Fawei Zhang

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Fawei Zhang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fawei Zhang has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 39 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Fawei Zhang's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Climate change and permafrost (26 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (18 papers). Fawei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Climate change and permafrost (26 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (18 papers). Fawei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Australia. Fawei Zhang's co-authors include Guangmin Cao, Xiaowei Guo, Yangong Du, Yikang Li, Licong Dai, Lin Li, Hongqin Li, Yingnian Li, Xinquan Zhao and Xun Ke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fawei Zhang

92 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production

2018 522 citations Huiying Liu, Zhaorong Mi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fawei Zhang China	24	817	622	573	535	411	95	1.8k
Song Gu China	22	1.2k 1.5×	838 1.3×	570 1.0×	390 0.7×	299 0.7×	43	2.1k
Yangong Du China	23	519 0.6×	581 0.9×	419 0.7×	569 1.1×	227 0.6×	81	1.4k
Haishan Niu China	21	632 0.8×	583 0.9×	299 0.5×	660 1.2×	273 0.7×	52	1.7k
Zhenxi Shen China	30	858 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	777 1.4×	810 1.5×	549 1.3×	75	2.5k
Jingxue Zhao China	23	474 0.6×	669 1.1×	332 0.6×	542 1.0×	323 0.8×	64	1.4k
Anwar Mohammat China	18	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	537 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	644 1.6×	32	2.7k
Zhaorong Mi China	14	451 0.6×	549 0.9×	270 0.5×	470 0.9×	499 1.2×	29	1.6k
J. I. Kinyamario Kenya	18	758 0.9×	606 1.0×	234 0.4×	612 1.1×	291 0.7×	51	1.7k
Yongtao He China	19	670 0.8×	515 0.8×	330 0.6×	351 0.7×	201 0.5×	63	1.3k
Chelcy Ford Miniat United States	27	1.3k 1.5×	496 0.8×	603 1.1×	290 0.5×	463 1.1×	74	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fawei Zhang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Fawei, et al.. (2025). Long-term multi-nutrient enrichment enhances aboveground biomass without compromising ecosystem temporal stability in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 394. 109917–109917. 1 indexed citations

Li, Hongqin, et al.. (2024). Surface Albedo Dominates Radiation Efficiency of Alpine Grasslands Along an Elevation Profile of Qilian Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(8). 3 indexed citations

Han, Zheng, Guirui Yu, Qiufeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Divergent environmental responses of long-term variations in evapotranspiration over four grassland ecosystems in China based on eddy-covariance measurements. Journal of Hydrology. 625. 130030–130030. 11 indexed citations

Li, Lin, et al.. (2023). Self‐stabilizing maintenance process in plant communities of alpine meadows under different grazing intensities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 140–152. 6 indexed citations

Li, Hongqin, et al.. (2023). Differential responses of CO2 and latent heat fluxes to climatic anomalies on two alpine grasslands on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165863–165863. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Yongsheng, Fawei Zhang, Junbang Wang, et al.. (2023). Effects of long-term grazing exclusion on vegetation structure, soil water holding capacity, carbon and nitrogen sequestration capacity in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Mountain Science. 20(3). 779–791. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Fawei, et al.. (2023). Seasonal variations and sources of the dew from stable isotopes in alpine meadows. Hydrological Processes. 37(9). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Fawei, et al.. (2022). Response of Soil Water Storage to Meteorological Factors in Alpine Shrub Meadow on Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Diversity. 14(3). 185–185. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Fawei, Hongqin Li, Liang Zhao, et al.. (2021). An observation dataset of carbon, water and heat fluxes over an alpine shrubland in Haibei (2003–2010). China Scientific Data. 6(1). 21.86101.1/csdata.2020.0034.zh–21.86101.1/csdata.2020.0034.zh. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, Xingjia Xiang, Yangong Du, et al.. (2020). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure following different grazing intensities in an alpine grassland. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85(5). 1620–1633. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Huiying, Zhaorong Mi, Li Lin, et al.. (2018). Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(16). 4051–4056. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ge, Rong, Honglin He, Xiaoli Ren, et al.. (2018). A Satellite-Based Model for Simulating Ecosystem Respiration in the Tibetan and Inner Mongolian Grasslands. Remote Sensing. 10(1). 149–149. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Lin, Fawei Zhang, Yikang Li, et al.. (2018). Long-term Ecological Research and Experimental Demonstration Provide Theoretical and Technical Support for Adaptive Management of Alpine Grassland. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 33(10). 1115–1126. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fawei & Guangmin Cao. (2017). Resilience of Energy and CO2 Exchangeto a Summer Heatwave in an Alpine HumidGrassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 26(1). 385–394. 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiaowei, Daorui Han, Yangong Du, et al.. (2015). Effects of Landuse Change on CH4 Soil-Atmospheric Exchange in Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 24. 1593–1602. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fawei, et al.. (2012). Soil Shallow Layer Temperature and Thermal Diffusivity of Achnatherum splendens Arid Grassland around Qinghai Lake Area. Zhongguo nongye qixiang. 33(1). 66–70. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yikang, et al.. (2010). Physiological response of Kobresia humilis to nitrogenous fertilizer in an alpine meadow.. Acta Pratacultural Science. 19(3). 240–244. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fawei. (2010). Study on Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient of the Alpine Meadows in the Haibei Area. Zhongguo nongye qixiang. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yikang, et al.. (2010). The main forage succession and ground surface characteristic changes during degradation and restoration of alpine Kobresia meadow.. Acta Pratacultural Science. 19(5). 179–185. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fawei. (2007). Changes in Reflected Radiation and Reflectivity for Growing Season of Alpine Swamp in the Northern Qinghai. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology. 2 indexed citations

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