Renlu Qiao

863 total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 568 citations indexed

About

Renlu Qiao is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Renlu Qiao has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 568 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Environmental Engineering, 14 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Renlu Qiao's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (10 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Renlu Qiao is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (10 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Renlu Qiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Renlu Qiao's co-authors include Zhiqiang Wu, Shuo Gao, Xiaochang Liu, Shiqi Zhou, Li Xia, Xintao Liu, Ming K. Lim, Zhiyu Liu, Mo Wang and Xiangyu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Renlu Qiao

33 papers receiving 554 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.

  1. Industrialization, urbanization, and innovation: Nonlinear drivers of carbon emissions in Chinese cities
    2024 57 citations Renlu Qiao, Xiaochang Liu et al. profile →
  2. Exploring the Nonlinear Interplay between Urban Morphology and Nighttime Thermal Environment
    2024 56 citations Zhiqiang Wu, Xintao Liu et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
  3. Multi-stage optimization framework for synergetic grey-green infrastructure in response to long-term climate variability based on shared socio-economic pathways
    2025 27 citations Shiqi Zhou, Weiyi Jia et al. profile →

Peers

Renlu Qiao
Fatih Dur Australia
Lorraine Sugar Canada
Linyu Xu China
Yekang Ko United States
Xiaoyun Du China
Joseph J. Romm United States
Boğaçhan Bayülken United States
Nadja Vetters Belgium
Gireesh Nair Sweden
Jiangbo Wang China
Fatih Dur Australia
Renlu Qiao
Citations per year, relative to Renlu Qiao Renlu Qiao (= 1×) peers Fatih Dur

Countries citing papers authored by Renlu Qiao

Since Specialization
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Fields of papers citing papers by Renlu Qiao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Renlu Qiao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Renlu Qiao. The network helps show where Renlu Qiao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renlu Qiao

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

All Works

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Su, Yan, Renlu Qiao, Chenyu Huang, et al.. (2025). Disparities between residential and commercial zones in air quality revealed by location-based services. Building and Environment. 270. 112543–112543. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaochang, et al.. (2025). The effects of urban green infrastructures on the housing market. Habitat International. 167. 103629–103629.
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Zhou, Shiqi, Xiaodong Xu, Haojun Yuan, et al.. (2025). From heat resilience to sustainable co-benefits: Adaptive urban morphology generation based on multimodal data fusion and a novel generative framework. Sustainable Cities and Society. 127. 106452–106452. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Tao, et al.. (2025). Joint evaluation of urban built environment’s driving patterns on urban heat island (UHI) and urban moisture island (UMI). Sustainable Cities and Society. 127. 106450–106450. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2025). How street view shapes cycling behaviour during extreme heat: a case study from Shanghai. Transportmetrica B Transport Dynamics. 13(1). 2 indexed citations
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Wú, Zhìqiáng, et al.. (2025). Nonlinear effects of urban multidimensional characteristics on air pollution heterogeneity in China's urban agglomerations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 491. 144813–144813. 1 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renlu, et al.. (2025). Heat and mobility: Machine learning perspectives on bike-sharing resilience in Shanghai. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 142. 104692–104692. 6 indexed citations
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Wú, Zhìqiáng, et al.. (2024). Towards inclusive urbanism: An examination of urban environment strategies for enhancing social equity in Chengdu's housing zones. Sustainable Cities and Society. 107. 105414–105414. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaochang, Zhiyu Liu, Zhiliang Zhu, & Renlu Qiao. (2024). Decoupling the multi-drivers of urban extreme heat environment in urban agglomerations using ensemble learning. Building and Environment. 258. 111618–111618. 16 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renlu, Zhen Zhao, Shiqi Zhou, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the nonlinear drivers of urban land resources on carbon emissions: The mediating role of industrial upgrading and technological innovation. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 108000–108000. 20 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Nonlinear Interplay between Urban Morphology and Nighttime Thermal Environment. Sustainable Cities and Society. 101. 105176–105176. 56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Chenyu, et al.. (2024). Predicting building energy consumption in urban neighborhoods using machine learning algorithms. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 11 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renlu, Shuo Gao, Xiaochang Liu, et al.. (2024). Understanding the global subnational migration patterns driven by hydrological intrusion exposure. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6285–6285. 11 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renlu, Zhiqiang Wu, Xiaochang Liu, et al.. (2024). The nonlinear influence of land conveyance on urban carbon emissions: An interpretable ensemble learning-based approach. Land Use Policy. 140. 107117–107117. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaochang, Renlu Qiao, Zhiqiang Wu, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the spatially varied nonlinear effects of urban built environment on housing prices using an interpretable ensemble learning model. Applied Geography. 173. 103458–103458. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shiqi, Yuankai Wang, Weiyi Jia, et al.. (2023). Automatic responsive-generation of 3D urban morphology coupled with local climate zones using generative adversarial network. Building and Environment. 245. 110855–110855. 25 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renlu, et al.. (2023). Towards inclusive underground public transportation: Gender differences on thermal comfort. Building and Environment. 242. 110569–110569. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhiqiang, Renlu Qiao, Xiaochang Liu, et al.. (2022). Nonlinear forces in urban thermal environment using Bayesian optimization-based ensemble learning. The Science of The Total Environment. 838(Pt 3). 156348–156348. 56 indexed citations

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