Chuanfa Chen

1.9k total citations
76 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Chuanfa Chen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuanfa Chen has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Environmental Engineering, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Chuanfa Chen's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (37 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (20 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (14 papers). Chuanfa Chen is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (37 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (20 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (14 papers). Chuanfa Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Chuanfa Chen's co-authors include Yanyan Li, Guirui Yu, Honglei Dai, Changqing Yan, Na Zhao, Jinyun Guo, Zemeng Fan, Guolin Liu, Bai-Lian Li and Bin Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Chuanfa Chen

72 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuanfa Chen China 21 747 326 310 306 272 76 1.4k
Jorge Delgado García Spain 18 421 0.6× 209 0.6× 197 0.6× 259 0.8× 153 0.6× 51 1.1k
Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos Greece 25 645 0.9× 493 1.5× 315 1.0× 389 1.3× 340 1.3× 188 2.1k
Krištof Oštir Slovenia 17 948 1.3× 437 1.3× 395 1.3× 521 1.7× 317 1.2× 63 2.0k
Manuel Á. Aguilar Spain 27 1.0k 1.3× 728 2.2× 345 1.1× 300 1.0× 950 3.5× 93 2.3k
Yanyan Li China 17 621 0.8× 258 0.8× 106 0.3× 264 0.9× 197 0.7× 68 1.2k
Dean Whitman United States 17 1.0k 1.4× 251 0.8× 221 0.7× 558 1.8× 648 2.4× 39 2.1k
Xiucheng Yang China 21 641 0.9× 785 2.4× 233 0.8× 335 1.1× 407 1.5× 39 1.7k
Fanlin Yang China 22 653 0.9× 373 1.1× 267 0.9× 214 0.7× 297 1.1× 128 1.7k
Igor V. Florinsky Russia 21 975 1.3× 310 1.0× 362 1.2× 155 0.5× 381 1.4× 72 1.9k
Sebastian d’Oleire-Oltmanns Germany 8 677 0.9× 168 0.5× 127 0.4× 456 1.5× 295 1.1× 14 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Chuanfa Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chuanfa Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuanfa Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chuanfa Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chuanfa 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 Chuanfa Chen. Chuanfa Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Chuanfa, Xiang Gao, Yueming Li, et al.. (2025). Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for X-rudder AUVs Fault Diagnosis Based on Deep Q-network. Journal of Marine Science and Application. 24(6). 1239–1251.
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2023). Adaptive coarse-to-fine clustering and terrain feature-aware-based method for reducing LiDAR terrain point clouds. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 200. 89–105. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2021). Performance Comparison of Filtering Algorithms for High-Density Airborne LiDAR Point Clouds over Complex LandScapes. Remote Sensing. 13(14). 2663–2663. 40 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiushan, et al.. (2021). Automatic extrinsic self-calibration of mobile LiDAR systems based on planar and spherical features. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(6). 65107–65107. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2021). Easy-to-use spatial random-forest-based downscaling-calibration method for producing precipitation data with high resolution and high accuracy. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(11). 5667–5682. 53 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, Yanyan Li, Na Zhao, Jinyun Guo, & Guolin Liu. (2017). A fast and robust interpolation filter for airborne lidar point clouds. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0176954–e0176954. 11 indexed citations
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Yan, Changqing, Gang Zhao, Guirui Yu, et al.. (2015). Speeding up the high-accuracy surface modelling method with GPU. Environmental Earth Sciences. 74(8). 6511–6523. 8 indexed citations
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Guo, Bin, Weihong Li, Jinyun Guo, & Chuanfa Chen. (2015). Risk Assessment of Regional Irrigation Water Demand and Supply in an Arid Inland River Basin of Northwestern China. Sustainability. 7(9). 12958–12973. 24 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2013). A Robust Multiquadratic Method and Its Application to DEM Construction. Geo-information Science. 15(6). 840–840. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Guirui, Na Zhao, R. Douglas Ramsey, et al.. (2013). Climate change trend in China, with improved accuracy. Climatic Change. 120(1-2). 137–151. 78 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2013). A multiresolution hierarchical classification algorithm for filtering airborne LiDAR data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 82. 1–9. 103 indexed citations
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Fan, Zemeng, et al.. (2011). Spatial Change Trends of Temperature and Precipitation in China. Geo-information Science. 13(4). 526–533. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, Yanyan Li, & Honglei Dai. (2011). An application of Coons patch to generate grid-based digital elevation models. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 13(5). 830–837. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Chuanfa, et al.. (2010). Solar radiation modeling based on stepwise regression analysis in China. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Qiquan, et al.. (2010). Spatial simulation of topsoil TN at the national scale in China. Geographical Research. 29(11). 1981–1992. 10 indexed citations
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Yu, Guirui, Zemeng Fan, Chuanfa Chen, Xiaofang Sun, & Bai-Lian Li. (2010). Surface modelling of global terrestrial ecosystems under three climate change scenarios. Ecological Modelling. 222(14). 2342–2361. 58 indexed citations

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