Lulu Qu

1.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 809 citations indexed

About

Lulu Qu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Lulu Qu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 809 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 8 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Lulu Qu's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Rural development and sustainability (7 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 papers). Lulu Qu is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Rural development and sustainability (7 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 papers). Lulu Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Lulu Qu's co-authors include Weilun Feng, Yansui Liu, Li Ma, Xueyi Shi, Hualou Long, Yurui Li, Yingnan Zhang, Yangjun Fu, Juan He and Ye Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Ecological Indicators and Land Use Policy.

In The Last Decade

Lulu Qu

24 papers receiving 801 citations

Hit Papers

Multifunctional rural development in China: Patte... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2022 2019 50 100 150
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. Multifunctional rural development in China: Pattern, process and mechanism
    2022 171 citations Li Ma, Lulu Qu et al. Habitat International profile →
  2. Effect of land-centered urbanization on rural development: A regional analysis in China
    2019 125 citations Weilun Feng, Yansui Liu et al. Land Use Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lulu Qu China 11 539 209 190 151 89 27 809
Libang Ma China 17 620 1.2× 175 0.8× 220 1.2× 151 1.0× 105 1.2× 62 1.1k
Zhi Cao China 12 664 1.2× 142 0.7× 244 1.3× 110 0.7× 163 1.8× 23 1.0k
De Zhou China 14 634 1.2× 112 0.5× 189 1.0× 144 1.0× 154 1.7× 31 924
Xunhuan Li China 5 550 1.0× 242 1.2× 127 0.7× 85 0.6× 133 1.5× 7 881
Wenkai Bao China 10 690 1.3× 150 0.7× 177 0.9× 123 0.8× 88 1.0× 12 888
Piling Sun China 11 586 1.1× 108 0.5× 108 0.6× 112 0.7× 105 1.2× 27 711
Yafen He China 13 582 1.1× 141 0.7× 163 0.9× 146 1.0× 133 1.5× 28 926
Zhengming Gu China 9 516 1.0× 87 0.4× 167 0.9× 104 0.7× 89 1.0× 9 678
Jianzhou Gong China 13 626 1.2× 80 0.4× 162 0.9× 76 0.5× 160 1.8× 26 826
Janina Kleemann Germany 15 673 1.2× 65 0.3× 158 0.8× 102 0.7× 145 1.6× 32 914

Countries citing papers authored by Lulu Qu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lulu Qu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lulu Qu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lulu Qu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lulu Qu 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 Lulu Qu. Lulu Qu 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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Zhou, Zhou, et al.. (2025). Enhancing agricultural production and environmental benefits through full mechanization: Experimental evidence from China. Habitat International. 157. 103332–103332. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoxia, et al.. (2024). Identifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of PM2.5 concentration and its implications for national sustainable development experimental zone of China. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 23. 100428–100428.
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Qu, Lulu, Jingyi Wang, & Yurui Li. (2024). Housing-industry transformation development and rural revitalization path based on complex adaptive system in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of China. Ecological Indicators. 162. 112008–112008. 5 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, Yurui Li, Feng Yang, Li Ma, & Zongfeng Chen. (2023). Assessing sustainable transformation and development strategies for gully agricultural production: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 104. 107325–107325. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Yongsheng, Lulu Qu, Jieyong Wang, Qian Liu, & Zongfeng Chen. (2022). Sustainable Revitalization and Green Development Practices in China’s Northwest Arid Areas: A Case Study of Yanchi County, Ningxia. Land. 11(11). 1902–1902. 10 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu & Yurui Li. (2022). Gully agriculture system and optimization mode in the Loess Plateau. 自然资源学报. 37(12). 3252–3252. 1 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, et al.. (2022). Dynamic evolution and the mechanism of modern gully agriculture regional function in the Loess Plateau. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 32(11). 2229–2250. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Jieyong, Lulu Qu, Yurui Li, & Weilun Feng. (2022). Identifying the structure of rural regional system and implications for rural revitalization: A case study of Yanchi County in northern China. Land Use Policy. 124. 106436–106436. 33 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, Yongsheng Wang, Yansui Liu, & Qing Ma. (2021). Evaluation of water and land resources system bearing capacity and path optimization for rural revitalization. 自然资源学报. 36(2). 300–300. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xu, Xinhai Lu, Qi Liu, Cheng Chang, & Lulu Qu. (2021). The effects of land transfer marketization on the urban land use efficiency: An empirical study based on 285 cities in China. Ecological Indicators. 132. 108296–108296. 77 indexed citations
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Li, Yi, Yurui Li, Bin Fang, et al.. (2021). Land Use Change and Farmers’ Sense of Place in Typical Catchment of the Loess Hilly and Gully Region of China. Land. 10(8). 810–810. 6 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, Yurui Li, & Weilun Feng. (2020). Spatial-temporal differentiation of ecologically-sustainable land across selected settlements in China: An urban-rural perspective. Ecological Indicators. 112. 105783–105783. 22 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, et al.. (2020). Vegetation Restoration in Response to Climatic and Anthropogenic Changes in the Loess Plateau, China. Chinese Geographical Science. 30(1). 89–100. 33 indexed citations
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Fu, Yangjun, Xueyi Shi, Juan He, Ye Yuan, & Lulu Qu. (2020). Identification and optimization strategy of county ecological security pattern: A case study in the Loess Plateau, China. Ecological Indicators. 112. 106030–106030. 207 indexed citations
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Qu, Lulu, Yansui Liu, & Zongfeng Chen. (2019). Spatio-temporal evolution of Ecologically-sustainable land use in China’s Loess Plateau and detection of its influencing factors. Journal of Mountain Science. 16(5). 1065–1074. 10 indexed citations
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