Jiren Xu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Jiren Xu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiren Xu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Jiren Xu's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (4 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (3 papers). Jiren Xu is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (4 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (3 papers). Jiren Xu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Japan. Jiren Xu's co-authors include Joseph Holden, Paul J. Morris, Junguo Liu, Wenting Dai, Fabrice G. Renaud, Brian Barrett, Jihong Dong, Songnian Li, Wanglin Yan and José L. J. Ledesma and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Journal of Environmental Management and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Jiren Xu

18 papers receiving 819 citations

Hit Papers

PEATMAP: Refining estimates of global peatland distributi... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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. PEATMAP: Refining estimates of global peatland distribution based on a meta-analysis
    2017 520 citations Jiren Xu, Paul J. Morris et al. CATENA profile →

Peers

Jiren Xu
Ngô Xuân Quảng Vietnam
Xudong Zhu China
Xiaoguang Ouyang China
Shi Chen China
Jiaqiang Du China
Zhaofei Wen China
Huan Yu China
Elke Eichelmann United States
Anirban Akhand India
Ngô Xuân Quảng Vietnam
Jiren Xu
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Countries citing papers authored by Jiren Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jiren Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiren Xu

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

All Works

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Shi, Xiaogang, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the co-evolution of land use change and ecosystem services in Shandong of China. Anthropocene. 51. 100488–100488.
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Yue, Wenze, et al.. (2025). Mitigating natural hazards through optimization of China’s ecological conservation redline: a case of Zhejiang Province. Landscape and Urban Planning. 266. 105537–105537.
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Luo, Jing, Jun Xia, Fanghua Hao, et al.. (2024). Theoretical thinking and practical development on coordination and high-quality governance of human activity space in river basins in China. 自然资源学报. 39(11). 2505–2505. 2 indexed citations
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Yue, Wenze, et al.. (2024). Assessing ecological conservation redline from element, structure, and function dimensions: A case of Zhejiang Province, China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 106. 107485–107485. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Changjia, Shuai Wang, Wenxin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Projected Humidification Expands the Sustainable Grazing Areas in the Drylands of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 10.
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Shah, Mohammad Aminur Rahman, Jiren Xu, Francesca Carisi, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the effects of nature-based solutions in reducing risks from hydrometeorological hazards: Examples from Europe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93. 103771–103771. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Changjia, Tong Lu, Shuai Wang, & Jiren Xu. (2023). Coupled Thorens and Soil Conservation Service Models for Soil Erosion Assessment in a Loess Plateau Watershed, China. Remote Sensing. 15(3). 803–803. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiren, Brian Barrett, & Fabrice G. Renaud. (2022). Ecosystem services and disservices in the Luanhe River Basin in China under past, current and future land uses: implications for the sustainable development goals. Sustainability Science. 17(4). 1347–1364. 13 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiaheng, Huili Chen, Qiuhua Liang, et al.. (2021). Large-scale flood risk assessment under different development strategies: the Luanhe River Basin in China. Sustainability Science. 17(4). 1365–1384. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiren, Paul J. Morris, Junguo Liu, & Joseph Holden. (2018). Hotspots of peatland-derived potable water use identified by global analysis. Nature Sustainability. 1(5). 246–253. 56 indexed citations
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Dai, Wenting, Jihong Dong, Wanglin Yan, & Jiren Xu. (2016). Study on each phase characteristics of the whole coal life cycle and their ecological risk assessment—a case of coal in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(2). 1296–1305. 29 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiren, et al.. (2014). Support Vector Machine Model for predicting the Cadmium Concentration of Soil-wheat System in Mine Reclamation Farmland Using Hyperspectral Data. ACTA PHOTONICA SINICA. 43(5). 530001–530001. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiren, et al.. (2013). Response of Ecosystem in Service Value to Changes in Landscape Pattern of the Nansi Lake Wetland. Shengtai yu nongcun huanjing xuebao. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Yirui, et al.. (2013). Space-time changes in interdependent urban-environmental systems: A policy study on the Huai River Basin in China. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiren, et al.. (1992). p values of continental aftershock activity in China. Acta Seismologica Sinica. 5(4). 683–690. 3 indexed citations

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