Wenfeng Zhan

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
177 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Wenfeng Zhan is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenfeng Zhan has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Environmental Engineering, 58 papers in Atmospheric Science and 52 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Wenfeng Zhan's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (104 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (45 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (38 papers). Wenfeng Zhan is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (104 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (45 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (38 papers). Wenfeng Zhan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wenfeng Zhan's co-authors include Ji Zhou, Yunhao Chen, Jinling Quan, James Voogt, Fan Huang, Jinfei Wang, Jiameng Lai, Zihan Liu, Benjamin Bechtel and Yongxue Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wenfeng Zhan

165 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

SUHI analysis using Local Climate Zones—A comparison of 50 cities

2019 257 citations Wenfeng Zhan, James Voogt et al. profile →
Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

2023 105 citations Fan Huang, Sida Jiang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban vegetation during extreme heat

2024 80 citations Wenfeng Zhan et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenfeng Zhan

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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A cascaded deep neural network for design and verification of surface lattice resonance metasurfaces biosensors 2025 ·Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ·Yian Liu, (unknown), Wenfeng Zhan, Zhaoxin Geng	3
2	Patterns and drivers of surface cooling effect of urban trees across global cities 2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Jiarui Li, Shasha Wang, Wenfeng Zhan, Jiufeng Li, Huilin Du, Long Li, Chunli Wang, (unknown)	1
3	Comprehensive assessments of a diagnostic equation for estimating diurnally maximum canopy urban heat island intensity 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Wenfeng Zhan, Huilin Du, Chenguang Wang, Shasha Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Chunli Wang, Jiufeng Li	0
4	Contrasting frequency of global canopy and surface urban heat Island 2025 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·Huyan Fu, Jun Wen, Wenfeng Zhan, Jiufeng Li, (unknown), (unknown)	0
5	How building height affects the global urban surface heat island from local climate zone perspective 2025 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·Jiufeng Li, Wenfeng Zhan, Xianzhe Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Yanlan Wu, (unknown)	2
6	Mapping of oil spills in China Seas using optical satellite data and deep learning 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Lifeng Wang, Yingcheng Lu, Mingxiu Wang, Wei Zhao, (unknown), Shuxian Song, Yuntao Wang, Yanlong Chen, Wenfeng Zhan, (unknown)	2
7	Contrasting moist heat across local climate zones in heat and non-heat waves: Insights from 29 Chinese metropolises 2024 ·Building and Environment ·Sida Jiang, Wenfeng Zhan, Long Li, Chunli Wang, Pan Dong, Shasha Wang, (unknown), Fan Huang, Zihan Liu, (unknown)	6
8	Expanded gray matter atrophy with severity stages of adult comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea 2024 ·Sleep Medicine ·Liping Pan, Hui Li, (unknown), (unknown), Liming Li, Wenfeng Zhan, (unknown), Yuting Wu, Guihua Jiang, Shumei Li	0
9	Fraction-dependent variations in cooling efficiency of urban trees across global cities 2024 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Wenfeng Zhan, Chunli Wang, Shasha Wang, Long Li, (unknown), Huilin Du, Fan Huang, Sida Jiang, Zihan Liu, Huyan Fu	6
10	Simultaneous estimation of fractional cover of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation using visible-near infrared satellite imagery 2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Jia Tian, Zhichao Zhang, William Philpot, Qingjiu Tian, Wenfeng Zhan, Yanbiao Xi, (unknown), (unknown)	19
11	Global mapping of urban thermal anisotropy reveals substantial potential biases for remotely sensed urban climates 2023 ·Science Bulletin ·Huilin Du, Wenfeng Zhan, Zihan Liu, E. Scott Krayenhoff, TC Chakraborty, Lei Zhao, Lu Jiang, Pan Dong, Long Li, Fan Huang, Shasha Wang, Yuyue Xu	26
12	Simulation of urban thermal anisotropy at remote sensing pixel scales: Evaluating three schemes using GUTA-T over Toulouse city 2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Dandan Wang, Leiqiu Hu, James Voogt, Yunhao Chen, Ji Zhou, (unknown), Jinling Quan, Wenfeng Zhan, Zhizhong Kang	8
13	Urban-rural gradient in vegetation phenology changes of over 1500 cities across China jointly regulated by urbanization and climate change 2023 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Wenfeng Zhan, Huilin Du, Shasha Wang, Long Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Zihan Liu, Fan Huang, Jiaxin Jin	20
14	Simple yet efficient downscaling of land surface temperatures by suitably integrating kernel- and fusion-based methods 2023 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Pan Dong, Wenfeng Zhan, Chenguang Wang, Sida Jiang, Huilin Du, Zihan Liu, (unknown), Long Li, Shasha Wang, (unknown)	13
15	Competition between biogeochemical drivers and land-cover changes determines urban greening or browning 2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Long Li, Wenfeng Zhan, (unknown), Josep Peñuelas, Zaichun Zhu, Shushi Peng, Xiaolin Zhu, Zihan Liu, Yuyu Zhou, Jiufeng Li, Jiameng Lai, Fan Huang, Gaofei Yin, Yongshuo H. Fu, Manchun Li, Chao Yu	43
16	Long‐Term and Fine‐Scale Surface Urban Heat Island Dynamics Revealed by Landsat Data Since the 1980s: A Comparison of Four Megacities in China 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Long Li, Wenfeng Zhan, Huilin Du, Jiameng Lai, Chenguang Wang, Huyan Fu, Fan Huang, Zihan Liu, Chunli Wang, Jiufeng Li, Lu Jiang, Shiqi Miao	21
17	Reconciling Debates on the Controls on Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity: Effects of Scale and Sampling 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Jiameng Lai, Wenfeng Zhan, Jinling Quan, Zihan Liu, Long Li, Fan Huang, Falu Hong, Weilin Liao	17
18	Does quality control matter? Surface urban heat island intensity variations estimated by satellite-derived land surface temperature products 2018 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Jiameng Lai, Wenfeng Zhan, Fan Huang, Jinling Quan, Leiqiu Hu, Lun Gao, Weimin Ju	50
19	Positive or Negative? Urbanization‐Induced Variations in Diurnal Skin‐Surface Temperature Range Detected Using Satellite Data 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Fan Huang, Wenfeng Zhan, Zhi‐Hua Wang, Kaicun Wang, Jing M. Chen, Yongxue Liu, Jiameng Lai, Weimin Ju	14
20	Localization or Globalization? Determination of the Optimal Regression Window for Disaggregation of Land Surface Temperature 2016 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Lun Gao, Wenfeng Zhan, Fan Huang, Jinling Quan, (unknown), Fei Wang, Weimin Ju, Ji Zhou	25

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