Hongru Du

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Hongru Du is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Modeling and Simulation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongru Du has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Hongru Du's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers), Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis (5 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (5 papers). Hongru Du is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers), Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis (5 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (5 papers). Hongru Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Hongru Du's co-authors include Lauren Gardner, Ensheng Dong, Hamada S. Badr, Maximilian Marshall, Marietta M. Squire, Li Xu, Xiaolei Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Yannan Zhao and Lu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hongru Du

30 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in the USA: a mathematical modelling study

2020 577 citations Hamada S. Badr, Hongru Du et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering COVID-19 Dashboard: data collection process, challenges faced, and lessons learned

2022 131 citations Ensheng Dong, Jeremy Ratcliff et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongru Du China	13	482	315	230	220	180	33	1.1k
Hamada S. Badr United States	11	486 1.0×	222 0.7×	398 1.7×	157 0.7×	161 0.9×	30	1.0k
Wei Tu United States	13	298 0.6×	231 0.7×	249 1.1×	70 0.3×	56 0.3×	31	791
Álvaro Briz‐Redón Spain	12	291 0.6×	217 0.7×	307 1.3×	72 0.3×	105 0.6×	42	873
Liang Mao United States	27	250 0.5×	145 0.5×	228 1.0×	512 2.3×	190 1.1×	78	2.0k
Andrew Hultgren United States	4	583 1.2×	482 1.5×	136 0.6×	48 0.2×	102 0.6×	4	1.3k
Bin Meng China	16	184 0.4×	190 0.6×	221 1.0×	215 1.0×	82 0.5×	46	988
Behzad Vahedi United States	6	409 0.8×	252 0.8×	152 0.7×	76 0.3×	177 1.0×	9	698
Siqin Wang Australia	18	189 0.4×	159 0.5×	309 1.3×	375 1.7×	129 0.7×	104	1.4k
Songhua Hu United States	18	371 0.8×	147 0.5×	129 0.6×	836 3.8×	134 0.7×	43	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongru Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongru Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongru Du

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

All Works

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Du, Hongru, et al.. (2025). A multi-city COVID-19 forecasting model utilizing wastewater-based epidemiology. The Science of The Total Environment. 960. 178172–178172. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Zhao, et al.. (2025). SafeTraffic Copilot: adapting large language models for trustworthy traffic safety assessments and decision interventions. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8846–8846.

Du, Hongru, Matthew Zahn, Shaun Truelove, et al.. (2025). Improving policy design and epidemic response using integrated models of economic choice and disease dynamics with behavioral feedback. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(10). e1013549–e1013549.

Du, Hongru, Zhao Yang, Jianan Zhao, et al.. (2025). Advancing real-time infectious disease forecasting using large language models. Nature Computational Science. 5(6). 467–480. 5 indexed citations

Du, Hongru, et al.. (2024). Association between vaccination rates and COVID-19 health outcomes in the United States: a population-level statistical analysis. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 220–220. 5 indexed citations

Hamilton, Alisa, Nodar Kipshidze, Gary Lin, et al.. (2024). Incorporating endogenous human behavior in models of COVID-19 transmission: A systematic scoping review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100179–100179. 6 indexed citations

Badr, Hamada S., Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Gaige Hunter Kerr, et al.. (2023). Unified real-time environmental-epidemiological data for multiscale modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data. 10(1). 367–367. 15 indexed citations

Du, Hongru, Ensheng Dong, Hamada S. Badr, et al.. (2023). Incorporating variant frequencies data into short-term forecasting for COVID-19 cases and deaths in the USA: a deep learning approach. EBioMedicine. 89. 104482–104482. 14 indexed citations

Dong, Ensheng, Jeremy Ratcliff, Aaron J. Katz, et al.. (2022). The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering COVID-19 Dashboard: data collection process, challenges faced, and lessons learned. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22(12). e370–e376. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Badr, Hamada S., Hongru Du, Maximilian Marshall, et al.. (2020). Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in the USA: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20(11). 1247–1254. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2019). Robustness and Edge Addition Strategy of Air Transport Networks: A Case Study of “the Belt and Road”. IEEE Access. 7. 96470–96477. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, Hongru Du, Yannan Zhao, Rongwei Wu, & Xiaolei Zhang. (2017). Urban networks among Chinese cities along "the Belt and Road": A case of web search activity in cyberspace. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188868–e0188868. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Zheng, Gang Zeng, Shenghe Liu, et al.. (2016). Academic debates on Hu Huanyong population line. 35(5). 805–824. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Changjian, Wang Fei, Xiaolei Zhang, & Hongru Du. (2014). Quantitative analysis of the economic growth influence on urbanization and ecological environment pressure in Xinjiang. 31(2). 206. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xuemei, et al.. (2012). Spatial effect of mineral resources exploitation on urbanization: A case study of Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China. Chinese Geographical Science. 22(5). 590–601. 7 indexed citations

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Du, Hongru. (2011). Spatial distribution of the comprehensive level of urbanization and its driving factors in Tarim River Basin. Geographical Research. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xuemei, et al.. (2011). Selection of leading industry and appraisal system of urban in arid area. Ganhanqu dili. 34(4). 693–699. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Hongru. (2011). Spatial Pattern Evolvement and Characteristics of the Economy in Xinjiang at the County Level. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaolei, et al.. (2010). Spatial difference features and organization optimization of cities and towns in Tarim River Basin. Journal of Arid Land. 2(1). 33–42. 5 indexed citations

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Du, Hongru, Xiaolei Zhang, & Bin Wang. (2006). Co-adaptation between modern oasis urbanization and water resources exploitation: A case of Urumqi. Chinese Science Bulletin. 51(S1). 189–195. 4 indexed citations

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