Zehao Shen

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Zehao Shen is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zehao Shen has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Zehao Shen's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (52 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Zehao Shen is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (52 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Zehao Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Romania. Zehao Shen's co-authors include Shilong Piao, Shushi Peng, Jingyun Fang, Philippe Ciais, Hongyan Liu, Junsheng Li, Pierre Friedlingstein, Yao Huang, Liping Zhou and Kun Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zehao Shen

126 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

The impacts of climate change on water resources and agri... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China
    2010 2.8k citations Shilong Piao, Zehao Shen et al. profile →
  2. Enhanced habitat loss of the Himalayan endemic flora driven by warming-forced upslope tree expansion
    2022 111 citations Xiaoyi Wang, Tao Wang 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
Zehao Shen China 31 3.0k 1.6k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 133 6.3k
K. K. Caylor United States 47 4.4k 1.5× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 629 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 158 7.1k
Sibyll Schaphoff Germany 39 3.4k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 537 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 80 6.9k
Thomas W. Giambelluca United States 45 3.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 689 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 165 7.8k
Junsheng Li China 36 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 636 0.4× 861 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 304 7.4k
Ulrike Tappeiner Austria 55 5.8k 1.9× 2.2k 1.4× 2.1k 1.5× 745 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 218 9.4k
Katharine Hayhoe United States 41 5.3k 1.8× 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 788 0.7× 2.5k 2.2× 120 9.1k
Eloi Ribeiro Netherlands 11 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 666 0.6× 836 0.7× 15 5.8k
William K. Smith United States 43 4.5k 1.5× 2.4k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 449 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 117 6.8k
Heidi Asbjornsen United States 40 3.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 446 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 129 5.3k
David Galbraith United Kingdom 35 4.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 2.2k 1.5× 481 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 73 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zehao Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zehao Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zehao Shen

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

All Works

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Du, Mingyi, et al.. (2025). Spatial Network Analysis of CO2 Emissions in Major Cities in China: Regional Structures and Influencing Factors. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 14(2). 82–82.
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Shen, Zehao, J. Julio Camarero, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2025). Keys to the global treeline formation: Thermal limit for its position and moisture for the taxon-specific variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(33). e2504685122–e2504685122. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao, Tao Wang, George P. Malanson, et al.. (2024). Uppermost global tree elevations are primarily limited by low temperature or insufficient moisture. Global Change Biology. 30(4). e17260–e17260. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration dominated vegetation dynamics during the 1980s-2010s in Yunnan, China. Biological Conservation. 299. 110798–110798. 4 indexed citations
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Gong, Jie, Hongyan Liu, J. Julio Camarero, et al.. (2024). Differentiated growth of the most widely planted conifer in response to extreme droughts across semi-arid regions in Northern China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 358. 110248–110248. 3 indexed citations
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Camarero, J. Julio, et al.. (2024). Optimistic growth of marginal region plantations under climate warming: Assessing divergent drought resilience. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17459–e17459. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofeng, Tao Yang, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). Patterns and causes of forest gap disturbance in a semi-humid evergreen broadleaved forest in the Jizu Mountains, Yunnan. Biodiversity Science. 31(11). 23219–23219. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Wencong, et al.. (2023). Vertical structural characteristics of a semi-humid evergreen broad-leaved forest and common tree species based on a portable backpack LiDAR. Biodiversity Science. 31(11). 23216–23216. 5 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao, et al.. (2023). Scale dependence of forest fragmentation and its climate sensitivity in a semi-arid mountain: Comparing Landsat, Sentinel and Google Earth data. Geography and sustainability. 5(2). 200–210. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunpeng, Zehao Shen, Qinggang Wang, et al.. (2016). Determinants of richness patterns differ between rare and common species: implications for Gesneriaceae conservation in China. Diversity and Distributions. 23(3). 235–246. 56 indexed citations
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Xu, Yue, et al.. (2013). Ten years’ observation of seed rain in a Fagus lucida community in Dalaoling Nature Reserve in the Three Gorges: seed rain density, species composition and their correlation with the community: Ten years’ observation of seed rain in a Fagus lucida community in Dalaoling Nature Reserve in the Three Gorges: seed rain density, species composition and their correlation with the community. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 36(8). 708–716. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao. (2010). On the Test of the Rapoport's Rule,Algorithm Comparison,and Weakenning of Mid-Domain Effec——With a Case Study on the Seed Plants in Mt. Wuliang,Yunnan Province. Journal of Mountain Science. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao & Keli Zhang. (2000). A study on the classification of the plant functional types based on the topographical pattern of plant distribution. Zhiwu xuebao. 42(11). 1190–1196. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao & Xinshi Zhang. (2000). The Spatial Pattern and Topographic Interpretation of the Forest Vegetation at Dalaoling Region in the Three Gorges. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 42(10). 6 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao & Keli Zhang. (2000). A quantitative analysis on the floristic elements of the Chinese subtropical region and their spatial patterns. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 38(4). 366–380. 5 indexed citations
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Shen, Zehao, et al.. (1995). The early restoration of vegetation and soil environment in felling-field of the Fagus engerliana forest. 19(4). 375–383.

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