Yong Nie

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yong Nie is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Nie has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yong Nie's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (34 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (16 papers). Yong Nie is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (34 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (16 papers). Yong Nie collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yong Nie's co-authors include Qiao Liu, Shiyin Liu, Yili Zhang, Yongwei Sheng, Linshan Liu, Chunqiao Song, Jida Wang, Xiaoqing Chen, Santosh Nepal and Linghong Ke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yong Nie

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake cha... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2021 2022 100 200 300
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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. A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake changes using satellite observations from 1990 to 2015
    2016 300 citations Yong Nie, Yongwei Sheng et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  2. Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram
    2021 283 citations Yong Nie, Hamish D. Pritchard et al. profile →
  3. High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability
    2022 160 citations Yong Nie, Dan H. Shugar 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
Yong Nie China 17 1.4k 415 393 258 248 47 1.8k
Wanqin Guo China 26 2.3k 1.6× 394 0.9× 439 1.1× 303 1.2× 363 1.5× 66 2.6k
Laurent Mérindol France 15 1.2k 0.9× 633 1.5× 491 1.2× 250 1.0× 165 0.7× 31 1.5k
Xiaojun Yao China 22 1.4k 1.0× 363 0.9× 222 0.6× 280 1.1× 185 0.7× 94 1.7k
Roger Wheate Canada 18 1.3k 0.9× 305 0.7× 203 0.5× 306 1.2× 145 0.6× 33 1.7k
Adina Racoviteanu United States 17 2.2k 1.6× 271 0.7× 374 1.0× 272 1.1× 316 1.3× 37 2.4k
Junfeng Wei China 21 1.7k 1.2× 265 0.6× 267 0.7× 177 0.7× 336 1.4× 53 1.9k
Jon Holmgren United States 16 2.4k 1.7× 389 0.9× 313 0.8× 172 0.7× 125 0.5× 20 2.5k
Jakob Abermann Austria 21 1.2k 0.8× 231 0.6× 208 0.5× 102 0.4× 180 0.7× 79 1.4k
Gilbert Guyomarc’h France 16 989 0.7× 430 1.0× 317 0.8× 192 0.7× 169 0.7× 37 1.2k
L. H. Pitcher United States 19 710 0.5× 343 0.8× 169 0.4× 139 0.5× 226 0.9× 38 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Nie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Nie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Nie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong Nie 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 Yong Nie. Yong Nie 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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Nie, Yong, et al.. (2025). Daily imaging from China's HJ-2A/B satellites enables yearly mapping of regional glacial lakes. Advances in Climate Change Research.
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Nie, Yong, et al.. (2025). An advanced deep learning framework for mapping glacial lakes and its application in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya region. Journal of Hydrology. 664. 134507–134507. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Acupotomy Versus Celecoxib in Patients with Thoracodorsal Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 30(10). 986–994. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuangshuang, Yali Zhang, Jinwei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Diversity and host interaction of the gut microbiota in specific pathogen-free pigs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1402807–1402807. 6 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong, Qian Deng, Hamish D. Pritchard, et al.. (2023). Glacial lake outburst floods threaten Asia’s infrastructure. Science Bulletin. 68(13). 1361–1365. 21 indexed citations
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Hu, Kaiheng, et al.. (2022). Retrospective analysis and hazard assessment of Gega glacial lake in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 331–342. 5 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong, Dan H. Shugar, Jida Wang, et al.. (2022). Landsat- and Sentinel-derived glacial lake dataset in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor from 1990 to 2020. Earth system science data. 14(12). 5489–5512. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiao, Matthew Westoby, Yong Nie, et al.. (2022). Intensified paraglacial slope failures due to accelerating downwasting of a temperate glacier in Mt. Gongga, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Earth Surface Dynamics. 10(1). 23–42. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiao, Yong Nie, Xin Wang, & Donghui Shangguan. (2021). An inventory dataset of glacier and glacial lake related hazards (events) along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. China Scientific Data. 6(1). 21.86101.1/csdata.2020.0099.zh–21.86101.1/csdata.2020.0099.zh. 3 indexed citations
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Song, Chunqiao, Yongwei Sheng, Linghong Ke, Yong Nie, & Jida Wang. (2016). Glacial lake evolution in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and the cause of rapid expansion of proglacial lakes linked to glacial-hydrogeomorphic processes. Journal of Hydrology. 540. 504–514. 99 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong, Yongwei Sheng, Qiao Liu, et al.. (2016). A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake changes using satellite observations from 1990 to 2015. Remote Sensing of Environment. 189. 1–13. 300 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Qiao, Wanqin Guo, Yong Nie, Shiyin Liu, & Junli Xu. (2015). Recent glacier and glacial lake changes and their interactions in the Bugyai Kangri, southeast Tibet. Annals of Glaciology. 57(71). 61–69. 27 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiao, Shiyin Liu, Wanqin Guo, et al.. (2015). Glacier Changes in the Lancang River Basin, China, between 1968–1975 and 2005–2010. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 47(2). 335–344. 16 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong, Qiao Liu, & Shiyin Liu. (2014). Glacial Lake Expansion in the Central Himalayas By Landsat Images, 1990-2010. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 4 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong, Qiao Liu, & Shiyin Liu. (2013). Glacial Lake Expansion in the Central Himalayas by Landsat Images, 1990–2010. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83973–e83973. 117 indexed citations
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Nie, Yong. (2010). Characteristics and Driving Factors of Sandy Desertification in the Sandy Hill Area of Poyang Lake. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation. 1 indexed citations
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Bian, Jiang, Chengliang Xiong, Jiahua Li, et al.. (2004). [Experimental study of the effect of rhTNF-alpha on human sperm mitochondrial function and motility in vitro].. PubMed. 10(6). 415–9. 4 indexed citations

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