Yihe Lü

14.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
192 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Yihe Lü is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihe Lü has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 55 papers in Ecology and 47 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Yihe Lü's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (90 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (48 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers). Yihe Lü is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (90 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (48 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers). Yihe Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yihe Lü's co-authors include Bojie Fu, Xiaoming Feng, Shuai Wang, Bingfang Wu, Yuan Zeng, Liding Chen, Philippe Ciais, Shilong Piao, Yafeng Wang and Guangyao Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yihe Lü

189 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sust... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2015 2011 2012 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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. Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits
    2016 1.6k citations Xiaoming Feng, Bojie Fu et al. profile →
  2. Reduced sediment transport in the Yellow River due to anthropogenic changes
    2015 1.1k citations Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü et al. profile →
  3. Assessing the soil erosion control service of ecosystems change in the Loess Plateau of China
    2011 742 citations Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü et al. profile →
  4. A Policy-Driven Large Scale Ecological Restoration: Quantifying Ecosystem Services Changes in the Loess Plateau of China
    2012 544 citations Yihe Lü, Bojie Fu et al. profile →
  5. Vegetation changes in recent large-scale ecological restoration projects and subsequent impact on water resources in China's Loess Plateau
    2016 253 citations Wei Liang, Bojie Fu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  6. Identifying ecological security patterns based on the supply, demand and sensitivity of ecosystem service: A case study in the Yellow River Basin, China
    2022 148 citations Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers

Yihe Lü
Xingmin Mu China
Xiaoming Feng China
Jozef Deckers Belgium
Hervé Piégay France
Jan Nyssen Belgium
Roy C. Sidle Japan
L. A. Bruijnzeel Netherlands
Christine Alewell Switzerland
Colin R. Thorne United Kingdom
Estéban G. Jobbágy Argentina
Xingmin Mu China
Yihe Lü
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yihe Lü

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihe Lü

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yihe Lü. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yihe Lü 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 Yihe Lü. Yihe Lü 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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Gao, Guangyao, et al.. (2025). Spatial scale-dependence and controlling factors of ecosystem service supply-demand relationships in the Loess Plateau of China. Geography and sustainability. 6(4). 100297–100297. 3 indexed citations
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Fu, Bojie, Yihe Lü, Ting Li, et al.. (2025). Continuous reduction in socio-ecological system vulnerability on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau from 2000 to 2050 under an intermediate protection scenario. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 115. 108055–108055. 2 indexed citations
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Lü, Yihe, et al.. (2024). Optimizing soil conservation through comprehensive benefit assessment in river basins. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 23. 100496–100496. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yunlong, Jie Zhu, Bojie Fu, et al.. (2024). The dynamic patterns of critical ecological areas in the Yellow River Basin are driven primarily by climate factors but threatened by human activities. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123282–123282. 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Ranhao, Hongbin He, Yongcai Jing, et al.. (2024). Global Wind Erosion Reduction Driven by Changing Climate and Land Use. Earth s Future. 12(10). 7 indexed citations
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Dang, Hui, et al.. (2024). The cascade failure model under ecological network is effective for quantifying the resilience of urban regions. Sustainable Cities and Society. 114. 105749–105749. 16 indexed citations
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Mu, Haowei, Shanchuan Guo, Xuecao Li, et al.. (2024). Quantifying landscape connectivity gaps between protected area and natural habitat. Journal of Cleaner Production. 437. 140729–140729. 16 indexed citations
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Du, Chenjun, Xing Wu, Fangfang Wang, et al.. (2023). Light grazing reduces gaseous nitrogen emissions from temperate grassland soils during freeze‒thaw cycles: An intact core incubation study. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 186. 109166–109166. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yi, et al.. (2023). An integrative methodology framework for assessing regional ecological risk by land degradation using the case of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Environmental Research Letters. 18(11). 114047–114047. 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Wei, Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü, et al.. (2023). Urbanization does not endanger food security: Evidence from China's Loess Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 162053–162053. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuanxin, Yihe Lü, Mingyue Zhao, & Bojie Fu. (2023). Multiple pressures and vegetation conditions shape the spatiotemporal variations of ecosystem services in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1127808–1127808. 3 indexed citations
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Lü, Yihe, et al.. (2023). An ESG Assessment Approach with Multi-Agent Preference Differences: Based on Fuzzy Reasoning and Group Decision-Making. Sustainability. 15(16). 12235–12235. 2 indexed citations
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Comber, Alexis, Chris Brunsdon, Martin Charlton, et al.. (2022). A Route Map for Successful Applications of Geographically Weighted Regression. Geographical Analysis. 55(1). 155–178. 103 indexed citations
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Keyimu, Maierdang, Zongshan Li, Bojie Fu, et al.. (2021). Spatial differences in the radial growth responses of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia Linn.) to climate on the Loess Plateau, China. Dendrochronologia. 67. 125832–125832. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Lang, Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü, & Yuan Zeng. (2010). [Spatio-temporal variations of vegetation cover in northern Shaanxi Province under the background of ecological restoration].. PubMed. 21(8). 2109–16. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yafeng, et al.. (2009). [Effects of land use change on soil erosion intensity in small watershed of Loess Hilly Region: a quantitative evaluation with 137-Cesium tracer].. PubMed. 20(7). 1571–6. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Yafeng, et al.. (2009). [Profile distribution of sediment particle sizes at a check dam in a small watershed of Loess Plateau].. PubMed. 20(10). 2461–7. 4 indexed citations
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Fu, Bojie, Shiliang Liu, Yihe Lü, et al.. (2003). Comparing the soil quality changes of different land uses determined by two quantitative methods.. PubMed. 15(2). 167–72. 16 indexed citations
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