Chuanfu Zang

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Chuanfu Zang is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuanfu Zang has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Water Science and Technology, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Chuanfu Zang's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (7 papers). Chuanfu Zang is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (7 papers). Chuanfu Zang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Austria. Chuanfu Zang's co-authors include Junguo Liu, Junmao Zhang, Marijn van der Velde, Florian Kraxner, Бо Лю, Liangzhi You, Miao Zhang, Shiying Tian, Shaofeng Jia and Hong Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Chuanfu Zang

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challe... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 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. Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challenges and way forward
    2013 329 citations Junguo Liu, Junguo Liu et al. Global Environmental Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuanfu Zang China 17 687 493 214 213 122 36 1.2k
Yanhu He China 22 785 1.1× 591 1.2× 279 1.3× 275 1.3× 96 0.8× 66 1.2k
Florian Wimmer Germany 14 512 0.7× 619 1.3× 227 1.1× 218 1.0× 135 1.1× 23 1.3k
Japhet J. Kashaigili Tanzania 21 556 0.8× 585 1.2× 287 1.3× 171 0.8× 210 1.7× 78 1.4k
Marc F. Müller United States 19 471 0.7× 453 0.9× 183 0.9× 163 0.8× 147 1.2× 58 1.2k
Yongnan Zhu China 20 568 0.8× 252 0.5× 245 1.1× 387 1.8× 126 1.0× 60 1.2k
Luna Bharati Sri Lanka 22 713 1.0× 538 1.1× 386 1.8× 187 0.9× 93 0.8× 52 1.2k
Teodoro Estrela Spain 19 795 1.2× 620 1.3× 387 1.8× 293 1.4× 143 1.2× 46 1.4k
Amgad Elmahdi Australia 14 494 0.7× 478 1.0× 353 1.6× 308 1.4× 54 0.4× 60 1.1k
Stefania Tamea Italy 19 950 1.4× 524 1.1× 330 1.5× 657 3.1× 275 2.3× 32 1.6k
Chris Vernon United States 18 621 0.9× 496 1.0× 283 1.3× 274 1.3× 116 1.0× 64 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chuanfu Zang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chuanfu Zang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuanfu Zang

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

All Works

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Wang, Xiaojia, et al.. (2025). Analysis of interrelated characteristics between ecosystem services and ecosystem health in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1668073–1668073. 1 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, et al.. (2025). Ecohydrological dynamics of a Larix gmelinii forest in the Daxing’an Mountains of China. Journal of Forestry Research. 36(1).
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Chen, Ziying, et al.. (2024). Evolution of evapotranspiration in the context of land cover/climate change in the Han River catchment of China. Hydrological Processes. 38(8). 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Ning, Yongqiang Zhang, Chuanfu Zang, et al.. (2024). Response of alpine vegetation function to climate change in the Tibetan Plateau: A perspective from solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175845–175845. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiaoqi, et al.. (2024). Global spatial and temporal dynamics of the green water coefficient and analysis of factor from 1992 to 2020. Journal of Hydrology. 644. 132089–132089. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Chun‐Yi, Lichuan Wu, Yanhui Zheng, et al.. (2024). Spatial patterns of short‐term extreme precipitation and their causes. Hydrological Processes. 38(7). 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiaoqi, et al.. (2023). Transformation Characteristics and Mechanism of Blue and Green Water flows at Watershed and Typical Ecosystem Scale in China. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 24(1). 201–216. 2 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, et al.. (2023). Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of Water Resources Trend Change in Hanjiang River Basin. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 3764–3764. 5 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, et al.. (2022). Tradeoff analysis of the pork supply and food security under the influence of African swine fever and the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Geography and sustainability. 3(1). 32–43. 20 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, et al.. (2020). Economic and resource and environmental carrying capacity trade-off analysis in the Haihe River basin in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 270. 122271–122271. 91 indexed citations
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Tian, Fei, Yi Lu, Bo Fu, et al.. (2015). Effects of ecological engineering on water balance under two different vegetation scenarios in the Qilian Mountain, northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 5. 324–335. 16 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, Jincheng Liu, Luguang Jiang, & Dieter Gerten. (2013). Impacts of human activities and climate variability on green and blue water flows in the Heihe River Basin in Northwest China. 22 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu. (2013). Spatial and temporal pattern difference of blue-green water flows in typical reference years in the Heihe River Basin, northwestern China. Beijing Linye Daxue xuebao. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Junguo, Junguo Liu, Chuanfu Zang, et al.. (2013). Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challenges and way forward. Global Environmental Change. 23(3). 633–643. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zang, Chuanfu & Junguo Liu. (2013). Trend analysis for the flows of green and blue water in the Heihe River basin, northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology. 502. 27–36. 81 indexed citations
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Zang, Chuanfu, Junguo Liu, Marijn van der Velde, & Florian Kraxner. (2012). Assessment of spatial and temporal patterns of green and blue water flows under natural conditions in inland river basins in Northwest China. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(8). 2859–2870. 131 indexed citations

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