Wenzhe Fa

2.4k total citations
81 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wenzhe Fa is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenzhe Fa has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wenzhe Fa's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (79 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (59 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (16 papers). Wenzhe Fa is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (79 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (59 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (16 papers). Wenzhe Fa collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and France. Wenzhe Fa's co-authors include Ya‐Qiu Jin, M. A. Wieczorek, Meng‐Hua Zhu, Tiantian Liu, J. B. Plescia, V. R. Eke, Minggang Xie, Essam Heggy, Jun Du and Adrien Broquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wenzhe Fa

76 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenzhe Fa China 21 1.4k 392 320 175 131 81 1.6k
Yongliao Zou China 21 1.5k 1.1× 455 1.2× 163 0.5× 161 0.9× 106 0.8× 96 1.8k
R. R. Ghent United States 25 1.8k 1.3× 317 0.8× 569 1.8× 114 0.7× 71 0.5× 113 2.0k
A. Safaeinili United States 28 2.5k 1.8× 350 0.9× 764 2.4× 217 1.2× 125 1.0× 94 2.8k
G. W. Patterson United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 415 1.1× 419 1.3× 53 0.3× 53 0.4× 117 1.6k
Özgür Karatekin Belgium 21 1.6k 1.2× 302 0.8× 343 1.1× 48 0.3× 57 0.4× 120 2.1k
Zongyu Yue China 22 1.4k 1.0× 367 0.9× 296 0.9× 97 0.6× 30 0.2× 111 1.6k
R. Jordan United States 18 741 0.5× 733 1.9× 288 0.9× 208 1.2× 52 0.4× 56 1.6k
A. B. Ivanov United States 17 1.6k 1.1× 300 0.8× 406 1.3× 51 0.3× 49 0.4× 76 1.8k
J. E. Tillman United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 468 1.2× 475 1.5× 68 0.4× 135 1.0× 37 1.9k
J. Haruyama Japan 30 3.0k 2.2× 802 2.0× 631 2.0× 103 0.6× 78 0.6× 147 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenzhe Fa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenzhe Fa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2023). Modeling the Evolution of Lunar Regolith: 2. Growth Rate and Spatial Distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 128(11). 6 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2023). Morphological characteristics of impact craters with diameters of 5–20 km on the Moon. Icarus. 404. 115688–115688. 8 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2022). On the provenance of the Chang'E-5 lunar samples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 596. 117791–117791. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Xi, Wenzhe Fa, Jun Du, Minggang Xie, & Tiantian Liu. (2021). Effect of Topographic Degradation on Small Lunar Craters: Implications for Regolith Thickness Estimation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(22). 11 indexed citations
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Broquet, Adrien, M. A. Wieczorek, & Wenzhe Fa. (2021). The Composition of the South Polar Cap of Mars Derived From Orbital Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(8). 18 indexed citations
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Hèrique, Alain, et al.. (2021). Ultra‐Wideband SAR Tomography on Asteroids. Radio Science. 56(8). 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Huazhong, et al.. (2020). Lunar Surface Temperature and Emissivity Retrieval From Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Sensor. Earth and Space Science. 8(1). 4 indexed citations
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Xie, Minggang, et al.. (2020). Change in the Earth–Moon impactor population at about 3.5 billion years ago. Nature Astronomy. 5(2). 128–133. 19 indexed citations
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Orosei, R., Chunyu Ding, Wenzhe Fa, et al.. (2020). The Global Search for Liquid Water on Mars from Orbit: Current and Future Perspectives. Life. 10(8). 120–120. 23 indexed citations
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Broquet, Adrien, M. A. Wieczorek, & Wenzhe Fa. (2020). Flexure of the Lithosphere Beneath the North Polar Cap of Mars: Implications for Ice Composition and Heat Flow. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(5). 24 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2019). Regolith Thickness Over the Apollo Landing Sites from Morphology of Small Fresh Impact Craters. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1765. 5 indexed citations
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Du, Jun, et al.. (2019). Thickness of Lunar Mare Basalts: New Results Based on Modeling the Degradation of Partially Buried Craters. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 124(9). 2430–2459. 46 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2019). Geological Investigation of the Chang'e-4 Landing Site and the Expected Scientific Return from the Lunar Penetrating Radar. LPI. 1844. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Feng, J. W. Head, A. T. Basilevsky, et al.. (2017). Newly Discovered Ring‐Moat Dome Structures in the Lunar Maria: Possible Origins and Implications. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(18). 9216–9224. 18 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe. (2016). Ejecta Properties of Zi Wei Crater as Revealed by Chang'E-3 Lunar Penetrating Radar. LPI. 1185. 1 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2015). Regolith thickness at the Chang'E-3 landing site from the Lunar Penetrating Radar and impact craters. European Planetary Science Congress. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Meng‐Hua, Wenzhe Fa, W.-H. Ip, et al.. (2014). Thorium on the Lunar Highlands Surface: Insights from Chang'e-2 Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1237. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhiyong, et al.. (2014). Wrinkle Ridges at the Landing Site of Chang'e-3: Potential Targets to Reveal the Nature of Thrust Faults on the Moon. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1719. 4 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2014). Regolith Thickness Estimation over Sinus Iridum Using Morphology and Size-Frequency Distribution of Small Craters from LROC Images. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1347. 2 indexed citations
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Fa, Wenzhe, et al.. (2010). Preliminary analysis of microwave brightness temperature of the lunar surface from Chang-E 1 multi-channel radiometer observation and inversion of regolith layer thickness. 41(1533). 1331. 1 indexed citations

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