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2023

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D-Index
79
Citations
21507
World Ranking
1017
National Ranking
102

Peijun Shi 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 Peijun Shi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 354 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peijun Shi 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 Peijun Shi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Peijun Shi is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China. Their research mainly centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, earth-surface processes, and related management and policy areas.

Their work covers several key research topics, including climate variability and models, cryospheric studies and observations, flood risk assessment and management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, climate change impacts on agriculture, aeolian processes and effects, and climate change and health impacts.

Peijun Shi has authored and co-authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • "Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands" (2022) published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Scientific challenges of research on natural hazards and disaster risk" (2021) published in Geography and Sustainability
  • "Disaster Risk Science: A Geographical Perspective and a Research Framework" (2020) published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • "Desertification Control Practices in China" (2020) published in Sustainability
  • "Impacts of global urban expansion on natural habitats undermine the 2050 vision for biodiversity" (2022) published in Resources Conservation and Recycling

Frequent collaborators in Peijun Shi's research include the following individuals:

  • Lianyou Liu
  • Jing'ai Wang
  • Gangfeng Zhang
  • Shunlin Liang
  • Weihang Liu

Their publications commonly appear in these venues:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Peijun Shi has authored books published by major academic publishers. These include titles such as "The Geography of Contemporary China" (2022) published by Springer International Publishing, and "Atlas of Global Change Risk of Population and Economic Systems" (2022) published by Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • Society: Realizing China's urban dream

    Xuemei Bai;Peijun Shi;Yansui Liu

  • Slope Length Effects on Soil Loss for Steep Slopes

    B. Y. Liu;M. A. Nearing;P. J. Shi;Z. W. Jia

  • Land-use/land-cover change detection using improved change-vector analysis

    Jing Chen;Peng Gong;Chunyang He;Ruiliang Pu

  • The 2011 eastern Japan great earthquake disaster: Overview and comments

    Okada Norio;Tao Ye;Yoshio Kajitani;Peijun Shi

  • Response of seasonal vegetation development to climatic variations in eastern central Asia

    Fangfang Yu;Kevin P Price;James Ellis;Peijun Shi

  • Landscape Urbanization and Economic Growth in China: Positive Feedbacks and Sustainability Dilemmas

    Xuemei Bai;Jing Chen;Peijun Shi

  • Improving the normalized difference built-up index to map urban built-up areas using a semiautomatic segmentation approach

    Chunyang He;Peijun Shi;Dingyong Xie;Yuanyuan Zhao

  • Modeling urban expansion scenarios by coupling cellular automata model and system dynamic model in Beijing, China

    Chunyang He;Chunyang He;Norio Okada;Qiaofeng Zhang;Peijun Shi

  • Global pattern of temperature sensitivity of soil heterotrophic respiration (Q10) and its implications for carbon‐climate feedback

    Tao Zhou;Tao Zhou;Peijun Shi;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo

  • Urban built-up land change detection with road density and spectral information from multi-temporal Landsat TM data

    Q. Zhang;J. Wang;X. Peng;P. Gong

  • Modelling dynamic urban expansion processes incorporating a potential model with cellular automata

    Chunyang He;Chunyang He;Norio Okada;Qiaofeng Zhang;Peijun Shi

  • Analysis of dry/wet conditions using the standardized precipitation index and its potential usefulness for drought/flood monitoring in Hunan Province, China

    Juan Du;Juan Du;Jian Fang;Wei Xu;Wei Xu;Peijun Shi;Peijun Shi

  • Measuring social vulnerability to natural hazards in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

    Wenfang Chen;Wenfang Chen;Susan L. Cutter;Christopher T. Emrich;Peijun Shi

  • Flood-induced mortality across the globe: Spatiotemporal pattern and influencing factors.

    Pan Hu;Qiang Zhang;Peijun Shi;Bo Chen

  • The effect of land use/cover change on surface runoff in Shenzhen region, China

    Pei-Jun Shi;Pei-Jun Shi;Yi Yuan;Jing Zheng;Jing-Ai Wang

  • Response of vegetation to different time-scales drought across China: Spatiotemporal patterns, causes and implications

    Qiang Zhang;Dongdong Kong;Vijay P. Singh;Peijun Shi

  • Daily precipitation changes in the semi-arid region over northern China

    Dao-Yi Gong;Pei-Jun Shi;Jing-Ai Wang

  • The Tsinghua– Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China

    Jun Yang;José G. Siri;Justin V. Remais;Qu Cheng

  • Modelling the population density of China at the pixel level based on DMSP/OLS non-radiance-calibrated night-time light images

    L. Zhuo;T. Ichinose;J. Zheng;J. Chen

  • Vegetation phenology on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its response to climate change (1982-2013)

    Qiang Zhang;Dongdong Kong;Peijun Shi;Vijay P. Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Vijay P. Singh
Vijay P. Singh Texas A&M University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Chunyang He
Chunyang He Beijing Normal University
Xihui Gu
Xihui Gu China University of Geosciences
Tao Ye
Tao Ye Pennsylvania State University
Fulu Tao
Fulu Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peng Gong
Peng Gong University of Hong Kong
Daoyi Gong
Daoyi Gong Beijing Normal University
Jin Chen
Jin Chen Beijing Normal University

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