Kaihua Liao

1.5k total citations
76 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kaihua Liao is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaihua Liao has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Environmental Engineering, 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 29 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Kaihua Liao's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (43 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (32 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers). Kaihua Liao is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (43 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (32 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers). Kaihua Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kaihua Liao's co-authors include Qing Zhu, Xiaoming Lai, Ligang Lv, Jichun Wu, Shaohui Xu, Xiaobo Zhou, Xiaofei Nie, Hengpeng Li, Qing Zhu and Guishan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Kaihua Liao

73 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaihua Liao China 18 480 446 392 238 195 76 1.1k
Xuezhang Li China 17 276 0.6× 501 1.1× 239 0.6× 237 1.0× 344 1.8× 32 1.1k
Karl Vanderlinden Spain 21 604 1.3× 684 1.5× 359 0.9× 281 1.2× 372 1.9× 60 1.6k
Paolo Nasta Italy 21 569 1.2× 321 0.7× 419 1.1× 323 1.4× 240 1.2× 66 1.1k
Teferi Tsegaye United States 15 529 1.1× 235 0.5× 235 0.6× 238 1.0× 159 0.8× 43 1.0k
Jannes Stolte Netherlands 21 277 0.6× 692 1.6× 337 0.9× 454 1.9× 284 1.5× 52 1.3k
D.S. Yu China 14 423 0.9× 732 1.6× 155 0.4× 174 0.7× 274 1.4× 22 1.2k
Mélanie Weynants Italy 11 689 1.4× 405 0.9× 721 1.8× 261 1.1× 199 1.0× 20 1.2k
Daniel R. Hirmas United States 18 224 0.5× 344 0.8× 236 0.6× 109 0.5× 159 0.8× 58 942
Ali Reza Vaezi Iran 17 374 0.8× 737 1.7× 180 0.5× 290 1.2× 202 1.0× 47 1.2k
Cristina Martinez Australia 17 379 0.8× 623 1.4× 125 0.3× 212 0.9× 190 1.0× 39 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaihua Liao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaihua Liao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaihua Liao

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

All Works

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Lai, Xiaoming, et al.. (2025). Widespread vegetation regime shifts across China as indicated by critical soil moisture thresholds. Journal of Hydrology. 661. 133642–133642. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Zhicheng, et al.. (2024). Interactive effects of environmental factors and fertilization practices on soil nitrate leaching and tea productivity in Tianmu Lake Basin, China. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 367. 108988–108988. 4 indexed citations
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Liao, Hong, Hong Liao, Ke Li, et al.. (2024). Unlocking nitrogen management potential via large-scale farming for air quality and substantial co-benefits. National Science Review. 11(10). nwae324–nwae324. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Fei, et al.. (2023). Storages and leaching losses of soil water dissolved CO2 and N2O on typical land use hillslopes in southeastern hilly area of China. The Science of The Total Environment. 886. 163780–163780. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Qing, et al.. (2023). Improved downscaling of microwave-based surface soil moisture over a typical subtropical monsoon region. Journal of Hydrology. 627. 130431–130431. 5 indexed citations
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Lv, Ligang, et al.. (2023). Spatial drivers of ecosystem services supply-demand balances in the Nanjing metropolitan area, China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 139894–139894. 28 indexed citations
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Lai, Xiaoming, et al.. (2023). Digital mapping of the global soil δ15N at 0.1° × 0.1° resolution using random forest regression with climate classification. Ecological Indicators. 155. 110974–110974. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuesong, Junfeng Gao, Hongwei Yang, et al.. (2022). A modelling framework to track phosphorus sources of the drinking water intakes in a large eutrophic lake. Journal of Hydrology. 607. 127564–127564. 11 indexed citations
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Liao, Kaihua, Xiaoming Lai, & Qing Zhu. (2021). Soil and plant δ 15 N have a different response to experimental warming: A global meta-analysis. 1 indexed citations
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Liao, Kaihua, Xiaoming Lai, & Qing Zhu. (2021). Soil δ 15 N is a better indicator of ecosystem nitrogen cycling than plant δ 15 N: A global meta-analysis. SOIL. 7(2). 733–742. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Xiaoming, Qing Zhu, Michael J. Castellano, & Kaihua Liao. (2021). Soil rock fragments: Unquantified players in terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles. Geoderma. 406. 115530–115530. 17 indexed citations
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Zhu, Qing, Kaihua Liao, Xiaoming Lai, & Ligang Lv. (2020). Scale‐dependent effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon, soil nutrients and stoichiometry under two contrasting land‐use types. Soil Use and Management. 37(2). 243–256. 11 indexed citations
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Liao, Kaihua, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of different approaches for identifying optimal sites to predict mean hillslope soil moisture content. Journal of Hydrology. 547. 10–20. 14 indexed citations
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Liao, Kaihua, Shaohua Wu, & Qing Zhu. (2016). Can Soil pH Be Used to Help Explain Soil Organic Carbon Stocks?. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 44(12). 1685–1689. 20 indexed citations
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Liao, Kaihua, Shaohui Xu, Jichun Wu, & Qing Zhu. (2013). Spatial estimation of surface soil texture using remote sensing data. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition. 59(4). 488–500. 76 indexed citations

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