Dandong Cheng

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Dandong Cheng is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dandong Cheng has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Water Science and Technology, 14 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dandong Cheng's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (8 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 papers). Dandong Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (8 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 papers). Dandong Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Italy. Dandong Cheng's co-authors include Jinxi Song, Qi Li, Jun Xia, Haotian Sun, Zhaoyang Yang, Mingyue Li, Jintao Wu, Junshi Xia, Muhammad İ̇rfan Ahamad and Guotao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Dandong Cheng

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of water conservation function of Danjiang Riv... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Evaluation of water conservation function of Danjiang River Basin in Qinling Mountains, China based on InVEST model
    2021 271 citations Mingyue Li, Jun Xia et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dandong Cheng China 19 629 454 329 164 141 41 1.2k
Lei Wu China 23 929 1.5× 460 1.0× 373 1.1× 122 0.7× 407 2.9× 70 1.5k
Caihong Tang China 20 554 0.9× 247 0.5× 401 1.2× 101 0.6× 162 1.1× 45 1.3k
B. J. Dalzell United States 21 527 0.8× 444 1.0× 459 1.4× 103 0.6× 497 3.5× 49 1.7k
Xiaobo Liu China 23 410 0.7× 286 0.6× 355 1.1× 57 0.3× 258 1.8× 86 1.2k
Qinghe Zhao China 22 556 0.9× 341 0.8× 431 1.3× 55 0.3× 202 1.4× 53 1.3k
Lianqing Xue China 18 529 0.8× 706 1.6× 264 0.8× 100 0.6× 57 0.4× 78 1.2k
Lijing Wang China 18 556 0.9× 420 0.9× 241 0.7× 70 0.4× 234 1.7× 52 1.1k
Wenchao Sun China 23 861 1.4× 885 1.9× 473 1.4× 73 0.4× 194 1.4× 59 1.7k
Jonathan Butcher United States 19 468 0.7× 298 0.7× 134 0.4× 93 0.6× 258 1.8× 58 1.1k
Josefin Thorslund Sweden 16 386 0.6× 160 0.4× 416 1.3× 58 0.4× 141 1.0× 24 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dandong Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dandong Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dandong Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dandong Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dandong Cheng 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 Dandong Cheng. Dandong Cheng 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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Song, Jinxi, et al.. (2025). More sensitive signatures of DOM are stimulated by socioeconomic-related anthropogenic influences in a typical loess watershed. Journal of Hydrology. 657. 133106–133106. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dandong, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal fate of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic systems: drivers, patterns and global implications. Journal of Hydrology. 661. 133637–133637. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pan, Caiqing Qin, Fei Deng, et al.. (2025). Long-term monitoring reveals air pollution and its relationship to deposition in karstic suburb of one typical industrialized city, SW China. Environmental Pollution. 381. 126621–126621.
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Cheng, Dandong, et al.. (2024). Effect of the spatial distribution of macroinvertebrates in the benthic and hyporheic zones on the vertical hydraulic conductivity of the streambed. Journal of Hydrology. 638. 131503–131503. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dandong, et al.. (2023). How does anthropogenic activity influence the spatial distribution of dissolved organic matter in rivers of a typical basin located in the Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 340. 117984–117984. 15 indexed citations
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Song, Jinxi, et al.. (2022). Response of vegetation to multi-timescales drought in the Qinling Mountains of China. Ecological Indicators. 135. 108539–108539. 39 indexed citations
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Song, Jinxi, Jun Xia, Jianbo Chang, et al.. (2021). Effects of heavy metals and hyporheic exchange on microbial community structure and functions in hyporheic zone. Journal of Environmental Management. 303. 114201–114201. 31 indexed citations
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Huang, P. M., Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, et al.. (2021). Understanding the intra-annual variability of streamflow by incorporating terrestrial water storage from GRACE into the Budyko framework in the Qinba Mountains. Journal of Hydrology. 603. 126988–126988. 13 indexed citations
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Wu, Jintao, et al.. (2020). Assessment of aquatic ecological health based on determination of biological community variability of fish and macroinvertebrates in the Weihe River Basin, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 267. 110651–110651. 60 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinxin, Ping Su, Jinxi Song, et al.. (2019). Distribution, assessment and coupling relationship of heavy metals and macroinvertebrates in sediments of the Weihe River Basin. Sustainable Cities and Society. 50. 101665–101665. 35 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dandong, et al.. (2019). Influences of riverbed morphology on patterns and magnitudes of hyporheic water exchange within a natural river confluence. Journal of Hydrology. 574. 75–84. 22 indexed citations
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Su, Ping, Xinxin Wang, Jianglin Peng, et al.. (2019). Variability in macroinvertebrate community structure and its response to ecological factors of the Weihe River Basin, China. Ecological Engineering. 140. 105595–105595. 34 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dandong, Jinxi Song, Shaoqing Wang, et al.. (2019). Effects of chironomid larvae and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri bioturbation on the distribution and flux of chromium at the sediment-water interface. Journal of Environmental Management. 245. 151–159. 21 indexed citations
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Kong, Feihe, Jinxi Song, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Surface Water‐Groundwater Interaction in the Guanzhong Section of the Weihe River Basin, China. Ground Water. 57(4). 647–660. 34 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dandong, et al.. (2018). Impacts of climate change on aridity index and its spatiotemporal variation in the Loess Plateau of China, from 1961 to 2014. Environmental Earth Sciences. 77(4). 25 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhaoyang, Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive evaluation and scenario simulation for the water resources carrying capacity in Xi'an city, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 230. 221–233. 240 indexed citations

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