Lele Ren

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 806 citations indexed

About

Lele Ren is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Lele Ren has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 806 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Anthropology and 19 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Lele Ren's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 papers). Lele Ren is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 papers). Lele Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lele Ren's co-authors include Guanghui Dong, Fahu Chen, Haiming Li, Yishi Yang, Minmin Ma, Zhongxin Wang, Fengwen Liu, Guoke Chen, Xinyi Liu and Xiaozhong Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lele Ren

39 papers receiving 778 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China
    2022 53 citations Jishuai Yang, Dongju Zhang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lele Ren China 20 539 371 324 291 112 42 806
Peter Weiming Jia Australia 14 460 0.9× 272 0.7× 268 0.8× 161 0.6× 49 0.4× 28 686
Anil K. Pokharia India 13 350 0.6× 221 0.6× 190 0.6× 225 0.8× 58 0.5× 39 577
Matthew Betts Canada 14 287 0.5× 98 0.3× 204 0.6× 102 0.4× 157 1.4× 32 519
Juan Francisco Gibaja Spain 20 831 1.5× 106 0.3× 675 2.1× 131 0.5× 103 0.9× 178 1.4k
Sarah B. McClure United States 17 479 0.9× 86 0.2× 302 0.9× 69 0.2× 111 1.0× 63 717
Nicholas P. Jew United States 11 390 0.7× 158 0.4× 243 0.8× 235 0.8× 250 2.2× 28 620
William A. Lovis United States 16 459 0.9× 168 0.5× 255 0.8× 108 0.4× 202 1.8× 47 620
Rintaro Ono Japan 12 219 0.4× 418 1.1× 364 1.1× 74 0.3× 209 1.9× 35 659
Ilan Sharon Israel 16 706 1.3× 67 0.2× 351 1.1× 160 0.5× 59 0.5× 28 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lele Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lele Ren

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lele Ren

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Wei, Lele Ren, Jie Xu, & Marcus W. Feldman. (2025). Synergies and trade-offs between livelihood capitals in building resilience of urban resettled households in China. Cities. 171. 106711–106711.
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Liu, Xingxing, Yuan Li, Liangcheng Tan, et al.. (2025). The 7.2 ka cold event and its societal impact: climate-induced hiatus in the Dadiwan Culture of the Chinese Loess Plateau. CATENA. 260. 109448–109448.
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Ren, Lele, et al.. (2024). Faunal remains data from Paleolithic-early Iron Age archaeological sites in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Scientific Data. 11(1). 9–9. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhigang, Yan Xiong, Lele Ren, et al.. (2023). Comparison of combustion characteristics of MILD model combustor and multi-nozzle array model combustor fueled hydrogen-methane mixtures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(81). 31802–31812. 22 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, Minmin Ma, Aifeng Zhou, et al.. (2023). Diversification of faunal exploitation strategy and human-climate interaction in Southern China and Southeast Asia during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 322. 108420–108420. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Minmin, Jiajia Dong, Yishi Yang, et al.. (2023). Isotopic evidence reveals the gradual intensification of millet agriculture in Neolithic western Loess Plateau. Fundamental Research. 5(2). 727–733. 14 indexed citations
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Ma, Minmin, Guanghui Dong, Lele Ren, et al.. (2022). Understanding the transport networks complex between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. The Holocene. 33(2). 147–158. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Jishuai, Dongju Zhang, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 780–786. 53 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiu, Menghan, Haoran Li, Yishi Yang, et al.. (2022). Diversification in Feeding Pattern of Livestock in Early Bronze Age Northwestern China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Minmin, et al.. (2021). Early emergence and development of pastoralism in Gan-Qing region from the perspective of isotopes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13(6). 24 indexed citations
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Dong, Guanghui, Teng Li, Shanjia Zhang, et al.. (2021). Precipitation in surrounding mountains instead of lowlands facilitated the prosperity of ancient civilizations in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau. CATENA. 203. 105318–105318. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Ningbo, Lele Ren, Victoria E. Mullin, et al.. (2020). Ancient genomes reveal tropical bovid species in the Tibetan Plateau contributed to the prevalence of hunting game until the late Neolithic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(45). 28150–28159. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ming, Guoping Sun, Lele Ren, et al.. (2020). Ancient DNA Evidence from China Reveals the Expansion of Pacific Dogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(5). 1462–1469. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yuan, Yongtao Zhao, Haipeng Wang, et al.. (2020). Meltwater‐Driven Water‐Level Fluctuations of Bosten Lake in Arid China Over the Past 2,000 Years. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2). 34 indexed citations
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Ren, Lele, Xin Li, Katherine Brunson, et al.. (2017). Human paleodiet and animal utilization strategies during the Bronze Age in northwest Yunnan Province, southwest China. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177867–e0177867. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Haiming, Xinxin Zuo, Lele Ren, et al.. (2016). Prehistoric agriculture development in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China: Archaeobotanical evidence. Science China Earth Sciences. 59(8). 1562–1573. 42 indexed citations
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Dong, Guanghui, Lele Ren, Xin Jia, et al.. (2016). Chronology and subsistence strategy of Nuomuhong Culture in the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International. 426. 42–49. 79 indexed citations
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