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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
108
Citations
50482
World Ranking
192
National Ranking
84

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jiquan Chen is a researcher affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States, specializing in Environmental Science. Their publication record includes 343 works primarily focused on topics related to global environmental changes and ecosystem dynamics. Chen's work spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their research addresses a range of central topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Climate Variability and Models, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Chen has co-authored extensively with several researchers, with frequent collaborators including Changliang Shao, Zutao Ouyang, Ankur R. Desai, Housen Chu, and Michael Abraha.

Recent publications reflect a focus on ecosystem data analysis, environmental flux measurements, and ecosystem functioning. Notable papers include:

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data (2020, Scientific Data)
  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function (2021, Nature)
  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • Global water use efficiency saturation due to increased vapor pressure deficit (2023, Science)

Chen's work has been published across a variety of venues, with a significant number of publications appearing in OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Environmental Research Letters, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Science of The Total Environment.

In addition to journal publications, Chen has contributed to academic books published by Springer Nature and Michigan State University Press. Notable book titles include Grassland Ecosystems of China (2020), Landscape Dynamics of Drylands across Greater Central Asia: People, Societies and Ecosystems (2020), and Biophysical Models and Applications in Ecosystem Analysis (2021).

Best Publications

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example

    Jerry F Franklin;Thomas A Spies;Robert Van Pelt;Andrew B Carey

  • Edge Influence on Forest Structure and Composition in Fragmented Landscapes

    Karen A. Harper;S. Ellen Macdonald;Philip J. Burton;Jiquan Chen

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Hank A. Margolis;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Applications of structural equation modeling (SEM) in ecological studies: an updated review

    Yi Fan;Jiquan Chen;Gabriela Shirkey;Ranjeet John

  • Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology

    Jiquan Chen;Sari C. Saunders;Thomas R. Crow;Robert J. Naiman

  • Growing‐Season Microclimatic Gradients from Clearcut Edges into Old‐Growth Douglas‐Fir Forests

    Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies

  • Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

    Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark

  • Vegetation Responses to Edge Environments in Old-Growth Douglas-Fir Forests.

    Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies

  • Contrasting microclimates among clearcut, edge, and interior of old-growth Douglas-fir forest

    Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies

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

    B. D. Amiro;A. G. Barr;J. G. Barr;T. A. Black

  • Global estimates of evapotranspiration and gross primary production based on MODIS and global meteorology data

    Wenping Yuan;Shuguang Liu;Shuguang Liu;Guirui Yu;Jean Marc Bonnefond

  • Estimating aboveground biomass using Landsat 7 ETM+ data across a managed landscape in northern Wisconsin, USA

    Daolan Zheng;John Rademacher;Jiquan Chen;Thomas Crow

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • HARVESTING EFFECTS ON MICROCLIMATIC GRADIENTS FROM SMALL STREAMS TO UPLANDS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON

    Kimberley D. Brosofske;Jiquan Chen;Robert J. Naiman;Jerry F. Franklin

  • 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

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • Nature-based solutions for resilient landscapes and cities.

    Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza;Jiquan Chen;Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch;Thomas B. Randrup

  • Joint control of terrestrial gross primary productivity by plant phenology and physiology

    Jianyang Xia;Shuli Niu;Philippe Ciais;Ivan A Janssens

  • Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review

    Heidi Asbjornsen;Gregory R. Goldsmith;Maria S. Alvarado;Karin Rebel

  • Effects of Forest Roads on Understory Plants in a Managed Hardwood Landscape

    Radley Z. Watkins;Jiquan Chen;Jim Pickens;Kimberley D. Brosofske

  • Effects of roads on landscape structure within nested ecological units of the Northern Great Lakes Region, USA

    Sari C. Saunders;Mo R. Mislivets;Jiquan Chen;David T. Cleland

Frequent Co-Authors

Ranjeet John
Ranjeet John University of South Dakota
Asko Noormets
Asko Noormets Texas A&M University
Changliang Shao
Changliang Shao Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Raffaele Lafortezza
Raffaele Lafortezza University of Bari Aldo Moro
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Jingfeng Xiao
Jingfeng Xiao University of New Hampshire
Jiaguo Qi
Jiaguo Qi Michigan State University
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University

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