Quanan Zheng

29.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
190 papers, 22.5k citations indexed

About

Quanan Zheng is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Quanan Zheng has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 22.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Oceanography, 88 papers in Atmospheric Science and 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Quanan Zheng's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (160 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (118 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (70 papers). Quanan Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (160 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (118 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (70 papers). Quanan Zheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Quanan Zheng's co-authors include Norden E. Huang, C. C. Tung, Man‐Li C. Wu, Nai-chyuan Yen, Zhengwei Shen, Henry H. Liu, Steven Long, Xiao‐Hai Yan, Chung‐Ru Ho and R. Dwi Susanto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Quanan Zheng

181 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quanan Zheng United States	35	6.5k	5.0k	3.1k	3.0k	2.9k	190	22.5k
Steven Long United States	27	8.0k 1.2×	2.0k 0.4×	3.7k 1.2×	3.9k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	84	23.6k
Zhaohua Wu China	36	4.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	139	15.2k
Norden E. Huang United States	49	13.7k 2.1×	3.5k 0.7×	6.3k 2.0×	6.5k 2.2×	3.4k 1.2×	170	40.1k
Zhengwei Shen China	8	7.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	3.4k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	29	19.4k
Man‐Li C. Wu United States	17	7.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.2×	3.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	26	19.8k
Stéphane Mallat France	44	4.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	124	51.4k
Nai-chyuan Yen United States	6	6.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.2×	3.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	956 0.3×	10	17.8k
C. C. Tung United States	15	6.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.3×	68	18.3k
Ingrid Daubechies United States	32	4.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	919 0.3×	83	40.2k
R. E. Kalman United States	30	11.2k 1.7×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	61	33.4k

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Ho, Chung‐Ru, et al.. (2025). Loop Current West of the Luzon Strait Triggered by Kuroshio Cut‐Off Events East of Taiwan Island. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(2).

Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh, et al.. (2025). Typhoon induced mesoscale cyclonic eddy a long neglected linkage between atmosphere ocean and climate. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 3 indexed citations

Xie, Lingling, Quanan Zheng, Gang Wang, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of Reappeared Period Shifts of Internal Solitary Waves Based on Mooring Array Observations in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(10).

Xie, Lingling, et al.. (2024). An Improved MG Model for Turbulent Mixing Parameterization in the Northwestern South China Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13(1). 46–46.

Li, Junyi, Min Li, Quanan Zheng, et al.. (2023). Multiple mechanisms for chlorophyll a concentration variations in coastal upwelling regions: a case study east of Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Ocean science. 19(2). 469–484. 10 indexed citations

Ji, Sun, et al.. (2023). Numerical Study of the Response of Typhoon Hato (2017) to Grouped Mesoscale Eddies in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(3). 10 indexed citations

Li, Junyi, et al.. (2023). Statistical analysis of dynamic behavior of continental shelf wave motions in the northern South China Sea. Ocean science. 19(6). 1545–1559.

Zheng, Quanan, Yongzeng Yang, Zhenya Song, et al.. (2022). Improved upper-ocean thermodynamical structure modeling with combined effects of surface waves and M ₂ internal tides on vertical mixing: a case study for the Indian Ocean. Geoscientific model development. 15(18). 7221–7241. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Lingling, et al.. (2022). Modulation Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on Sea Surface Wave Fields in the South China Sea Derived From a Wave Spectrometer Onboard the China‐France Ocean Satellite. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(1). 6 indexed citations

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Xie, Lingling, et al.. (2021). Volume and Nutrient Transports Disturbed by the Typhoon Chebi (2013) in the Upwelling Zone East of Hainan Island, China. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9(3). 324–324. 4 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh, et al.. (2021). Impacts of the Kuroshio Intrusion through the Luzon Strait on the Local Precipitation Anomaly. Remote Sensing. 13(6). 1113–1113. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Junyi, Huiyuan Zheng, Lingling Xie, et al.. (2021). Response of Total Suspended Sediment and Chlorophyll-a Concentration to Late Autumn Typhoon Events in the Northwestern South China Sea. Remote Sensing. 13(15). 2863–2863. 8 indexed citations

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Zheng, Quanan, et al.. (2021). Characteristic Analysis of Sea Surface Currents around Taiwan Island from CODAR Observations. Remote Sensing. 13(15). 3025–3025. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhiyu, et al.. (2019). Fission of Shoaling Internal Waves on the Northeastern Shelf of the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(7). 4529–4545. 24 indexed citations

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Zheng, Quanan, et al.. (2019). Subsurface Cyclonic Eddies Observed in the Southeastern Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(10). 7247–7260. 8 indexed citations

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Zheng, Quanan, et al.. (2019). Dynamic and Statistical Features of Internal Solitary Waves on the Continental Slope in the Northern South China Sea Derived From Mooring Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(6). 4078–4097. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuangshang, Qing Xu, Quanan Zheng, & Xiaofeng Li. (2017). Mechanisms of SAR Imaging of Shallow Water Topography of the Subei Bank. Remote Sensing. 9(11). 1203–1203. 14 indexed citations

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Zheng, Quanan, et al.. (2008). A statistic‐thermodynamic model for the DOM degradation in the estuary. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(6). 3 indexed citations

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Ho, Chung‐Ru, et al.. (2000). Seasonal variability of sea surface height in the South China Sea observed with TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(C6). 13981–13990. 118 indexed citations

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Zheng, Quanan, et al.. (1989). STUDY ON THE ANALYTICAL MODEL OF DECAY OF MESOSCALE EDDY ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF. Science China Chemistry. 32(9). 1135–1143. 2 indexed citations

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