Lingqiao Kong

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lingqiao Kong is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingqiao Kong has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Lingqiao Kong's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Lingqiao Kong is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (11 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Lingqiao Kong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lingqiao Kong's co-authors include Zhiyun Ouyang, Hua Zheng, Weihua Xu, Cong Li, Yanni Cao, Yi Xiao, Lufeng Zhang, Ruonan Li, Yi Xiao and Binbin Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Lingqiao Kong

34 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

The balance between economic development and ecosystem service value in the process of land urbanization: A case study of China’s land urbanization from 2000 to 2015

2021 168 citations Yanni Cao, Lingqiao Kong et al. Land Use Policy profile →
Natural capital investments in China undermined by reclamation for cropland

2023 63 citations Lingqiao Kong, Tong Wu et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lingqiao Kong China	17	1.1k	469	215	184	175	35	1.4k
Delong Li China	16	1.1k 1.0×	382 0.8×	270 1.3×	132 0.7×	132 0.8×	49	1.4k
Guangbin Yang China	7	1.2k 1.1×	374 0.8×	179 0.8×	202 1.1×	197 1.1×	18	1.4k
María R. Felipe‐Lucia Germany	18	982 0.9×	333 0.7×	184 0.9×	197 1.1×	172 1.0×	37	1.4k
Javier Martínez‐López Spain	20	720 0.7×	431 0.9×	89 0.4×	173 0.9×	108 0.6×	48	1.3k
María José Martinez‐Harms Chile	13	1.2k 1.1×	346 0.7×	224 1.0×	274 1.5×	263 1.5×	21	1.4k
Ángela Andrade United States	13	813 0.8×	287 0.6×	147 0.7×	263 1.4×	79 0.5×	24	1.2k
Lawrence Jones-Walters Netherlands	11	793 0.7×	274 0.6×	310 1.4×	238 1.3×	109 0.6×	16	1.2k
Jijun Meng China	19	1.1k 1.0×	560 1.2×	129 0.6×	257 1.4×	105 0.6×	44	1.4k
Derric Pennington United States	15	1.5k 1.4×	500 1.1×	283 1.3×	303 1.6×	455 2.6×	20	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lingqiao Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lingqiao Kong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lingqiao Kong

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zheng, Hua, Liding Chen, Ranhao Sun, et al.. (2025). Social-economic-natural complex ecosystem (SENCE) theory and its application: Historical contributions and future prospects. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 161. 56–63. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2025). Identifying suitable areas for cropland and urban development in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Land Use Policy. 150. 107462–107462. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Yanni, Lingqiao Kong, Zhenci Xu, et al.. (2025). Exploring coordinated pathways for sustainable ecosystem and socioeconomic development: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Sustainable Futures. 9. 100691–100691.

Liu, Yanbing, Lingqiao Kong, Chaoqiang Jiang, Xiaoling Zhang, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2024). Accounting of value of ecosystem services in the desert: an example of the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 7 indexed citations

Kong, Lingqiao, et al.. (2024). Grass-livestock balance under the joint influences of climate change, human activities and ecological protection on Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators. 162. 112040–112040. 12 indexed citations

Kong, Lingqiao, et al.. (2024). Survival Risk Analysis for Four Endemic Ungulates on Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau Based on the Grazing Pressure Index. Remote Sensing. 16(23). 4589–4589. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Tong, et al.. (2024). Wind erosion changes from ecological restoration and climatic drivers on the Tibetan plateau. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 23. 100420–100420. 1 indexed citations

Kong, Lingqiao, Tong Wu, Yi Xiao, et al.. (2023). Natural capital investments in China undermined by reclamation for cropland. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(11). 1771–1777. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Kong, Lingqiao, Fei Lu, Enming Rao, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2022). Carbon Sink under Different Carbon Density Levels of Forest and Shrub, a Case in Dongting Lake Basin, China. Remote Sensing. 14(11). 2672–2672. 5 indexed citations

10.

Cao, Yanni, Tong Wu, Lingqiao Kong, et al.. (2022). The drivers and spatial distribution of economic efficiency in China’s cities. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 32(8). 1427–1450. 10 indexed citations

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Kong, Lingqiao, Weihua Xu, Yi Xiao, et al.. (2021). Spatial models of giant pandas under current and future conditions reveal extinction risks. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(9). 1309–1316. 38 indexed citations

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Huang, Binbin, Ruonan Li, Ruonan Li, et al.. (2020). A new remote-sensing-based indicator for integrating quantity and quality attributes to assess the dynamics of ecosystem assets. Global Ecology and Conservation. 22. e00999–e00999. 16 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, Lingqiao Kong, Lufeng Zhang, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2020). Spatial characteristics of ecological degradation and restoration in China from 2000 to 2015 using remote sensing. Restoration Ecology. 28(6). 1419–1430. 20 indexed citations

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Cheng, Min, Binbin Huang, Lingqiao Kong, & Zhiyun Ouyang. (2019). Ecosystem Spatial Changes and Driving Forces in the Bohai Coastal Zone. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(4). 536–536. 16 indexed citations

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Xu, Weihua, Xinyue Fan, Stuart L. Pimm, et al.. (2019). Hidden Loss of Wetlands in China. Current Biology. 29(18). 3065–3071.e2. 117 indexed citations

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Han, Baolong, Nan Meng, Wenbo Cai, et al.. (2019). Assessment and Management of Pressure on Water Quality Protection along the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Sustainability. 11(11). 3087–3087. 8 indexed citations

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Kong, Lingqiao, Hua Zheng, Enming Rao, et al.. (2018). Evaluating indirect and direct effects of eco-restoration policy on soil conservation service in Yangtze River Basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 631-632. 887–894. 111 indexed citations

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Liu, Weiwei, Yunjian Luo, Lingqiao Kong, et al.. (2017). Human influence on the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of forest biomass carbon in China. Ecology and Evolution. 7(16). 6220–6230. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Weihua, Andrés Viña, Lingqiao Kong, et al.. (2017). Reassessing the conservation status of the giant panda using remote sensing. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(11). 1635–1638. 104 indexed citations

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Kong, Lingqiao, Weihua Xu, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2016). Habitat conservation redlines for the giant pandas in China. Biological Conservation. 210. 83–88. 22 indexed citations

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