Xichen Li

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Xichen Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Xichen Li has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 73 papers in Atmospheric Science and 34 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Xichen Li's work include Climate variability and models (70 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (36 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (27 papers). Xichen Li is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (70 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (36 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (27 papers). Xichen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xichen Li's co-authors include Changhyun Yoo, Shang‐Ping Xie, David M. Holland, Edwin P. Gerber, Sarah T. Gille, Yu Kosaka, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Clare Eayrs, Jiang Zhu and Marilyn Raphael and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xichen Li

84 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Atlantic-induced pan-tropical climate change over the past three decades

2015 369 citations Xichen Li, Shang‐Ping Xie et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change

2021 171 citations Clare Eayrs, Xichen Li et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xichen Li China	21	1.8k	1.8k	819	136	85	98	2.3k
Petteri Uotila Finland	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	430 0.5×	102 0.8×	107 1.3×	88	2.2k
Paulo Ceppi United Kingdom	26	3.1k 1.8×	2.8k 1.6×	449 0.5×	85 0.6×	63 0.7×	60	3.5k
Bin Yu Canada	29	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	911 1.1×	81 0.6×	32 0.4×	100	2.4k
Yanluan Lin China	29	2.4k 1.4×	2.8k 1.6×	705 0.9×	117 0.9×	43 0.5×	122	3.1k
Dmitry Sein Germany	33	2.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	224 1.6×	212 2.5×	122	3.0k
Mark A. Ringer United Kingdom	29	2.7k 1.5×	2.5k 1.4×	449 0.5×	43 0.3×	69 0.8×	58	3.0k
Virginie Guémas France	26	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	633 0.8×	53 0.4×	61 0.7×	66	2.2k
V. M. Kattsov Russia	17	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	305 0.4×	160 1.2×	180 2.1×	42	3.0k
D. P. Whittleston United States	4	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	283 0.3×	119 0.9×	109 1.3×	4	1.9k
Sarah Ineson United Kingdom	25	3.2k 1.8×	3.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	115 0.8×	40 0.5×	46	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xichen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xichen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xichen Li. 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 Xichen Li. The network helps show where Xichen Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xichen Li

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

Lian, Tao, et al.. (2025). Reassessing the ENSO-related Hadley circulation contraction from a regional perspective. Atmospheric Research. 321. 108085–108085.

Wei, Yong, Feng Shi, Xichen Li, et al.. (2025). Cascading impacts of the Maunder Minimum on rainfall and society in the Joseon dynasty. National Science Review. 12(10). nwaf283–nwaf283.

Zheng, Lei, M. R. van den Broeke, Brice Noël, et al.. (2025). Rapid increases in satellite-observed ice sheet surface meltwater production. Nature Climate Change. 15(7). 769–774.

Wu, Yingxu, Xianyao Chen, Yuan Xu, et al.. (2025). Amplified warming accelerates deoxygenation in the Arctic Ocean. Nature Climate Change. 15(8). 859–865.

Xie, Shang‐Ping, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Chunzai Wang, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Indian Ocean forcing on winter eastern warming – western cooling pattern over North America. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9654–9654. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaoru, Pasquale Castagno, Matthew H. England, et al.. (2024). Evidence for large-scale climate forcing of dense shelf water variability in the Ross Sea. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8190–8190. 5 indexed citations

Piao, Shilong, et al.. (2023). Resonance between projected Tibetan Plateau surface darkening and Arctic climate change. Science Bulletin. 69(3). 367–374. 10 indexed citations

Li, Xichen, et al.. (2023). Uncertainties of ENSO-related Regional Hadley Circulation Anomalies within Eight Reanalysis Datasets. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 41(1). 115–140. 3 indexed citations

Li, Xichen, Xianyao Chen, Bingyi Wu, et al.. (2023). China’s Recent Progresses in Polar Climate Change and Its Interactions with the Global Climate System. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 40(8). 1401–1428. 10 indexed citations

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Johnson, Nathaniel C., et al.. (2023). Cold Springs Over Mid‐Latitude North America Induced by Tropical Atlantic Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(16). 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, et al.. (2023). Observed contribution of Barents-Kara sea ice loss to warm Arctic-cold Eurasia anomalies by submonthly processes in winter. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 34019–34019. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingxu, Wei‐Jun Cai, Wenju Cai, et al.. (2023). Transport of Anthropogenic Carbon From the Antarctic Shelf to Deep Southern Ocean Triggers Acidification. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(12). 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Ru, et al.. (2023). Temporal Variability of Global Surface Eddy Diffusivities: Estimates and Machine Learning Prediction. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 53(7). 1711–1730. 1 indexed citations

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Eayrs, Clare, Xichen Li, Marilyn Raphael, & David M. Holland. (2021). Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change. Nature Geoscience. 14(7). 460–464. 171 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yun, Lixin Wu, Ying Guo, et al.. (2021). Greenhouse warming intensifies north tropical Atlantic climate variability. Science Advances. 7(35). 40 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Bolan Gan, Xichen Li, et al.. (2020). Remote Influence of the Midlatitude South Atlantic Variability in Spring on Antarctic Summer Sea Ice. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(1). 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2020). Dependence of regional ocean heat uptake on anthropogenic warming scenarios. Science Advances. 6(45). 34 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Ralph A. Kahn, Jing Wei, et al.. (2020). Synergy of Satellite‐ and Ground‐Based Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(5). 16 indexed citations

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Johnson, Nathaniel C., Shang‐Ping Xie, Yu Kosaka, & Xichen Li. (2018). Increasing occurrence of cold and warm extremes during the recent global warming slowdown. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1724–1724. 217 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Xichen Li, Barbara E. Carlson, et al.. (2017). Reducing multisensor monthly mean aerosol optical depth uncertainty: 2. Optimal locations for potential ground observation deployments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(7). 3920–3928. 6 indexed citations

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