Xushu Wu

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Xushu Wu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xushu Wu has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Water Science and Technology and 16 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Xushu Wu's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (22 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (22 papers). Xushu Wu is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (22 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (22 papers). Xushu Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Xushu Wu's co-authors include Zhaoli Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Chengguang Lai, Jun Li, Shenglian Guo, Zhaoyang Zeng, Shiwei Zhao, Chong‐Yu Xu, Weilin Liao and Jakob Zscheischler and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xushu Wu

51 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Tracking 3D Drought Events Across Global River Basins: Climatology, Spatial Footprint, and Temporal Changes

2025 44 citations Xin Feng, Xushu Wu et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Global space-time patterns of sub-daily extreme precipitation and its relationship with temperature and wind speed

2025 16 citations Yichi Zhang, Xushu Wu Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xushu Wu China	25	1.5k	788	546	440	159	52	2.1k
Rocky Talchabhadel United States	25	1.2k 0.8×	796 1.0×	779 1.4×	379 0.9×	150 0.9×	109	1.9k
Zhiyong Wu China	26	1.4k 0.9×	805 1.0×	675 1.2×	484 1.1×	92 0.6×	102	2.1k
Francesco Viola Italy	25	1.2k 0.8×	702 0.9×	489 0.9×	548 1.2×	221 1.4×	73	1.9k
Takahiro Sayama Japan	24	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	597 1.1×	396 0.9×	146 0.9×	126	2.0k
Fang Zhao China	16	1.4k 0.9×	792 1.0×	487 0.9×	234 0.5×	202 1.3×	42	1.9k
N. K. Goel India	25	1.6k 1.1×	992 1.3×	617 1.1×	626 1.4×	146 0.9×	62	2.3k
Manolis Grillakis Greece	29	1.6k 1.1×	993 1.3×	643 1.2×	452 1.0×	283 1.8×	70	2.5k
Srikantha Herath Japan	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	525 1.0×	473 1.1×	163 1.0×	83	2.2k
Tianling Qin China	24	972 0.6×	745 0.9×	357 0.7×	318 0.7×	278 1.7×	131	1.7k
Zhenliang Yin China	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	497 0.9×	754 1.7×	167 1.1×	70	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xushu Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xushu Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xushu Wu

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

Villarini, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Urbanization Intensifies Heavy Hourly Rainfall Preconditioned by Heatwaves. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(2). 1 indexed citations

Feng, Xin, Xushu Wu, Shengzhi Huang, et al.. (2025). Tracking 3D Drought Events Across Global River Basins: Climatology, Spatial Footprint, and Temporal Changes. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(3). 44 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Yang, Zhaoyang Zeng, Chengguang Lai, et al.. (2025). Climate change dominates historical runoff variations at multiple time scales in typical agricultural basin of South China. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 59. 102322–102322.

Wang, Zhaoli, Xushu Wu, Di Wu, et al.. (2025). E2S: A UAV-Based Levee Crack Segmentation Framework Using the Unsupervised Deblurring Technique. Remote Sensing. 17(5). 935–935. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xushu, et al.. (2025). Extremes of diurnal temperature range in karst regions: Definition, trends and interaction with wind speed. Atmospheric Research. 327. 108379–108379. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yichi & Xushu Wu. (2025). Global space-time patterns of sub-daily extreme precipitation and its relationship with temperature and wind speed. Environmental Research Letters. 20(8). 84019–84019. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Jun, Chong‐Yu Xu, Zhenxing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Viewing Soil Moisture Flash Drought Onset Mechanism and Their Changes Through XAI Lens: A Case Study in Eastern China. Water Resources Research. 60(6). 8 indexed citations

Wu, Xushu, et al.. (2024). Stronger exacerbation of extreme rainfall at the hourly than daily scale by urbanization in a warming climate. Journal of Hydrology. 633. 131025–131025. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Jie, Zhaoli Wang, Zhenxing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Extreme drought-heatwave exacerbates water quality deterioration in China. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113008–113008. 11 indexed citations

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Lai, Chengguang, Yuxing Wang, Yu‐Xiang Zhao, et al.. (2024). A novel daily-scale index for detecting drought-flood abrupt alternation events: Proof from Pearl River Basin, China. Atmospheric Research. 315. 107892–107892. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Hao, et al.. (2024). Improving the explainability of CNN-LSTM-based flood prediction with integrating SHAP technique. Ecological Informatics. 84. 102904–102904. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Xushu, et al.. (2023). Multi-source precipitation products assessment on drought monitoring across global major river basins. Atmospheric Research. 295. 106982–106982. 44 indexed citations

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Wu, Di, Jie Jiang, Fangyi Wang, et al.. (2023). Retrieving Eutrophic Water in Highly Urbanized Area Coupling UAV Multispectral Data and Machine Learning Algorithms. Water. 15(2). 354–354. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Emanuele Bevacqua, Chi Chen, et al.. (2022). Regional asymmetry in the response of global vegetation growth to springtime compound climate events. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 41 indexed citations

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Li, Shanshan, Zhaoli Wang, Xushu Wu, et al.. (2022). A novel spatial optimization approach for the cost-effectiveness improvement of LID practices based on SWMM-FTC. Journal of Environmental Management. 307. 114574–114574. 45 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jie, Jun Li, Zhaoli Wang, et al.. (2022). Effects of different cropping systems on ammonia nitrogen load in a typical agricultural watershed of South China. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 246. 103963–103963. 14 indexed citations

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Wu, Xushu, Shenglian Guo, Zhaoli Wang, et al.. (2022). Long‐range precipitation forecast based on multipole and preceding fluctuations of sea surface temperature. International Journal of Climatology. 42(15). 8024–8039. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Zhaoli Wang, Xushu Wu, et al.. (2021). A standardized index for assessing sub-monthly compound dry and hot conditions with application in China. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(3). 1587–1601. 132 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Zhaoli Wang, Xushu Wu, et al.. (2020). A standardized index for assessing sub-monthly compound dry and hot conditions. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Zhaoli Wang, Xushu Wu, Shenglian Guo, & Xiaohong Chen. (2019). Flash droughts in the Pearl River Basin, China: Observed characteristics and future changes. The Science of The Total Environment. 707. 136074–136074. 64 indexed citations

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