Lin Zhen

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Lin Zhen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Zhen has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 45 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 44 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lin Zhen's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (67 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (34 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (31 papers). Lin Zhen is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (67 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (34 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (31 papers). Lin Zhen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Netherlands. Lin Zhen's co-authors include Gaodi Xie, Caixia Zhang, Leiming Zhang, Md. Giashuddin Miah, Tofayel Ahamed, Abdus Samie, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Yu Xiao, Jayant K. Routray and Yunjie Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lin Zhen

145 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. Dynamic changes in the value of China’s ecosystem services
    2017 622 citations Gaodi Xie, Lin Zhen et al. profile →
  2. Impact of land use change on ecosystem services: A review
    2020 532 citations Lin Zhen et al. profile →
  3. Land system science and sustainable development of the earth system: A global land project perspective
    2015 415 citations Lin Zhen et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lin Zhen 2.9k 1000 898 583 526 149 4.4k
Catharina J.E. Schulp 3.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 689 0.8× 802 1.4× 755 1.4× 71 5.3k
Jasper van Vliet 3.6k 1.3× 808 0.8× 660 0.7× 483 0.8× 637 1.2× 84 4.9k
Wu Yang 3.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 688 0.8× 713 1.2× 444 0.8× 115 5.0k
Christine Fürst 2.7k 0.9× 610 0.6× 679 0.8× 412 0.7× 582 1.1× 127 3.6k
Shixiong Cao 2.7k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 845 0.9× 587 1.0× 210 0.4× 111 4.5k
Yinkang Zhou 2.2k 0.8× 623 0.6× 490 0.5× 434 0.7× 306 0.6× 142 3.2k
Roelof Boumans 3.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 521 1.0× 43 5.2k
Joerg A. Priess 1.8k 0.6× 626 0.6× 452 0.5× 316 0.5× 369 0.7× 72 3.3k
Joel B. Smith 2.3k 0.8× 552 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 841 1.4× 280 0.5× 103 5.2k
Helmut Geist 4.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 633 1.1× 159 0.3× 15 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lin Zhen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Zhen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lin Zhen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lin Zhen 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 Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen 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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Li, Lijun, Gang Li, Lin Zhen, et al.. (2025). Topological elastic liquid diode. Science Advances. 11(14). eadt9526–eadt9526. 8 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin, et al.. (2024). Monitoring of Cropland Abandonment and Land Reclamation in the Farming–Pastoral Zone of Northern China. Remote Sensing. 16(6). 1089–1089. 7 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yu, Zhang Changshun, Lin Zhen, et al.. (2024). Wind erosion prevention and trans-boundary ecosystem service payments in the Hunshandake region. Journal of Cleaner Production. 475. 143664–143664. 2 indexed citations
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Wen, Xin, Lin Zhen, Qunou Jiang, & Yu Xiao. (2023). A global review of the development and application of soil erosion control techniques. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 33003–33003. 10 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin, et al.. (2023). Food Production and Consumption in Ordos of Inner Mongolia. Foods. 12(5). 1066–1066. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yurong, Lijun Li, Lin Zhen, et al.. (2022). Adhesion behaviors of water droplets on bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 17(4). 41003–41003. 10 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin. (2013). Analysis on the Group Incidents of Environmental Pollution Conflict. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shengkui, Yun Su, Xiaojie Liu, et al.. (2012). Resources Flow and Its Environmental Impacts. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 1(1). 15–24. 3 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin, et al.. (2011). Consumption of Ecosystem Services: A Conceptual Framework and Case Study in Jinghe Watershed. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 2(4). 298–306. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cai‐Xia, Gaodi Xie, Lin Zhen, Shimei Li, & Xiangzheng Deng. (2011). Estimates of Variation in Chinese Terrestrial Carbon Storage Under an Environmental Conservation Policy Scenario for 2000-2025. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 2(4). 315–321. 3 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin, et al.. (2011). Stakeholder Perceptions of Changing Ecosystem Services Consumption in the Jinghe Watershed: A Household Survey and PRA. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 2(4). 345–352. 2 indexed citations
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Long, Xin, et al.. (2011). Quantitative Assessment and Spatial Characteristics of Agricultural Drought Risk in the Jinghe Watershed, Northwestern China. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 2(4). 338–344. 3 indexed citations
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Xie, Gaodi, Lin Zhen, Chunxia Lu, Yu Xiao, & Wenhua Li. (2010). Applying Value Transfer Method for Eco-Service Valuation in China. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 1(1). 51–59. 64 indexed citations
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Xie, Gaodi, Lin Zhen, Cai‐Xia Zhang, et al.. (2010). Assessing the Multifunctionalities of Land use in China. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 1(4). 311–318. 41 indexed citations
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Uthes, Sandra, et al.. (2010). Payments for Grassland Ecosystem Services: A Comparison of Two Examples in China and Germany. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 1(4). 319–330. 9 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin, Yang Li, Gaodi Xie, & Shengkui Cheng. (2006). Land use dynamics and policy implications in the Jinghe watershed of western China: A critical assessment from local perspectives. Natural resources journal. 46(4). 859. 3 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin. (2004). MAGNETIC BASEMENT AND CRUST STRUCTURE OF ZHONGJIANNAN BASIN IN THE NANSHA SEA AREA. 1 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin. (2004). Vegetation Evolution with Degenerating Soil Ecology Under Unequal Competition. 土壤圈(英文版). 5 indexed citations
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Zhen, Lin. (2003). CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERPRETATION OF GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE BEIKANG ZENGMU BASIN OF CENTRAL NANSHA ISLANDS. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration. 3 indexed citations

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