Weiqi Zhou

15.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
236 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Weiqi Zhou is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiqi Zhou has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 143 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 103 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weiqi Zhou's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (120 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (109 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (79 papers). Weiqi Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (120 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (109 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (79 papers). Weiqi Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Weiqi Zhou's co-authors include Mary L. Cadenasso, Weifeng Li, Yuguo Qian, Lijian Han, Xiaoma Li, Ganlin Huang, Steward T. A. Pickett, Zhiyun Ouyang, Austin Troy and Jia Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Weiqi Zhou

223 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Does spatial configuration matter? Understanding the effects of land cover pattern on land surface temperature in urban landscapes

2011 807 citations Weiqi Zhou, Ganlin Huang et al. Landscape and Urban Planning profile →
Trees Grow on Money: Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Environmental Justice

2015 478 citations Weiqi Zhou, J. Morgan Grove et al. profile →
Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) in Chinese cities

2014 472 citations Weiqi Zhou, Weifeng Li et al. profile →
Effects of the spatial configuration of trees on urban heat mitigation: A comparative study

2017 441 citations Weiqi Zhou, Jia Wang et al. profile →
A multiscale analysis of urbanization effects on ecosystem services supply in an urban megaregion

2019 335 citations Jiali Wang, Weiqi Zhou et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Comparing Machine Learning Classifiers for Object-Based Land Cover Classification Using Very High Resolution Imagery

2014 313 citations Yuguo Qian, Weiqi Zhou et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Linking urbanization and air quality together: A review and a perspective on the future sustainable urban development

2022 203 citations Lijian Han, Weiqi Zhou et al. profile →
Individual tree segmentation and tree species classification in subtropical broadleaf forests using UAV-based LiDAR, hyperspectral, and ultrahigh-resolution RGB data

2022 160 citations Weiqi Zhou, Yang Yao et al. profile →
Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally

2024 79 citations Weiqi Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiqi Zhou China	57	7.0k	6.9k	6.4k	2.1k	1.8k	236	12.5k
Yuyu Zhou United States	64	8.8k 1.3×	3.7k 0.5×	7.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	272	15.3k
Yuji Murayama Japan	49	5.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	3.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	201	8.3k
Xuecao Li China	51	6.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.3×	3.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.6×	177	9.9k
Stephan Pauleit Germany	52	7.2k 1.0×	6.0k 0.9×	4.6k 0.7×	587 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	186	11.4k
Jian Peng China	69	11.5k 1.6×	4.8k 0.7×	4.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	4.5k 2.4×	331	16.3k
Chunyang He China	56	8.6k 1.2×	2.7k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	191	12.5k
David J. Nowak United States	64	8.8k 1.3×	10.2k 1.5×	7.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	213	16.6k
Timon McPhearson United States	54	6.5k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.3×	387 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	141	10.5k
Jun Yang China	49	3.3k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	3.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	501 0.3×	288	8.1k
Jun Yang China	45	3.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.3×	894 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	208	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiqi Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weiqi Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weiqi Zhou 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 Weiqi Zhou. Weiqi Zhou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Weiqi, et al.. (2025). Beyond urban parks: Integrating residential greenspaces to address greenspace inequality. Cities. 168. 106432–106432.

Xiu-ling, Zhao, Jie Cao, Weiqi Zhou, & Andreas M. Neophytou. (2025). Interactive Effect of Air Temperature and Fine Particulate Matter on the Hospital Admissions for Stroke in Shenzhen, China. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(8). e037329–e037329.

Cook, Elizabeth M., Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, et al.. (2025). Nature-based solutions for urban sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(29). e2315909122–e2315909122. 1 indexed citations

Han, Lijian, Weiqi Zhou, Weifeng Li, & Yuguo Qian. (2024). Global synergy of carbon and pollution emissions among countries with different income levels and development stages. The Science of The Total Environment. 922. 171322–171322. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Wenjuan, et al.. (2024). Spatial heterogeneity of the integrated risks of urban heat stress and flooding strike. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176517–176517. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Ganlin, Liyuan Chen, J. Morgan Grove, Weiqi Zhou, & Steward T. A. Pickett. (2024). Lack of social data hinders integrative urban ecology research: obstacles and opportunities. Landscape Ecology. 39(4).

Zhou, Weiqi, et al.. (2024). Tree species classification improves the estimation of BVOCs from urban greenspace. The Science of The Total Environment. 914. 169762–169762. 7 indexed citations

Yushanjiang, Ayinuer, Weiqi Zhou, Jing Wang, & Jiali Wang. (2024). Impact of urbanization on regional ecosystem services--- a case study in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Ecological Indicators. 159. 111633–111633. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Jia, Weiqi Zhou, Steward T. A. Pickett, & Yuguo Qian. (2024). A scaling law for predicting urban trees canopy cooling efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(46). e2401210121–e2401210121. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Timon McPhearson, Weiqi Zhou, et al.. (2023). Comparing relationships between urban heat exposure, ecological structure, and socio-economic patterns in Beijing and New York City. Landscape and Urban Planning. 235. 104750–104750. 39 indexed citations

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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2023). Extreme heat events in mainland China from 1981 to 2015: Spatial patterns, temporal trends, and urbanization impacts. Sustainable Cities and Society. 100. 104999–104999. 34 indexed citations

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Huang, Ganlin, et al.. (2023). The impact of air pollution on behavior changes and outdoor recreation in Chinese cities. Landscape and Urban Planning. 234. 104727–104727. 18 indexed citations

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Cao, Zheng, Guanhua Guo, Yong Xu, Zhifeng Wu, & Weiqi Zhou. (2022). Detecting the sinks and sources of transportation energy consumption and its forces driving at multiple spatiotemporal scales using trajectory data. Applied Geography. 148. 102807–102807. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoyu, David F. Fouhey, Weiqi Zhou, et al.. (2022). Using Deep Learning and Very-High-Resolution Imagery to Map Smallholder Field Boundaries. Remote Sensing. 14(13). 3046–3046. 20 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiqi, Wenjuan Yu, Yuguo Qian, et al.. (2021). Beyond city expansion: multi-scale environmental impacts of urban megaregion formation in China. National Science Review. 9(1). nwab107–nwab107. 128 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiqi, Preeti Rao, M.L. Jat, et al.. (2021). Using Sentinel-2 to Track Field-Level Tillage Practices at Regional Scales in Smallholder Systems. Remote Sensing. 13(24). 5108–5108. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Weiqi, Steward T. A. Pickett, & Timon McPhearson. (2021). Conceptual frameworks facilitate integration for transdisciplinary urban science. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 63 indexed citations

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Jia, Peng, Shaoqing Dai, Robert V. Rohli, et al.. (2020). Natural environment and childhood obesity: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews. 22(S1). e13097–e13097. 21 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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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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