Kunyong Yu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kunyong Yu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunyong Yu has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Environmental Engineering, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kunyong Yu's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (22 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers). Kunyong Yu is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (22 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers). Kunyong Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kunyong Yu's co-authors include Jian Liu, Xiong Yao, Jian Liu, Liuqing Yang, Jingwen Ai, Zhenbang Hao, Lili Lin, Christopher J. Post, Elena A. Mikhailova and Yanfen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Kunyong Yu

59 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing the dynamic landscape ecological risk and its d... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Assessing the dynamic landscape ecological risk and its driving forces in an island city based on optimal spatial scales: Haitan Island, China
    2022 127 citations Jingwen Ai, Kunyong Yu et al. Ecological Indicators profile →

Peers

Kunyong Yu
Pengcheng Wang China
Andrew A. Millward Canada
A. J. Rigden United States
Feixue Shen China
Viacheslav Vasenev Russia
Lang Zhang China
Qianyuan Liu China
Yuanzheng Li China
Pengcheng Wang China
Kunyong Yu
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Countries citing papers authored by Kunyong Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kunyong Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kunyong Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kunyong Yu. The network helps show where Kunyong Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kunyong Yu

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

All Works

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Song, Hak Jun, et al.. (2025). Mitigation pathways of urban heat islands and simulation of their effectiveness from a perspective of connectivity. Sustainable Cities and Society. 124. 106300–106300. 10 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhongliang, et al.. (2025). Impacts of UAV–LiDAR flight altitude and forest canopy on the estimation accuracy of understory terrain. Journal of Mountain Science. 22(7). 2485–2496.
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Cao, Zhihong, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of the stand quality of Casuarina equisetifolia in coastal shelterbelts. Journal of Mountain Science. 22(5). 1557–1570.
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Yu, Kunyong, et al.. (2025). 3D visibility analysis of urban parks using LIDAR for enhanced accuracy. Journal of Environmental Management. 389. 126226–126226.
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Li, Mingxin, et al.. (2025). Forest carbon stock ecological risk assessment in Minjiang River basin based on the adaptive cycle model. Ecological Indicators. 176. 113668–113668. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yichen, et al.. (2024). Extraction of the spatial structure of Chinese fir plantations stands based on unmanned aerial vehicle and its effect on AGB. Forest Ecology and Management. 558. 121800–121800. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yihan, et al.. (2024). Mapping fine-scale carbon sequestration benefits and landscape spatial drivers of urban parks using high-resolution UAV data. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122319–122319. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qiuyue, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Heat Islands and Optimization of Spatial Network Construction in the Central Urban Area of Fuzhou City, China. Chinese Geographical Science. 34(5). 917–930. 7 indexed citations
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Yu, Kunyong, et al.. (2021). UAV Based Estimation of Forest Leaf Area Index (LAI) through Oblique Photogrammetry. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 803–803. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Fan, Hong Jiang, Min Cheng, et al.. (2019). Estimation of water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Yangtze River Delta region, China. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 30(2). df–df. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Kunyong, et al.. (2019). Height measurement of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations based on UAV remote sensing. 36(2). 335–342. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jian, et al.. (2018). Simulation of replantation of low-density ecological landscape forest with coupled stand structure.. ACTA AGRICULTURAE UNIVERSITATIS JIANGXIENSIS. 40(6). 1125–1133. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Kunyong, et al.. (2012). Algorithm and Application Analysis of Film-Based & Class-Oriented for Bamboo Forest Information Extraction. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni. 51(1). 89. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Kunyong, et al.. (2010). Study on the wind-prevention and sand-fixation benefit of the coastal shelterbelt forest based on remote sensing technology.. Nanjing Linye Daxue xuebao. 34(1). 80–84. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jian, et al.. (2010). Studies on monitoring of Dendrolimus punctatus damage with MODIS data.. 30(1). 42–54.
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Liu, Jian, et al.. (2010). Simulated cutting for the mixed forest of Pinus massoniana and broad-leaved tree species based on optimized spatial structure.. 30(6). 29–37. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Kunyong. (2008). Study on compatible nonlinear stand biomass model based on SPSS. Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. 1 indexed citations

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