Fenglin Xu

915 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 598 citations indexed

About

Fenglin Xu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Fenglin Xu has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 598 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Fenglin Xu's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Climate change and permafrost (7 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Fenglin Xu is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Climate change and permafrost (7 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Fenglin Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Fenglin Xu's co-authors include Guoqing Zhang, Wenfeng Chen, Bin Guo, Jian Zhou, Ying Xu, Wei Luo, R. Iestyn Woolway, Shuang Yi, Jida Wang and Jean‐François Crétaux and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Fenglin Xu

35 papers receiving 586 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.

  1. Widespread societal and ecological impacts from projected Tibetan Plateau lake expansion
    2024 59 citations Fenglin Xu, Guoqing Zhang et al. profile →

Peers

Fenglin Xu
Ji Chen China
Cary A. Talbot United States
José Agustín Breña‐Naranjo Mexico
Yanhui Qin China
Jónas Elíasson Iceland
Yuliang Zhu China
Andrew J. Stumpf United States
Edward Comyn‐Platt United Kingdom
Ji Chen China
Fenglin Xu
Citations per year, relative to Fenglin Xu Fenglin Xu (= 1×) peers Ji Chen

Countries citing papers authored by Fenglin Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fenglin Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fenglin Xu. 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 Fenglin Xu. The network helps show where Fenglin Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fenglin Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fenglin Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fenglin Xu 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 Fenglin Xu. Fenglin Xu 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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Zhang, Guoqing, et al.. (2025). Why are there so many lakes on the Tibetan Plateau?. 3(2). 100135–100135.
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Zhang, Guoqing, Jida Wang, Zhe Zhu, et al.. (2025). A novel framework for accurate, automated and dynamic global lake mapping based on optical imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 221. 280–298. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Li, Genxu Wang, Shouqin Sun, et al.. (2025). Net carbon dioxide sequestration by large alkaline lakes dominates the carbon exchange of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau lakes. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Xu, Fenglin, Yong Liu, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(3). 1187–1206. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, et al.. (2024). Potential threats of glacial lake changes to the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. Journal of Glaciology. 70. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiao, Fenglin Xu, Peng Wei, et al.. (2024). Physical model experimental study on the infrasound characteristics of bedding slide in rock slope. Applied Acoustics. 228. 110364–110364. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xue, Guoqing Zhang, Georg Veh, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing glacial lake outburst floods in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya. Geomorphology. 449. 109063–109063. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Fenglin, et al.. (2024). Distress and its influencing factors among Chinese patients with incidental pulmonary nodules: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 1189–1189. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, Jida Wang, Kuo‐Hsin Tseng, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing Tibetan Plateau lake bathymetry using ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimetry. Remote Sensing of Environment. 315. 114458–114458. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Fenglin, et al.. (2024). Shared decision-making in the management of pulmonary nodules: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 14(7). e079080–e079080. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenfeng, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Glacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(6). 28 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhong, Likun Xiong, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Tube explosion during continuous supercritical water oxidation of sludge: An incident investigation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 181. 131–142. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Fenglin Xu, Meng Li, et al.. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screening combined with nurse-led smoking cessation intervention: A population-based microsimulation study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 134. 104319–104319. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenfeng, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2022). Towards ice-thickness inversion: an evaluation of global digital elevation models (DEMs) in the glacierized Tibetan Plateau. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(1). 197–218. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiao, Fenglin Xu, Pengcheng Su, et al.. (2021). Experimental Study on the Features of Infrasonic Waves of Sandstone under Shear Load. Applied Sciences. 11(23). 11552–11552. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenfeng, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2021). Towards ice thickness inversion: an evaluation of global DEMs by ICESat-2 in the glacierized Tibetan Plateau. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, Youhua Ran, Wei Wan, et al.. (2021). 100 years of lake evolution over the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Earth system science data. 13(8). 3951–3966. 46 indexed citations
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Luo, Wei, Guoqing Zhang, Wenfeng Chen, & Fenglin Xu. (2020). Response of glacial lakes to glacier and climate changes in the western Nyainqentanglha range. The Science of The Total Environment. 735. 139607–139607. 30 indexed citations
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Teng, Yaoshu, et al.. (2016). GRHL2 genetic polymorphisms may confer a protective effect against sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Molecular Medicine Reports. 13(3). 2857–2863. 7 indexed citations

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