Qu Zhou

771 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 525 citations indexed

About

Qu Zhou is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Qu Zhou has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 525 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Qu Zhou's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (9 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (4 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 papers). Qu Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (9 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (4 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 papers). Qu Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Qu Zhou's co-authors include Kaiyu Guan, Sheng Wang, Chenhui Zhang, Yizhi Huang, Liqiao Tian, Andrew J. Margenot, Wang Zhou, Yufeng Ge, Jian Peng and DoKyoung Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Remote Sensing of Environment and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Qu Zhou

20 papers receiving 507 citations

Hit Papers

Using soil library hyperspectral reflectance and machine ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 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. Using soil library hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning to predict soil organic carbon: Assessing potential of airborne and spaceborne optical soil sensing
    2022 157 citations Sheng Wang, Kaiyu Guan et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qu Zhou United States 11 199 176 103 87 86 23 525
Ahmed Laamrani Canada 15 197 1.0× 238 1.4× 119 1.2× 73 0.8× 143 1.7× 43 552
Abderrazak Bannari Bahrain 13 178 0.9× 181 1.0× 99 1.0× 80 0.9× 44 0.5× 21 460
Jianing Zhen China 13 323 1.6× 146 0.8× 147 1.4× 46 0.5× 52 0.6× 24 560
Zama Eric Mashimbye South Africa 8 155 0.8× 128 0.7× 86 0.8× 49 0.6× 35 0.4× 14 310
Abdelraouf M. Ali Egypt 13 274 1.4× 235 1.3× 152 1.5× 83 1.0× 66 0.8× 38 634
Karine Adeline France 10 275 1.4× 302 1.7× 167 1.6× 120 1.4× 54 0.6× 30 555
C. P. West United States 10 207 1.0× 111 0.6× 85 0.8× 75 0.9× 80 0.9× 23 555
José Carlos Neves Epiphânio Brazil 13 313 1.6× 295 1.7× 130 1.3× 148 1.7× 43 0.5× 41 560
Naftaly Goldshleger Israel 15 179 0.9× 359 2.0× 92 0.9× 133 1.5× 138 1.6× 33 578

Countries citing papers authored by Qu Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qu Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qu Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qu Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qu Zhou 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 Qu Zhou. Qu Zhou 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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Deng, Yawen, Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, et al.. (2025). Detecting the onset of rice field inundation in the Lower Mississippi River Basin via Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) satellite time series. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 228. 28–43.
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Peng, Bin, Zewei Ma, Gregory F. McIsaac, et al.. (2025). How do Hydrological Variability and Human Activities Control the Spatiotemporal Changes of Riverine Nitrogen Export in the Upper Mississippi River Basin?. Environmental Science & Technology. 60(1). 1028–1039.
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Lobell, David B., Stefania Di Tommaso, Qu Zhou, et al.. (2025). The mixed effects of recent cover crop adoption on US cropland productivity. Nature Sustainability. 8(9). 1004–1012. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, Kaiyu Guan, Sheng Wang, James D. Hipple, & Zhangliang Chen. (2024). From satellite-based phenological metrics to crop planting dates: Deriving field-level planting dates for corn and soybean in the U.S. Midwest. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 216. 259–273. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, Sheng Wang, Nanfeng Liu, et al.. (2023). Towards operational atmospheric correction of airborne hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy: Algorithm evaluation, key parameter analysis, and machine learning emulators. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 196. 386–401. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Sheng, Kaiyu Guan, Chenhui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Cross-scale sensing of field-level crop residue cover: Integrating field photos, airborne hyperspectral imaging, and satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285. 113366–113366. 45 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, Kaiyu Guan, Sheng Wang, et al.. (2022). Recent Rapid Increase of Cover Crop Adoption Across the U.S. Midwest Detected by Fusing Multi‐Source Satellite Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(22). 39 indexed citations
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Wang, Sheng, Kaiyu Guan, Chenhui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Airborne hyperspectral imaging of cover crops through radiative transfer process-guided machine learning. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285. 113386–113386. 42 indexed citations
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Deines, Jillian M., et al.. (2022). Recent cover crop adoption is associated with small maize and soybean yield losses in the United States. Global Change Biology. 29(3). 794–807. 100 indexed citations
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Wang, Taoyang, Xijun Li, Liqiao Tian, et al.. (2020). Space Remote Sensing Dynamic Monitoring for Urban Complex. 45(5). 640–650. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, et al.. (2020). 利用HY-1C卫星CZI数据在COVID-19疫情期间武汉知音湖和黄家湖的浊度监测研究. 45(5). 676–681. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, Jianru Wang, Liqiao Tian, et al.. (2020). Remotely sensed water turbidity dynamics and its potential driving factors in Wuhan, an urbanizing city of China. Journal of Hydrology. 593. 125893–125893. 33 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, et al.. (2020). Radiometric Cross-Calibration of Large-View-Angle Satellite Sensors Using Global Searching to Reduce BRDF Influence. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 59(6). 5234–5245. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Wenkai, et al.. (2019). Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Changes on the Spatial–Temporal Variations of Total Suspended Matter in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Journal of Coastal Research. 90(sp1). 66–66. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, et al.. (2019). Assessment of bidirectional reflectance effects on desert and forest for radiometric cross-calibration of satellite sensors. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 160. 180–194. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qu, Liqiao Tian, Jian Li, Qingjun Song, & Wenkai Li. (2018). Radiometric Cross-Calibration of Tiangong-2 MWI Visible/NIR Channels over Aquatic Environments using MODIS. Remote Sensing. 10(11). 1803–1803. 7 indexed citations
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