Wei Liang

5.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Wei Liang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 28 papers in Water Science and Technology and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wei Liang's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (24 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (23 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers). Wei Liang is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (24 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (23 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers). Wei Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Liang's co-authors include Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang, Yuting Yang, Chiyuan Miao, Yü Liu, Jianbo Liu, Huade Guan, Zhao Jin, Dan Bai and Di Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liang

95 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Hydrogeomorphic Ecosystem Responses to Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in the Loess Plateau of China

2017 802 citations Bojie Fu, Wei Liang et al. profile →
Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a Budyko hydrological model in China's Loess Plateau

2015 429 citations Wei Liang, Bojie Fu et al. profile →
Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

2016 345 citations Wei Liang, Zhao Jin et al. profile →
Vegetation changes in recent large-scale ecological restoration projects and subsequent impact on water resources in China's Loess Plateau

2016 253 citations Wei Liang, Bojie Fu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers

Wei Liang

GPC

WST

ECOLO

J.M. Sánchez-Pérez France

Glen Walker Australia

Christian Beer Germany

Leal A. K. Mertes United States

Fubao Sun China

Stephen P. Good United States

Lukas Gudmundsson Switzerland

Guy Schurgers Sweden

Joseph C. von Fischer United States

Qiang Liu China

J.M. Sánchez-Pérez France

Wei Liang

1.1k ×0.4

GPC

2.4k ×1.3

WST

1.1k ×0.8

ECOLO

895 ×0.9

333 ×0.5

Citations per year, relative to Wei Liang Wei Liang (= 1×) peers J.M. Sánchez-Pérez

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Liang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Liang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Liang 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 Liang. Wei Liang 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

Liang, Wei, Bojie Fu, Ning Chen, et al.. (2025). Regional variations in vegetation greening and climate change impacts on gross primary productivity and evapotranspiration in the Loess Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 373. 110757–110757. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yiping, Wei Liang, Ji Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhancing ecohydrological simulation with improved dynamic vegetation growth module in SWAT. Journal of Hydrology. 644. 132042–132042. 5 indexed citations

Liang, Wei, Da Li, De Li, et al.. (2024). Understanding the structural relation and electrochemical evolution between ZnGeP2 and ZnSiP2 twin phosphides for advanced Li-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 154332–154332. 2 indexed citations

Liang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Uncovering the structure and evolution of global virtual water and agricultural land network. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 51. 599–611. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Weibin, Wei Liang, Xuerui Gao, Junyi Li, & Xining Zhao. (2024). Trajectory in water scarcity and potential water savings benefits in the Yellow River basin. Journal of Hydrology. 633. 130998–130998. 26 indexed citations

Xu, Zuxin, et al.. (2024). Monitoring and assessment of desertification reversal in ecologically fragile areas: A case study of the Mu Us Sandy Land. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123695–123695. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kexin, et al.. (2024). Enhanced upconversion luminescence of Er/Tm for highly sensitive multi-mode optical nanothermometer. Ceramics International. 51(5). 5915–5922. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Juntao & Wei Liang. (2024). 2D S-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 40(10). 2312024–2312024. 17 indexed citations

Liang, Wei, Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü, et al.. (2023). Urbanization does not endanger food security: Evidence from China's Loess Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 162053–162053. 25 indexed citations

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Liang, Wei, Zhimin Liu, Shyam S. Phartyal, et al.. (2023). The complexity of vegetation structure decreases the seed-hanging ability of the vegetation layer during secondary wind dispersal. Trees. 37(6). 1671–1680. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Siqi, Yaqing Wei, Wei Liang, et al.. (2023). Rational design of stretchable and conductive hydrogel binder for highly reversible SiP2 anode. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 83. 564–573. 10 indexed citations

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Luo, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2023). Vegetation Growth Response and Trends after Water Deficit Exposure in the Loess Plateau, China. Remote Sensing. 15(10). 2593–2593. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weibin, Wei Liang, Lei Tian, & Xining Zhao. (2023). Climatic and different human influences on annual and seasonal streamflow with considering the soil water storage change in the middle reaches of the Yellow River basin, China. Journal of Hydrology. 619. 129298–129298. 18 indexed citations

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Yan, Jianwu, et al.. (2023). Assessing the impacts of natural conditions and human activities on terrestrial water storage in Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Mountain Science. 20(7). 1921–1939. 5 indexed citations

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Dai, Yanran, Juan Wu, Qiang Yang, et al.. (2023). The ecosystem services concept in freshwater conservation and restoration. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 33(2). 202–214. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Y., Jun Cui, Hao Gu, et al.. (2023). Disentangling Photoelectrons and Penetrating Solar Wind Electrons in the Dayside Martian Upper Atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 128(12). 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Quanlai, Zhiming Xin, Yongcui Wang, et al.. (2022). The Adaptive Capacity of Alien and Rare Species in China. Forests. 13(12). 2005–2005. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Bojie, et al.. (2022). Assessment of drought and its impact on winter wheat yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Journal of Arid Land. 14(7). 771–786. 4 indexed citations

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Liang, Wei, et al.. (2019). Analysis of the desertification dynamics of sandy lands in Northern China over the period 2000–2017. Geocarto International. 36(17). 1938–1959. 21 indexed citations

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Su, Hui-Min, et al.. (2007). Normal reference value of red blood cell count of Chinese presenile men and geographical factors. Chinese Geographical Science. 17(1). 92–98.

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