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D-Index
84
Citations
21212
World Ranking
806
National Ranking
82

Jian Peng publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jian Peng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 243 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jian Peng D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jian Peng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jian Peng is affiliated with Peking University in China and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on several key subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The main research topics covered by Jian Peng include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Jian Peng has contributed to multiple recent papers, notable for their publication in well-recognized journals within the environmental sciences field. Selected recent works include:

  • "How to quantify the cooling effect of urban parks? Linking maximum and accumulation perspectives" (2020) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "How to effectively mitigate urban heat island effect? A perspective of waterbody patch size threshold" (2020) in Landscape and Urban Planning

Although not a coauthor, the publication data referenced includes a related 2020 paper titled "Heatwave-induced human health risk assessment in megacities based on heat stress-social vulnerability-human exposure framework" appearing in Landscape and Urban Planning. Additional relevant publications highlight the interaction between ecosystem services and urbanization.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jian Peng include:

  • Jianquan Dong
  • Yanxu Liu
  • Zihan Xu
  • Sijing Qiu
  • Dongmei Xu

Jian Peng's work is frequently published in the following venues, which reflect a broad engagement with ecological and urban environmental science themes:

  • Landscape Ecology
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth's Future
  • Applied Geography

The research output demonstrates a concentration on urban environmental challenges, ecosystem service dynamics, and the application of spatial and remote sensing methodologies. The integration of urban heat island mitigation strategies and quantification of ecosystem services indicates a cross-disciplinary approach toward addressing environmental sustainability in urbanized regions.

Best Publications

  • A review of spatial downscaling of satellite remotely sensed soil moisture

    Jian Peng;Alexander Loew;Alexander Loew;Olivier Merlin;Niko E. C. Verhoest

  • Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify ecological security patterns

    Jian Peng;Yang Yang;Yanxu Liu;Yi'na Hu

  • Ecosystem services response to urbanization in metropolitan areas: Thresholds identification

    Jian Peng;Lu Tian;Yanxu Liu;Mingyue Zhao

  • Urban thermal environment dynamics and associated landscape pattern factors: A case study in the Beijing metropolitan region

    Jian Peng;Pan Xie;Yanxu Liu;Jing Ma

  • Linking ecological degradation risk to identify ecological security patterns in a rapidly urbanizing landscape

    Jian Peng;Yajing Pan;Yanxu Liu;Huijuan Zhao

  • Seasonal contrast of the dominant factors for spatial distribution of land surface temperature in urban areas

    Jian Peng;Jinglei Jia;Yanxu Liu;Huilei Li

  • Trend analysis of vegetation dynamics in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau using Hurst Exponent

    Jian Peng;Jian Peng;Zhenhuan Liu;Yinghui Liu;Jiansheng Wu

  • Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges

    Jiacong Huang;Yinjun Zhang;Haijian Bing;Jian Peng

  • Linking ecosystem services and landscape patterns to assess urban ecosystem health: A case study in Shenzhen City, China

    Jian Peng;Yanxu Liu;Jiansheng Wu;Huiling Lv

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of remotely sensed PM2.5 concentration in China from 1999 to 2011

    Jian Peng;Sha Chen;Huiling Lü;Yanxu Liu

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of landscape metrics in quantifying spatial patterns

    Jian Peng;Yanglin Wang;Yuan Zhang;Jiansheng Wu

  • Coupling ecosystem services supply and human ecological demand to identify landscape ecological security pattern: A case study in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, China

    Liqing Zhang;Liqing Zhang;Jian Peng;Yanxu Liu;Jiansheng Wu

  • Urbanization impact on landscape patterns in Beijing City, China: A spatial heterogeneity perspective

    Huilei Li;Jian Peng;Liu Yanxu;Hu Yi’na

  • How to quantify the cooling effect of urban parks? Linking maximum and accumulation perspectives

    Jian Peng;Yuzhuo Dan;Ruilin Qiao;Yanxu Liu

  • Regional ecosystem health response to rural land use change: A case study in Lijiang City, China

    Jian Peng;Yanxu Liu;Tianyi Li;Jiansheng Wu

  • Significant trade-off for the impact of Grain-for-Green Programme on ecosystem services in North-western Yunnan, China.

    Jitao Wang;Jian Peng;Mingyue Zhao;Yanxu Liu

  • Spatial-temporal change of land surface temperature across 285 cities in China: An urban-rural contrast perspective

    Jian Peng;Jing Ma;Qianyuan Liu;Yanxu Liu

  • How to effectively mitigate urban heat island effect? A perspective of waterbody patch size threshold

    Jian Peng;Qianyuan Liu;Zihan Xu;Danna Lyu

  • Applying ant colony algorithm to identify ecological security patterns in megacities

    Jian Peng;Shiquan Zhao;Jianquan Dong;Yanxu Liu

  • Heatwave-induced human health risk assessment in megacities based on heat stress-social vulnerability-human exposure framework

    Jianquan Dong;Jian Peng;Xiaorong He;Jonathan Corcoran

  • Intercalibration of DMSP-OLS night-time light data by the invariant region method

    Jiansheng Wu;Shengbin He;Jian Peng;Weifeng Li

  • Urban ecological corridors construction: A review

    Jian Peng;Huijuan Zhao;Yanxu Liu

  • Exploring factors affecting the relationship between light consumption and GDP based on DMSP/OLS nighttime satellite imagery

    Jiansheng Wu;Zheng Wang;Weifeng Li;Jian Peng

  • A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications

    Jian Peng;Clement Albergel;Anna Balenzano;Luca Brocca

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanxu Liu
Yanxu Liu Beijing Normal University
Jeroen Meersmans
Jeroen Meersmans Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Hongyan Liu
Hongyan Liu Peking University
Timothy A. Quine
Timothy A. Quine University of Exeter
Xiuchen Wu
Xiuchen Wu Beijing Normal University
Yang Gao
Yang Gao Google (United Kingdom)
Thomas Blaschke
Thomas Blaschke University of Salzburg
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Zhaoliang Song
Zhaoliang Song Tianjin University
Jennifer A.J. Dungait
Jennifer A.J. Dungait University of Exeter

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