Congcong Liu

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Congcong Liu is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Congcong Liu has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Congcong Liu's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Plant and animal studies (16 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). Congcong Liu is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Plant and animal studies (16 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). Congcong Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Congcong Liu's co-authors include Nianpeng He, Guirui Yu, Li Xu, Qiufeng Wang, Jiahui Zhang, Jihua Hou, Ying Li, Lawren Sack, Jiahui Zhang and Ying Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Congcong Liu

59 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Factors Influencing Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Natural F... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 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. Factors Influencing Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Natural Forests at the Biome Scale
    2018 345 citations Ying Li, Nianpeng He et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Congcong Liu China 25 1.1k 953 809 468 425 66 2.6k
Albert Rivas‐Ubach United States 23 1.2k 1.1× 767 0.8× 905 1.1× 419 0.9× 949 2.2× 39 3.3k
Virginie Baldy France 29 805 0.7× 777 0.8× 527 0.7× 332 0.7× 968 2.3× 63 2.6k
Irfan Rashid India 25 957 0.9× 690 0.7× 319 0.4× 392 0.8× 412 1.0× 95 2.0k
Paul G. Schaberg United States 28 853 0.8× 742 0.8× 776 1.0× 312 0.7× 365 0.9× 55 2.1k
Christiane Gallet France 25 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 475 0.6× 823 1.8× 772 1.8× 60 3.5k
Raju Soolanayakanahally Canada 24 1.4k 1.3× 383 0.4× 643 0.8× 255 0.5× 269 0.6× 81 2.5k
Laura Llorens Spain 24 1.2k 1.1× 784 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 558 1.2× 606 1.4× 40 2.6k
Yong‐Jiang Zhang United States 29 1.1k 1.0× 537 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 326 0.7× 265 0.6× 115 2.4k
Shaopeng Li China 27 620 0.6× 719 0.8× 229 0.3× 488 1.0× 726 1.7× 90 2.4k
Yan Peng China 30 826 0.8× 453 0.5× 478 0.6× 368 0.8× 883 2.1× 123 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Congcong Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Congcong Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Congcong Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Congcong Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Congcong Liu 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 Congcong Liu. Congcong Liu 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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Liu, Congcong, Christopher D. Muir, Lawren Sack, et al.. (2025). Bounds on stomatal size can explain scaling with stomatal density in forest plants. New Phytologist. 248(6). 2910–2926.
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Zhang, Xiaomin, Jing Liu, Jingjing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 A in serum is an ideal biomarker for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 82–82. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Dongli, Congcong Liu, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2024). Habitat differentiation and environmental adaptability contribute to leaf size variations globally in C3 and C4 grasses. The Science of The Total Environment. 937. 173309–173309. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ming, et al.. (2024). Climate factors determine large-scale spatial patterns of stomatal index in Chinese herbaceous and woody dicotyledonous plants. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 175112–175112.
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Zhang, Xiaomin, Jing Liu, Min Cao, et al.. (2024). Myeloid ectopic viral integration site 2 accelerates the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Aging Cell. 23(10). e14260–e14260. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Jing, Ping Yang, Jiahao Wang, et al.. (2024). Blood metabolites, neurocognition and psychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate causal pathways. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 376–376.
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Liu, Congcong, Lawren Sack, Ying Li, et al.. (2023). Relationships of stomatal morphology to the environment across plant communities. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6629–6629. 44 indexed citations
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Yan, Pu, et al.. (2023). Functional diversity and soil nutrients regulate the interannual variability in gross primary productivity. Journal of Ecology. 111(5). 1094–1106. 7 indexed citations
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Hu, Jiamin, et al.. (2023). Seismological reference earth model in South China (SREM-SC): Crust and uppermost mantle. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Congcong, et al.. (2022). Contrasting adaptation and optimization of stomatal traits across communities at continental scale. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(18). 6405–6416. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Congcong, Yihang Zhou, Zhuo‐Xu Cui, et al.. (2022). Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Distributed Tabletop Magnetic Particle Imaging System. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 58(7). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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He, Nianpeng, Pu Yan, Congcong Liu, et al.. (2022). Predicting ecosystem productivity based on plant community traits. Trends in Plant Science. 28(1). 43–53. 51 indexed citations
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Liu, Congcong, Huicong Yan, Yang Sun, & Baoliang Chen. (2021). Contribution of enrofloxacin and Cu2+ to the antibiotic resistance of bacterial community in a river biofilm. Environmental Pollution. 291. 118156–118156. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Congcong, et al.. (2020). Responses of Waterlogging Stress and Evaluation of Waterlogging Tolerance in Cherry Tomato at Seedling Stage. Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences. 34(3). 650. 6 indexed citations
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He, Nianpeng, Ying Li, Congcong Liu, et al.. (2020). Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(10). 908–918. 180 indexed citations
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Han, Junjie, Congcong Liu, Li Li, et al.. (2017). Decalin-Containing Tetramic Acids and 4-Hydroxy-2-pyridones with Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity from the Fungus Coniochaeta cephalothecoides Collected in Tibetan Plateau (Medog). The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(21). 11474–11486. 39 indexed citations
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Liu, Congcong, Nianpeng He, Jiahui Zhang, et al.. (2017). Variation of stomatal traits from cold temperate to tropical forests and association with water use efficiency. Functional Ecology. 32(1). 20–28. 125 indexed citations

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