Zigeng Niu

2.1k total citations
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zigeng Niu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zigeng Niu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zigeng Niu's work include Climate variability and models (13 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (10 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers). Zigeng Niu is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (13 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (10 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers). Zigeng Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Netherlands. Zigeng Niu's co-authors include Lunche Wang, Rui Yao, Xin Huang, Qing Wang, LI Chang-an, Ming Zhang, Jiarui Li, Aiwen Lin, Xinxin Chen and Wenmin Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Zigeng Niu

37 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zigeng Niu China 19 986 890 489 458 250 38 1.7k
Hüseyi̇n Toros Türkiye 16 549 0.6× 333 0.4× 362 0.7× 278 0.6× 61 0.2× 50 967
Jun Shi China 17 872 0.9× 316 0.4× 536 1.1× 189 0.4× 26 0.1× 71 1.4k
Chan Xiao China 21 594 0.6× 288 0.3× 415 0.8× 83 0.2× 45 0.2× 52 1.3k
Dagang Wang China 27 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.1× 882 1.8× 354 0.8× 42 0.2× 93 2.6k
Theodore M. Giannaros Greece 23 828 0.8× 552 0.6× 698 1.4× 356 0.8× 43 0.2× 63 1.4k
Kehinde O. Ogunjobi Nigeria 20 1.0k 1.0× 164 0.2× 808 1.7× 169 0.4× 105 0.4× 58 1.4k
P. Hosseinzadeh Talaee Iran 27 2.5k 2.5× 738 0.8× 521 1.1× 47 0.1× 236 0.9× 40 3.1k
Ana Cristina Carvalho Portugal 18 747 0.8× 602 0.7× 631 1.3× 399 0.9× 32 0.1× 51 1.4k
Faisal Mumtaz China 22 808 0.8× 554 0.6× 321 0.7× 176 0.4× 39 0.2× 56 1.4k
Gholamreza Roshan Iran 20 317 0.3× 605 0.7× 95 0.2× 346 0.8× 43 0.2× 71 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zigeng Niu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zigeng Niu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zigeng Niu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zigeng Niu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zigeng Niu 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 Zigeng Niu. Zigeng Niu 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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Niu, Zigeng, et al.. (2025). Spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of different types of compound extreme climate events in the Yangtze River Basin. Natural Hazards. 121(8). 9261–9280. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaojun, et al.. (2025). Projection of Population Exposure to Compound Extreme Climate Events in the Yangtze River Basin. Journal of Earth Science. 36(6). 2771–2788. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuting, Lunche Wang, Xinxin Chen, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the effects of aerosols and cloud radiative effect on rice growth and yield. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 364. 110453–110453. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Lunche, et al.. (2025). Runoff and sediment dynamics induced by the “grain for green” programme: A case study in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 49(6). 773–796.
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Wang, Lunche, et al.. (2024). Impact of climate change on rice growth and yield in China: Analysis based on climate year type. Geography and sustainability. 5(4). 548–560. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Xinxin, Lunche Wang, Qian Cao, et al.. (2024). Response of global agricultural productivity anomalies to drought stress in irrigated and rainfed agriculture. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(11). 3579–3593. 21 indexed citations
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Qu, Sai, Jiangong Liu, Bolun Li, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the driver behind China’s greening trend: urban vs. rural areas. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84027–84027. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaojun, Lunche Wang, Zigeng Niu, Weixia Jiang, & Qian Cao. (2023). More extreme precipitation over the Yangtze River Basin, China: Insights from historical and projected perspectives. Atmospheric Research. 292. 106883–106883. 25 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaojun, et al.. (2023). Regional climate change and possible causes over the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The Science of The Total Environment. 903. 166263–166263. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Yunbo, Lunche Wang, Jiaojiao Zhou, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the high-resolution estimations of global and diffuse solar radiation using WRF-Solar. Advances in Climate Change Research. 14(5). 720–731. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Weixia, Zigeng Niu, Lunche Wang, et al.. (2022). Impacts of Drought and Climatic Factors on Vegetation Dynamics in the Yellow River Basin and Yangtze River Basin, China. Remote Sensing. 14(4). 930–930. 104 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Lunche Wang, Xin Huang, et al.. (2021). Long-term trends of surface and canopy layer urban heat island intensity in 272 cities in the mainland of China. The Science of The Total Environment. 772. 145607–145607. 90 indexed citations
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Qin, Wenmin, et al.. (2021). Long-term variations of surface solar radiation in China from routine meteorological observations. Atmospheric Research. 260. 105715–105715. 25 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Lunche Wang, Xin Huang, et al.. (2021). Assessing urbanization’s contribution to warming in mainland China using satellite-estimated air temperature data. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 45(5). 687–705. 7 indexed citations
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Niu, Zigeng, Lunche Wang, Xinxin Chen, Yang Liu, & Lan Feng. (2021). Spatiotemporal distributions of pan evaporation and the influencing factors in China from 1961 to 2017. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(48). 68379–68397. 14 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, et al.. (2018). Less sensitive of urban surface to climate variability than rural in Northern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 628-629. 650–660. 55 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Lunche Wang, Xin Huang, et al.. (2018). Interannual variations in surface urban heat island intensity and associated drivers in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 222. 86–94. 129 indexed citations
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Wang, Lunche, Yunbo Lu, Ling Zou, et al.. (2018). Prediction of diffuse solar radiation based on multiple variables in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 103. 151–216. 59 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, et al.. (2017). Temporal trends of surface urban heat islands and associated determinants in major Chinese cities. The Science of The Total Environment. 609. 742–754. 238 indexed citations

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