Gen Li

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Gen Li is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gen Li has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gen Li's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers), Landslides and related hazards (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers). Gen Li is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers), Landslides and related hazards (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers). Gen Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Gen Li's co-authors include A. Joshua West, Zhangdong Jin, Alexander L. Densmore, Robert Hilton, Marla D. Clark, Deepak Chamlagain, Kevin Roback, Dimitrios Zekkos, Jonathan W. Godt and Sean F. Gallen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gen Li

60 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 200 400 600
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. Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts
    2019 659 citations Xuanmei Fan, Gianvito Scaringi et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
  2. The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal
    2017 364 citations Kevin Roback, Marla D. Clark 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
Gen Li United States 19 1.4k 908 576 405 404 65 2.3k
Jorge Pedro Galvé Spain 35 1.8k 1.3× 856 0.9× 493 0.9× 607 1.5× 170 0.4× 95 3.1k
Takashi Oguchi Japan 33 1.0k 0.7× 889 1.0× 725 1.3× 256 0.6× 725 1.8× 140 2.9k
Yong Li China 27 1.6k 1.1× 736 0.8× 913 1.6× 281 0.7× 614 1.5× 152 2.9k
Hongey Chen Taiwan 29 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 2.1× 917 1.6× 700 1.7× 928 2.3× 77 4.0k
Thom Bogaard Netherlands 31 1.8k 1.3× 1000 1.1× 880 1.5× 174 0.4× 341 0.8× 114 3.4k
Isaac J. Larsen United States 16 1.1k 0.8× 778 0.9× 723 1.3× 240 0.6× 467 1.2× 44 2.0k
Mauro Soldati Italy 30 1.3k 1.0× 922 1.0× 464 0.8× 344 0.8× 198 0.5× 114 2.4k
Olivier Maquaire France 26 1.5k 1.1× 491 0.5× 679 1.2× 200 0.5× 234 0.6× 71 2.1k
Ching-Weei Lin Taiwan 14 1.1k 0.8× 556 0.6× 485 0.8× 418 1.0× 366 0.9× 18 1.6k
Pierre Rognon France 26 590 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 339 0.6× 300 0.7× 214 0.5× 140 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Gen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gen Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gen Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gen 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 Gen Li. Gen Li 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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Li, Le, Gen Li, Tao Li, & Gaojun Li. (2025). Synchronous Formation and Consistent Provenance Across Different Particle Sizes in Loess Deposits on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(16).
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Meng, Xianqiang, et al.. (2025). Pleistocene Global Cooling Did Not Weaken the East Asian Summer Monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(4). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yige, et al.. (2025). No apparent state-dependency of equilibrium climate sensitivity between the Pleistocene glacial and interglacial climate states. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6608–6608. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Gaojun & Gen Li. (2024). Fossil organic carbon weathering: A nexus in global biogeochemical cycles. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(6). 2068–2072. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, Ziyue Yu, Noah P. Snyder, et al.. (2024). Isotopic evidence for preferential transport of fertilizer nitrogen into the northern Gulf of Mexico during high water discharge. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1).
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Li, Gen, et al.. (2024). Testing floc settling velocity models in rivers and freshwater wetlands. Earth Surface Dynamics. 12(6). 1267–1294. 1 indexed citations
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Chadwick, Austin J., et al.. (2024). Quantifying Channel Mobility and Floodplain Reworking Timescales Across River Planform Morphologies. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(12). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, et al.. (2024). Particle‐Size‐Specific Radiocarbon Constraints Imply an Active Subsoil Organic Carbon Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(5). 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianqiang, Gen Li, Xiaoyong Long, Shilei Li, & Junfeng Ji. (2023). Quantifying Soil Goethite/Hematite Ratios: A New Method Based on Diffuse Reflectance Spectra. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 8 indexed citations
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Li, Laifeng, Laura F. Robinson, Gen Li, et al.. (2023). Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslide on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 626. 118527–118527. 8 indexed citations
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Meng, Xianqiang, Can Zhang, Gen Li, et al.. (2023). Rapid wet-dry climatic oscillations and large-scale social unrest in ancient China. Science Bulletin. 69(3). 314–318. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Laifeng, et al.. (2022). Landslide-Induced Weathering in Tectonically Active Mountains: Evidence From Dissolved Radiogenic Uranium Isotopes. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 4 indexed citations
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Fischer, Woodward W., et al.. (2022). A Mechanistic Model for Mud Flocculation in Freshwater Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(5). 19 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, et al.. (2021). Overestimate of C4 Plant Abundance Caused by Soil Degradation‐Induced Carbon Isotope Fractionation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(24). 8 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, Woodward W. Fischer, Michael P. Lamb, et al.. (2021). Coal fly ash is a major carbon flux in the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(21). 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fei, Zhangdong Jin, A. Joshua West, et al.. (2019). Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Science Advances. 5(6). eaav7110–eaav7110. 39 indexed citations
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Fan, Xuanmei, Gianvito Scaringi, Oliver Korup, et al.. (2019). Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts. Reviews of Geophysics. 57(2). 421–503. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zekkos, Dimitrios, Marla D. Clark, A. Joshua West, et al.. (2017). Observations of Landslides Caused by the April 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Based on Land, UAV, and Satellite Reconnaissance. Earthquake Spectra. 33(1S). 95–114. 12 indexed citations

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