Xiaoyu Gan

989 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 710 citations indexed

About

Xiaoyu Gan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoyu Gan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 710 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xiaoyu Gan's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (8 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers). Xiaoyu Gan is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (8 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers). Xiaoyu Gan collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Singapore. Xiaoyu Gan's co-authors include Jie Guo, Jianguo Wu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Maxwell C. Wilson, Bing‐Bing Zhou, Ignacio C. Fernández, Ang Hu, Ying Huang, Takashi Machimura and Stephen Siu Yu Lau and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoyu Gan

20 papers receiving 691 citations

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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.

When to use what: Methods for weighting and aggregating sustainability indicators

2017 405 citations Xiaoyu Gan, Ignacio C. Fernández et al. Ecological Indicators profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoyu Gan China	12	259	149	119	96	94	23	710
Bing‐Bing Zhou China	11	418 1.6×	209 1.4×	111 0.9×	116 1.2×	107 1.1×	27	913
Wenrui Yang China	11	266 1.0×	128 0.9×	100 0.8×	79 0.8×	79 0.8×	19	598
Richard Ross Shaker Canada	14	257 1.0×	125 0.8×	73 0.6×	51 0.5×	161 1.7×	29	648
Teresa Fidélis Portugal	15	258 1.0×	227 1.5×	146 1.2×	43 0.4×	60 0.6×	58	735
Pramit Verma India	11	277 1.1×	91 0.6×	116 1.0×	114 1.2×	128 1.4×	21	865
Chenxing Wang China	14	347 1.3×	77 0.5×	63 0.5×	125 1.3×	162 1.7×	55	815
Yan Li-jiao China	8	198 0.8×	112 0.8×	128 1.1×	49 0.5×	88 0.9×	27	527
Małgorzata Świąder Poland	16	292 1.1×	107 0.7×	70 0.6×	80 0.8×	184 2.0×	38	804
Jaan‐Henrik Kain Sweden	16	337 1.3×	109 0.7×	106 0.9×	34 0.4×	84 0.9×	55	882
Koichiro Mori Japan	7	216 0.8×	244 1.6×	240 2.0×	34 0.4×	134 1.4×	18	825

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoyu Gan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Ying, Daqing Gao, Jin Li, et al.. (2025). Integrated trade-offs/synergies and interactions approach to quantifying the direct and indirect effects of environmental factors on ecosystem services. Environmental Management. 75(8). 1994–2009.

Huang, Ying, et al.. (2024). An approach based on ecosystem services for assessing progress towards sustainable development goals at both national and provincial levels in China. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29250–29250. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoping, et al.. (2024). The Renewal of Lost Space under Overpasses in Chengdu City Based on Residents’ Requirements for Cultural Services: The Case of the Longtan Overpass. Land. 13(10). 1578–1578.

Huang, Ying, et al.. (2024). A new framework for assessing ecosystem health with consideration of the sustainable supply of ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology. 39(2). 19 indexed citations

Gan, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2024). How do landscape patterns in urban parks affect multiple cultural ecosystem services perceived by residents?. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174255–174255. 25 indexed citations

Gan, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2023). Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment and Zoning Control Based on Ecosystem Service Value: Taking Sichuan Province as an Example. Applied Sciences. 13(22). 12103–12103. 13 indexed citations

Huang, Ying, et al.. (2022). Estimating the effects of driving forces on ecosystem services and their responses to environmental conditions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(47). 71474–71486. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Ying, et al.. (2022). Integrating the effects of driving forces on ecosystem services into ecological management: A case study from Sichuan Province, China. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0270365–e0270365. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Ying, et al.. (2022). Incorporating Ecosystem Service Multifunctionality and Its Response to Urbanization to Identify Coordinated Economic, Societal, and Environmental Relationships in China. Forests. 13(5). 707–707.

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Liu, Ziyi, et al.. (2022). Construction of an Ecological Security Pattern and the Evaluation of Corridor Priority Based on ESV and the “Importance–Connectivity” Index: A Case Study of Sichuan Province, China. Sustainability. 14(7). 3985–3985. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi, Jian Sun, Wen He, et al.. (2022). Migration of vegetation boundary between alpine steppe and meadow on a century-scale across the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators. 136. 108599–108599. 17 indexed citations

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Matsui, Takanori, et al.. (2021). Impact of urbanization on the food–water–land–ecosystem nexus: A study of Shenzhen, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 808. 152138–152138. 32 indexed citations

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Gan, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2021). Optimal Block Size for Improving Urban Vitality: An Exploratory Analysis with Multiple Vitality Indicators. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 147(3). 33 indexed citations

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Matsui, Takanori, et al.. (2020). Toward Sustainable Development: Decoupling the High Ecological Footprint from Human Society Development: A Case Study of Hong Kong. Sustainability. 12(10). 4177–4177. 11 indexed citations

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Guo, Jie, Minghao Ou, Fengsong Pei, et al.. (2018). A Framework of Payment for Ecosystem Services to Protect Cropland: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta in China. Sustainability. 10(1). 178–178. 10 indexed citations

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Gan, Xiaoyu, Ignacio C. Fernández, Jie Guo, et al.. (2017). When to use what: Methods for weighting and aggregating sustainability indicators. Ecological Indicators. 81. 491–502. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Jianlong, et al.. (2011). Comparison of landscape patterns between metropolises and small-sized cities: a gradient analysis with changing grain size in Shanghai and Zhangjiagang, China. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 33(5). 1446–1464. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Feng, Jianlong Li, Xiaoyu Gan, et al.. (2009). Assessing nutritional status of Festuca arundinacea by monitoring photosynthetic pigments from hyperspectral data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 70(1). 52–59. 31 indexed citations

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Gan, Xiaoyu, Ming Zhu, Jianlong Li, Qi Yang, & Jiasheng Huang. (2009). Effects of sensor spatial resolutions and classification themes on urban landscape analysis: a case study in Shanghai, China. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 35(4). 357–368. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Qi, Xiaoyu Gan, Jianlong Li, & Yang Feng. (2009). Simulation of Urbanization Development Using Cellular Automata Model to Inform Urban Planning Policy in Zhangjiagang Region, China. 19. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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