Wei Lang

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Wei Lang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Transportation and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Lang has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Transportation and 15 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Wei Lang's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (17 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (10 papers). Wei Lang is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (17 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (10 papers). Wei Lang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Wei Lang's co-authors include Tingting Chen, Eddie C.M. Hui, Xun Li, Jiemin Wu, Fan Zhang, Edwin H.W. Chan, Tao Li, Ying Long, Tingting Chen and Esther H.K. Yung and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Wei Lang

79 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Deciphering the spatial structure of China's megacity reg... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 50 100 150 200
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. Deciphering the spatial structure of China's megacity region: A new bay area—The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the making
    2018 222 citations Eddie C.M. Hui, Tingting Chen et al. Cities profile →
  2. Collaborative workshop and community participation: A new approach to urban regeneration in China
    2020 163 citations Xun Li, Eddie C.M. Hui et al. Cities profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Lang China 25 740 582 388 330 294 83 2.2k
Hashem Dadashpoor Iran 23 1.3k 1.8× 460 0.8× 360 0.9× 352 1.1× 200 0.7× 72 2.1k
Stephen M. Wheeler United States 20 577 0.8× 336 0.6× 422 1.1× 284 0.9× 475 1.6× 80 2.1k
Sun Sheng Han Australia 28 367 0.5× 470 0.8× 398 1.0× 530 1.6× 312 1.1× 94 2.1k
Chao Ye China 18 820 1.1× 344 0.6× 284 0.7× 544 1.6× 275 0.9× 46 1.9k
Michaël Neuman United States 19 442 0.6× 321 0.6× 527 1.4× 224 0.7× 320 1.1× 56 1.7k
Karin Pfeffer Netherlands 29 1.1k 1.4× 578 1.0× 498 1.3× 151 0.5× 303 1.0× 120 2.6k
Chaolin Gu China 28 1.0k 1.4× 587 1.0× 346 0.9× 608 1.8× 626 2.1× 77 2.8k
Siu Wai Wong Hong Kong 21 419 0.6× 345 0.6× 215 0.6× 504 1.5× 244 0.8× 48 1.7k
Johannes Flacke Netherlands 26 981 1.3× 577 1.0× 208 0.5× 224 0.7× 540 1.8× 97 2.5k
Eric Vaz Canada 25 937 1.3× 265 0.5× 164 0.4× 339 1.0× 220 0.7× 90 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Lang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Lang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Lang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Lang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Lang 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 Wei Lang. Wei Lang 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
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Li, Shiyan, Teng Zhang, Yuan Tian, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of 1700 V SiC MOSFETs with optimized JFET region and current spreading layer. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 64(3). 36505–36505. 1 indexed citations
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Lang, Wei, Eddie C.M. Hui, Tingting Chen, & Yan Huang. (2025). A pathway to empower rural resilience through rural computing: An exploratory study. Applied Geography. 176. 103530–103530. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xun, et al.. (2024). What are the drivers of enterprise diversification in Chinese cities: Coming from path-dependence or path-creation forces?. Journal of Cleaner Production. 447. 141143–141143. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiangchao, et al.. (2024). Simplifying the monoscopic deflectometric measurement by extra-facility-free workpiece positioning. Precision Engineering. 87. 97–105. 2 indexed citations
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Lang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Integrated form-position measurement of large-aperture transparent elements based on stereoscopic phase measuring deflectometry. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 12(2). 25023–25023.
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Luo, Chao, Tianyu Long, Qing Zhang, Yanmeng Li, & Wei Lang. (2024). Morphological changes in algal-bacterial biofilms: A two-dimensional model study based on an enhanced multi-species cellular automata spread algorithm. Algal Research. 82. 103643–103643. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiangchao, et al.. (2023). Fast Measurement of Surface Topographies Using a Phase-Measuring Deflectometric Microscopy. IEEE photonics journal. 15(2). 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Lang, Wei, et al.. (2023). In-situ sub-aperture stitching measurement based on monoscopic phase measuring deflectometry. Precision Engineering. 85. 197–204. 5 indexed citations
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Yu, Qingchun, et al.. (2023). An Efficient Authentication Protocol for Brand Cosmetics Anti-Counterfeiting System. 8. 120–125. 1 indexed citations
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Tu, Ying, Бин Чэн, Wei Lang, et al.. (2021). Uncovering the Nature of Urban Land Use Composition Using Multi-Source Open Big Data with Ensemble Learning. Remote Sensing. 13(21). 4241–4241. 15 indexed citations
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Chan, Ting On, Linyuan Xia, Yimin Chen, et al.. (2021). Symmetry Analysis of Oriental Polygonal Pagodas Using 3D Point Clouds for Cultural Heritage. Sensors. 21(4). 1228–1228. 5 indexed citations
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Chan, Ting On, et al.. (2021). A Post-Scan Point Cloud Colorization Method for Cultural Heritage Documentation. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 10(11). 737–737. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Tingting, John Radke, Wei Lang, & Xun Li. (2020). Environment resilience and public health: Assessing healthcare's vulnerability to climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. Growth and Change. 51(2). 607–625. 13 indexed citations
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Tu, Ying, Hanlin Zhou, Wei Lang, et al.. (2020). A novel cross-sensor calibration method to generate a consistent night-time lights time series dataset. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 41(14). 5482–5502. 19 indexed citations

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