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D-Index
118
Citations
54509
World Ranking
109
National Ranking
7

Jing M. Chen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jing M. Chen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 766 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jing M. Chen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jing M. Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Jing M. Chen is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science. Their research predominantly covers areas related to remote sensing, plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and atmospheric processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics, including:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Chen's recent papers include notable publications such as:

  • "Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality," 2021, The Innovation
  • "Optical vegetation indices for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems globally," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Recent global decline of CO 2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis," 2020, Science
  • "Improved estimate of global gross primary production for reproducing its long-term variation, 1982-2017," 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis," 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in several key journals, which include:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Chen collaborates regularly with a network of co-authors, including:

  • Weimin Ju
  • Yongguang Zhang
  • Rong Shang
  • Mousong Wu
  • Wei He

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Chen was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Defining leaf area index for non‐flat leaves

    J. M. Chen;T. A. Black

  • Leaf area index of boreal forests: theory, techniques, and measurements

    Jing M. Chen;Paul M. Rich;Stith T. Gower;John M. Norman

  • Evaluation of Vegetation Indices and a Modified Simple Ratio for Boreal Applications

    Jing M. Chen

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

    Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  • Retrieving Leaf Area Index of Boreal Conifer Forests Using Landsat TM Images

    Jing M. Chen;Josef Cihlar

  • Daily canopy photosynthesis model through temporal and spatial scaling for remote sensing applications

    J.M Chen;J Liu;J Cihlar;M.L Goulden

  • Optical vegetation indices for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems globally

    Unknown

  • The role of satellite remote sensing in climate change studies

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  • Optically-based methods for measuring seasonal variation of leaf area index in boreal conifer stands

    Jing M. Chen

  • Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the N orth A merican C arbon P rogram S ite S ynthesis

    Unknown

  • A process-based boreal ecosystem productivity simulator using remote sensing inputs

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  • Leaf chlorophyll content as a proxy for leaf photosynthetic capacity

    Holly Croft;Jing M. Chen;Xiangzhong Luo;Paul Bartlett

  • Derivation and validation of Canada-wide coarse-resolution leaf area index maps using high-resolution satellite imagery and ground measurements

    J.M Chen;G Pavlic;L Brown;J Cihlar

  • Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

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  • A four-scale bidirectional reflectance model based on canopy architecture

    J.M. Chen;S.G. Leblanc

  • Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen;Jing M. Chen

  • Plant canopy gap-size analysis theory for improving optical measurements of leaf-area index.

    Jing M. Chen;Josef Cihlar

  • Methodology comparison for canopy structure parameters extraction from digital hemispherical photography in boreal forests

    Sylvain G. Leblanc;Jing M. Chen;Richard Fernandes;Donald W. Deering

  • Global mapping of foliage clumping index using multi-angular satellite data

    J.M. Chen;C.H. Menges;S.G. Leblanc

  • A Shortwave Infrared Modification to the Simple Ratio for LAI Retrieval in Boreal Forests: An Image and Model Analysis

    Leonard Brown;Jing M. Chen;Sylvain G. Leblanc;Josef Cihlar

  • Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): Preliminary results for 2018

    Unknown

  • A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Kevin Schaefer;Christopher R. Schwalm;Chris Williams;M. Altaf Arain

  • An underestimated role of precipitation frequency in regulating summer soil moisture

    Chaoyang Wu;Jing M. Chen;Jukka Pumpanen;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Carbon neutrality: Toward a sustainable future

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Weimin Ju
Weimin Ju Nanjing University
Jane Liu
Jane Liu University of Toronto
Alemu Gonsamo
Alemu Gonsamo McMaster University
Josef Cihlar
Josef Cihlar Natural Resources Canada
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Chaoyang Wu
Chaoyang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Holly Croft
Holly Croft University of Sheffield
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Baozhang Chen
Baozhang Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rasim Latifovic
Rasim Latifovic Natural Resources Canada

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