Manchun Li

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Manchun Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manchun Li has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 35 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Manchun Li's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (61 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (28 papers) and Environmental Changes in China (20 papers). Manchun Li is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (61 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (28 papers) and Environmental Changes in China (20 papers). Manchun Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Manchun Li's co-authors include Penghui Jiang, Zhenjie Chen, Dengshuai Chen, Qiuhao Huang, Feixue Li, Liang Cheng, Qiqi Zhao, Liyan Wang, Yuewei Duan and Chenghu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Manchun Li

124 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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. Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities
    2022 230 citations Manchun Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manchun Li China 33 2.1k 621 605 575 428 131 3.1k
Muye Gan China 29 1.8k 0.9× 657 1.1× 737 1.2× 526 0.9× 245 0.6× 57 2.7k
Yinkang Zhou China 33 2.2k 1.1× 372 0.6× 623 1.0× 306 0.5× 446 1.0× 142 3.2k
Yi’na Hu China 23 2.5k 1.2× 544 0.9× 954 1.6× 877 1.5× 375 0.9× 47 3.1k
Carlo Lavalle Italy 28 2.2k 1.1× 433 0.7× 323 0.5× 443 0.8× 335 0.8× 132 3.7k
E. Koomen Netherlands 29 2.1k 1.0× 378 0.6× 378 0.6× 461 0.8× 300 0.7× 116 3.1k
Jiangfeng Li China 28 1.9k 0.9× 265 0.4× 536 0.9× 412 0.7× 234 0.5× 86 2.9k
Jasper van Vliet Netherlands 37 3.6k 1.8× 797 1.3× 808 1.3× 637 1.1× 492 1.1× 84 4.9k
Pere Serra Spain 23 2.0k 1.0× 268 0.4× 532 0.9× 306 0.5× 309 0.7× 76 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Manchun Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manchun Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Manchun Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Manchun Li. The network helps show where Manchun Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manchun Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Manchun Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Manchun Li 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 Manchun Li. Manchun Li 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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Lu, Yingcheng, Lijian Shi, Bin Zou, et al.. (2025). Discrimination between sea ice and clouds over the Chukchi Sea via China’s ultraviolet–visible-infrared observations. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 139. 104508–104508. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Ziyue, Chaoyang Wu, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2025). Increasing severity of large-scale fires prolongs recovery time of forests globally since 2001. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(6). 980–992. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Shasha, Wenfeng Zhan, Bing‐Bing Zhou, et al.. (2025). Dual impact of global urban overheating on mortality. Nature Climate Change. 15(5). 497–504. 11 indexed citations
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Du, Huilin, Wenfeng Zhan, Bing‐Bing Zhou, et al.. (2025). Exacerbated heat stress induced by urban browning in the Global South. Nature Cities. 2(2). 157–169. 11 indexed citations
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Yu, Ma, et al.. (2025). High-resolution monthly assessment of population exposure to PM2.5 and its relationship with socioeconomic activities using multisource geospatial data. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 197(3). 342–342. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Dengshuai, et al.. (2024). Spatial zoning to enhance ecosystem service co-benefits for sustainable land-use management in the Yangtze River economic Belt, China. Ecological Indicators. 159. 111753–111753. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Manchun, et al.. (2024). Changes in ecosystem services supply–demand and key drivers in Jiangsu Province, China, from 2000 to 2020. Land Degradation and Development. 35(15). 4666–4681. 7 indexed citations
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Hu, Yi, Penghui Jiang, & Manchun Li. (2024). The impact of agricultural land use change on agricultural GHG emissions in China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 83(2). 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2023). The division of PM2.5-O3 composite airborne pollution across China based on spatiotemporal clustering. Journal of Cleaner Production. 401. 136706–136706. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Long, Wenfeng Zhan, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2023). Competition between biogeochemical drivers and land-cover changes determines urban greening or browning. Remote Sensing of Environment. 287. 113481–113481. 43 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhaoying, Jing M. Chen, Yongguang Zhang, & Manchun Li. (2023). Improving the ability of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to track gross primary production through differentiating sunlit and shaded leaves. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 341. 109658–109658. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Ling, et al.. (2023). Sunglint reflection facilitates performance of spaceborne UV sensor in oil spill detection. Optics Express. 31(9). 14651–14651. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiasheng, et al.. (2016). Extraction method of main routes in South China Sea based on spatial cluster analysis. 16(6). 98. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Minxi, Yongxue Liu, Manchun Li, Chao Sun, & Wei Zou. (2015). Geomorphologic information extraction for multi-objective coral islands from remotely sensed imagery: A case study for Yongle Atoll, South China Sea. 34(4). 677–690. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Manchun. (2009). A Study on the Construction of Water Resources Regulation Decision Support System of the Yellow River. Diyu yanjiu yu kaifa. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Manchun. (2006). Research on Intensive Utilization and Its Evaluating Indicator System of Area Land Resources. Diyu yanjiu yu kaifa. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Manchun. (2005). A Review of Fuzzy Sets on Spatial Data Handling. Remote Sensing Information.
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Luo, Ping & Manchun Li. (2004). Extension of cellular automata model based on analytical concept of classical geographic process. Journal of Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering.
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Li, Manchun. (2002). Analysis of community nursing service. Zhonghua yiyuan guanli zazhi.

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