Ronggao Liu

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ronggao Liu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronggao Liu has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 50 papers in Ecology and 37 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ronggao Liu's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (49 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers). Ronggao Liu is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (49 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers). Ronggao Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ronggao Liu's co-authors include Yang Liu, Jing M. Chen, Jiyuan Liu, Shunlin Liang, Weimin Ju, Quansheng Ge, Philippe Ciais, Rong Shang, Ranga B. Myneni and Quanqin Shao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ronggao Liu

88 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years

2014 708 citations Ronggao Liu, Ranga B. Myneni et al. profile →
Vegetation structural change since 1981 significantly enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink

2019 336 citations Weimin Ju, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence

2022 127 citations Chaoyang Wu, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronggao Liu China	31	3.0k	2.1k	1.1k	1.0k	516	92	4.2k
Laurent Kergoat France	36	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	462 0.9×	100	4.8k
Yaozhong Pan China	34	3.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	964 1.0×	559 1.1×	128	4.8k
Kazuhito Ichii Japan	32	3.5k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	931 0.9×	265 0.5×	93	4.5k
Lei Ji United States	31	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	933 0.8×	957 0.9×	333 0.6×	79	4.3k
J. T. Morisette United States	13	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	450 0.9×	24	4.5k
Baodong Xu China	25	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	830 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	595 1.2×	88	3.8k
S. W. Running United States	29	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	475 0.9×	51	4.9k
Rogier de Jong Switzerland	26	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	836 0.7×	747 0.7×	218 0.4×	43	3.4k
Fabio Maselli Italy	34	2.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	690 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	433 0.8×	161	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ronggao Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronggao Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronggao Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Yuchen, et al.. (2025). Diminishing influence of climate change as the dominant factor on vegetation dynamics of the Qilian Mountains. Environmental Development. 56. 101275–101275. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Ronggao, et al.. (2024). Automatic Lunar Crater Detection Based on DEM Data Using a Max Curvature Detection Method. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Ronggao, Zhichao Li, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Decoding the inconsistency of six cropland maps in China. The Crop Journal. 12(1). 281–294. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2024). A global annual fractional tree cover dataset during 2000–2021 generated from realigned MODIS seasonal data. Scientific Data. 11(1). 832–832. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Ronggao, Yang Liu, Jiaying He, et al.. (2024). Forest Areas in China Are Recovering Since the 21st Century. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(22). 8 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2023). Estimation of High-Resolution Fractional Tree Cover Using Landsat Time-Series Observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–11. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Mingzhu, Ronggao Liu, Jing M. Chen, et al.. (2022). A 21-Year Time Series of Global Leaf Chlorophyll Content Maps From MODIS Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–13. 29 indexed citations

Wu, Chaoyang, et al.. (2022). Pine caterpillar occurrence modeling using satellite spring phenology and meteorological variables. Environmental Research Letters. 17(10). 104046–104046. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Ronggao Liu, & Rong Shang. (2022). GLOBMAP SWF: a global annual surface water cover frequency dataset during 2000–2020. Earth system science data. 14(10). 4505–4523. 9 indexed citations

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Qi, Lin, Ronggao Liu, & Yang Liu. (2022). Retrieval of Aerosol Single-Scattering Albedo from MODIS Data Using an Artificial Neural Network. Remote Sensing. 14(24). 6341–6341. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang & Ronggao Liu. (2020). A Simple Approach for Mapping Forest Cover from Time Series of Satellite Data. Remote Sensing. 12(18). 2918–2918. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Chaoyang, Xiaoyue Wang, Huanjiong Wang, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: Contrasting responses of autumn-leaf senescence to daytime and night-time warming. Nature Climate Change. 9(2). 177–177. 2 indexed citations

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Shang, Rong, Ronggao Liu, Mingzhu Xu, et al.. (2018). Determining the Start of the Growing Season from MODIS Data in the Indian Monsoon Region: Identifying Available Data in the Rainy Season and Modeling the Varied Vegetation Growth Trajectories. Remote Sensing. 10(1). 122–122. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Chaoyang, Xiaoyue Wang, Huanjiong Wang, et al.. (2018). Contrasting responses of autumn-leaf senescence to daytime and night-time warming. Nature Climate Change. 8(12). 1092–1096. 196 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Ronggao Liu, Jan Písek, & Jing M. Chen. (2017). Separating overstory and understory leaf area indices for global needleleaf and deciduous broadleaf forests by fusion of MODIS and MISR data. Biogeosciences. 14(5). 1093–1110. 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Ronggao, et al.. (2017). Change of Geographical Environment in Southern Margin of Tibetan Plateau since 1980s. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 32(9). 1003–1013. 1 indexed citations

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He, Liming, Jing M. Chen, Holly Croft, et al.. (2017). Nitrogen Availability Dampens the Positive Impacts of CO₂ Fertilization on Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon and Water Cycles. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(22). 96 indexed citations

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Liu, Ronggao. (2010). Dynamic Changes of Grassland Yield in Three River Headwater Region from 1988 to 2005. Acta Agrestia Sinica. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiyuan, et al.. (2009). SPATIAL-TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY FOR 1988-2004 BASED ON GLOPEM-CEVSA MODEL IN THE "THREE-RIVER HEADWATERS" REGION OF QINGHAI PROVINCE, CHINA. 33(2). 254–269. 25 indexed citations

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Qin, Jun, Ronggao Liu, Shunlin Liang, Hao Zhang, & Bo Hu. (2007). A new method based on remote sensing observations and data assimilation for estimation of evapotranspiration over field crops. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 50(5). 997–1004. 1 indexed citations

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