Wanben Wu

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 845 citations indexed

About

Wanben Wu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wanben Wu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 845 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Wanben Wu's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (11 papers). Wanben Wu is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (11 papers). Wanben Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Denmark. Wanben Wu's co-authors include Jun Ma, Bin Zhao, Zhaowu Yu, Ellen Banzhaf, Jiajia Liu, Fengxiang Guo, Michael E. Meadows, Dhritiraj Sengupta, Yifei Liu and Uwe Schlink and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wanben Wu

22 papers receiving 837 citations

Hit Papers

A first Chinese building height estimate at 10 m resoluti... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 50 100 150
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. A first Chinese building height estimate at 10 m resolution (CNBH-10 m) using multi-source earth observations and machine learning
    2023 182 citations Wanben Wu, Jun Ma et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  2. Global forest fragmentation change from 2000 to 2020
    2023 153 citations Jun Ma, Wanben Wu 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
Wanben Wu China 14 474 418 237 212 152 24 845
Pramod Kumar India 14 705 1.5× 468 1.1× 423 1.8× 168 0.8× 180 1.2× 83 1.1k
Yuanzheng Li China 13 617 1.3× 283 0.7× 259 1.1× 200 0.9× 141 0.9× 45 931
Chao Fan United States 17 789 1.7× 665 1.6× 590 2.5× 252 1.2× 198 1.3× 37 1.3k
Haowei Mu China 14 617 1.3× 250 0.6× 184 0.8× 344 1.6× 157 1.0× 30 1000
Suman Chakraborti India 16 702 1.5× 277 0.7× 246 1.0× 228 1.1× 128 0.8× 22 994
Luo Liu China 16 521 1.1× 506 1.2× 221 0.9× 367 1.7× 294 1.9× 44 1.0k
Qianjun Zhao China 17 434 0.9× 300 0.7× 126 0.5× 377 1.8× 152 1.0× 31 800
Ian Seiferling Canada 6 320 0.7× 209 0.5× 264 1.1× 134 0.6× 34 0.2× 6 586
Arijit Roy India 17 545 1.1× 170 0.4× 165 0.7× 268 1.3× 149 1.0× 74 952
Liqun Sun China 10 514 1.1× 248 0.6× 237 1.0× 81 0.4× 155 1.0× 22 786

Countries citing papers authored by Wanben Wu

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wanben Wu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wanben Wu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wanben Wu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wanben Wu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wanben Wu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Ni, Ming, et al.. (2026). Native and Alien Ungulates in North America: Potential for Restoring Herbivore Diversity and Functions. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 35(1).
2.
Yu, Zhaowu, Wanben Wu, Yujia Zhang, et al.. (2025). Quantifying cumulative cooling threshold of greenspaces using a newly developed 3D model across global cities. Remote Sensing of Environment. 328. 114867–114867. 6 indexed citations
3.
Hu, Zhigang, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Yue Cheng, et al.. (2025). Distributions and drivers of soil organic carbon on the Tibetan Plateau: divergent controls across ecosystems. Plant and Soil. 516(2). 1993–2012.
4.
Wu, Chuping, et al.. (2024). Sparse large trees in secondary and planted forests highlight the need to improve forest conservation and management. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176363–176363. 2 indexed citations
5.
Wu, Wanben, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the effects of 2D/3D urban morphology on diurnal cooling efficiency of urban green space. Building and Environment. 266. 112047–112047. 7 indexed citations
6.
Gao, Yu, Bin Zhao, Neil Saintilan, et al.. (2024). Rooting meta-ecosystems with reciprocal lateral carbon and nitrogen flows in a Yangtze coastal marsh. Environmental Research Letters. 19(10). 104056–104056. 1 indexed citations
7.
Guo, Fengxiang, et al.. (2024). Remote Sensing-Based Attribution of Urban Heat Islands to the Drivers of Heat. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–12. 6 indexed citations
8.
Guo, Fengxiang, et al.. (2023). A new framework quantifying the effect of morphological features on urban temperatures. Sustainable Cities and Society. 99. 104923–104923. 19 indexed citations
9.
Ma, Jun, et al.. (2023). Global forest fragmentation change from 2000 to 2020. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3752–3752. 153 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Wu, Wanben, Jun Ma, Ellen Banzhaf, et al.. (2023). A first Chinese building height estimate at 10 m resolution (CNBH-10 m) using multi-source earth observations and machine learning. Remote Sensing of Environment. 291. 113578–113578. 182 indexed citations breakdown →
11.
Banzhaf, Ellen, Steven G. Anderson, Anne Jensen, et al.. (2022). Urban-Rural Dependencies and Opportunities to Design Nature-Based Solutions for Resilience in Europe and China. Land. 11(4). 480–480. 21 indexed citations
12.
13.
Ma, Jun, et al.. (2022). Assessing the Impacts of Tidal Creeks on the Spatial Patterns of Coastal Salt Marsh Vegetation and Its Aboveground Biomass. Remote Sensing. 14(8). 1839–1839. 14 indexed citations
14.
Wu, Wanben, Zhaowu Yu, Jun Ma, & Bin Zhao. (2022). Quantifying the influence of 2D and 3D urban morphology on the thermal environment across climatic zones. Landscape and Urban Planning. 226. 104499–104499. 120 indexed citations
15.
Guo, Fengxiang, et al.. (2022). Differences in Urban Morphology between 77 Cities in China and Europe. Remote Sensing. 14(21). 5462–5462. 17 indexed citations
16.
17.
18.
Wu, Wanben, Jun Ma, Michael E. Meadows, et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal changes in urban green space in 107 Chinese cities (1990–2019): The role of economic drivers and policy. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 103. 102525–102525. 66 indexed citations
19.
Xu, Jingxian, Jun Ma, Weixiong Wu, et al.. (2020). Estimation of Sugarcane Yield Using a Machine Learning Approach Based on UAV-LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing. 12(17). 2823–2823. 71 indexed citations
20.
Liu, Yifei, Jun Ma, Xinxin Wang, et al.. (2020). Joint Effect of Spartina alterniflora Invasion and Reclamation on the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Tidal Flats in Yangtze River Estuary. Remote Sensing. 12(11). 1725–1725. 15 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Pramod Kumar Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yuanzheng Li Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chao Fan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Haowei Mu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Suman Chakraborti Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Luo Liu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Qianjun Zhao Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ian Seiferling Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Arijit Roy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Liqun Sun
Rankless by CCL
2026