Weifeng Wang

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Weifeng Wang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weifeng Wang has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 25 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Weifeng Wang's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (18 papers). Weifeng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (18 papers). Weifeng Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Weifeng Wang's co-authors include Changhui Peng, Zhihai Ma, Xiangdong Lei, Xinzhang Song, Qiuan Zhu, Huai Chen, Xiaolu Zhou, Weizhong Li, Hong Jiang and Xiuqin Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Weifeng Wang

98 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

A drought-induced pervasi... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2023 200 400 600
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 drought-induced pervasive increase in tree mortality across Canada's boreal forests
    2011 623 citations Changhui Peng, Xiangdong Lei et al. profile →
  2. Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta‐analysis
    2023 98 citations Huili Feng, Jiahuan Guo et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Weifeng Wang 1.8k 1.1k 663 650 636 106 3.2k
Quentin Ponette 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 427 0.6× 521 0.8× 612 1.0× 127 2.6k
Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira 2.6k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 813 1.2× 951 1.5× 634 1.0× 61 4.3k
Carlos Gracia 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 798 1.2× 606 0.9× 348 0.5× 61 3.1k
Heather Keith 2.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 443 0.7× 769 1.2× 713 1.1× 78 3.8k
Tomas Lundmark 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 546 0.8× 541 0.8× 536 0.8× 90 3.0k
Shijie Han 2.0k 1.1× 670 0.6× 734 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 209 4.2k
Johan Bergh 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 469 0.7× 411 0.6× 342 0.5× 63 2.5k
Christopher J. Weston 1.5k 0.8× 735 0.7× 316 0.5× 695 1.1× 647 1.0× 85 2.4k
Samuel Almeida 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 381 0.6× 483 0.7× 311 0.5× 39 2.6k
Adam F. A. Pellegrini 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 622 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 1.6k 2.5× 36 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Weifeng Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weifeng Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weifeng Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weifeng Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weifeng Wang 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 Wang. Weifeng Wang 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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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic analysis reveals the survival strategies of Mytilus coruscus under short-term rising seawater temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 55. 101481–101481. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Yingying Ye, Zhi Liao, et al.. (2025). Physiological analysis and transcriptome sequencing revealed that HSPA1 was involved in response to heat stress in thick-shell mussels, Mytilus coruscus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 55. 101449–101449.
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Wang, Hao, Zhenqi Xin, Yingying Ye, et al.. (2025). Whole transcriptomic analysis reveals the lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory mechanism underlying the heat-hardening formation in Mytilus coruscus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 55. 101468–101468.
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Wang, Xiangfu, Yu Li, Yuanhui Li, et al.. (2025). Structural diversity enhances the temporal effects of thinning on carbon storage in pine-oak mixed forests. Journal of Environmental Management. 381. 125304–125304. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiahuan, Huili Feng, Changhui Peng, et al.. (2024). Fire effects on soil CH4 and N2O fluxes across terrestrial ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174708–174708. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Ting, Renke Wang, Weifeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Wolbachia mediates crosstalk between miRNA and Toll pathways to enhance resistance to dengue virus in Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens. 20(6). e1012296–e1012296. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Ke, Jiaxin Jin, Yuanhui Li, et al.. (2024). Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to increasing aridity in alpine shrubs: A modelling perspective. Journal of Hydrology. 639. 131595–131595.
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Zhang, Chenhui, et al.. (2023). The Variations of Microbial Diversity and Community Structure Along Different Stream Orders in Wuyi Mountains. Microbial Ecology. 86(4). 2330–2343. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenyi, Yanrong Yang, Cheng Hu, et al.. (2023). NPP and Carbon Emissions under Forest Fire Disturbance in Southwest and Northeast China from 2001 to 2020. Forests. 14(5). 999–999. 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiahuan, Huili Feng, Changhui Peng, et al.. (2023). Global Climate Change Increases Terrestrial Soil CH4 Emissions. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(1). 27 indexed citations
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Xu, Xuan, Jiahuan Guo, Jiejie Sun, et al.. (2023). Effects of Naphthalene Application on Soil Fungal Community Structure in a Poplar Plantation in Northern Jiangsu, China. Applied Sciences. 13(9). 5794–5794. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Cheng, Wei Xiao, Timothy J. Griffis, et al.. (2023). Estimation of Anthropogenic CH 4 and CO 2 Emissions in Taiyuan‐Jinzhong Region: One of the World's Largest Emission Hotspots. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(8). 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Nan, Yuchao Wang, Dong Liu, et al.. (2023). Exploration of Soil Microbial Diversity and Community Structure along Mid-Subtropical Elevation Gradients in Southeast China. Forests. 14(4). 769–769. 7 indexed citations
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Feng, Huili, Jiahuan Guo, Changhui Peng, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 29(14). 3970–3989. 98 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Jiaxin, Han Wang, Xuanlong Ma, et al.. (2022). Improved modeling of canopy transpiration for temperate forests by incorporating a LAI-based dynamic parametrization scheme of stomatal slope. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 326. 109157–109157. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Weifeng, Changhui Peng, Xiangdong Lei, et al.. (2022). Improving a Process-Based Model to Simulate Forest Carbon Allocation under Varied Stand Density. Forests. 13(8). 1212–1212. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Quan, Xinzhang Song, Scott X. Chang, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen depositions increase soil respiration and decrease temperature sensitivity in a Moso bamboo forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 268. 48–54. 86 indexed citations

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