Xi Li

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Xi Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Li has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Environmental Engineering and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xi Li's work include Impact of Light on Environment and Health (48 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (15 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers). Xi Li is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Light on Environment and Health (48 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (15 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers). Xi Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xi Li's co-authors include Deren Li, Huimin Xu, Fengrui Chen, Xiaoling Chen, Chang Li, Christopher D. Elvidge, Chuanqing Wu, Qingling Zhang, Noam Levin and Andreas Jechow and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Xi Li

95 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

2019 604 citations Xi Li et al. profile →
Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Nighttime Light Observations: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

2019 248 citations Xi Li et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xi Li China	27	2.7k	817	787	612	537	102	3.6k
Mikhail Zhizhin United States	23	3.3k 1.2×	688 0.8×	791 1.0×	528 0.9×	633 1.2×	71	4.2k
Feng-Chi Hsu United States	26	2.8k 1.0×	630 0.8×	704 0.9×	406 0.7×	569 1.1×	49	3.5k
Tilottama Ghosh United States	26	3.8k 1.4×	761 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	456 0.7×	594 1.1×	46	4.8k
Benjamin T. Tuttle United States	21	2.8k 1.0×	786 1.0×	667 0.8×	340 0.6×	770 1.4×	29	3.8k
Xiaocong Xu China	22	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	488 0.6×	873 1.4×	965 1.8×	51	4.7k
Lina Tang China	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	288 0.4×	704 1.2×	1.2k 2.2×	146	4.4k
Thomas Kemper Italy	28	1.6k 0.6×	733 0.9×	430 0.5×	520 0.8×	429 0.8×	69	3.0k
Yongjiu Feng China	32	2.2k 0.8×	580 0.7×	242 0.3×	524 0.9×	574 1.1×	135	2.9k
Michael Wurm Germany	31	1.7k 0.6×	606 0.7×	450 0.6×	579 0.9×	342 0.6×	135	3.1k
Bo Wu China	25	1.2k 0.5×	591 0.7×	349 0.4×	629 1.0×	774 1.4×	160	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xi Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Li

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

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Yu, Yunlong, et al.. (2025). Multiscale Adapter Based on SAM for Remote Sensing Semantic Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 18. 6806–6819. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, Bowang Chen, Yang Yang, et al.. (2025). Association of BMI with mortality and health‐related quality of life among 4.4 million adults: Evidence from a nationwide, population‐based, prospective cohort study. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(6). 3132–3144.

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Luo, Hongxia, et al.. (2025). EBC-YOLO: a remote sensing target recognition model adapted for complex environments. Earth Science Informatics. 18(3). 3 indexed citations

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Li, Xi, et al.. (2025). Estimates of power supply during the 2023 Gaza humanitarian crisis using night-time light images. Geo-spatial Information Science. 28(6). 2744–2762. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jianpei, et al.. (2024). Research on the low-carbon effect of technological innovation. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 26(9). 3127–3149. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Xi, et al.. (2024). Turing instability induced by crossing curves in network-organized system. Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models. 2024(1). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jiajun, Jinyou Li, Kui Zhang, Xi Li, & Zuozhi Chen. (2024). Enhanced Fishing Monitoring in the Central-Eastern North Pacific Using Deep Learning with Nightly Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 16(22). 4312–4312. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jiajun, Zhixin Zhang, Kui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tracking the Development of Lit Fisheries by Using DMSP/OLS Data in the Open South China Sea. Remote Sensing. 16(19). 3678–3678.

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Wu, Guangdong, Xi Li, & Zhibin Hu. (2024). Evolving connections: Understanding the dynamics behind the Sino-foreign sister city network. Cities. 152. 105219–105219. 2 indexed citations

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Dang, Jiajia, Xi Li, Ning Ma, et al.. (2023). Artificial Light-at-Night Exposure and Overweight and Obesity across GDP Levels among Chinese Children and Adolescents. Nutrients. 15(4). 939–939. 13 indexed citations

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Tan, Xiaoyue, Xiaolin Zhu, Xi Li, et al.. (2023). Spatial heterogeneity of uncertainties in daily satellite nighttime light time series. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 123. 103484–103484. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Chang, et al.. (2021). LMedS-Based Power Regression: An Optimal and Automatic Method of Radiometric Intercalibration for DMSP-OLS NTL Imagery. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 2046–2057. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xi, Shanshan Liu, Michael Jendryke, Deren Li, & Chuanqing Wu. (2018). Night-Time Light Dynamics during the Iraqi Civil War. Remote Sensing. 10(6). 858–858. 68 indexed citations

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Wang, Tong, Xi Li, Chunhua Liu, & Dan Yu. (2016). The compromising foraging of a clonal submerged plant in variable environments of substrate type and light condition: a simulation study. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw046–rtw046. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (2015). The Effect of Reciprocity Dispositions on Satisfaction with Life in College Students:Gratitude as a Mediator. Zhongguo linchuang xinlixue zazhi. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (2014). Regression Forecasting of the Power Load in Jiangsu Province. Value Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (2013). The Application of Task-Based Approach to College English Teaching. Kyouikugaku no kenkyuu to jissen. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (2011). Mobility: The Sociological Meaning of the Cross-Border Population Flow between Hong Kong and the Mainland China. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (1993). A PRELIMINARY FLORISTIC STUDY ON THE SEED PLANTS FROM THE REGION OF HENGDUAN MOUNTAIN. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 85 indexed citations

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Li, Xi. (1991). NOTES ON THE TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS CARYODAPHNOPSIS OF LAURACEAE AND TO DISCUSS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS AREA-TYPE. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 8 indexed citations

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