Renhe Zhang

17.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
414 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Renhe Zhang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Renhe Zhang has authored 414 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 221 papers in Atmospheric Science and 171 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Renhe Zhang's work include Climate variability and models (198 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (121 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (89 papers). Renhe Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (198 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (121 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (89 papers). Renhe Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Renhe Zhang's co-authors include Akimasa Sumi, Masahide Kimoto, Min Wen, Zhiyan Zuo, Bingyi Wu, Jingzhi Su, Tim Li, Xinyao Rong, Qiang Li and Wei Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Renhe Zhang

384 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

Impact of El Niño on the East Asian Monsoon 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2019 2013 2023 2017 200 400 600
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. Impact of El Niño on the East Asian Monsoon
    1996 722 citations Renhe Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales
    2019 470 citations Renhe Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Meteorological conditions for the persistent severe fog and haze event over eastern China in January 2013
    2013 398 citations Renhe Zhang et al. Science China Earth Sciences profile →
  4. Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China
    2023 341 citations Renhe Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Theories on formation of an anomalous anticyclone in western North Pacific during El Niño: A review
    2017 274 citations Bin Wang, Renhe Zhang et al. profile →
  6. Historic Yangtze flooding of 2020 tied to extreme Indian Ocean conditions
    2021 266 citations Zhen‐Qiang Zhou, Renhe Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Soil moisture–atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming
    2023 88 citations Liang Qiao, Zhiyan Zuo 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
Renhe Zhang China 55 9.2k 9.1k 3.3k 892 766 414 12.5k
M. Rajeevan India 48 10.4k 1.1× 8.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 621 0.8× 182 12.3k
Pier Luigi Vidale United Kingdom 51 9.9k 1.1× 8.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 503 0.7× 153 12.4k
Lin Wang China 46 6.5k 0.7× 6.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 463 0.5× 557 0.7× 281 8.6k
Joaquim G. Pinto Germany 57 7.3k 0.8× 6.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 589 0.7× 247 0.3× 212 9.6k
Daniel Lüthi Switzerland 40 8.8k 1.0× 7.5k 0.8× 654 0.2× 1.2k 1.4× 609 0.8× 64 10.9k
Julia Slingo United Kingdom 62 10.9k 1.2× 9.5k 1.0× 4.0k 1.2× 348 0.4× 223 0.3× 136 12.6k
Philippe Bousquet France 46 7.4k 0.8× 5.6k 0.6× 544 0.2× 814 0.9× 565 0.7× 132 9.5k
Wenjie Dong China 45 5.4k 0.6× 3.8k 0.4× 734 0.2× 964 1.1× 332 0.4× 351 7.7k
Xiaolan L. Wang Canada 43 4.6k 0.5× 4.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 675 0.8× 194 0.3× 87 6.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Renhe Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renhe Zhang

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All Works

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Zhou, Zhen‐Qiang, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Tropical Convective Heating on the Amundsen Sea Low in a Deep-Learning Weather Forecasting Model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 42(12). 2411–2421.
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Cai, Wenju, Minhan Dai, & Renhe Zhang. (2024). A century of enduring legacy bodes well for future success of the Ocean University of China. Science Bulletin. 69(20). 3151–3155.
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Wang, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Integrated metabolome, transcriptome and physiological analyses of melatonin-induced drought responses in maize roots and leaves. Plant Growth Regulation. 105(1). 229–244. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Huan, Zhiyan Zuo, Renhe Zhang, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic effect dictates influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Eurasia winter temperature. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Renhe, et al.. (2024). The Interdecadal Changes in the Spatial Structure of the South Pacific Oscillation and Its Implication for ENSO Diversity. Journal of Climate. 37(15). 4011–4029. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tian, Renhe Zhang, Junting Zhong, et al.. (2023). Classification and estimation of unfavourable boundary-layer meteorological conditions in Beijing for PM2.5 concentration changes using vertical meteorological profiles. Atmospheric Research. 293. 106902–106902. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Weiyi, Deliang Chen, Guonian Lü, et al.. (2023). Impacts of major volcanic eruptions over the past two millennia on both global and Chinese climates: A review. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(1). 61–78. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Xu, Renhe Zhang, Alexander Baklanov, et al.. (2023). Resilience Building and Collaborative Governance for Climate Change Adaptation in Response to a New State of More Frequent and Intense Extreme Weather Events. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 14(1). 162–169. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Lun & Renhe Zhang. (2023). Interdecadal Shift in Dipole Pattern Precipitation Trends Over the Tibetan Plateau: Roles of Local Vortices. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(5). 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Wen, Renhe Zhang, Renguang Wu, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Understanding Multi-scale Climate Variability of the Asian Monsoon. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 40(8). 1429–1456. 40 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Integrative transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the mechanism of exogenous melatonin alleviating drought stress in maize roots. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 199. 107723–107723. 22 indexed citations
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Zuo, Zhiyan, et al.. (2022). Persistence of Soil Enthalpy Drives the Winter and Summer Climate Connection in the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(12). 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Renhe, et al.. (2020). Analyzing the performance of corn in China using a factor‐analytic variance‐covariance structure with multiple factors. Crop Science. 60(1). 190–201. 4 indexed citations
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Zuo, Zhiyan, et al.. (2017). Land surface air temperature variations over Eurasia and possible causes in the past century. International Journal of Climatology. 38(4). 1925–1937. 12 indexed citations
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Zuo, Zhiyan, et al.. (2017). Seasonal prediction and predictability of Eurasian spring snow water equivalent in NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2 reforecasts. Climate Dynamics. 50(1-2). 339–348. 8 indexed citations
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Yuan-shou, LI, Renhe Zhang, Genxu Wang, et al.. (2009). [Spatial variability characteristics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen reveal typical alpine meadow degradation on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau].. PubMed. 30(6). 1826–31. 4 indexed citations

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