Weiming Cheng

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Weiming Cheng is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiming Cheng has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Atmospheric Science and 32 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Weiming Cheng's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (27 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (24 papers). Weiming Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (27 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (24 papers). Weiming Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Weiming Cheng's co-authors include Chenghu Zhou, Min Zhao, Junnan Xiong, Baixue Wang, Ting Ma, Yuyu Zhou, Xuecao Li, Shangmin Zhao, Nan Wang and Manchun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Weiming Cheng

155 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

2020 524 citations Weiming Cheng, Chenghu Zhou et al. profile →
Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Nighttime Light Observations: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

2019 248 citations Weiming Cheng, Chenghu Zhou et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Research on the Classification System of Digital Land Geomorphology of 1:1 000 000 in China

2010 80 citations Chenghu Zhou, Weiming Cheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiming Cheng China	33	2.0k	926	753	730	568	165	3.9k
Pingping Luo China	37	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	696 0.9×	805 1.1×	594 1.0×	166	4.1k
Chi Zhang China	42	3.6k 1.8×	874 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	839 1.1×	1.3k 2.4×	194	6.5k
Zhang Fei China	49	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	657 0.9×	2.9k 4.0×	1.5k 2.7×	447	7.8k
Jie Yin China	35	2.1k 1.0×	505 0.5×	982 1.3×	515 0.7×	287 0.5×	97	4.0k
Hsiang‐te Kung United States	24	1.1k 0.6×	511 0.6×	292 0.4×	770 1.1×	804 1.4×	64	2.6k
Miao Liu China	35	1.7k 0.9×	434 0.5×	608 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	1.0k 1.8×	204	4.2k
Guofeng Wu China	38	1.1k 0.6×	624 0.7×	425 0.6×	1.4k 1.9×	1.4k 2.5×	142	4.3k
Deepak Khare India	35	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	760 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	481 0.8×	118	3.9k
Mou Leong Tan Malaysia	38	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	1.6k 2.1×	1.2k 1.6×	364 0.6×	203	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiming Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiming Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiming Cheng

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

Cheng, Weiming, et al.. (2025). Impact of landform on Spatial-Temporal distribution and Scenario-Based prediction of carbon stocks in arid Regions: A Case study of Xinjiang. CATENA. 250. 108781–108781. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Cai, Zhiguo Meng, Yi Xu, et al.. (2025). Definition of Effective Brightness Temperature Difference and its Geological Significance. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–11.

Cheng, Weiming, et al.. (2024). A global catalog of Martian impact craters with actual boundaries and degradation states. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 131. 103952–103952. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Baixue & Weiming Cheng. (2023). Geomorphic influences on land use/cover diversity and pattern. CATENA. 230. 107245–107245. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Ziqi, Lun Wang, Weiming Cheng, Hao Tong, & Xiangshui Miao. (2022). Controllable On-Resistance and its Thermal-Induced Channel Expansive Model in Ovonic Threshold Switch Selector. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 70(1). 366–370. 2 indexed citations

Duan, Yu, Junnan Xiong, Weiming Cheng, et al.. (2021). Flood vulnerability assessment using the triangular fuzzy number-based analytic hierarchy process and support vector machine model for the Belt and Road region. Natural Hazards. 110(1). 269–294. 37 indexed citations

Xiong, Junnan, et al.. (2021). Relationship of extreme precipitation, surface air temperature, and dew point temperature across the Tibetan Plateau. Climatic Change. 165(1-2). 27 indexed citations

Liu, Cai, Zhiguo Meng, Yongzhi Wang, et al.. (2021). Special Thermophysical Features of Floor Materials in Mare Smythii Indicated by CE-2 CELMS Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 8135–8143. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Huaizhang, Jiyan Wang, Junnan Xiong, et al.. (2021). Vegetation Change and Its Response to Climate Change in Yunnan Province, China. Advances in Meteorology. 2021. 1–20. 52 indexed citations

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Meng, Zhiguo, Zhiyong Xiao, Wei Cao, et al.. (2021). Re-Evaluating Influence of Rocks on Microwave Thermal Emission of Lunar Regolith Using CE-2 MRM Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–12. 16 indexed citations

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Meng, Zhiguo, et al.. (2020). Mare Deposits Identification and Feature Analysis in Mare Australe Based on CE‐2 CELMS Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(7). 9 indexed citations

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Meng, Zhiguo, Yuqi Qian, Long Xiao, et al.. (2020). Thermophysical Features of the Rümker Region in Northern Oceanus Procellarum: Insights from CE-2 CELMS Data. Remote Sensing. 12(19). 3272–3272. 8 indexed citations

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Meng, Zhiguo, Shengbo Chen, Yongzhi Wang, et al.. (2020). Complex Mare Deposits Revealed by CE-2 CELMS Data in Mare Nubium. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 2475–2484. 6 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, Chongchong Ye, Weiming Cheng, et al.. (2019). The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Flash Floods and Analysis of Partition Driving Forces in Yunnan Province. Sustainability. 11(10). 2926–2926. 26 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, Chongchong Ye, Tiancai Zhou, & Weiming Cheng. (2019). Health Risk and Resilience Assessment with Respect to the Main Air Pollutants in Sichuan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(15). 2796–2796. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Weiming, et al.. (2019). A Machine Learning Approach to Crater Classification from Topographic Data. Remote Sensing. 11(21). 2594–2594. 12 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, Jin Li, Hao Zhang, Ming Sun, & Weiming Cheng. (2019). Quantitative Hazard Assessment of Landslides Using the Levenburg–Marquardt Back Propagation Neural Network Method in a Pipeline Area. Geosciences. 9(10). 449–449. 2 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, et al.. (2019). Spatial variability and influencing factors of LST in plateau area: Exemplified by Sangzhuzi District. Guotu ziyuan yaogan. 31(2). 164–171. 2 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, Weiming Cheng, Yi Li, et al.. (2019). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Extreme Precipitation across the Tibetan Plateau (1986–2015). Water. 11(7). 1453–1453. 35 indexed citations

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Xiong, Junnan, et al.. (2019). Research on downscaling of TRMM data in the Tibetan Plateau based on GWR model. Guotu ziyuan yaogan. 31(4). 88–95. 1 indexed citations

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