Zhidong Lei

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhidong Lei is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhidong Lei has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Water Science and Technology and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zhidong Lei's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers) and Climate variability and models (6 papers). Zhidong Lei is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers) and Climate variability and models (6 papers). Zhidong Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, Israel and United Kingdom. Zhidong Lei's co-authors include Dawen Yang, Fubao Sun, Hanbo Yang, Zhentao Cong, Zhiyu Liu, Guangheng Ni, Heping Hu, Katumi MUSIAKE, Tetsuya Kusuda and Toshio Koike and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Zhidong Lei

18 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

New analytical derivation of the mean annual water‐energy balance equation

2008 549 citations Hanbo Yang, Dawen Yang et al. Water Resources Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhidong Lei China	13	1.3k	1.3k	435	253	175	18	1.7k
Wanqiu Xing China	28	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	516 1.2×	308 1.2×	149 0.9×	52	2.1k
Hege Hisdal Norway	19	1.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	397 0.9×	189 0.7×	102 0.6×	38	2.3k
Ján Szolgay Slovakia	21	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	555 1.3×	296 1.2×	195 1.1×	91	2.0k
Klaus Hickel Australia	7	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	203 0.5×	180 0.7×	134 0.8×	8	1.4k
Jean‐Michel Perraud Australia	14	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	262 0.6×	382 1.5×	76 0.4×	27	1.5k
R. D. Singh India	15	810 0.6×	774 0.6×	227 0.5×	414 1.6×	138 0.8×	23	1.3k
О. Н. Насонова Russia	16	837 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	533 1.2×	336 1.3×	77 0.4×	82	1.3k
María Manuela Portela Portugal	20	1.2k 0.9×	648 0.5×	248 0.6×	194 0.8×	93 0.5×	93	1.5k
Zhaofei Liu China	25	938 0.7×	788 0.6×	669 1.5×	283 1.1×	140 0.8×	82	1.8k
Fernando Mainardi Fan Brazil	22	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	237 0.5×	420 1.7×	176 1.0×	114	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhidong Lei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhidong Lei

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhidong Lei. 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 Zhidong Lei. The network helps show where Zhidong Lei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhidong Lei

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wang, Baojun, et al.. (2017). Analysis of chemical constituents in an herbal formula Jitong Ning Tablet. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 140. 301–312. 28 indexed citations

Hou, Aizhong, Guangheng Ni, Hanbo Yang, & Zhidong Lei. (2012). Numerical Analysis on the Contribution of Urbanization to Wind Stilling: An Example over the Greater Beijing Metropolitan Area. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 52(5). 1105–1115. 49 indexed citations

Yang, Hanbo, Dawen Yang, & Zhidong Lei. (2012). Seasonal variability of the complementary relationship in the Asian monsoon region. Hydrological Processes. 27(19). 2736–2741. 28 indexed citations

Cong, Zhentao, et al.. (2010). Estimating sub-pixel temperatures using the triangle algorithm. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 31(23). 6047–6060. 18 indexed citations

Yang, Hanbo, Dawen Yang, Zhentao Cong, & Zhidong Lei. (2009). Analysis of the dominant climatic factors of evaporation change over the main basins in mainland China based on Budyko and Bouchet hypotheses.. IAHS-AISH publication. 111–115. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Fuqiang, Heping Hu, & Zhidong Lei. (2008). Thermodynamic watershed hydrological model: Constitutive relationship. Science in China. Series E, Technological sciences. 51(9). 1353–1369. 26 indexed citations

Yang, Hanbo, Dawen Yang, Zhidong Lei, & Fubao Sun. (2008). New analytical derivation of the mean annual water‐energy balance equation. Water Resources Research. 44(3). 549 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Hanbo, Dawen Yang, Zhidong Lei, Fubao Sun, & Zhentao Cong. (2008). Variability of complementary relationship and its mechanism on different time scales. Science in China. Series E, Technological sciences. 52(4). 1059–1067. 16 indexed citations

Zhao, Changsen, et al.. (2008). A Dissipative Hydrological Model for the Hotan Oasis (DHMHO). Water Resources Management. 23(6). 1183–1210. 16 indexed citations

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Ni, Guangheng, et al.. (2008). Continuous Simulation of Water and Soil Erosion in a Small Watershed of the Loess Plateau with a Distributed Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 13(5). 392–399. 12 indexed citations

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Luo, Yi, et al.. (2007). A stochastic model of soil water regime in the crop root zone. Journal of Hydrology. 335(1-2). 89–97. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Dawen, Fubao Sun, Zhiyu Liu, et al.. (2007). Analyzing spatial and temporal variability of annual water‐energy balance in nonhumid regions of China using the Budyko hypothesis. Water Resources Research. 43(4). 321 indexed citations

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Yang, Dawen, et al.. (2007). Spatial and temporal variation of runoff in the Yangtze River basin during the past 40 years. Quaternary International. 186(1). 32–42. 122 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhongjing, et al.. (2006). An ecological warning line of oasis evolvement and its application in arid inland basins. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 25(4). 34–39. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Dawen, Fubao Sun, Zhiyu Liu, Zhentao Cong, & Zhidong Lei. (2006). Interpreting the complementary relationship in non‐humid environments based on the Budyko and Penman hypotheses. Geophysical Research Letters. 33(18). 188 indexed citations

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Shang, Songhao, Xichun Li, Xiaomin Mao, & Zhidong Lei. (2004). Simulation of water dynamics and irrigation scheduling for winter wheat and maize in seasonal frost areas. Agricultural Water Management. 68(2). 117–133. 26 indexed citations

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Yang, Dawen, Chong Li, Heping Hu, et al.. (2004). Analysis of water resources variability in the Yellow River of China during the last half century using historical data. Water Resources Research. 40(6). 254 indexed citations

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Lei, Zhidong, et al.. (2001). Formation and utilization of water resources of Tarim River. 44(6). 615–624. 10 indexed citations

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