Zhenbo Wang

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Zhenbo Wang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenbo Wang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 22 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Zhenbo Wang's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (26 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (22 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers). Zhenbo Wang is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (26 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (22 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers). Zhenbo Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhenbo Wang's co-authors include Longwu Liang, Chuanglin Fang, Jiaxin Li, Xinming Wang, Chao Bao, Guangdong Li, Kuishuang Feng, Chunshan Zhou, Klaus Hubacek and Shaojian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhenbo Wang

89 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

The effect of urbanization on environmental pollution in ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2019 2016 2022 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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 effect of urbanization on environmental pollution in rapidly developing urban agglomerations
    2019 561 citations Longwu Liang, Zhenbo Wang et al. profile →
  2. The characteristics and drivers of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) distribution in China
    2016 316 citations Zhenbo Wang et al. profile →
  3. Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity
    2022 285 citations Guangdong Li, Chuanglin Fang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Spatiotemporal differentiation and the factors influencing urbanization and ecological environment synergistic effects within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration
    2019 257 citations Zhenbo Wang, Longwu Liang et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenbo Wang China 29 1.3k 1.1k 989 745 726 100 3.5k
Mingxing Chen China 32 2.1k 1.6× 829 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 887 1.2× 896 1.2× 119 4.7k
Weidong Liu China 39 1.3k 1.0× 644 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 2.0k 2.6× 525 0.7× 217 5.8k
Zhen Wang China 41 799 0.6× 652 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 235 0.3× 264 5.0k
Yanfang Liu China 26 1.5k 1.1× 606 0.6× 318 0.3× 429 0.6× 533 0.7× 121 2.9k
Haimeng Liu China 33 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.5× 972 1.3× 871 1.2× 94 4.0k
Wendy Y. Chen Hong Kong 39 2.6k 2.0× 2.4k 2.2× 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 499 0.7× 97 5.3k
Dongqi Sun China 28 1.6k 1.2× 964 0.9× 607 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 531 0.7× 121 3.3k
Yuanyuan Yang China 41 2.4k 1.9× 1.0k 0.9× 544 0.6× 287 0.4× 278 0.4× 133 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenbo Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenbo Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhenbo Wang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhenbo Wang. The network helps show where Zhenbo Wang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenbo Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhenbo Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhenbo Wang 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 Zhenbo Wang. Zhenbo Wang 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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Zhao, Guangyu, Zi Wang, Jing Tang, et al.. (2025). A zinc-ion battery based machinable structure energy storage material with a high specific energy and good environmental adaptability. Nano Energy. 142. 111210–111210. 2 indexed citations
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Lan, Lihua, Zhenbo Wang, S. Sun, & Fei He. (2025). Spatiotemporal patterns and driving mechanisms of critical soil moisture thresholds in Chinese ecosystems. Ecological Indicators. 180. 114368–114368.
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Lan, Lihua, Seth M. Munson, Kailiang Yu, et al.. (2025). Seasonal increases in global dryland gross primary production are modulated by root soil moisture and temperature. Global and Planetary Change. 255. 105133–105133.
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Wang, Zhenbo, et al.. (2025). Spatial variation of population, density, and composition of mosquitoes in mainland China. Scientific Data. 12(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoting, et al.. (2024). Residential heat environment in relation to blue-green space sustainability in Beijing, China. Urban forestry & urban greening. 102. 128577–128577. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihua, et al.. (2024). Beyond inundation: a comprehensive assessment of sea level rise impact on coastal cultural heritage in China. Heritage Science. 12(1). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, Chuanglin Fang, James Watson, et al.. (2024). Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8389–8389. 37 indexed citations
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Xu, Shuai, Lin‐Yu Jin, Yanhui Dong, et al.. (2024). Distribution of scoliosis in 2.22 million adolescents in mainland China: A population-wide analysis. Journal of Global Health. 14. 4117–4117. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, Chuanglin Fang, Yingjie Li, et al.. (2022). Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1628–1628. 285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fang, Chuanglin, Haitao Ma, Chao Bao, et al.. (2022). Urban–rural human settlements in China: Objective evaluation and subjective well-being. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 31 indexed citations
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Liang, Longwu & Zhenbo Wang. (2021). Control Models and Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Air Pollution in the Rapidly Developing Urban Agglomerations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(11). 6177–6177. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, et al.. (2020). Deep learning: To better understand how human activities affect the value of ecosystem services—A case study of Nanjing. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0238789–e0238789. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Xujing, et al.. (2020). The pattern and mechanism of air pollution in developed coastal areas of China: From the perspective of urban agglomeration. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0237863–e0237863. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenbo, et al.. (2020). Rural tourism industry revitalization path based on the analysis of lock-in effects. 地理科学进展. 39(6). 1037–1046. 6 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, Xuegang Cui, Guangdong Li, et al.. (2019). Modeling regional sustainable development scenarios using the Urbanization and Eco-environment Coupler: Case study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 689. 820–830. 205 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenbo & Chuanglin Fang. (2016). Spatial-temporal characteristics and determinants of PM2.5 in the Bohai Rim Urban Agglomeration. Chemosphere. 148. 148–162. 189 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaorui, Zhenbo Wang, & Jing Lin. (2015). GIS Based Measurement and Regulatory Zoning of Urban Ecological Vulnerability. Sustainability. 7(8). 9924–9942. 43 indexed citations

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