Weifeng Li

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Weifeng Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weifeng Li has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weifeng Li's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (14 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 papers). Weifeng Li is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (14 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 papers). Weifeng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Weifeng Li's co-authors include Jian Wu, Jian Peng, Jianzheng Liu, Fei Yao, Zheng Chang, Qiwen Cao, Huagui Guo, Kun Lang, Menglin Si and Weiqi Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Weifeng Li

69 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

2022 194 citations Xuehui Pi, Lian Feng et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weifeng Li China	28	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	558	482	75	2.9k
Liang Zhou China	28	1.8k 1.2×	744 0.7×	903 0.9×	534 1.0×	263 0.5×	132	3.1k
Guangjin Tian China	27	1.5k 1.0×	690 0.7×	793 0.8×	569 1.0×	216 0.4×	63	2.6k
Salman Qureshi Germany	34	2.5k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	548 1.0×	228 0.5×	97	3.9k
Elizabeth A. Wentz United States	30	1.4k 0.9×	888 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	303 0.5×	323 0.7×	100	3.3k
Lijian Han China	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	647 1.2×	199 0.4×	83	2.9k
Yanglin Wang China	30	2.2k 1.4×	916 0.9×	918 0.9×	514 0.9×	221 0.5×	108	3.6k
Chengbin Deng United States	21	1.2k 0.8×	501 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	530 0.9×	219 0.5×	46	2.3k
Manchun Li China	33	2.1k 1.3×	575 0.5×	621 0.6×	428 0.8×	232 0.5×	131	3.1k
Dongqi Sun China	28	1.6k 1.0×	964 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	479 0.9×	531 1.1×	121	3.3k
David Potere United States	11	2.0k 1.3×	614 0.6×	794 0.8×	496 0.9×	333 0.7×	18	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Weifeng Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weifeng Li

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weifeng Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weifeng Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weifeng Li 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 Weifeng Li. Weifeng Li 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, Yejian, et al.. (2025). RSTD: Residual Spatiotemporal Diffusion Model for the Dynamic Prediction of On-Orbit Spacecrafts From Spaceborne Image Sequences. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–14. 1 indexed citations

Li, Weifeng, Guo Xi, Yefeng Jiang, et al.. (2025). Spatial heterogeneity of soil acidification driven by cropping patterns and soil types in red soil dryland of Southern China. European Journal of Agronomy. 170. 127783–127783.

Zhang, Jiang, et al.. (2025). Machine learning based on a swarm intelligence algorithm and explainable AI for the prediction of reservoir temperature. Energy. 341. 139412–139412.

Zhang, Jiang, et al.. (2025). A Bayesian Maximum Entropy Fusion model for enhanced prediction and risk assessment of fluoride and arsenic contamination in groundwater. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 274. 104664–104664.

Wang, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Unraveling influencing factors of public charging station utilization. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 137. 104506–104506. 4 indexed citations

Chang, Zheng, Weifeng Li, Mi Diao, & Xin Li. (2024). Marriage entry, divorce and reconciliation: The unintended consequence of the home purchase restriction policy in China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1).

Ma, Jinfeng, Ruonan Li, Hua Zheng, et al.. (2024). Multivariate adaptive regression splines-assisted approximate Bayesian computation for calibration of complex hydrological models. Journal of Hydroinformatics. 26(2). 503–518. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Yejian, et al.. (2024). Satellite Dynamic Estimation Utilizing Feature Translation Across Optical and Radar Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–14.

Xi, Guo, et al.. (2023). High-Accuracy Mapping of Soil Parent Material Types in Hilly Areas at the County Scale Using Machine Learning Algorithms. Remote Sensing. 16(1). 91–91. 2 indexed citations

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Pi, Xuehui, Lian Feng, Yang Xu, et al.. (2022). Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5777–5777. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guo, Huagui, Xin Li, Weifeng Li, et al.. (2021). Climatic modification effects on the association between PM1 and lung cancer incidence in China. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 880–880. 19 indexed citations

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Lan, Yanfei, et al.. (2021). To introduce or not? Strategic analysis of hospital operations with telemedicine. European Journal of Operational Research. 304(1). 292–307. 16 indexed citations

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Guo, Huagui, Weifeng Li, Fei Yao, et al.. (2020). Who are more exposed to PM2.5 pollution: A mobile phone data approach. Environment International. 143. 105821–105821. 38 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhong, Weiqi Zhou, Jingli Yan, et al.. (2019). The higher, the cooler? Effects of building height on land surface temperatures in residential areas of Beijing. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 110. 149–156. 111 indexed citations

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Yang, Rui, et al.. (2019). Adaptation as an indicator of measuring low-impact-development effectiveness in urban flooding risk mitigation. The Science of The Total Environment. 696. 133764–133764. 27 indexed citations

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Yao, Fei, Menglin Si, Weifeng Li, & Jian Wu. (2018). A multidimensional comparison between MODIS and VIIRS AOD in estimating ground-level PM2.5 concentrations over a heavily polluted region in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 618. 819–828. 59 indexed citations

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Han, Lijian, et al.. (2016). Cloud detection under varied surfaces and atmospheric conditions with MODIS imagery. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 20(6). 1371–1380. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianzheng, Weifeng Li, & Jie Li. (2016). Quality screening for air quality monitoring data in China. Environmental Pollution. 216. 720–723. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianzheng & Weifeng Li. (2014). A nighttime light imagery estimation of ethnic disparity in economic well-being in mainland China and Taiwan (2001–2013). Eurasian Geography and Economics. 55(6). 691–714. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Weifeng, et al.. (2013). Analyzing Human Activity Patterns Using Cellular Phone Data: Case Study of Jinhe New Town in Shanghai, China. Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 4 indexed citations

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