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50
Citations
9530
World Ranking
3397
National Ranking
222

Overview

Peng Cui is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus spanning environmental science and engineering. Their work primarily addresses natural hazards, disaster risk, and environmental monitoring. They have contributed extensively to topics including landslides and related hazards, cryospheric studies and observations, flood risk assessment and management, climate change and permafrost, hydrology and watershed management studies, domain adaptation and few-shot learning, as well as geotechnical engineering and analysis.

The scientist's frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University) with 29 publications, SSRN Electronic Journal (9 publications), Journal of Mountain Science (8 publications), Advances in Climate Change Research (7 publications), and Engineering Geology (6 publications).

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Peng Cui are Guotao Zhang, Nazir Ahmed Bazai, Qiang Zou, Yan Wang, and Jiao Wang.

Notable recent papers by Peng Cui include:

  • Scientific challenges in disaster risk reduction for the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, 2022, Engineering Geology
  • Scientific challenges of research on natural hazards and disaster risk, 2021, Geography and Sustainability

Additional highly cited works associated with the dataset include research on methanol oxidation, glacial lake outburst flood hazard, and battery catalyst materials, though these are authored by other researchers.

Peng Cui has also contributed to book publications, including one titled Integrated Disaster Risk Management: From Earth Sciences to Policy Making, published by Frontiers Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • The 12 May Wenchuan earthquake-induced landslide lakes: distribution and preliminary risk evaluation

    Peng Cui;Ying-yan Zhu;Yong-shun Han;Xiao-qing Chen

  • The Wenchuan Earthquake (May 12, 2008), Sichuan Province, China, and resulting geohazards

    Peng Cui;Xiao-Qing Chen;Ying-Yan Zhu;Feng-Huan Su

  • Experimental analysis on the impact force of viscous debris flow

    Peng Cui;Chao Zeng;Yu Lei

  • Scale amplification of natural debris flows caused by cascading landslide dam failures

    P. Cui;Gordon G.D. Zhou;X.H. Zhu;J.Q. Zhang

  • Comprehensive analyses of the initiation and entrainment processes of the 2000 Yigong catastrophic landslide in Tibet, China

    Jia-wen Zhou;Peng Cui;Ming-hui Hao

  • Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard in response to surge glaciers in the Karakoram

    Nazir Ahmed Bazai;Peng Cui;Paul A. Carling;Hao Wang

  • Dynamic process analysis for the initiation and movement of the Donghekou landslide-debris flow triggered by the Wenchuan earthquake

    Jia-wen Zhou;Jia-wen Zhou;Peng Cui;Xing-guo Yang

  • Changes in glacial lakes and glaciers of post-1986 in the Poiqu River basin, Nyalam, Xizang (Tibet)

    Xiao-qing Chen;Peng Cui;Yong Li;Zhong Yang

  • Intensity-duration threshold of rainfall-triggered debris flows in the Wenchuan Earthquake affected area, China

    Xiaojun Guo;Peng Cui;Yong Li;Li Ma

  • Scientific challenges of research on natural hazards and disaster risk

    Peng Cui;Jianbing Peng;Peijun Shi;Huiming Tang

  • Destruction of vegetation due to geo-hazards and its environmental impacts in the Wenchuan earthquake areas

    Peng Cui;Yong-ming Lin;Can Chen

  • Engineering measures for debris flow hazard mitigation in the Wenchuan earthquake area

    Xiaoqing Chen;Peng Cui;Yong You;Jiangang Chen

  • Landslide Detection of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Based on Deep Learning With Constrains

    Chengming Ye;Yao Li;Peng Cui;Li Liang

  • Jiangjia Ravine debris flows in south-western China

    Peng Cui;Xiaoqing Chen;Yuyi Waqng;Kaiheng Hu

  • Dynamic process analysis for the formation of Yangjiagou landslide-dammed lake triggered by the Wenchuan earthquake, China

    Jia-wen Zhou;Jia-wen Zhou;Peng Cui;Hua Fang

  • The mechanisms behind shallow failures in slopes comprised of landslide deposits

    Peng Cui;Chao-xu Guo;Jia-wen Zhou;Ming-hui Hao

  • Landslide-dammed lake at Tangjiashan, Sichuan province, China (triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake, May 12, 2008): risk assessment, mitigation strategy, and lessons learned

    Peng Cui;Chao Dang;Jian-qi Zhuang;Yong You

  • Experimental study on cascading landslide dam failures by upstream flows

    Gordon G. D. Zhou;P. Cui;H. Y. Chen;X. H. Zhu

  • Characteristics and triggering mechanism of Xinmo landslide on 24 June 2017 in Sichuan, China

    Li-jun Su;Kai-heng Hu;Wei-feng Zhang;Jiao Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Li
Yong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology
Alessandro Pasuto
Alessandro Pasuto National Research Council (CNR)
Jonathan Li
Jonathan Li University of Waterloo
Zhaoyin Wang
Zhaoyin Wang Tsinghua University
Emily Y. Y. Chan
Emily Y. Y. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rajib Shaw
Rajib Shaw Keio University
Paul A. Carling
Paul A. Carling University of Southampton
Peijun Shi
Peijun Shi Beijing Normal University
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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