Zizhan Zhang

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Zizhan Zhang is a scholar working on Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zizhan Zhang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Oceanography, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zizhan Zhang's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (37 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (13 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (10 papers). Zizhan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (37 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (13 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (10 papers). Zizhan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Zizhan Zhang's co-authors include Jianli Chen, Bridget R. Scanlon, Himanshu Save, Di Long, D. N. Wiese, Laurent Longuevergne, Li Jin, Alexander Y. Sun, Benjamin F. Chao and Shengnan Ni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zizhan Zhang

43 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global models underestimate large decadal declining and r... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 100 200 300 400
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. Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data
    2018 486 citations Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Global evaluation of new GRACE mascon products for hydrologic applications
    2016 423 citations Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Zizhan Zhang China 17 1.8k 799 653 639 524 48 2.4k
Annette Eicker Germany 24 1.8k 1.0× 776 1.0× 698 1.1× 708 1.1× 795 1.5× 60 2.9k
Maike Schumacher Germany 18 1.0k 0.6× 582 0.7× 379 0.6× 349 0.5× 452 0.9× 49 1.6k
Jean‐Michel Lemoine France 23 2.1k 1.2× 312 0.4× 1.0k 1.6× 898 1.4× 228 0.4× 71 2.6k
Cheinway Hwang Taiwan 33 2.3k 1.3× 483 0.6× 1.1k 1.7× 320 0.5× 222 0.4× 167 3.2k
Bailing Li United States 17 806 0.5× 740 0.9× 258 0.4× 252 0.4× 519 1.0× 30 1.7k
Carmen Böening United States 11 1.3k 0.7× 655 0.8× 296 0.5× 386 0.6× 175 0.3× 16 1.6k
Victor Zlotnicki United States 23 1.8k 1.0× 830 1.0× 437 0.7× 401 0.6× 133 0.3× 57 2.4k
P. Ditmar Netherlands 26 1.5k 0.8× 346 0.4× 671 1.0× 495 0.8× 183 0.3× 74 2.1k
Ki‐Weon Seo South Korea 21 1.1k 0.6× 356 0.4× 372 0.6× 412 0.6× 183 0.3× 66 1.4k
C. de Linage United States 12 812 0.5× 275 0.3× 337 0.5× 258 0.4× 237 0.5× 20 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zizhan Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zizhan Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zizhan Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zizhan Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zizhan Zhang 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 Zizhan Zhang. Zizhan Zhang 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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Zhang, Zizhan, Shengpeng Zhang, Haoming Yan, et al.. (2025). Early Viscoelastic Relaxation and Afterslip Inferred From the Postseismic Geodetic Observations Following the 2021 Mw7.4 Maduo Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(3). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan & Yingchun Cao. (2025). Dunhuang_Faces: A Dataset Enhanced through Image Processing for Cultural Heritage and Machine Learning. Traitement du signal. 42(1). 569–581.
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Zheng, Shuo, et al.. (2025). Crustal response to heavy snowfalls in Hokkaido, Japan, 2018-2022. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 662. 119387–119387.
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Zheng, Shuo, Kosuke Heki, Zizhan Zhang, & Haoming Yan. (2024). Seasonal crustal movements in Northeast Japan revisited. Remote Sensing of Environment. 311. 114278–114278. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan, Bridget R. Scanlon, Haoming Yan, et al.. (2024). High Spatial Resolution in Total Water Storage Variations Inferred From GPS: Case Study in the Great Lakes Watershed, US. Water Resources Research. 60(7). 6 indexed citations
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Zheng, Shuo, et al.. (2023). Interference of ocean and land mass changes in seasonal crustal deformation of coastal stations: A case study in northern Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 614. 118212–118212. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Yuyue, Li Jin, Jida Wang, et al.. (2020). Assessing water storage changes of Lake Poyang from multi-mission satellite data and hydrological models. Journal of Hydrology. 590. 125229–125229. 41 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan, et al.. (2019). A Quasi-Decadal Oscillation of Sea-Level Variation in the South China Sea. Journal of Coastal Research. 36(2). 228–228. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan, et al.. (2019). Mass sea level variation in the South China Sea from GRACE, altimetry and model and the connection with ENSO. Advances in Space Research. 64(1). 117–128. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan, et al.. (2019). Long-Term and Interannual Variation of the Steric Sea Level in the South China Sea and the Connection with ENSO. Journal of Coastal Research. 35(3). 489–489. 7 indexed citations
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Scanlon, Bridget R., Zizhan Zhang, Himanshu Save, et al.. (2018). Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). E1080–E1089. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Melo, Davi de Carvalho Diniz, Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang, Edson Wendland, & Lei Yin. (2016). Reservoir storage and hydrologic responses to droughts in the Paraná River basin, south-eastern Brazil. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(11). 4673–4688. 66 indexed citations
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Scanlon, Bridget R., Zizhan Zhang, Himanshu Save, et al.. (2016). Global evaluation of new GRACE mascon products for hydrologic applications. Water Resources Research. 52(12). 9412–9429. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Yang, et al.. (2008). 2003-2008 Ice Sheet Elevation Change on the Lake Vostok, Antarctica, From ICESat. 561–564. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zizhan, et al.. (2007). Detecting surface geostrophic currents using wavelet filter from satellite geodesy. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 50(6). 918–926. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huizhan, Jian Fang, & Zizhan Zhang. (2006). Application of wavelet analysis in the interface inversion of gravity field. Wuhan Daxue xuebao. Xinxi kexue ban. 31(3). 233–236. 3 indexed citations

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