Ruikun Gou

692 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 446 citations indexed

About

Ruikun Gou is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruikun Gou has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 446 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ruikun Gou's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers) and Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (4 papers). Ruikun Gou is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers) and Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (4 papers). Ruikun Gou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Ruikun Gou's co-authors include Yuchen Meng, Jiankun Bai, Xiaoshan Zhu, Guanghui Lin, Shanshan Song, Jun Zhao, Hongsheng Zhang, Xiaoping Diao, Guanghui Lin and Yali Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Hydrology and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Ruikun Gou

17 papers receiving 431 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. Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change
    2023 124 citations Shanshan Song, Yali Ding et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruikun Gou China 10 321 169 48 45 44 18 446
Charlotte Smetanka Canada 3 401 1.2× 190 1.1× 40 0.8× 41 0.9× 37 0.8× 4 469
Gustavo Calderucio Duque Estrada Brazil 13 302 0.9× 85 0.5× 60 1.3× 36 0.8× 49 1.1× 16 428
Yuchen Meng China 9 310 1.0× 108 0.6× 48 1.0× 24 0.5× 45 1.0× 12 421
Weizhi Lu China 15 472 1.5× 218 1.3× 82 1.7× 69 1.5× 51 1.2× 20 580
Md Mizanur Rahman China 6 244 0.8× 111 0.7× 41 0.9× 20 0.4× 23 0.5× 8 329
José Castillo Australia 8 343 1.1× 149 0.9× 39 0.8× 27 0.6× 17 0.4× 10 437
Rupesh K. Bhomia United States 13 598 1.9× 163 1.0× 61 1.3× 37 0.8× 73 1.7× 24 721
Hangqing Fan China 10 433 1.3× 151 0.9× 90 1.9× 83 1.8× 133 3.0× 31 570
Kara R. Radabaugh United States 13 424 1.3× 188 1.1× 34 0.7× 83 1.8× 94 2.1× 20 523
Marília Cunha-Lignon Brazil 13 329 1.0× 87 0.5× 39 0.8× 33 0.7× 38 0.9× 30 432

Countries citing papers authored by Ruikun Gou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruikun Gou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ruikun Gou. 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 Ruikun Gou. The network helps show where Ruikun Gou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruikun Gou

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Guo, Xiangyu, Shanshan Song, Yali Ding, et al.. (2025). Ecological connectivity between mangroves and seagrasses increases sediment blue carbon storage. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 318. 109231–109231. 2 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun, Jianxiang Feng, Haichao Zhou, et al.. (2024). CO2 fluxes contrast between aquaculture ponds and mangrove forests and its implications for coastal wetland rehabilitation in Leizhou Peninsula, China. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 367. 108968–108968. 8 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun, Jinshu Chi, Jiangong Liu, et al.. (2024). Atmospheric water demand constrains net ecosystem production in subtropical mangrove forests. Journal of Hydrology. 630. 130651–130651. 10 indexed citations
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Song, Shanshan, Yali Ding, Wei Li, et al.. (2023). Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change. Nature Communications. 14(1). 756–756. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xuechun, Yaning Chen, Yupeng Li, et al.. (2023). Intensification of heatwaves in Central Asia from 1981 to 2020 – Role of soil moisture reduction. Journal of Hydrology. 627. 130395–130395. 15 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun, Nina Buchmann, Jinshu Chi, et al.. (2023). Temporal variations of carbon and water fluxes in a subtropical mangrove forest: Insights from a decade-long eddy covariance measurement. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 343. 109764–109764. 23 indexed citations
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Meng, Yuchen, Ruikun Gou, Jiankun Bai, et al.. (2022). Spatial patterns and driving factors of carbon stocks in mangrove forests on Hainan Island, China. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(9). 1692–1706. 50 indexed citations
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Meng, Yuchen, Jiankun Bai, Ruikun Gou, et al.. (2021). Relationships between above- and below-ground carbon stocks in mangrove forests facilitate better estimation of total mangrove blue carbon. Carbon Balance and Management. 16(1). 8–8. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Yanzheng, Ruikun Gou, Jalal Kassout, et al.. (2021). Leaf Trait Covariation and Its Controls: A Quantitative Data Analysis Along a Subtropical Elevation Gradient. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(7). 12 indexed citations
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Bai, Jiankun, Yuchen Meng, Ruikun Gou, et al.. (2021). Mangrove diversity enhances plant biomass production and carbon storage in Hainan island, China. Functional Ecology. 35(3). 774–786. 79 indexed citations
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Yang, Yanzheng, Ruikun Gou, Jun Zhao, et al.. (2021). Variation in carbon isotope composition of plants across an aridity gradient on the Loess Plateau, China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 33. e01948–e01948. 4 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun & Jun Zhao. (2020). Eco-Environmental Quality Monitoring in Beijing, China, Using an RSEI-Based Approach Combined With Random Forest Algorithms. IEEE Access. 8. 196657–196666. 33 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun, Yanzheng Yang, Jiankun Bai, et al.. (2020). Changes in Water Retention and Carbon Sequestration in the Huangshan UNESCO Global Geopark (China) from 2000 to 2015. Forests. 11(11). 1152–1152. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yanjie, Weizhong Li, Pengxiang Zhao, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the Relationship among Impact Factors of Shrub Layer Diversity in Chinese Pine Plantation Forest Ecosystems. Forests. 10(9). 781–781. 9 indexed citations
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Gou, Ruikun, et al.. (2019). [Inversion of aboveground biomass of Pinus tabuliformis plantations based on GF-2 data].. PubMed. 30(12). 4031–4040. 5 indexed citations

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