Tao Zhou

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Tao Zhou is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Zhou has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Tao Zhou's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (46 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (17 papers). Tao Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (46 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (17 papers). Tao Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Tao Zhou's co-authors include Xiang Zhao, Donghai Wu, Bijian Tang, Wenqian Zhao, Kaicheng Huang, Shunlin Liang, Yiqi Luo, Peijun Shi, Dafeng Hui and Hui Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tao Zhou

74 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Time‐lag effects of global vegetation responses to climate change

2015 843 citations Donghai Wu, Xiang Zhao et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Zhou China	27	2.2k	1.1k	819	546	398	77	3.0k
Jian Bi China	16	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	807 1.0×	383 0.7×	408 1.0×	32	3.1k
Chengcheng Gang China	26	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	500 0.6×	418 0.8×	260 0.7×	41	2.8k
Eduardo Eiji Maeda Finland	30	1.7k 0.8×	874 0.8×	614 0.7×	323 0.6×	564 1.4×	110	2.6k
Niels Andela United States	22	3.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	520 1.0×	329 0.8×	40	4.2k
Marcos Longo United States	30	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	753 0.9×	987 1.8×	585 1.5×	75	3.3k
Natasha MacBean United States	26	1.9k 0.9×	958 0.9×	634 0.8×	258 0.5×	384 1.0×	50	2.5k
Baozhang Chen China	32	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	893 1.1×	375 0.7×	693 1.7×	113	3.4k
Donghai Wu China	24	1.6k 0.7×	971 0.9×	627 0.8×	345 0.6×	431 1.1×	50	2.3k
Xiuqin Fang China	22	1.7k 0.8×	756 0.7×	712 0.9×	474 0.9×	317 0.8×	54	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Tao Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tao Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Zhou

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Tao & Zhiwei Wu. (2025). Another look at interannual variations of the Asian-Australian monsoon during boreal summer: effects of sea surface temperatures in three tropical oceans. Climate Dynamics. 63(2). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Hua, et al.. (2025). Coupling and Coordination Characteristics of Agricultural Water Resources and Economic Development in the Qilian Mountains Region. Agriculture. 15(24). 2551–2551.

Zhou, Tao, et al.. (2025). Using interaction ritual chain theory to understand Chinese students’ perceptions of group interactions and cooperation in higher education. International Journal of Educational Research. 134. 102795–102795.

Zeng, Jingyu, et al.. (2025). Ignoring previous water conditions underestimates global terrestrial ecosystem productivity in severely arid vegetation regions. Global and Planetary Change. 250. 104799–104799. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Fenglin, Yong Liu, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(3). 1187–1206. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Tao & Zhiwei Wu. (2024). Asian-Australian monsoon as a mediator on North American surface air temperature anomalies. Atmospheric Research. 305. 107427–107427. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yajie, et al.. (2023). Crucial roles of the optimal time-scale of water condition on grassland biomass estimation on Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167210–167210. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Wenfeng, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Glacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(6). 28 indexed citations

Zeng, Jingyu, Tao Zhou, Qianfeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Spatial patterns of China's carbon sinks estimated from the fusion of remote sensing and field-observed net primary productivity and heterotrophic respiration. Ecological Informatics. 76. 102152–102152. 26 indexed citations

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Zeng, Jingyu, et al.. (2023). The fusion of multiple scale data indicates that the carbon sink function of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is substantial. Carbon Balance and Management. 18(1). 19–19. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yajie, et al.. (2023). Modeling of grassland biomass and evaluation of uncertainties caused by differences in frozen soil type on the Qinghai Plateau. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 154(3-4). 1309–1322. 1 indexed citations

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Gong, Daoyi, et al.. (2022). Significant Association Between Winter North Atlantic SST and Spring NDVI Anomaly Over Eurasia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(9). 8 indexed citations

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Fang, Wei, Chuixiang Yi, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2021). Hotter and drier climate made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa region a shrubbier landscape. Oecologia. 197(4). 1111–1126. 6 indexed citations

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Dong, Zengchuan, et al.. (2021). Response of flood events to extreme precipitation: two case studies in Taihu Basin, China. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 21(4). 1629–1648. 3 indexed citations

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Du, Xiaozheng, Xiang Zhao, Tao Zhou, et al.. (2019). Effects of Climate Factors and Human Activities on the Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency throughout Northern China. Remote Sensing. 11(23). 2766–2766. 40 indexed citations

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Xu, Peipei, Tao Zhou, Xiang Zhao, et al.. (2018). Diverse responses of different structured forest to drought in Southwest China through remotely sensed data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 69. 217–225. 30 indexed citations

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Hong, Wei, Xiang Zhao, Shunlin Liang, et al.. (2018). Effects of Warming Hiatuses on Vegetation Growth in the Northern Hemisphere. Remote Sensing. 10(5). 683–683. 9 indexed citations

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Luo, Hui, Tao Zhou, Hao Wu, et al.. (2016). Contrasting Responses of Planted and Natural Forests to Drought Intensity in Yunnan, China. Remote Sensing. 8(8). 635–635. 32 indexed citations

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Zhou, Tao. (2007). Water Consumption of Eucalyptus urophylla Plantations on the Leizhou Peninsula. Forest Research Open Access. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Tao, et al.. (2006). An Empirical Study of Communication between Teachers and Students in Colleges and Universities. Frontiers of Education in China. 1(1). 79–88. 1 indexed citations

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