Wenhui Kuang

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
102 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Wenhui Kuang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenhui Kuang has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 44 papers in Environmental Engineering and 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Wenhui Kuang's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (64 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (42 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (31 papers). Wenhui Kuang is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (64 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (42 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (31 papers). Wenhui Kuang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Wenhui Kuang's co-authors include Wenfeng Chi, Jiyuan Liu, Xinliang Xu, Shuwen Zhang, Shixin Wu, Rendong Li, Changzhen Yan, Dengsheng Lu, Zengxiang Zhang and Dongsheng Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Wenhui Kuang

101 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Spatiotemporal characteristics, patterns, and causes of land-use changes in China since the late 1980s

2014 1.5k citations Jiyuan Liu, Wenhui Kuang et al. Journal of Geographical Sciences profile →
Spatial patterns and driving forces of land use change in China during the early 21st century

2010 762 citations Jiyuan Liu, Wenhui Kuang et al. Journal of Geographical Sciences profile →
Spatiotemporal patterns and characteristics of land-use change in China during 2010–2015

2018 628 citations Jiyuan Liu, Wenhui Kuang et al. Journal of Geographical Sciences profile →
The rapid and massive urban and industrial land expansions in China between 1990 and 2010: A CLUD-based analysis of their trajectories, patterns, and drivers

2015 358 citations Wenhui Kuang, Jiyuan Liu et al. Landscape and Urban Planning profile →

Peers

Wenhui Kuang

GPC

ECOLO

HTM

Shuwen Zhang China

Zengxiang Zhang China

Zutao Ouyang China

G. Darrel Jenerette United States

Annemarie Schneider United States

Conghe Song United States

Wenfeng Chi China

Xiaocong Xu China

Zuoqi Chen China

Gaodi Xie China

Shuwen Zhang China

Wenhui Kuang

3.9k ×0.8

GPC

1.3k ×0.6

1.7k ×1.1

ECOLO

822 ×0.6

HTM

1.2k ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Wenhui Kuang Wenhui Kuang (= 1×) peers Shuwen Zhang

Countries citing papers authored by Wenhui Kuang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenhui Kuang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenhui Kuang

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

Li, Xin, et al.. (2025). Quantitative Assessment of the Water Stress in the Tigris–Euphrates River Basin Driven by Anthropogenic Impacts. Remote Sensing. 17(4). 662–662. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Yulin, et al.. (2024). Impact of urbanization on terrestrial carbon storage loss in the Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos region, China: evaluating people-space interactions. International Journal of Digital Earth. 17(1). 1 indexed citations

Kuang, Wenhui, et al.. (2024). Efficiency and greenness evaluation of urban land use change in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China. Land Degradation and Development. 35(12). 3832–3843. 6 indexed citations

Pan, Tao, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical Urban Land Mappings and Their Distribution with Physical Medium Environments Using Time Series of Land Resource Images in Beijing, China (1981–2021). Remote Sensing. 14(3). 580–580. 4 indexed citations

Pan, Tao, Chi Zhang, Wenhui Kuang, et al.. (2021). A large-scale shift of cropland structure profoundly affects grain production in the cold region of China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 307. 127300–127300. 17 indexed citations

Yin, Zherui, Wenhui Kuang, Yuhai Bao, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the Dynamic Changes of Urban Land and Its Fractional Covers in Africa from 2000–2020 Using Time Series of Remotely Sensed Images on the Big Data Platform. Remote Sensing. 13(21). 4288–4288. 11 indexed citations

Chi, Wenfeng, et al.. (2019). Study on Dynamic Remote Sensing Monitoring of LUCC and Soilwind Erosion Intensity in the Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Control Project Region. Yaogan jishu yu yingyong. 33(5). 965–974. 6 indexed citations

Chi, Wenfeng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Wenhui Kuang, & Honglin He. (2019). Impacts of anthropogenic land use/cover changes on soil wind erosion in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 668. 204–215. 154 indexed citations

Kuang, Wenhui & Xiaoyong Li. (2019). The effects of urban land cover composition and structure on land surface temperature in Beijing, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang.. Shengtaixue zazhi. 38(10). 3057. 1 indexed citations

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Pan, Tao, Guoming Du, Jinwei Dong, et al.. (2018). Divergent changes in cropping patterns and their effects on grain production under different agro-ecosystems over high latitudes in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 659. 314–325. 15 indexed citations

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Kuang, Wenhui, et al.. (2018). Urban structural evolution over a century in Changchun city, Northeast China. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 28(12). 1877–1895. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhiqi, Jinwei Dong, Jiyuan Liu, et al.. (2017). Accuracy Assessment and Inter-Comparison of Eight Medium Resolution Forest Products on the Loess Plateau, China. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 6(5). 152–152. 27 indexed citations

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Pan, Tao, Dengsheng Lu, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2017). Urban Land-Cover Dynamics in Arid China Based on High-Resolution Urban Land Mapping Products. Remote Sensing. 9(7). 730–730. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Fengyun, Wenhui Kuang, Wei‐Ning Xiang, & Yue Che. (2016). Mapping Water Vulnerability of the Yangtze River Basin: 1994–2013. Environmental Management. 58(5). 857–872. 11 indexed citations

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Kuang, Wenhui, Jiyuan Liu, Jinwei Dong, Wenfeng Chi, & Chi Zhang. (2015). The rapid and massive urban and industrial land expansions in China between 1990 and 2010: A CLUD-based analysis of their trajectories, patterns, and drivers. Landscape and Urban Planning. 145. 21–33. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kuang, Wenhui, Yinyin Dou, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2014). Quantifying the heat flux regulation of metropolitan land use/land cover components by coupling remote sensing modeling with in situ measurement. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(1). 113–130. 96 indexed citations

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Lu, Dengsheng, Guiying Li, Wenhui Kuang, & Emilio F. Morán. (2013). Methods to extract impervious surface areas from satellite images. International Journal of Digital Earth. 7(2). 93–112. 123 indexed citations

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Kuang, Wenhui & Guoming Du. (2011). Analyzing Urban Population Spatial Distribution in Beijing Proper. Geo-information Science. 13(4). 506–512. 9 indexed citations

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Shao, Quanqin, et al.. (2011). Analysis of forest damage caused by the snow and ice chaos along a transect across southern China in spring 2008. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 21(2). 219–234. 30 indexed citations

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Kuang, Wenhui. (2008). Study on Land Cover/Land Use Change and Eco-environment Effects of Naiman Banner Since 1976s. Ganhanqu ziyuan yu huanjing. 2 indexed citations

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