 451. 131160–131160. 21 indexed citations
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Lenton, Timothy M., Chi Xu, Jesse F. Abrams, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the human cost of global warming. Nature Sustainability. 6(10). 1237–1247. 168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Quan‐Xing, Qiang He, Johan van de Koppel, et al.. (2022). Long-distance facilitation of coastal ecosystem structure and resilience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(28). e2123274119–e2123274119. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qingqing, et al.. (2022). Plant Adaptability and Vegetation Differentiation in the Coastal Beaches of Yellow–Bohai Sea in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(4). 2225–2225. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Tingting, Meiqi Lv, Fang You, et al.. (2022). Grazing Effects of Soil Fauna on White-Rot Fungi: Biomass, Enzyme Production and Litter Decomposition Ability. Journal of Fungi. 8(4). 348–348. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Jianshe, Changlin Xu, Johan van de Koppel, et al.. (2021). An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas. Science Advances. 7(42). eabi8943–eabi8943. 75 indexed citations
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Xu, Chi, Timothy A. Kohler, Timothy M. Lenton, Jens‐Christian Svenning, & Marten Scheffer. (2020). Future of the human climate niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11350–11355. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nes, Egbert H. van, Arie Staal, Stijn Hantson, et al.. (2018). Fire forbids fifty-fifty forest. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191027–e0191027. 45 indexed citations
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Wen, Teng, Sheng Sheng, Chi Xu, et al.. (2014). Longitudinal Changes in Water Quality to Landscape Gradients Along Sha River Basin. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 43(12). 1609–1615. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Chi, et al.. (2013). [Spatial distribution patterns of soil organic carbon under Elacagnus angustifolia--Achnatherum splendens community in an arid area of Northwest China].. PubMed. 24(10). 2725–30. 1 indexed citations

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