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 Jiquan Chen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 534 publications — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.
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 Jiquan Chen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.
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:
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).
Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne
Jerry F Franklin;Thomas A Spies;Robert Van Pelt;Andrew B Carey
Karen A. Harper;S. Ellen Macdonald;Philip J. Burton;Jiquan Chen
Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu
Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Hank A. Margolis;Alessandro Cescatti
Yi Fan;Jiquan Chen;Gabriela Shirkey;Ranjeet John
Jiquan Chen;Sari C. Saunders;Thomas R. Crow;Robert J. Naiman
Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies
Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark
Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies
Jiquan Chen;Jerry F. Franklin;Thomas A. Spies
B. D. Amiro;A. G. Barr;J. G. Barr;T. A. Black
Wenping Yuan;Shuguang Liu;Shuguang Liu;Guirui Yu;Jean Marc Bonnefond
Daolan Zheng;John Rademacher;Jiquan Chen;Thomas Crow
Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp
Kimberley D. Brosofske;Jiquan Chen;Robert J. Naiman;Jerry F. Franklin
Kevin Schaefer;Christopher R. Schwalm;Chris Williams;M. Altaf Arain
Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan
Raffaele Lafortezza;Raffaele Lafortezza;Jiquan Chen;Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch;Thomas B. Randrup
Jianyang Xia;Shuli Niu;Philippe Ciais;Ivan A Janssens
Heidi Asbjornsen;Gregory R. Goldsmith;Maria S. Alvarado;Karin Rebel
Radley Z. Watkins;Jiquan Chen;Jim Pickens;Kimberley D. Brosofske
Sari C. Saunders;Mo R. Mislivets;Jiquan Chen;David T. Cleland
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