Meng Cai

2.0k total citations
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Meng Cai is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Cai has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Environmental Engineering, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Meng Cai's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (28 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (20 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (13 papers). Meng Cai is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (28 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (20 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (13 papers). Meng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Meng Cai's co-authors include Chao Ren, Yong Xu, Edward Ng, Ran Wang, Yuan Shi, Kevin Ka‐Lun Lau, Xilin Zhou, Yasuyuki Ishida, Xinwei Li and Akashi Mochida 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

Meng Cai

42 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meng Cai China 21 1.1k 697 649 414 230 45 1.5k
Nadège Blond France 21 872 0.8× 570 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 711 1.7× 158 0.7× 48 1.9k
Melissa Hart Australia 22 1.2k 1.1× 645 0.9× 944 1.5× 383 0.9× 416 1.8× 49 1.9k
Dian Zhou China 22 1.2k 1.1× 419 0.6× 714 1.1× 203 0.5× 510 2.2× 70 1.4k
Tristan Kershaw United Kingdom 20 1.7k 1.5× 614 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 176 0.4× 1.1k 4.7× 45 2.3k
Βasil E. Psiloglou Greece 26 369 0.3× 718 1.0× 321 0.5× 529 1.3× 149 0.6× 69 1.7k
Toshiaki Ichinose Japan 14 819 0.8× 633 0.9× 325 0.5× 255 0.6× 309 1.3× 57 1.3k
Alain Clappier France 27 2.2k 2.0× 909 1.3× 1.3k 2.1× 1.5k 3.7× 628 2.7× 78 3.3k
Ashley M. Broadbent United States 23 1.2k 1.1× 573 0.8× 816 1.3× 245 0.6× 466 2.0× 36 1.7k
Wenliang Li China 15 734 0.7× 410 0.6× 256 0.4× 137 0.3× 522 2.3× 50 1.2k
Bino Maiheu Belgium 19 1.7k 1.6× 514 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 366 0.9× 506 2.2× 31 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Meng Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meng Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Meng Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Meng Cai 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 Meng Cai. Meng Cai 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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Cai, Meng, Miao Li, & Huimin Liu. (2025). Optimizing cooling efficiency of urban greenspaces across local climate zones in Wuhan, China. Urban forestry & urban greening. 105. 128691–128691. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xilin, et al.. (2025). Ensuring accurate outdoor thermal comfort research: How to select representative measurement sites for local climate zone. Building and Environment. 286. 113699–113699. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Chao, Meng Cai, Guangzhao Chen, et al.. (2025). Integrating local climate zones and spatial modeling for carbon emission forecasting in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area toward 2060. Urban Climate. 61. 102453–102453. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiyao, Meng Cai, Ran Wang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic urban morphology mapping in Chinese cities based on local climate zone approach. Scientific Data. 12(1). 181–181. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for the effects of thermal treatment on soybean seed β-conglycinin. Food Research International. 205. 115976–115976.
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Liu, Sheng, Meng Cai, Chao Ren, et al.. (2025). Urban heat island impacts on cooling energy demand of residential buildings at the city scale: a case study of Hong Kong. Energy. 332. 137165–137165. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yingsheng, et al.. (2024). Spatial modelling of street-level carbon emissions with multi-source open data: A case study of Guangzhou. Urban Climate. 55. 101974–101974. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Coupling graph neural networks and travel mode choice for human mobility prediction. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 646. 129872–129872. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Chenxi, Zhenghong Peng, Lingbo Liu, et al.. (2024). XAI in geographic analysis of innovation: Evaluating proximity factors in the innovation networks of Chinese technology companies through web-based data. Applied Geography. 171. 103373–103373. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng, et al.. (2024). From land-based to people-based: Spatiotemporal cooling effects of peri-urban parks and their driving factors in China. Landscape and Urban Planning. 254. 105243–105243. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, Lijun Zhang, Meng Cai, et al.. (2023). Measuring Urban Poverty Spatial by Remote Sensing and Social Sensing Data: A Fine-Scale Empirical Study from Zhengzhou. Remote Sensing. 15(2). 381–381. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Meng, Chao Ren, Yuan Shi, et al.. (2022). Modeling spatiotemporal carbon emissions for two mega-urban regions in China using urban form and panel data analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 3). 159612–159612. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Ran, Meng Cai, Chao Ren, et al.. (2019). Detecting multi-temporal land cover change and land surface temperature in Pearl River Delta by adopting local climate zone. Urban Climate. 28. 100455–100455. 127 indexed citations
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Ren, Chao, Meng Cai, Xinwei Li, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Local Climate Zone Classification Maps of Cities in China and Feasible Refinements. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18848–18848. 90 indexed citations
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Shi, Yuan, Chao Ren, Meng Cai, et al.. (2019). Assessing spatial variability of extreme hot weather conditions in Hong Kong: A land use regression approach. Environmental Research. 171. 403–415. 40 indexed citations
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Fung, Jimmy Chi Hung, et al.. (2018). Investigation of the meteorological effects of urbanization in recent decades: A case study of major cities in Pearl River Delta. Urban Climate. 26. 174–187. 43 indexed citations

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