Zhongfeng Xu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zhongfeng Xu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongfeng Xu has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 42 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Zhongfeng Xu's work include Climate variability and models (43 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (30 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers). Zhongfeng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (43 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (30 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers). Zhongfeng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhongfeng Xu's co-authors include Zong‐Liang Yang, Ying Han, Congbin Fu, Weidong Guo, Chi‐Yung Tam, Zhuguo Ma, Fang Huang, Qing Yang, Xingang Fan and Peili Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Water Resources Research and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Zhongfeng Xu

58 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.

Bias-corrected CMIP6 global dataset for dynamical downscaling of the historical and future climate (1979–2100)

2021 168 citations Zhongfeng Xu, Ying Han et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongfeng Xu China	18	1.0k	919	173	167	153	63	1.3k
Mark Falvey Chile	17	842 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	166 1.0×	96 0.6×	267 1.7×	31	1.6k
Jie Jiang China	18	1.0k 1.0×	783 0.9×	118 0.7×	102 0.6×	155 1.0×	56	1.4k
Izuru Takayabu Japan	25	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	138 0.8×	110 0.7×	133 0.9×	70	1.5k
Ziniu Xiao China	17	819 0.8×	795 0.9×	76 0.4×	98 0.6×	278 1.8×	127	1.2k
Pier Giuseppe Fogli Italy	16	1.2k 1.2×	909 1.0×	103 0.6×	67 0.4×	431 2.8×	31	1.4k
Andreas Dobler Norway	18	794 0.8×	663 0.7×	206 1.2×	123 0.7×	67 0.4×	51	1.1k
Camiel Severijns Netherlands	16	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	104 0.6×	71 0.4×	394 2.6×	24	1.6k
Kalli Furtado United Kingdom	22	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	77 0.4×	80 0.5×	92 0.6×	62	1.8k
Su Yang China	16	998 1.0×	764 0.8×	74 0.4×	208 1.2×	58 0.4×	41	1.3k
Christopher G. Fletcher Canada	21	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	122 0.7×	142 0.9×	211 1.4×	57	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongfeng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongfeng Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongfeng Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fu, Congbin, et al.. (2025). Global warming intensifies extreme day-to-day temperature changes in mid–low latitudes. Nature Climate Change. 16(1). 69–76.

Qiao, Zhigang, Hui Li, Jiale Wang, et al.. (2025). Alkali-activated fly ash composite NaNO3 thermal energy storage materials: Low-temperature preparation and high-temperature stability. Journal of Energy Storage. 120. 116424–116424. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Mengmeng, Guolong Chen, Bo Fu, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the complex impact of climate change on air quality in the world. 1(1). 2 indexed citations

Xu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2024). Phase transformation and powder densification behavior of the polyamide-12 during powder bed fusion process. Optics & Laser Technology. 179. 111288–111288.

Chen, Bingbing, Zhiqiang Sun, Zhongfeng Xu, et al.. (2024). Solid-state welding for dissimilar zirconium alloy under joule heating effect: Material flowing behavior, characteristics, evolution and formation of interface. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 600. 155296–155296. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Fang, et al.. (2024). Evaluating vector winds over eastern China in 2022 predicted by the CMA-MESO model and ECMWF forecast. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 18(4). 100559–100559.

Xu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2024). Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Flood Early Warning System. 438–442. 1 indexed citations

Kenawy, Ahmed El, et al.. (2023). Towards COP27: The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in a Changing Climate in the Middle East and North Africa. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 1 indexed citations

Huang, Fang, Zhongfeng Xu, Weidong Guo, et al.. (2023). Relative contributions of internal variability and external forcing to the inter-decadal transition of climate patterns in East Asia. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2021). An improved multivariable integrated evaluation method and tool (MVIETool) v1.0 for multimodel intercomparison. Geoscientific model development. 14(5). 3079–3094. 10 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yuan, Jinming Feng, Jun Wang, Yongkang Xue, & Zhongfeng Xu. (2021). Memory of land surface and subsurface temperature (LST/SUBT) initial anomalies over Tibetan Plateau in different land models. Climate Dynamics. 62(4). 2703–2718. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2021). A Comprehensive Review of Specific Yield in Land Surface and Groundwater Studies. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(2). 40 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hui, Zhongfeng Xu, Wen‐Ying Wu, et al.. (2021). Ensemble Skill Gains Obtained From the Multi‐Physics Versus Multi‐Model Approaches for Continental‐Scale Hydrological Simulations. Water Resources Research. 57(7). 3 indexed citations

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Feng, Jinming, Zhongfeng Xu, Liang Chen, et al.. (2020). Decadal Wintertime Temperature Changes in East Asia During 1958–2001 and the Contributions of Internal Variability and External Forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(14). 6 indexed citations

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Lü, Hui, et al.. (2018). Assessment of Runoff Components Simulated by GLDAS against UNH–GRDC Dataset at Global and Hemispheric Scales. Water. 10(8). 969–969. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, Ying Han, & Congbin Fu. (2017). Multivariable integrated evaluation of model performance with the vector field evaluation diagram. Geoscientific model development. 10(10). 3805–3820. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2016). A diagram for evaluating multiple aspects of model performance in simulating vector fields. Geoscientific model development. 9(12). 4365–4380. 67 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, Qian Yongfu, & Congbin Fu. (2010). The role of land-sea distribution and orography in the Asian monsoon. Part II: Orography. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 27(3). 528–542. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhongfeng, Qian Yongfu, & Congbin Fu. (2010). The role of land-sea distribution and orography in the asian monsoon. Part I: Land-sea distribution. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 27(2). 403–420. 9 indexed citations

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Dou, Junxia, Shiwei Zhou, & Zhongfeng Xu. (2004). TROPICAL NATIVE GROUND COVER PLANTS RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN YUNNAN AND THEIR SUSTAINABLE USE IN LANDSCAPE. Zhejiang Linxueyuan xuebao. 21(1). 0–0. 3 indexed citations

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