Yu Ren

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yu Ren is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Ren has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 18 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yu Ren's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers). Yu Ren is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (18 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers). Yu Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yu Ren's co-authors include Wenjiang Huang, Huichun Ye, Yingying Dong, Anting Guo, Jianping Huang, Huiqin Ma, Zheng Du, Haipeng Yu, Zhi‐Yong Yin and Xueqin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yu Ren

57 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Carbon storage through China’s planted forest expansion

2024 63 citations Haitao Yang, Shengli Tao et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Ren China	21	520	447	399	311	185	62	1.4k
Bappa Das India	25	402 0.8×	459 1.0×	733 1.8×	150 0.5×	372 2.0×	114	1.9k
Aimrun Wayayok Malaysia	22	401 0.8×	360 0.8×	689 1.7×	121 0.4×	448 2.4×	145	1.8k
Pengyu Hao China	26	584 1.1×	975 2.2×	372 0.9×	384 1.2×	386 2.1×	55	1.8k
Yumiao Wang China	16	786 1.5×	354 0.8×	285 0.7×	343 1.1×	225 1.2×	49	1.6k
Liang Sun China	25	1.0k 2.0×	740 1.7×	416 1.0×	435 1.4×	683 3.7×	108	2.1k
Wei Guo China	27	670 1.3×	886 2.0×	630 1.6×	368 1.2×	385 2.1×	125	2.1k
Jong‐Min Yeom South Korea	21	429 0.8×	517 1.2×	218 0.5×	286 0.9×	300 1.6×	77	1.0k
I. Yu. Savin Russia	17	306 0.6×	501 1.1×	309 0.8×	143 0.5×	408 2.2×	171	1.4k
José Fernando Ortega Álvarez Spain	27	433 0.8×	579 1.3×	812 2.0×	72 0.2×	425 2.3×	87	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Ren

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Ren

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dong, Yuwei, Mingyu Wu, Yu Ren, Zhou Yu, & Zhao Zhen. (2025). Big pyridyl Schiff base π-conjugated skeleton based cobalt/iron metal complexes: bimetallic electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(8). 4170–4179.

Chen, Ang, Kai Cheng, Yuling Chen, et al.. (2025). Validating recent global canopy height maps over China's forests based on UAV lidar data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 329. 114957–114957. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yixuan, Haitao Yang, Yu Ren, et al.. (2025). China’s naturally regenerated forests currently have greater aboveground carbon accumulation rates than newly planted forests. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 4 indexed citations

Yang, Haitao, Shengli Tao, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2024). Carbon storage through China’s planted forest expansion. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4106–4106. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Luo, Hongyu, Haipeng Yu, Zeyong Hu, et al.. (2024). Impact of the Summer Atmospheric Heat Source over the Tibetan Plateau on Interannual Variability of Meridional Circulation on the North Side of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Climate. 37(13). 3543–3561. 3 indexed citations

Su, Yanjun, Wenkai Li, Hongcan Guan, et al.. (2023). Segmenting Individual Trees From Terrestrial LiDAR Data Using Tree Branch Directivity. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17. 956–969. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoping, Xiaocong Xu, Qian Shi, et al.. (2023). Future Increase in Aridity Drives Abrupt Biodiversity Loss Among Terrestrial Vertebrate Species. Earth s Future. 11(4). 8 indexed citations

Wang, Shanshan, et al.. (2023). The Precipitation‐Recycling Process Enhanced Extreme Precipitation in Xinjiang, China. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 47 indexed citations

Geng, Yun, Longlong Zhao, Wenjiang Huang, et al.. (2022). A Landscape-Based Habitat Suitability Model (LHS Model) for Oriental Migratory Locust Area Extraction at Large Scales: A Case Study along the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River. Remote Sensing. 14(5). 1058–1058. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Shanshan, et al.. (2022). Contribution of the Precipitation‐Recycling Process to the Wetting Trend in Xinjiang, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(11). 20 indexed citations

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Ruan, Chao, Yingying Dong, Wenjiang Huang, et al.. (2021). Prediction of Wheat Stripe Rust Occurrence with Time Series Sentinel-2 Images. Agriculture. 11(11). 1079–1079. 21 indexed citations

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Huang, Wenjiang, et al.. (2021). Using Multi-Angular Hyperspectral Data to Estimate the Vertical Distribution of Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Wheat. Remote Sensing. 13(8). 1501–1501. 24 indexed citations

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Ye, Huichun, et al.. (2021). Monitoring the Vertical Distribution of Maize Canopy Chlorophyll Content Based on Multi-Angular Spectral Data. Remote Sensing. 13(5). 987–987. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Anting, Wenjiang Huang, Yingying Dong, et al.. (2021). Wheat Yellow Rust Detection Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Technology. Remote Sensing. 13(1). 123–123. 133 indexed citations

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Huang, Wenjiang, et al.. (2021). Joint Retrieval of Winter Wheat Leaf Area Index and Canopy Chlorophyll Density Using Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices. Remote Sensing. 13(16). 3175–3175. 9 indexed citations

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He, Yongli, Jianping Huang, Yu Ren, et al.. (2021). The Mechanism of Increasing Summer Water Vapor Over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(10). 42 indexed citations

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Huang, Yanru, Yingying Dong, Wenjiang Huang, et al.. (2020). Overwintering Distribution of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Yunnan, China, and Influencing Environmental Factors. Insects. 11(11). 805–805. 35 indexed citations

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Guo, Anting, Wenjiang Huang, Huichun Ye, et al.. (2020). Identification of Wheat Yellow Rust Using Spectral and Texture Features of Hyperspectral Images. Remote Sensing. 12(9). 1419–1419. 93 indexed citations

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Ren, Yu, Yanhua Meng, Wenjiang Huang, et al.. (2020). Novel Vegetation Indices for Cotton Boll Opening Status Estimation Using Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing. 12(11). 1712–1712. 6 indexed citations

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Ye, Huichun, Wenjiang Huang, Shanyu Huang, et al.. (2020). Recognition of Banana Fusarium Wilt Based on UAV Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 12(6). 938–938. 97 indexed citations

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