Zexi Shen

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 790 citations indexed

About

Zexi Shen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zexi Shen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 790 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zexi Shen's work include Climate variability and models (12 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (6 papers). Zexi Shen is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (12 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (6 papers). Zexi Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Arab Emirates. Zexi Shen's co-authors include Qiang Zhang, Huiqian Yu, Vijay P. Singh, Gang Wang, Peng Sun, Chong‐Yu Xu, Wenhuan Wu, Jiaqi Zhao, Qiang Zhang and Keke Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zexi Shen

22 papers receiving 770 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia’s water tower

2023 92 citations Qiang Zhang, Zexi Shen et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zexi Shen China	16	563	287	186	124	93	22	790
Ennio Ferrari Italy	17	774 1.4×	390 1.4×	200 1.1×	101 0.8×	84 0.9×	40	939
Thomas Mendlik Austria	10	610 1.1×	421 1.5×	209 1.1×	59 0.5×	60 0.6×	14	859
Ghani Rahman Pakistan	18	568 1.0×	206 0.7×	143 0.8×	131 1.1×	76 0.8×	52	771
M. Azarderakhsh United States	16	591 1.0×	314 1.1×	332 1.8×	301 2.4×	63 0.7×	23	1.1k
Zhe Yuan China	20	645 1.1×	214 0.7×	435 2.3×	144 1.2×	135 1.5×	88	964
Manohar Arora India	16	567 1.0×	438 1.5×	320 1.7×	129 1.0×	45 0.5×	30	912
Adán Silva Brazil	5	439 0.8×	162 0.6×	242 1.3×	65 0.5×	82 0.9×	6	677
Sanjit Kumar Mondal China	13	734 1.3×	260 0.9×	217 1.2×	79 0.6×	39 0.4×	25	921
Shankar Sharma China	16	658 1.2×	547 1.9×	152 0.8×	97 0.8×	35 0.4×	56	941
Yanjun Shen China	12	395 0.7×	225 0.8×	227 1.2×	102 0.8×	136 1.5×	43	648

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zexi Shen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Qiang, Zexi Shen, Yadu Pokhrel, et al.. (2023). Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia’s water tower. Nature. 615(7950). 87–93. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Qiang, Huiqian Yu, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2023). Divergent effectiveness of irrigation in enhancing food security in droughts under future climates with various emission scenarios. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiang, Gang Wang, Jiaqi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Water circulation and water resources of Asia’s water tower: The past and future. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 68(36). 4982–4994. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Wenhuan, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2022). A Data-Driven Model on Google Earth Engine for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in the Hengduan Mountains, the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing. 14(18). 4662–4662. 28 indexed citations

Shen, Zexi, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2022). Drying in the low-latitude Atlantic Ocean contributed to terrestrial water storage depletion across Eurasia. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1849–1849. 44 indexed citations

Sun, Shuai, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2022). Increased moist heat stress risk across China under warming climate. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22548–22548. 12 indexed citations

Li, Tiantian, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2022). Identification of Degradation Areas of Ecological Environment and Degradation Intensity Assessment in the Yellow River Basin. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 18 indexed citations

Hu, Lei, Qiang Zhang, Gang Wang, et al.. (2022). Flood disaster risk and socioeconomy in the Yellow River Basin, China. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 44. 101272–101272. 23 indexed citations

Fan, Keke, Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, et al.. (2022). Global soil moisture drought identification and responses to natural and anthropogenic forcings. Journal of Hydrology. 610. 127993–127993. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiang, Wenhuan Wu, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2022). Amplifying Flood Risk Across the Lower Yellow River Basin, China, Under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 9 indexed citations

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Singh, Vijay P., et al.. (2022). Amplifying Meteorological Droughts Across Middle- and Low-Latitude Northern Hemisphere. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

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Shen, Zexi, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2021). Station‐based non‐linear regression downscaling approach: A new monthly precipitation downscaling technique. International Journal of Climatology. 41(13). 5879–5898. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiang, Vijay P. Singh, Chong‐Yu Xu, et al.. (2021). Dynamic vulnerability of ecological systems to climate changes across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Ecological Indicators. 134. 108483–108483. 76 indexed citations

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Shen, Zexi, Qiang Zhang, Shilong Piao, et al.. (2021). Mining Can Exacerbate Global Degradation of Dryland. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(21). 15 indexed citations

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Shen, Zexi, Qiang Zhang, Deliang Chen, & Vijay P. Singh. (2020). Varying effects of mining development on ecological conditions and groundwater storage in dry region in Inner Mongolia of China. Journal of Hydrology. 597. 125759–125759. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Gang, Qiang Zhang, Huiqian Yu, Zexi Shen, & Peng Sun. (2020). Double increase in precipitation extremes across China in a 1.5 °C/2.0 °C warmer climate. The Science of The Total Environment. 746. 140807–140807. 83 indexed citations

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Gu, Xihui, Qiang Zhang, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2020). Impacts of anthropogenic warming and uneven regional socio-economic development on global river flood risk. Journal of Hydrology. 590. 125262–125262. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiang, Zexi Shen, Chong‐Yu Xu, et al.. (2019). A new statistical downscaling approach for global evaluation of the CMIP5 precipitation outputs: Model development and application. The Science of The Total Environment. 690. 1048–1067. 48 indexed citations

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Shen, Zexi, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2019). Agricultural drought monitoring across Inner Mongolia, China: Model development, spatiotemporal patterns and impacts. Journal of Hydrology. 571. 793–804. 80 indexed citations

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Fan, Keke, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, et al.. (2018). Spatiotemporal impact of soil moisture on air temperature across the Tibet Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 649. 1338–1348. 41 indexed citations

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