Youpeng Lu

738 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 601 citations indexed

About

Youpeng Lu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Youpeng Lu has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 601 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Youpeng Lu's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (8 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (8 papers). Youpeng Lu is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (8 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (8 papers). Youpeng Lu collaborates with scholars based in China and Switzerland. Youpeng Lu's co-authors include Yaping Huang, Man Yuan, Chaohui Yin, Yanfang Liu, Wenze Yue, Tingting He, Yong Liu, Zhuoran Shan, Maoxin Zhang and Mengmeng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Building and Environment.

In The Last Decade

Youpeng Lu

14 papers receiving 587 citations

Hit Papers

Effects of urban form on the urban heat island effect bas... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Effects of urban form on the urban heat island effect based on spatial regression model
    2018 370 citations Chaohui Yin, Man Yuan et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Youpeng Lu China 9 478 335 321 151 87 14 601
Zongyao Sun China 14 509 1.1× 322 1.0× 301 0.9× 170 1.1× 69 0.8× 25 628
Wenbo Yu China 12 343 0.7× 248 0.7× 215 0.7× 110 0.7× 71 0.8× 20 472
Jiayi Ren China 13 674 1.4× 439 1.3× 391 1.2× 205 1.4× 144 1.7× 23 856
Alvin C. G. VARQUEZ Japan 11 372 0.8× 339 1.0× 225 0.7× 150 1.0× 94 1.1× 33 602
Motoya Koga Japan 5 601 1.3× 408 1.2× 547 1.7× 74 0.5× 107 1.2× 8 730
Yuejing Gao China 6 334 0.7× 203 0.6× 264 0.8× 118 0.8× 56 0.6× 10 447
Sihang Gao China 8 392 0.8× 313 0.9× 257 0.8× 137 0.9× 44 0.5× 9 486

Countries citing papers authored by Youpeng Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youpeng Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youpeng Lu

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Zhai, Ge, Maoxin Zhang, Yihua Hu, et al.. (2025). Nighttime light metrics for analysing urban-rural economic disparities: A case study in 36 Chinese metropolitan areas. Cities. 162. 105930–105930. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng. (2025). Urban Form and Urban Heat Island. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Andong, Wenze Yue, Jun Yang, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the cooling effect and benefits of urban parks: A case study of Hangzhou, China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105706–105706. 20 indexed citations
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He, Tingting, Jianhua Li, Maoxin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Uphill cropland and stability assessment of gained cropland in China over the preceding 30 years. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 34(4). 699–721. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng, et al.. (2024). How does urban form explain water cooling effect heterogeneity: A case study in Wuhan, China. Building and Environment. 265. 111973–111973. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng, Tingting He, Wenze Yue, et al.. (2023). Does cropland threaten urban land use efficiency in the peri-urban area? Evidence from metropolitan areas in China. Applied Geography. 161. 103124–103124. 20 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng, Wenze Yue, Tingting He, & Zhuoran Shan. (2022). Urban form centrality and thermal environment: An empirical study of Chinese megacities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 83. 103955–103955. 24 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng, Wenze Yue, Yong Liu, & Yaping Huang. (2021). Investigating the spatiotemporal non-stationary relationships between urban spatial form and land surface temperature: A case study of Wuhan, China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 72. 103070–103070. 56 indexed citations
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Lu, Youpeng, Wenze Yue, & Yaping Huang. (2021). Effects of Land Use on Land Surface Temperature: A Case Study of Wuhan, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(19). 9987–9987. 33 indexed citations
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Yin, Chaohui, Man Yuan, Youpeng Lu, Yaping Huang, & Yanfang Liu. (2018). Effects of urban form on the urban heat island effect based on spatial regression model. The Science of The Total Environment. 634. 696–704. 370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Yaping, Man Yuan, & Youpeng Lu. (2017). Spatially varying relationships between surface urban heat islands and driving factors across cities in China. Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science. 46(2). 377–394. 28 indexed citations
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Liang, Shuxiu, Jing Xie, Zhaochen Sun, et al.. (2014). Development of a regional coastal management decision-aided system. Part A: Establishment of an automatic numerical simulation program. Ocean & Coastal Management. 96. 173–180. 2 indexed citations

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