Yanqiang Wei

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 887 citations indexed

About

Yanqiang Wei is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanqiang Wei has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 887 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanqiang Wei's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (6 papers). Yanqiang Wei is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (6 papers). Yanqiang Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Nepal and Australia. Yanqiang Wei's co-authors include Yiping Fang, Jinniu Wang, Shijin Wang, Xufeng Wang, Jian Sun, Niyati Naudiyal, Wenwen Wang, Yanjun Che, Yan Guo and Zain Nawaz and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yanqiang Wei

44 papers receiving 874 citations

Hit Papers

Dual Influence of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activi... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 40 80 120
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. Dual Influence of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on the Spatiotemporal Vegetation Dynamics Over the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau From 1981 to 2015
    2022 120 citations Yanqiang Wei, Jinniu Wang et al. Earth s Future profile →
  2. Measuring and evaluating SDG indicators with Big Earth Data
    2022 108 citations Yanqiang Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanqiang Wei China 16 268 254 175 100 94 45 887
Kamna Sachdeva India 16 151 0.6× 278 1.1× 97 0.6× 82 0.8× 80 0.9× 34 776
Elizabeth S. Jeffers United Kingdom 14 361 1.3× 287 1.1× 224 1.3× 82 0.8× 42 0.4× 28 975
Walter Vergara United States 14 437 1.6× 451 1.8× 145 0.8× 56 0.6× 43 0.5× 42 1.2k
Xiaoli Wang China 19 253 0.9× 246 1.0× 145 0.8× 120 1.2× 25 0.3× 78 1.3k
Qingdong Shi China 19 152 0.6× 279 1.1× 197 1.1× 133 1.3× 16 0.2× 89 1.0k
Tao Pan China 22 272 1.0× 701 2.8× 230 1.3× 110 1.1× 35 0.4× 50 1.2k
Lijuan Miao China 26 331 1.2× 930 3.7× 334 1.9× 193 1.9× 88 0.9× 73 1.6k
Fang Huang China 17 300 1.1× 446 1.8× 284 1.6× 179 1.8× 59 0.6× 118 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanqiang Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanqiang Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanqiang Wei

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Chunhong, Jianliang Liu, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Assessing Climate and Land Use Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services in the Upper Minjiang River Basin. Remote Sensing. 17(11). 1884–1884. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2025). Risks and sustainability of outdoor ski resorts in China under climate changes. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2024). Experimental Study on the Electrochemical Performance of PEMFC under Different Assembly Forces. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 37(1). 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Huawei, et al.. (2024). Potential spatial distributions of Tibetan antelope and protected areas on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Biodiversity and Conservation. 33(5). 1845–1867. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Ning, Chunya Wang, Jinniu Wang, et al.. (2022). Biogeographic Patterns and Richness of the Meconopsis Species and Their Influence Factors across the Pan-Himalaya and Adjacent Regions. Diversity. 14(8). 661–661. 4 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2022). Dual Influence of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on the Spatiotemporal Vegetation Dynamics Over the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau From 1981 to 2015. Earth s Future. 10(5). 120 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Chunya, Jinniu Wang, Niyati Naudiyal, et al.. (2021). Multiple Effects of Topographic Factors on Spatio-Temporal Variations of Vegetation Patterns in the Three Parallel Rivers Region, Southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Remote Sensing. 14(1). 151–151. 19 indexed citations
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Hu, Huawei, Yanqiang Wei, Wenying Wang, & Chunya Wang. (2021). The Influence of Climate Change on Three Dominant Alpine Species under Different Scenarios on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Diversity. 13(12). 682–682. 8 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2020). Variations of Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2019. Remote Sensing. 12(16). 2609–2609. 7 indexed citations
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Zeng, Di, et al.. (2020). Spatial-Temporal Pattern Changes of UTCI in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in Recent 40 Years. Atmosphere. 11(8). 858–858. 32 indexed citations
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Zeng, Di, et al.. (2020). An Assessment of Tourism Climate Comfort in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Sustainability. 12(17). 6981–6981. 9 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2019). Multi-Source Remote-Sensing Monitoring of the Monsoonal Maritime Glaciers at Mt. Dagu, East Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. IEEE Access. 7. 48307–48317. 9 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2019). Regional spatial patterns and influencing factors of environmental auditing for sustainable development: summaries and illuminations from international experiences. Environment Development and Sustainability. 22(4). 3577–3597. 11 indexed citations
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Che, Yanjun, Mingjun Zhang, Zhongqin Li, et al.. (2019). Energy balance model of mass balance and its sensitivity to meteorological variability on Urumqi River Glacier No.1 in the Chinese Tien Shan. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13958–13958. 40 indexed citations
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Chen, Shengyun, et al.. (2019). Risk prevention and control strategies for the severely affected areas of snow disaster in the Three Rivers Source Region (TRSR), China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions. 11(3). 248–252. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanqiang, et al.. (2018). The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Response Strategies of China. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 33(10). 1084. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Tianyang, et al.. (2018). Spatio-temporal dynamics of two alpine treeline ecotones and ecological characteristics of their dominate species at the eastern margin of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 42(11). 1082–1093. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Jian, et al.. (2016). The Haze Nightmare Following the Economic Boom in China: Dilemma and Tradeoffs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(4). 402–402. 22 indexed citations

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