Dongfeng Li

3.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
116 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Dongfeng Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dongfeng Li has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 33 papers in Water Science and Technology and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dongfeng Li's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (30 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (25 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (23 papers). Dongfeng Li is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (30 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (25 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (23 papers). Dongfeng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Dongfeng Li's co-authors include Xixi Lu, Ting Zhang, Yinjun Zhou, Irina Overeem, Albert J. Kettner, Desmond E. Walling, Zheng Fang, Lin Lin, Stuart N. Lane and Li Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Dongfeng Li

107 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Exceptional increases in fluvial sediment fluxes in a warmer and wetter High Mountain Asia

2021 199 citations Dongfeng Li, Xixi Lu et al. profile →
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

2022 160 citations Dongfeng Li, Xixi Lu et al. profile →
Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions

2022 130 citations Ting Zhang, Dongfeng Li et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
Recent intensified erosion and massive sediment deposition in Tibetan Plateau rivers

2024 48 citations Dongfeng Li et al. profile →
The Impacts of Erosion on the Carbon Cycle

2025 15 citations Haiyan Zheng, Chiyuan Miao et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

Peers

Dongfeng Li

WST

GPC

ECOLO

P.W. Bogaart Netherlands

Sagy Cohen United States

Guofeng Zhu China

Sergey Chalov Russia

Stephanie K. Kampf United States

Desirèe Tullos United States

Félix Francés Spain

Nejc Bezak Slovenia

Yi Song China

Luhua Wu China

P.W. Bogaart Netherlands

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947 ×1.1

WST

602 ×1.0

GPC

407 ×0.7

652 ×1.1

ECOLO

531 ×1.0

Citations per year, relative to Dongfeng Li Dongfeng Li (= 1×) peers P.W. Bogaart

Countries citing papers authored by Dongfeng Li

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dongfeng Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Dongfeng Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Dongfeng Li. The network helps show where Dongfeng Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dongfeng Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Linli, et al.. (2025). Developing a machine learning Ni-Co-Al ternary interatomic potential for temperature and strain-rate dependent mechanical behaviors of Ni-based single crystal superalloys. Materials & Design. 258. 114535–114535. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Haiyan, Chiyuan Miao, Chris Huntingford, et al.. (2025). The Impacts of Erosion on the Carbon Cycle. Reviews of Geophysics. 63(1). 15 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Dongfeng, et al.. (2025). Accelerated River Meander Migration on the Tibetan Plateau Caused by Permafrost Thaw. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(1). 5 indexed citations

Li, Dongfeng, et al.. (2025). Flood complexity and rising exposure risk in High Mountain Asia under climate change. Science Bulletin. 70(10). 1601–1604. 3 indexed citations

Huang, An‐Chi, Guangyao Gao, Shihua Yin, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variations of inter- and intra-annual extreme streamflow in the Yangtze River Basin. Journal of Hydrology. 629. 130634–130634. 9 indexed citations

Li, Peiyue, et al.. (2024). A multi-perspective exploration of the salinization mechanisms of groundwater in the Guanzhong Basin, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177421–177421. 6 indexed citations

Li, Wenzhao, Dongfeng Li, Hesham El‐Askary, Joshua B. Fisher, & Zheng Fang. (2024). Evaluating future water availability in Texas through the lens of a data-driven approach leveraged with CMIP6 general circulation models. The Science of The Total Environment. 921. 171136–171136. 10 indexed citations

Geng, Nan, et al.. (2024). Migration and Transformation of Heavy Metal and Its Fate in Intertidal Sediments: A Review. Processes. 12(2). 311–311. 20 indexed citations

Qiao, Baojin, Na Li, Jiangpeng Cui, et al.. (2024). Substantial Overestimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Loss in Headwater Basins on Earth's Third Pole. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(15). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dongfeng, Ting Zhang, Desmond E. Walling, et al.. (2024). The competing controls of glaciers, precipitation, and vegetation on high-mountain fluvial sediment yields. Science Advances. 10(48). eads6196–eads6196. 14 indexed citations

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Huang, Jinliang, et al.. (2023). Patterns and drivers of fecal coliform exports in a typhoon-affected watershed: insights from 10-year observations and SWAT model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 406. 137044–137044. 12 indexed citations

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Wen, Shaojie, Wen-Chieh Cheng, Wenle Hu, Dongfeng Li, & Longtan Shao. (2023). Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 36. 100515–100515. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Bo-Han, et al.. (2023). Pullout Performance of Timber Joints with Glued-In Steel Rods at an Angle to the Grain. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 36(2). 2 indexed citations

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Kattel, Giri, et al.. (2023). How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 10(6). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Liu Liu, Lei Wang, et al.. (2022). Significant regime shifts in historical water yield in the Upper Brahmaputra River basin. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(24). 6399–6412. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ting, Dongfeng Li, Amy E. East, et al.. (2022). Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3(12). 832–851. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Dongfeng, Irina Overeem, Albert J. Kettner, Yinjun Zhou, & Xixi Lu. (2021). Air Temperature Regulates Erodible Landscape, Water, and Sediment Fluxes in the Permafrost‐Dominated Catchment on the Tibetan Plateau. Water Resources Research. 57(2). 61 indexed citations

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Li, Dongfeng. (2011). Lower tertiary stratum of lower Liaohe River's western hollow and its sedimentary characteristics. Journal of Liaoning Technical University. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dongfeng. (2007). THE POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF RANA CHENSINENSIS. Journal of South China Normal University. 1 indexed citations

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Ningsheng, Chen, et al.. (2004). Conflux process analysis of desastrous debris flow in Qiongshan Ravine, Danba,Sichuan Province. Ziran zaihai xuebao. 3 indexed citations

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