Jihua Hou

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jihua Hou is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jihua Hou has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jihua Hou's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (17 papers) and Forest ecology and management (11 papers). Jihua Hou is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (17 papers) and Forest ecology and management (11 papers). Jihua Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Jihua Hou's co-authors include Nianpeng He, Congcong Liu, Li Xu, Qiufeng Wang, Xiuqin Wu, Guirui Yu, Miao Tian, Ying Li, Jiahui Zhang and Ximin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jihua Hou

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Factors Influencing Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Natural Forests at the Biome Scale

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jihua Hou China	14	592	398	391	200	180	39	1.1k
Ning Du China	20	612 1.0×	293 0.7×	495 1.3×	189 0.9×	368 2.0×	64	1.3k
Mari Cruz Díaz Barradas Spain	23	709 1.2×	471 1.2×	433 1.1×	315 1.6×	152 0.8×	53	1.3k
Masresha Fetene Ethiopia	24	777 1.3×	536 1.3×	479 1.2×	241 1.2×	164 0.9×	78	1.7k
Edmundo García‐Moya Mexico	18	539 0.9×	200 0.5×	333 0.9×	255 1.3×	210 1.2×	141	1.2k
Thomas T. Lei Japan	19	738 1.2×	616 1.5×	530 1.4×	224 1.1×	205 1.1×	35	1.3k
Paolo Zuccarini Spain	18	587 1.0×	237 0.6×	225 0.6×	135 0.7×	237 1.3×	38	1.1k
G. R. Strimbeck Norway	18	592 1.0×	473 1.2×	393 1.0×	111 0.6×	132 0.7×	37	1.1k
Stéphane Bazot France	16	495 0.8×	364 0.9×	203 0.5×	67 0.3×	233 1.3×	30	1.1k
Mariangela N. Fotelli Greece	19	586 1.0×	573 1.4×	476 1.2×	108 0.5×	126 0.7×	35	1.1k
Marcelo Schramm Mielke Brazil	24	1.2k 2.0×	454 1.1×	262 0.7×	194 1.0×	274 1.5×	104	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jihua Hou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jihua Hou

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

All Works

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Song, Zhaopeng, Xuemei Wang, Jiahui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Species and functional diversities regulate the nutrient allocation of plants to biomass accumulation in logged forests. Journal of Environmental Management. 389. 126079–126079.

Lei, Xun, Jianming Wang, Jihua Hou, et al.. (2024). The Distribution Range of Populus euphratica Oliv. (Salicaceae) Will Decrease Under Future Climate Change in Northwestern China. Forests. 15(8). 1288–1288. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiahui, Xiaomeng Wang, Jihua Hou, et al.. (2024). High-resolution community-level sodium variation on the Tibetan Plateau: Content, density, and storage. The Science of The Total Environment. 944. 173766–173766. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Jiangshan, Zhaopeng Song, & Jihua Hou. (2023). Life form-dependent nitrogen–phosphorous allocation strategies of leaf and fine root in a temperate natural forest under long-term nitrogen addition. Journal of Plant Ecology. 16(5). 9 indexed citations

Song, Zhaopeng, Hongyan Liu, Jihua Hou, et al.. (2023). Shifting of nutrient limitation dominates the recovery of aboveground net primary productivity of mixed forests in northeastern China after selective logging. The Science of The Total Environment. 897. 165378–165378. 2 indexed citations

Hou, Jihua, Qiuyue Li, Pu Yan, et al.. (2022). Universal rule and regional variation of vegetation height assembly of typical grasslands in China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 16(1). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Li, et al.. (2022). Assessment of ecosystem quality in nature reserves based on ideal references and key indicators: A case study of Erguna, Hui River, and Xilin Gol National Nature Reserves. 自然资源学报. 37(7). 1735–1735. 1 indexed citations

Reich, Peter B., Artur Stefański, Roy Rich, et al.. (2021). Assessing the relevant time frame for temperature acclimation of leaf dark respiration: A test with 10 boreal and temperate species. Global Change Biology. 27(12). 2945–2958. 13 indexed citations

Li, Qiuyue, Jihua Hou, Pu Yan, et al.. (2020). Regional response of grassland productivity to changing environment conditions influenced by limiting factors. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240238–e0240238. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, Jihua Hou, Nianpeng He, Li Xu, & Zi-Hao Zhang. (2020). Changes in leaf stomatal traits of different aged temperate forest stands. Journal of Forestry Research. 32(3). 927–936. 17 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaopeng & Jihua Hou. (2019). Provenance differences in functional traits and N: P stoichiometry of the leaves and roots of Pinus tabulaeformis seedlings under N addition. Global Ecology and Conservation. 21. e00826–e00826. 19 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaopeng, Yanhong Liu, Hongxin Su, & Jihua Hou. (2019). N‐P utilization ofAcer monoleaves at different life history stages across altitudinal gradients. Ecology and Evolution. 10(2). 851–862. 11 indexed citations

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Hou, Jihua, et al.. (2016). Leaf Caloric Value from Tropical to Cold-Temperate Forests: Latitudinal Patterns and Linkage to Productivity. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157935–e0157935. 8 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaorong, Kerrie M. Sendall, Artur Stefański, et al.. (2016). Consistent leaf respiratory response to experimental warming of three North American deciduous trees: a comparison across seasons, years, habitats and sites. Tree Physiology. 37(3). 285–300. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Ying, et al.. (2016). Significant Phylogenetic Signal and Climate-Related Trends in Leaf Caloric Value from Tropical to Cold-Temperate Forests. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36674–36674. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2016). Effects of nitrogen addition on leaf traits of common species in natural Pinus tabuliformis forests in Taiyue Mountain, Shanxi Province, China. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 40(7). 686–701. 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Miao, Guirui Yu, Nianpeng He, & Jihua Hou. (2016). Leaf morphological and anatomical traits from tropical to temperate coniferous forests: Mechanisms and influencing factors. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19703–19703. 124 indexed citations

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Hou, Jihua. (2012). Leaf nitrogen and phosphorous stoichiometry of trees in Pinus tabulaeformis Carr stands,North China. Anhui Nongye Daxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Shan, et al.. (2009). Comparison of the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium between perfect and imperfect flowers in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume).. Guoshu xuebao. 26(4). 564–567. 1 indexed citations

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Hou, Jihua, et al.. (2004). Spatial patterns and associations in a Quercus‐Betula forest in northern China. Journal of Vegetation Science. 15(3). 407–414. 12 indexed citations

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