Liang Ning

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Liang Ning is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Ning has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Liang Ning's work include Climate variability and models (61 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (23 papers). Liang Ning is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (61 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (23 papers). Liang Ning collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Liang Ning's co-authors include Raymond S. Bradley, Jian Liu, Mi Yan, Bin Wang, Weiyi Sun, Emily E. Riddle, Qian Yongfu, Michael Mann, Robert G. Crane and Thorsten Wagener and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Liang Ning

70 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years

2021 159 citations Mi Yan, Liang Ning et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Ning China	22	1.2k	1.1k	192	155	122	77	1.6k
Deniz Bozkurt Chile	22	903 0.7×	898 0.8×	223 1.2×	134 0.9×	141 1.2×	55	1.4k
Sonia Raquel Gámiz‐Fortis Spain	20	1.3k 1.0×	931 0.8×	329 1.7×	185 1.2×	98 0.8×	50	1.6k
Chunming Shi China	18	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	167 0.9×	83 0.5×	220 1.8×	40	1.7k
Maria Shahgedanova United Kingdom	24	588 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	235 1.2×	123 0.8×	134 1.1×	64	1.7k
H. Wanner Switzerland	14	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	87 0.5×	130 0.8×	129 1.1×	16	2.1k
Zhixin Hao China	25	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	133 0.7×	79 0.5×	243 2.0×	109	2.0k
Juan José Gómez‐Navarro Spain	24	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	74 0.4×	93 0.6×	106 0.9×	62	1.5k
Ron Kahana United Kingdom	15	606 0.5×	674 0.6×	220 1.1×	230 1.5×	163 1.3×	25	1.3k
Keyan Fang China	29	2.5k 2.1×	2.5k 2.2×	130 0.7×	98 0.6×	224 1.8×	138	3.0k
Xianmei Lang China	28	1.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	212 1.1×	196 1.3×	214 1.8×	91	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Ning

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Ning

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Tao, Qin Wen, Jian Liu, et al.. (2025). Distinct response of Arabian sea upwelling and Indian summer monsoon rainfall on the millennial timescale. Quaternary Science Reviews. 352. 109198–109198.

Liu, Zhengyu, et al.. (2025). The response of AUSM to precession forcing and its relation to EASM and EAWM. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1).

Ning, Liang, Zhengyu Liu, Michael Mann, et al.. (2025). Decadal climate variability during the pre-industrial Common Era: characteristics and mechanisms. Science Bulletin. 70(13). 2190–2203.

Sun, Haohao, Lili Lei, Zhengyu Liu, Liang Ning, & Zhe‐Min Tan. (2024). A Hybrid Gain Analog Offline EnKF for Paleoclimate Data Assimilation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16(1). 6 indexed citations

Wen, Qin, Zhengyu Liu, Steven C. Clemens, et al.. (2024). Grand dipole response of Asian summer monsoon to orbital forcing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 10 indexed citations

Liu, Jian, Qin Wen, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2024). The Influence of Increased CO₂ Concentrations on AMOC Interdecadal Variability Under the LGM Background. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(3). 1 indexed citations

Hu, Wan‐Ping, Liang Ning, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing tropical monthly sea surface temperature variability by assimilating coral proxy datasets. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1).

He, Jiazhi, Weiyi Sun, Bin Wang, et al.. (2024). Opposing Changes in Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Variability Produced by Orbital and Anthropogenic Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(17). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jing, Weiyi Sun, Jian Liu, et al.. (2023). Impact of centennial-scale solar activity reduction on the weakened Asian monsoon event at 9.2 ka BP. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 628. 111771–111771. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiyi, Deliang Chen, Guonian Lü, et al.. (2023). Impacts of major volcanic eruptions over the past two millennia on both global and Chinese climates: A review. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(1). 61–78. 5 indexed citations

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Wen, Qin, Chenyu Zhu, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2023). Separating Direct Heat Flux Forcing and Freshwater Feedback on AMOC Change Under Global Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(22). 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Ying, et al.. (2023). Decadal variability of precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau modulated by the 11-year solar cycle over the past millennium. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

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Ning, Liang, Zhengyu Liu, Jian Liu, et al.. (2022). Modulating and Resetting Impacts of Different Volcanic Eruptions on North Atlantic SST Variations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(16). 8 indexed citations

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Ning, Liang, Zhengyu Liu, Jian Liu, et al.. (2022). Nonlinear Responses of Droughts Over China to Volcanic Eruptions at Different Drought Phases. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(4). 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiyi, et al.. (2022). Secular Changes of the Decadal Relationship Between the Northern Hemisphere Land Monsoon Rainfall and Sea Surface Temperature Over the Past Millennium in Climate Model Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(23). 6 indexed citations

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Ning, Liang, Zhengyu Liu, Jian Liu, et al.. (2020). One Drought and One Volcanic Eruption Influenced the History of China: The Late Ming Dynasty Mega‐drought. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Jian Liu, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2020). Global and Polar Region Temperature Change Induced by Single Mega Volcanic Eruption Based on Community Earth System Model Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(18). 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiyi, Bin Wang, Qiong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Northern Hemisphere Land Monsoon Precipitation Increased by the Green Sahara During Middle Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(16). 9870–9879. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiyi, Jian Liu, Bin Wang, et al.. (2018). A “La Niña-like” state occurring in the second year after large tropical volcanic eruptions during the past 1500 years. Climate Dynamics. 52(12). 7495–7509. 36 indexed citations

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Ning, Liang, Jian Liu, & Bin Wang. (2017). How does the South Asian High influence extreme precipitation over eastern China?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(8). 4281–4298. 86 indexed citations

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