Kun Xue

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kun Xue is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Xue has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Oceanography, 32 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 24 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Kun Xue's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (32 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (21 papers). Kun Xue is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (32 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (21 papers). Kun Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Kun Xue's co-authors include Ronghua Ma, Zhigang Cao, Hongtao Duan, Ming Shen, Steven Loiselle, Junfeng Xiong, Minqi Hu, John M. Mélack, Nima Pahlevan and Dian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kun Xue

54 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes

2020 307 citations Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Xue China	26	1.3k	937	652	605	489	65	2.1k
Evangelos Spyrakos United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.9×	689 0.7×	542 0.8×	465 0.8×	392 0.8×	62	1.9k
Caren Binding Canada	18	1.6k 1.2×	817 0.9×	757 1.2×	379 0.6×	426 0.9×	24	2.1k
Yingxin Shang China	32	1.4k 1.1×	855 0.9×	611 0.9×	589 1.0×	412 0.8×	78	2.4k
Deyong Sun China	26	1.8k 1.4×	927 1.0×	854 1.3×	473 0.8×	371 0.8×	114	2.3k
Leif G. Olmanson United States	16	1.1k 0.8×	840 0.9×	464 0.7×	464 0.8×	618 1.3×	21	2.1k
Kari Kallio Finland	23	1.4k 1.1×	815 0.9×	804 1.2×	512 0.8×	407 0.8×	50	2.0k
Heng Lyu China	26	1.0k 0.8×	655 0.7×	535 0.8×	428 0.7×	291 0.6×	76	1.6k
Ming Shen China	22	949 0.7×	670 0.7×	449 0.7×	420 0.7×	365 0.7×	64	1.6k
Daniel Odermatt Switzerland	21	1.1k 0.8×	621 0.7×	539 0.8×	475 0.8×	378 0.8×	55	1.9k
Chong Fang China	30	1.2k 0.9×	673 0.7×	485 0.7×	562 0.9×	390 0.8×	66	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Xue

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Kun, Ronghua Ma, Menghua Wang, et al.. (2025). A state-of-art algorithm to retrieve particulate organic carbon concentration in optically complex waters via multiple satellite missions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 329. 114914–114914.

Chen, Jian, et al.. (2025). Algal blooms in Lake Taihu: Earlier onset and extended duration. Harmful Algae. 148. 102917–102917. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Ronghua, et al.. (2025). A lake salinity dataset produced via microwave and optical imageries.

Wu, Zhipeng, et al.. (2025). An evaluation framework for identifying saline croplands for improvement: A case study of Songnen Plain. Geoderma Regional. 41. e00963–e00963. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Junfeng, Chen Lin, Ronghua Ma, et al.. (2025). Remote Sensing Observations of Phosphorus in Eutrophic Lakes: From Concentration to Storage. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–12.

Ma, Ronghua, et al.. (2025). A non-optically active lake salinity dataset by satellite remote sensing. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1324–1324. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Zehui, et al.. (2025). Short-term spatial prediction of algal blooms in Lake Taihu via machine learning and GOCI observations. Journal of Environmental Management. 388. 125964–125964.

Xue, Kun, Ronghua Ma, Guangwei Zhu, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive time-series dataset linked to cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Taihu. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1365–1365.

Huang, Zehui, Ronghua Ma, Menghua Wang, et al.. (2024). Monitoring the Vertical Variations in Chlorophyll-a Concentration in Lake Chaohu Using the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager. Remote Sensing. 16(14). 2611–2611. 1 indexed citations

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Yong, Wang, Jian Liu, Ran Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhanced lake elevation mapping using a zone-based method. Environmental Research Letters. 19(9). 94021–94021. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Linsen, et al.. (2024). A national-scale assessment on the spatial and temporal variations in water color for urban lakes in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 945. 173951–173951.

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Hu, Minqi, Ronghua Ma, Kun Xue, et al.. (2024). Eutrophication evolution of lakes in China: Four decades of observations from space. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 470. 134225–134225. 22 indexed citations

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Hu, Minqi, Ronghua Ma, Kun Xue, et al.. (2024). A dataset of trophic state index for nation-scale lakes in China from 40-year Landsat observations. Scientific Data. 11(1). 659–659. 12 indexed citations

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Zeng, Fanxuan, Chunqiao Song, Zhigang Cao, et al.. (2023). Monitoring inland water via Sentinel satellite constellation: A review and perspective. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 204. 340–361. 45 indexed citations

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Xue, Kun, Ronghua Ma, Ming Shen, et al.. (2023). Horizontal and vertical migration of cyanobacterial blooms in two eutrophic lakes observed from the GOCI satellite. Water Research. 240. 120099–120099. 24 indexed citations

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Xue, Kun, et al.. (2023). Applicability evaluation and method selection in detecting cyanobacterial bloom using HY-1C/D CZI data for inland lakes. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 27(1). 171–186. 2 indexed citations

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Xue, Kun, Ronghua Ma, Ming Shen, et al.. (2020). Variations of suspended particulate concentration and composition in Chinese lakes observed from Sentinel-3A OLCI images. The Science of The Total Environment. 721. 137774–137774. 41 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junfeng, et al.. (2020). Detecting Spatiotemporal Features of Phosphorus Concentrations Using MODIS Images: A Case Study of Hongze Lake, China. Journal of Environmental Informatics. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Haisheng, et al.. (2019). Ionospheric scintillation suppression based on chemical release. Acta Physica Sinica. 68(10). 109401–109401.

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Shen, Ming, Hongtao Duan, Zhigang Cao, Kun Xue, & Ronghua Ma. (2017). Remote sensing estimation algorithm of diffuse attenuation coefficient applicable to different satellite data in Lake Taihu, China. Journal of Lake Sciences. 29(6). 1473–1484. 1 indexed citations

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