Qingfu Ren

702 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 572 citations indexed

About

Qingfu Ren is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingfu Ren has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 572 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Soil Science, 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Qingfu Ren's work include Irrigation Practices and Water Management (3 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (2 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (2 papers). Qingfu Ren is often cited by papers focused on Irrigation Practices and Water Management (3 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (2 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (2 papers). Qingfu Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Qingfu Ren's co-authors include Qiang Yu, Pute Wu, Pengfei Lin, Rui Yan, Baoyuan Liu, Wenhui Zhao, Xihua Yang, Xiaoping Zhang, Zhiyong Jason Ren and Qingling Geng and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Qingfu Ren

10 papers receiving 561 citations

Hit Papers

Effects of vegetation and rainfall types on surface runof... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. Effects of vegetation and rainfall types on surface runoff and soil erosion on steep slopes on the Loess Plateau, China
    2018 285 citations Xiaoping Zhang, Rui Yan et al. CATENA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qingfu Ren China 7 279 189 182 156 78 10 572
Philip Kibet Langat Australia 12 199 0.7× 235 1.2× 341 1.9× 205 1.3× 102 1.3× 24 693
Majaliwa Mwanjalolo Uganda 12 263 0.9× 139 0.7× 218 1.2× 139 0.9× 76 1.0× 42 574
Dagnachew Aklog Ethiopia 12 536 1.9× 276 1.5× 249 1.4× 159 1.0× 103 1.3× 27 851
Gebeyehu Taye Ethiopia 14 475 1.7× 293 1.6× 217 1.2× 148 0.9× 141 1.8× 29 721
Xiao Bai China 12 182 0.7× 140 0.7× 127 0.7× 68 0.4× 122 1.6× 25 483
Consuelo C. Romero United States 12 242 0.9× 109 0.6× 175 1.0× 131 0.8× 73 0.9× 27 496
Idowu Ezekiel Olorunfemi Nigeria 14 327 1.2× 128 0.7× 287 1.6× 175 1.1× 154 2.0× 24 770
William Critchley Netherlands 10 251 0.9× 111 0.6× 197 1.1× 101 0.6× 79 1.0× 30 632
Tigist Y. Tebebu United States 13 509 1.8× 295 1.6× 172 0.9× 172 1.1× 100 1.3× 19 597
Jing’an Shao China 16 176 0.6× 142 0.8× 292 1.6× 118 0.8× 88 1.1× 50 746

Countries citing papers authored by Qingfu Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qingfu Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingfu Ren

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Jin, Ning, Jianqiang He, Chao Chen, et al.. (2020). The Responses of Maize Yield and Water Use to Growth Stage-Based Irrigation on the Loess Plateau in China. International Journal of Plant Production. 14(4). 621–633. 23 indexed citations
2.
Geng, Qingling, Qingfu Ren, Huimin Yan, et al.. (2019). Target areas for harmonizing the Grain for Green Programme in China's Loess Plateau. Land Degradation and Development. 31(3). 325–333. 48 indexed citations
3.
Jin, Ning, Wei Ren, Bo Tao, et al.. (2018). Effects of water stress on water use efficiency of irrigated and rainfed wheat in the Loess Plateau, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 642. 1–11. 75 indexed citations
4.
Geng, Qingling, Qingfu Ren, Rachael H. Nolan, Pute Wu, & Qiang Yu. (2018). Assessing China’s agricultural water use efficiency in a green-blue water perspective: A study based on data envelopment analysis. Ecological Indicators. 96. 329–335. 90 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoping, Rui Yan, Qingfu Ren, et al.. (2018). Effects of vegetation and rainfall types on surface runoff and soil erosion on steep slopes on the Loess Plateau, China. CATENA. 170. 141–149. 285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, Yi‐Fang, Huaxing Bi, Qingfu Ren, et al.. (2017). Soil Moisture Stochastic Model in Pinus tabuliformis Forestland on the Loess Plateau, China. Water. 9(5). 354–354. 7 indexed citations
7.
Liu, Simin, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Spatiotemporal Evolution of Isolated Rainstorm Events in Huai River Basin, China. Advances in Meteorology. 2017. 1–17. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Qingfu Ren, & Jianfeng Liu. (2015). Identification and apportionment of the drivers of land use change on a regional scale: Unbiased recursive partitioning-based stochastic model application. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 217. 99–110. 32 indexed citations
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Ren, Qingfu, et al.. (2011). Water Stress Experiments of Platycladus orientalis and Pinus tablaeformis Young Trees. Forest Research Open Access. 24(1). 91–96. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Shirong, et al.. (2009). Variations in amount and ring number of sapwood and heartwood of Pinus tabulaeformis.. 45(11). 76–82. 3 indexed citations

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