Kai Zheng

618 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 487 citations indexed

About

Kai Zheng is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zheng has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kai Zheng's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (6 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Kai Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (6 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Kai Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Kai Zheng's co-authors include Feng‐Min Li, Jian‐Sheng Ye, Xulong Zhang, Hua Cheng, Jiu-Ying Pei, Zhaoqi Wang, Xiang Liu, Xiaotao Huang, Xiang Liu and Honglin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zheng

16 papers receiving 483 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.

Impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland vegetation variation in the Chinese Loess Plateau

2019 280 citations Kai Zheng, Jiu-Ying Pei et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Zheng China	10	337	280	110	79	75	18	487
Munkhnasan Lamchin South Korea	8	404 1.2×	344 1.2×	131 1.2×	51 0.6×	110 1.5×	15	590
Chongchong Ye China	14	369 1.1×	208 0.7×	141 1.3×	53 0.7×	49 0.7×	33	558
Qun Guo China	9	373 1.1×	242 0.9×	86 0.8×	64 0.8×	48 0.6×	17	508
Shan Yin China	12	377 1.1×	233 0.8×	157 1.4×	36 0.5×	58 0.8×	34	524
Deyong Yu China	11	390 1.2×	203 0.7×	91 0.8×	53 0.7×	62 0.8×	24	525
Dawen Qian China	12	250 0.7×	201 0.7×	89 0.8×	87 1.1×	91 1.2×	22	468
Wanqi Bai China	12	442 1.3×	366 1.3×	183 1.7×	53 0.7×	146 1.9×	15	666
Ziqiang Du China	12	321 1.0×	184 0.7×	90 0.8×	43 0.5×	47 0.6×	34	445
Xiaoyu Meng China	14	378 1.1×	262 0.9×	207 1.9×	46 0.6×	94 1.3×	24	587
Liuxi Tian China	4	319 0.9×	210 0.8×	117 1.1×	85 1.1×	37 0.5×	5	448

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Zheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Zheng

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Zheng, Kai, Xiang Liu, Xiaolei Zou, & Zhaoqi Wang. (2025). Impacts of Climate Variations and Human Activities on the Net Primary Productivity of Different Grassland Types in the Three-River Headwaters Region. Remote Sensing. 17(3). 471–471. 1 indexed citations

Guan, Yina, et al.. (2025). Engineered Fe-Mo nanomaterial for dual suppression of pollutant accumulation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and root-zone remediation: Mechanisms and implications for safer crop production. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118413–118413.

Pei, Jiu-Ying, Chao Fang, Jordi Sardans, et al.. (2024). Detecting and attributing the impact of human activities on grassland aboveground biomass in China's Loess Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123247–123247. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaozhen, Shouzhang Peng, Jianzhao Wu, et al.. (2024). Simulation of the Key Ecosystem Services Changes in China’s Loess Plateau under Various Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Scenarios. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 10. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoqi, et al.. (2023). Substantial uncertainties in global soil organic carbon simulated by multiple terrestrial carbon cycle models. Land Degradation and Development. 34(11). 3225–3249. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoqi, et al.. (2022). Large discrepancies of global greening: Indication of multi-source remote sensing data. Global Ecology and Conservation. 34. e02016–e02016. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoqi, Hong Wang, Lina Wang, et al.. (2022). Effects of Environmental Factors on the Changes in MODIS NPP along DEM in Global Terrestrial Ecosystems over the Last Two Decades. Remote Sensing. 14(3). 713–713. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoqi, et al.. (2021). Monitoring Vegetation Greenness in Response to Climate Variation along the Elevation Gradient in the Three-River Source Region of China. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 10(3). 193–193. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoqi, et al.. (2021). Greening of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Its Response to Climate Variations along Elevation Gradients. Remote Sensing. 13(18). 3712–3712. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiang, et al.. (2020). Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following degradation of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau: A meta‐analysis. Land Degradation and Development. 32(3). 1262–1273. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Ning, Xudong Liu, Kai Zheng, et al.. (2019). Ecohydrological effects of biocrust type on restoration dynamics in drylands. The Science of The Total Environment. 687. 527–534. 9 indexed citations

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Zheng, Kai, Jiu-Ying Pei, Hua Cheng, et al.. (2019). Impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland vegetation variation in the Chinese Loess Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 660. 236–244. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Kai, et al.. (2019). Effects of agriculture, climate, and policy on NDVI change in a semi-arid river basin of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Arid Land Research and Management. 33(3). 321–338. 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Kai, Feng Zhang, Chao Fang, et al.. (2019). Migration of Rural Residents to Urban Areas Drives Grassland Vegetation Increase in China’s Loess Plateau. Sustainability. 11(23). 6764–6764. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fen, et al.. (2016). Environmental Factors Effect on Stem Radial Variations of Picea crassifolia in Qilian Mountains, Northwestern China. Forests. 7(10). 210–210. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Kai, et al.. (2010). Preliminary study on in vitro preservation technique of Nandina domestica 'Fire power'.. 37(3). 6–8.

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Zhang, Lijuan, et al.. (2005). Occurrence and cause of dust-storm in Harbin. Ziran zaihai xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lijuan, et al.. (2004). Influence of El nino on precipitation in Heilongjiang Province in spring and autumn. Ziran zaihai xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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