Jia Cheng

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jia Cheng is a scholar working on Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jia Cheng has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geophysics, 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jia Cheng's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (11 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Jia Cheng is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (11 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Jia Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Jia Cheng's co-authors include Weijun Gan, Zheng‐Kang Shen, Min Wang, Yongge Wan, Peizhen Zhang, Zhijun Niu, Xiwei Xu, Chong Xu, Guihua Chen and Y. Rong and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jia Cheng

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Present‐day crustal motio... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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. Present‐day crustal motion within the Tibetan Plateau inferred from GPS measurements
    2007 902 citations Zheng‐Kang Shen, Jia Cheng 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
Jia Cheng China 15 1.3k 193 171 134 114 48 1.6k
Yongkang Ran China 17 1.1k 0.8× 251 1.3× 209 1.2× 89 0.7× 120 1.1× 42 1.3k
Erwan Pathier France 22 810 0.6× 319 1.7× 245 1.4× 130 1.0× 84 0.7× 50 1.3k
William D. Barnhart United States 27 1.6k 1.2× 126 0.7× 117 0.7× 47 0.4× 239 2.1× 63 1.8k
Gregory M. Smoczyk United States 8 1.3k 1.0× 92 0.5× 94 0.5× 76 0.6× 199 1.7× 18 1.4k
Jianbao Sun China 19 1.5k 1.1× 190 1.0× 155 0.9× 52 0.4× 168 1.5× 36 1.7k
Richard Styron United States 16 1.1k 0.8× 76 0.4× 169 1.0× 64 0.5× 159 1.4× 37 1.2k
Xinjian Shan China 23 1.5k 1.1× 216 1.1× 148 0.9× 87 0.6× 259 2.3× 161 1.9k
Chunhao Wu China 8 626 0.5× 280 1.5× 160 0.9× 32 0.2× 51 0.4× 16 1.0k
Wanpeng Feng China 20 1.0k 0.8× 116 0.6× 102 0.6× 39 0.3× 111 1.0× 58 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Jia Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jia Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jia Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jia Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jia Cheng 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 Jia Cheng. Jia Cheng 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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Xu, Chong, Yuandong Huang, Jielin Liu, et al.. (2025). Detailed inventory and initial analysis of landslides triggered by extreme rainfall in the northern Huaiji County, Guangdong Province, China, from June 6 to 9, 2020. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 12(1). 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jia, Chong Xu, Xiwei Xu, Shimin Zhang, & Pengyu Zhu. (2025). Modeling seismic hazard and landslide occurrence probabilities in northwestern Yunnan, China: exploring complex fault systems with multi-segment rupturing in a block rotational tectonic zone. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(2). 857–877. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiwei, Shiguang Wang, Jia Cheng, & Xiyan Wu. (2025). Shaking the Tibetan Plateau: Insights from the Mw 7.1 Dingri earthquake and its implications for active fault mapping and disaster mitigation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yongheng, Haiyan Wei, Wenhui Wu, et al.. (2025). Causal Relationships Between Blood Lipid Levels and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. International Journal of COPD. Volume 20. 83–93. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuandong, Chong Xu, Xiangli He, et al.. (2025). Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6.2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiwei, Junjie Ren, Kang Li, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional fault model and features of chained hazards of the Luding MS 6.8 earthquake, Sichuan Province, China. 4(4). 100326–100326. 3 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaoyi, Siyuan Ma, Chong Xu, Jia Cheng, & Xiwei Xu. (2023). Seismically-induced landslide probabilistic hazard mapping of Aba Prefecture and Chengdu Plain region, Sichuan Province, China for future seismic scenarios. Geoscience Letters. 10(1). 9 indexed citations
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Li, Zhanfei, Xiwei Xu, Paul Tapponnier, et al.. (2022). Long, Regular Return of Four Large Earthquakes on Qilian Shan's Minle‐Damaying Frontal Thrust (NE Tibet): Partial Clustering With Great Events on the Leng Long Ling Fault?. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(5). 9 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuandong, Chong Xu, Lei Li, et al.. (2022). Inventory and Spatial Distribution of Ancient Landslides in Hualong County, China. Land. 12(1). 136–136. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Zhanfei, Xiwei Xu, Paul Tapponnier, et al.. (2021). Post‐20 ka Earthquake Scarps Along NE‐Tibet's Qilian Shan Frontal Thrust: Multi‐Millennial Return, ∼Characteristic Co‐Seismic Slip, and Geological Rupture Control. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(12). 10 indexed citations
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Ding, Zhifeng, Jie Liu, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2021). Velocity Structure of the Northeastern End of the Bayan Har Block, China, and the Seismogenic Environment of the Jiuzhaigou and Songpan-Pingwu Earthquakes: Inferences from Double-Difference Tomography. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 111(4). 2195–2208. 9 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jia, Xiwei Xu, Junjie Ren, Shimin Zhang, & Xiyan Wu. (2021). Probabilistic multi-segment rupture seismic hazard along the Xiaojiang fault zone, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 221. 104940–104940. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jia, et al.. (2020). Investment profitability and economic efficiency of the drip irrigation system: Evidence from Egypt*. Irrigation and Drainage. 69(5). 1033–1050. 16 indexed citations
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Rong, Y., Xiwei Xu, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2020). A probabilistic seismic hazard model for Mainland China. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1S). 181–209. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Jia Cheng, Wei Sun, & Bangchun Wen. (2016). Experimental study on the influence of modal parameters of thin cylindrical shell coated with constrained layer damping. Journal of Vibroengineering. 18(3). 1707–1722. 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Lihua, Jian Wu, Jie Liu, et al.. (2015). Preliminary Report on the 22 November 2014Mw  6.1/Ms  6.3 Kangding Earthquake, Western Sichuan, China. Seismological Research Letters. 86(6). 1603–1613. 20 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jia, et al.. (2015). The Kangding earthquake swarm of November, 2014. Earthquake Science. 28(3). 197–207. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jia. (2010). Present-Day Movement of Bangong Co-Nujiang Suture Zone,Tibetan Plateau,Inferred from GPS Measurements. Journal of Jilin University. 1 indexed citations

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