Kam‐biu Liu

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Kam‐biu Liu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Kam‐biu Liu has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atmospheric Science, 63 papers in Ecology and 63 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Kam‐biu Liu's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (90 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (49 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (33 papers). Kam‐biu Liu is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (90 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (49 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (33 papers). Kam‐biu Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Kam‐biu Liu's co-authors include Miriam L. Fearn, Houyuan Lü, Paul A. Colinvaux, Nina Lam, Naiqin Wu, Caiming Shen, Lawrence M. Kiage, Terrence A. McCloskey, Lonnie G. Thompson and Thomas A. Bianchette and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kam‐biu Liu

133 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Earliest domestication of common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago

2009 588 citations Houyuan Lü, Jianping Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Eric C. Grimm United States

Hermann Behling Germany

Simon Haberle Australia

Vera Markgraf United States

Martín Grosjean Switzerland

Valentı́ Rull Spain

Hilary H. Birks Norway

Cathy Whitlock United States

Houyuan Lü China

Willy Tinner Switzerland

Eric C. Grimm United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Kam‐biu Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kam‐biu Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kam‐biu Liu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yao, Qiang, et al.. (2025). Dynamics of arid desert coastal ecosystem in response to tsunami, tropical cyclone, and drought: A pollen and geochemical study from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 667. 112877–112877.

McCloskey, Terrence A., et al.. (2025). Natural and anthropogenic factors controlling organic carbon storage in riverine wetlands along South Korea’s four rivers. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 539–539. 1 indexed citations

Tao, Shichen, Kam‐biu Liu, Hongqiang Yan, et al.. (2024). The history of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and sea surface salinity during 1376–1500 CE reconstructed by Porites coral δ18O from Huangyan Island, South China Sea. Global and Planetary Change. 243. 104622–104622.

Cohen, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa, et al.. (2024). Hurricanes are limiting the mangrove canopy heights in the Gulf of Mexico. The Science of The Total Environment. 927. 172284–172284. 6 indexed citations

Cohen, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa, et al.. (2024). Do hurricanes or freezing events regulate the sustainability of subtropical mangroves on the Gulf of Mexico coast?. Regional Environmental Change. 24(2). 3 indexed citations

Shen, Caiming, et al.. (2023). Holocene vegetational and climatic history of the Xuguo Co catchment in the central Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Kam‐biu, et al.. (2023). An integrated methodology for assessing ecosystem response to environmental stressors under changing climatic conditions in coastal wetlands. Heliyon. 9(11). e21263–e21263. 3 indexed citations

Bianchette, Thomas A., et al.. (2023). Machine learning based anomaly detection for sedimentological data: Application to a Holocene multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Laguna Boquita, Jalisco, Mexico. Marine Geology. 464. 107125–107125. 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa, et al.. (2023). A timely method for post-disaster assessment and coastal landscape survey using drone and satellite imagery. MethodsX. 10. 102065–102065. 8 indexed citations

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Yao, Qiang, et al.. (2022). Pre–treatment method to avoid contamination for radiocarbon dating of organic–rich coastal deposits. MethodsX. 9. 101745–101745. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Kam‐biu, et al.. (2021). Identifying forcing agents of environmental change and ecological response on the Mississippi River Delta, Southeastern Louisiana. The Science of The Total Environment. 794. 148730–148730. 13 indexed citations

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Lam, Nina, Y. Jun Xu, Kam‐biu Liu, et al.. (2018). Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System: Research Methods, Challenges, and Prospects. Water. 10(8). 1054–1054. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Y. Jun, Nina Lam, & Kam‐biu Liu. (2018). Assessing Resilience and Sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System. Water. 10(10). 1317–1317. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Kam‐biu, Thomas A. Bianchette, Lei Zou, Yi Qiang, & Nina Lam. (2017). Contribution of recent hurricanes to wetland sedimentation in coastal Louisiana. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12001. 2 indexed citations

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Yao, Qiang & Kam‐biu Liu. (2017). Dynamics of marsh-mangrove ecotone since the mid-Holocene: A palynological study of mangrove encroachment and sea level rise in the Shark River Estuary, Florida. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173670–e0173670. 43 indexed citations

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Bianchette, Thomas A., Terrence A. McCloskey, & Kam‐biu Liu. (2016). Re-Evaluating the Geological Evidence for Late Holocene Marine Incursion Events along the Guerrero Seismic Gap on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161568–e0161568. 17 indexed citations

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Lü, Houyuan, Jianping Zhang, Kam‐biu Liu, et al.. (2009). Earliest domestication of common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(18). 7367–7372. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kiage, Lawrence M. & Kam‐biu Liu. (2009). Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya, East Africa Since AD 1650: Evidence from the Paleorecord. The Professional Geographer. 61(4). 438–458. 11 indexed citations

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Lü, Houyuan, Xiaoyan Yang, Maolin Ye, et al.. (2005). Millet noodles in Late Neolithic China. Nature. 437(7061). 967–968. 129 indexed citations

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Lü, Houyuan & Kam‐biu Liu. (2002). Morphological variations of lobate phytoliths from grasses in China and the south‐eastern United States. Diversity and Distributions. 9(1). 73–87. 114 indexed citations

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