Wu Xiao

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Wu Xiao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wu Xiao has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 33 papers in Ecology and 29 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wu Xiao's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (52 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (15 papers). Wu Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (52 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (15 papers). Wu Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Wu Xiao's co-authors include Zhao Yanling, Tingting He, Xuejiao Lv, Sucui Li, Zhenqi Hu, Zhenqi Hu, Yanling Zhao, He Ren, Xinyu Deng and Yanmei Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wu Xiao

125 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

A review of UAV monitoring in mining areas: current statu... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2023 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. A review of UAV monitoring in mining areas: current status and future perspectives
    2019 234 citations He Ren, Zhao Yanling et al. profile →
  2. Cropland abandonment in China: Patterns, drivers, and implications for food security
    2023 107 citations Andong Guo, Wenze Yue et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers

Wu Xiao
Manchun Li China
Jamal Jokar Arsanjani Denmark
Jasper van Vliet Netherlands
Lina Tang China
Carlo Lavalle Italy
D. J. Barrett Australia
Zhengfu Bian China
Jos Van Orshoven Belgium
Weidong Li United States
Jean‐François Mas Mexico
Manchun Li China
Wu Xiao
Citations per year, relative to Wu Xiao Wu Xiao (= 1×) peers Manchun Li

Countries citing papers authored by Wu Xiao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wu Xiao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wu Xiao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wu Xiao. The network helps show where Wu Xiao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wu Xiao

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

All Works

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He, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Revealing conflict risk between landscape modification and species conservation in the context of climate change. Journal of Cleaner Production. 479. 144028–144028. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenqi, et al.. (2024). Quantify the extensive crop damage and grain losses caused by underground coal mining subsidence in eastern China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 469. 143204–143204. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoya, et al.. (2024). Fragmentation of Key Biodiversity Areas highlights attention to human disturbance patterns. Biological Conservation. 290. 110428–110428. 4 indexed citations
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He, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Projections of future spatiotemporal urban 3D expansion in China under shared socioeconomic pathways. Landscape and Urban Planning. 247. 105043–105043. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Hang, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variation in determinants of cropland abandonment across Yangtze River Economic Belt, China. CATENA. 245. 108326–108326. 10 indexed citations
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Ren, He, et al.. (2024). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Vegetation Restoration Monitoring in Coal Waste Dumps after Reclamation. Remote Sensing. 16(5). 881–881. 5 indexed citations
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He, Tingting, et al.. (2023). A novel method for identification of disturbance from surface coal mining using all available Landsat data in the GEE platform. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 205. 17–33. 16 indexed citations
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Gu, Baojing, et al.. (2023). Stabilizing unstable cropland towards win-win sustainable development goals. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 105. 107395–107395. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Hang, Yongzhong Tan, Wu Xiao, et al.. (2023). Assessment of continuity and efficiency of complemented cropland use in China for the past 20 years: A perspective of cropland abandonment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 388. 135987–135987. 27 indexed citations
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Guo, Andong, Wenze Yue, Wu Xiao, et al.. (2023). Contribution of urban trees in reducing land surface temperature: Evidence from china's major cities. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 125. 103570–103570. 23 indexed citations
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Guo, Andong, Wenze Yue, Jun Yang, et al.. (2023). Cropland abandonment in China: Patterns, drivers, and implications for food security. Journal of Cleaner Production. 418. 138154–138154. 107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jianyong, Yanling Zhao, Zhenqi Hu, & Wu Xiao. (2023). Unmanned Aerial System-Based Wheat Biomass Estimation Using Multispectral, Structural and Meteorological Data. Agriculture. 13(8). 1621–1621. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Yujie, Cui Wang, Lei Ge, et al.. (2022). Environmental Behaviors of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Insecticidal Proteins and Their Effects on Microbial Ecology. Plants. 11(9). 1212–1212. 36 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhenqi, et al.. (2017). Damage characteristics and reclamation planning for coal-mining subsidence in old multiple seam mining area in northeast China.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 33(5). 238–247. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Xiaoyu Li, Wei Wang, et al.. (2010). Determination of moisture in chestnuts using near infrared spectroscopy. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 26(2). 338–341. 9 indexed citations
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Satō, Hiroshi, Jin Ueda, Yuh‐Chang Sun, et al.. (2001). Highlights from recent literature. Gold bulletin. 34(1). 30–37.

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