Lei Tian

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lei Tian is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Tian has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Tian's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (6 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (5 papers). Lei Tian is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (6 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (5 papers). Lei Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and Ghana. Lei Tian's co-authors include Mingyang Li, Chi Jiang, Yingfei Hou, Q. Jason Niu, Tao Yu, Wenxue Fu, Xiaoping Huang, Jiangtao Wu, Shengshan Bi and Feng Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Membrane Science, Energy Policy and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Lei Tian

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Review of Remote Sensing-Based Methods for Forest Abovegr... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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. Review of Remote Sensing-Based Methods for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects
    2023 91 citations Lei Tian, Tao Yu et al. Forests profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Tian China 18 428 291 286 230 219 50 1.4k
François Colin France 22 318 0.7× 107 0.4× 205 0.7× 303 1.3× 125 0.6× 50 1.5k
Chen Zhang China 27 515 1.2× 142 0.5× 314 1.1× 77 0.3× 277 1.3× 166 2.2k
Maurizio Giugni Italy 28 855 2.0× 120 0.4× 614 2.1× 403 1.8× 300 1.4× 106 2.6k
Chuan Liang China 24 1.1k 2.5× 414 1.4× 663 2.3× 466 2.0× 306 1.4× 109 2.5k
Sue Vink Australia 26 472 1.1× 254 0.9× 465 1.6× 294 1.3× 109 0.5× 81 2.8k
Si Chen China 25 362 0.8× 167 0.6× 184 0.6× 232 1.0× 282 1.3× 150 2.1k
Shiqi Tian China 24 702 1.6× 259 0.9× 595 2.1× 67 0.3× 293 1.3× 77 2.2k
Zhenzhen Jia China 18 405 0.9× 103 0.4× 612 2.1× 62 0.3× 329 1.5× 36 1.5k
Xiaoping Wang China 21 807 1.9× 328 1.1× 310 1.1× 190 0.8× 489 2.2× 99 1.8k
Glenn O. Brown United States 17 255 0.6× 94 0.3× 234 0.8× 164 0.7× 449 2.1× 60 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Tian

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

All Works

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Li, Tao, Yi Wu, Fang Ren, Lei Tian, & Mingyang Li. (2025). Assessing the impact of stand structure on forest net primary productivity: A multiple machine learning-SHAP models and DSEM integrated approach. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 236. 110427–110427. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, et al.. (2024). Zero-shot stance detection based on multi-perspective transferable feature fusion. Information Fusion. 108. 102386–102386. 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, et al.. (2023). Review of Remote Sensing-Based Methods for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Forests. 14(6). 1086–1086. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fu, Wenxue, Lei Tian, Tao Yu, Mingyang Li, & Huadong Guo. (2023). Spatiotemporal changes in the boreal forest in Siberia over the period 1985–2015 against the background of climate change. Earth System Dynamics. 14(1). 223–239. 5 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, Tao Yu, Mingyang Li, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Land Surface Temperature Considering Future Land Use Change Effects under Climate Change Scenarios in Nanjing City, China. Remote Sensing. 15(11). 2914–2914. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenhuan, Lei Tian, Lin Shi, & Xiaoye Dai. (2023). Experimental and Simulation Analysis of Siloxane Mixtures Used in Organic Rankine Cycle with Thermal Stability Limits. Processes. 11(7). 2108–2108. 4 indexed citations
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Jiang, Chi, Liping Zhang, Lei Tian, et al.. (2022). Thin-film composite membranes with programmable in-plane heterostructure for high degree-of-freedom performance control. Journal of Membrane Science. 653. 120522–120522. 12 indexed citations
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Tian, Jiao, Xiaocheng Zhou, Jingchao Li, et al.. (2022). Earthquake-induced impulsive release of water in the fractured aquifer system: Insights from the long-term hydrochemical monitoring of hot springs in the Southeast Tibetan Plateau. Applied Geochemistry. 148. 105553–105553. 12 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, Tao Yu, Wenxue Fu, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Simulation of Land Use/Cover Change and Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Carbon Storage under Climate Change Scenarios in Guangdong Province, China. Remote Sensing. 14(10). 2330–2330. 108 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, Mingyang Li, & Lei Tian. (2021). Dynamics of Carbon Storage and Its Drivers in Guangdong Province from 1979 to 2012. Forests. 12(11). 1482–1482. 20 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, et al.. (2021). Energy demand and supply planning of China through 2060. Energy. 234. 121193–121193. 136 indexed citations
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Ye, Feng, Xiaoping Huang, Dawen Zhang, Lei Tian, & Yanyi Zeng. (2012). Distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China: Implications for sources and historical changes. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 24(4). 579–588. 107 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, et al.. (2012). Research on Three-Dimension Sedimentary Facies Model Building of the Reservoir Chang2 Member, Yanchang Formation in Zhifang Area, Erdos Basin. Advanced materials research. 466-467. 303–307. 1 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei. (2011). Research progress of lost circulation materials. 3 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei. (2011). Study on Flow-Units Based on Hierarchical Analysis in Jiyuan Area,Ordos Basins. Journal of Jilin University.
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Tian, Lei. (2007). Coupling Relationship between Soil Erosion Control Paradigm and Ecology Theory. 2 indexed citations

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