Journal of Geographical Sciences

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Relocation for improved ecosystem service and human wellbeing? Evidence from Fuping, Hebei, China79
Energy dissipation caused by boundary resistance in a typical reach of the lower Yellow River and the implications for riverbed stability62
Comprehensive evaluation and influencing factors of healthy cities in China’s urban agglomerations61
The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China60
Does supply match demand? Assessing the relationship between thermal comfort and greenspace exposure in Nanjing, China60
Spatial morphology optimization for reconciling urban expansion with ecological integrity based on a multi-level ecological network framework58
Regional ecosystem services relationships and their potential driving factors in the Yellow River Basin, China58
Population evolution at the prefecture-level city scale in China: Change patterns and spatial correlations50
Characterization and projection of spatial and temporal changes in habitat quality of Sanjiangyuan based on land use change50
Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district, Shaanxi province, China48
Glacier area changes in the Nujiang-Salween River Basin over the past 45 years47
Geographical features and development models of estuarine cities45
Glacier service value and influence on human well-being in Qilian Mountains44
Long-term glacier variations and the response to climate fluctuation in Qilian Mountains, China43
Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future42
Uncovering differences in the spatial structure of intercity interactive networks described by multi-source migration flow: From the multi-hierarchical perspective42
Distribution of prehistoric human land use in the Liaohe River Valley as related to climate change40
Spatial scaling effects of gully erosion in response to driving factors in southern China39
Assessment of hydraulic performance changes of Dongting Lake after the Three Gorges Reservoir impoundment by a novel semi-empirical approach39
Imbalance of inter-provincial forest carbon sequestration rate from 2010 to 2060 in China and its regulation strategy35
Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation33
Influence mechanism of the flow of high-skilled talents on technological evolution in emerging countries33
Effects of water level variations on the water quality of Huayang Lakes, China30
Patterns, synergies, and interactions between human activities and living environment on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau28
Establishment of urban agglomerations has enabled more people to benefit from sustainable development27
Assessment on the sustainability of water resources utilization in Central Asia based on water resources carrying capacity26
Examining spatio-temporal variations in carbon budget and carbon compensation zoning in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration based on major functional zones26
Dynamics and interactions of water-related ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin, China26
China’s food security situation and key questions in the new era: A perspective of farmland protection26
Adjustment of thalweg longitudinal profiles in response to sediment silting in cascade reservoirs: A case study of the lower Jinsha River25
Linkage between riverbed scouring or deposition and the evolution of central bars: Case study in the Yangzhong reach of the Yangtze River25
The segmentation of debris-flow fans based on local features and spatial attention mechanism25
Geomorphology of mega-dunes in the eastern Taklimakan Desert25
Automatic mapping and pattern analysis of retrogressive thaw slumps on the central Tibetan Plateau using deep learning24
Climate change impacts on the architectural adaptation in ancient China during the 3rd–6th centuries24
Exploring the influence of surface soil moisture on heatwave characteristics in the Northern Hemisphere24
Urban economic efficiency under the interactive effect of urban hierarchy and connection networks in China23
Multi-hierarchical spatial clustering for characteristic towns in China: An Orange-based framework to integrate GIS and Geodetector23
Spatiotemporal heterogeneities in vegetation phenophase responses to climate extremes in arid mountains of Central Asia23
Measuring glacier changes in the Tianshan Mountains over the past 20 years using Google Earth Engine and machine learning22
Evaluation and forecast of the regional marine innovation ecosystem’s competitiveness: A systematic multivariate grey interval model with spatial proximity effects22
Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem services under multiple future scenarios to assess the progress of Sustainable Development Goals implementation21
Evaluation of geopolitical environment along the Belt and Road routes21
Quantum harmonic oscillator model for simulation of intercity population mobility21
Post-suburbanization in Qingpu New Town: Process and formation mechanism21
Evolution of rural multifunction and its natural and socioeconomic factors in coastal China21
Flow resistance adjustments of channel and bars in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in response to the operation of the Three Gorges Dam21
Green roofs for a greener future: Quantifying carbon sequestration and oxygen production potential in Chinese cities20
Evolution of vegetation phenology and its response to urbanisation in Shaanxi province, China: A fine-scale perspective20
Morphological evolution of the channel-shoal system in the South Channel of the Changjiang Estuary during 1958–2018: Causes and future trends19
Evaluating climate-induced productivity of typical ecosystems of the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau19
Global and regional changes in working-age population exposure to heat extremes under climate change19
Mapping interaction between human activities and land surface temperature in the Yellow River Basin19
Multidimensional and multiscenario assessment for cropland supply–demand matches and sustainable development zoning19
Evaluation, simulation, and optimization of land use spatial patterns for high-quality development: A case study of Zhengzhou city, China19
Have China’s drylands become wetting in the past 50 years?19
Land cover change and its response to water level around Tonle Sap Lake in 1988–202018
Zoning framework and policy implications of sustainable development by coupling multilevel in Beijing, China18
Geographical big data and data mining: A new opportunity for “water-energy-food” nexus analysis18
Morphometric analyses of a deltaic strandplain inferred from LiDAR data and old maps: A contribution to the coastal risk mapping of the Tiber Delta (Italy)18
Estimation and simulation on carbon sinks potential of marine aquaculture in China18
Nonlinear response of China’s eco-geographical arid/humid regions to climate change during 1961–202018
Comparative analysis of different machine learning algorithms for urban footprint extraction in diverse urban contexts using high-resolution remote sensing imagery18
Regulation factors driving vegetation changes in China during the past 20 years18
Quantitative assessment of fire occurrence Dead Fuel Index threshold and spatio-temporal variation in different grassland types of China-Mongolia border area18
Impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the normalized difference vegetation index of desertified areas in northern China17
Climate change and human activities on runoff in northern Shaanxi: Based on Budyko framework analysis17
Lake surface water-heat flux variation and its correlations with meteorological factors on multiscale in the Yamzhog Yumco, south Tibet17
Influencing factors of manufacturing agglomeration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region based on enterprise big data17
How geographic accessibility and rural governance mitigate the impact of multiple risks on rural households’ well-being: Evidence from the Dabie Mountains in China17
Characteristics of the iron mineralogy of farmland and red soils in eastern Guangdong and their pedogenetic implications17
Global submarine cable network and digital divide17
Dynamics of the eco-environmental quality in response to land use changes in rapidly urbanizing areas: A case study of Wuhan, China from 2000 to 201817
Housing tenure and type choices of urban migrants in China17
The effects of Taobao villages’ spatiotemporal agglomeration on urbanization: A case study of Quanzhou, Fujian16
Spatiotemporal variations of eco-environment in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone based on remote sensing ecological index and granular computing16
Understanding the multidimensional poverty in South Asia16
Nonlinear relationship between urban form and transport CO2 emissions: Evidence from Chinese cities based on machine learning16
Spatiotemporal evolution of national development zones and their impact on urban land growth in China16
Relationship between potential waterway depth improvement and evolution of the Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in China16
Evaluation system and influencing paths for the integration of culture and tourism in traditional villages16
Divergent effects of climate change on cropland ecosystem water use efficiency at different elevations in southwestern China16
An influencing mechanism for ecological asset gains and losses and its optimization and promotion pathways in China16
Chronology of the urban evolution of Ancient Loulan City16
Touristic urbanization and greening of coastal dune fields: A long-term assessment of a temperate sandy barrier of Argentina15
Tourism development potential and obstacle factors of cultural heritage: Evidence from traditional music in Xiangxi15
Landslide susceptibility on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Key driving factors identified through machine learning15
Extraction and spatiotemporal evolution analysis of tidal flats in the Bohai Rim during 1984–2019 based on remote sensing15
Different trajectories of livelihood transformations in response to the trans-Eurasian exchange in agricultural, pastoral, and agro-pastoral regions of north China during the late Neolithic and Bronze15
Moving towards synergistic reductions on PM2.5 and CO2 and its mechanism: A case study of Yangtze River Economic Belt, China15
A geographical perspective on the Xia culture: Evidence from ancient phenology and paleoclimate simulation15
Beach morphodynamic characteristics and classifications around Hainan Island, China15
Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway15
How does the coupling coordination relationship between high-quality urbanization and land use evolve in China? New evidence based on exploratory spatiotemporal analyses15
Divergent responses of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) to recent warming along elevational gradients in the central Qilian Mountains, Northwest China15
Spatio-temporal variation prediction on Cd content in the rice grains from Northern Zhejiang Plain during 2014–2019 based on high-precision soil geochemical data15
Integrating categorical and standard triple collocation to improve precipitation fusion over the five largest freshwater lakes in China15
The (geo)politics of the marine knowledge production and evolution in the South China Sea: The case of Genglubu15
Traffic accessibility and the coupling degree of ecosystem services supply and demand in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, China15
Climate-driven changes in drought metrics across the Yellow River Basin based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 614
Assessing Common Era impacts of Asian dust on tropical cyclone changes in the Northwestern Pacific14
Nonlinear effects of the urban built environment on urban vitality: A case study of Hangzhou, China14
Progress on spatial prediction methods for soil particle-size fractions14
Provincial anthropogenic emission inventory of carbonyl sulfide (COS) in China from 2015 to 202114
Spatiotemporal distribution of sea-island prehistoric dune sites, Holocene sea levels, and aeolian sand activities in Fujian Province, China14
Bank and point bar morphodynamics in the Lower Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in response to the Three Gorges Project14
Regional differences and formation mechanisms of watershed territorial space patterns evolution: A case study of the critical areas in the Pearl River Basin14
Evolution characteristics of ecosystem functional stability and ecosystem functional zoning on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau14
Developing socio-hydrology: Research progress, opportunities and challenges14
The spatial pattern and governance of Zhongyuan Urban-Rural System in its development trajectory14
Relational characteristics and dynamics between high-tech firms in the Pearl River Delta and the empowerment for technological innovation by Hong Kong14
On integrated urban and rural development14
Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast13
How does land consolidation affect rural development transformation?13
Temporal and spatial laws and simulations of erosion and deposition in the Lower Yellow River since the operation of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir13
Lithic miniaturization in South China since the terminal Pleistocene: A multivariate analysis of lithic reduction from Fodongdi, Fulin and Xiqiaoshan13
Thalweg migration under the collaborative changes in the hydro-sediment regime and erosion base level in the Xiaobeiganliu reach of the Middle Yellow River13
The meliorization process of urban green spaces: Integrating landsense creation for sustainable development13
Ecological state of the natural and agricultural phytocenoses as the marker of ecosystem services: Taking into account differences in natural and anthropogenic conditions under global climate change13
Geopolitics of the energy transition13
Multi-scale coupling analysis of urbanization and ecosystem services supply-demand budget in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China13
A 1000-year history of cropland cover change along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in China13
Tracing the agro-pastoral ecotone transition in northern China from the human-Earth system perspective12
The long-term environmental evolution of an urban lake in the highly developed Yangtze River Delta12
Impact and zoning of production-living-ecological spaces changes on carbon balance: Evidence from Shandong province, China12
Differential depression of the glacier equilibrium-line altitudes in the Yarlung Zangbo Downstream Basin in the Last Glacial Maximum compared to the pre-industrial era12
The optimal explanatory power of soil erosion and water yield in karst mountainous areas12
The location choice of Chinese investment in the United States: Industrial agglomeration, ethnic networks and firm heterogeneity12
Estimation of maize yield incorporating the synergistic effect of climatic and land use change in Jilin, China12
Factors influencing the recessive morphology of farmland use under labor changes based on production input willingness and behavior of farmers12
Evaluation of cropland suitability and key potential areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau12
Combinatorial knowledge dynamics, innovative performance, and transition studies12
What are the policy effects of implementing a national strategic plan pertaining to territorial functional zoning? An empirical study from Sichuan province12
Unearthing the impact of urban sprawl on transport carbon dioxide emissions: Fresh evidence from 274 Chinese cities12
Development vs. conservation in limited urban sprawl: An integrated framework for resolving the urban boundary dilemma in China12
Effective soil particle size distributions and critical size of enrichment/depletion in splash erosion for loessial soil11
Performance evaluation of resource-based city transformation: A case study of energy-enriched areas in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia11
The morphology across tourism destinations: A case study in China11
Progress and major themes of research on urban shrinkage and its eco-environmental impacts11
Rainfall effects on wind erosion processes on the simulated Gobi surface using indoor experiments11
Evolution of the historical polder landscape in the ancient Danyang wetland, lower Yangtze River, China, during the last 3000 years11
Divergent nitrogen isotope trends in Chinese lake sediments since the mid-Qing Dynasty: Influencing factors and implications11
Territorial spatial zoning based on suitability evaluation and its impact on ecosystem services in Ezhou city11
Drivers of water pollutant discharge in urban agglomerations and their scale effects11
Optimizing field management to promote the ecologicalization of agriculture in loess hilly-gully region, China11
The spatial pattern of population-land-industry coupling coordinated development and its influencing factor detection in rural China11
Socio-economic roots of human settlement layout in the marginal zone of the Changtang Plateau uninhabited area: A comparative study of three typical counties11
A review of China’s overseas economic and trade cooperation zones along the Belt and Road: Progress and prospects10
Physicochemical indicators of hydro-ecological conditions in a nebkha sedimentary profile in the arid Shule River Basin, northwestern China10
Impact of land use intensity changes on ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin, China10
The effects of human activities on windbreak and sand fixation services in Inner Mongolia grasslands from 2000 to 202010
Rapid dynamics of paraglacial vegetation under temperate deglaciating environments in Mt. Gongga, southeastern Tibetan Plateau10
Development of periglacial landforms and soil formation in the Ilgaz Mountains and effect of climate (Western Black Sea Region-Türkiye)10
Hedging effect alleviates the impact of land use on mainstream hydrological regimes: Evidence from Jinsha River, China10
Trend changes of flow regime metrics in the water conservation zone of the Yellow River caused by observation uncertainty10
Mapping cropping patterns in the North China Plain over the past 300 years and an analysis of the drivers of change10
Urbanization under globalization: How does the Belt and Road Initiative affect urbanization levels in participating countries10
Simulation and prediction of multi-scenario evolution of ecological space based on FLUS model: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China10
Patterns, processes, and differentiation mechanisms of China’s transition from old to new economic drivers10
Urbanization of county in China: Spatial patterns and influencing factors10
Spatio-temporal analysis of human wellbeing and its coupling relationship with ecosystem services in Shandong province, China10
Impact of cascade reservoirs on the delayed response behaviour of sedimentation in the Three Gorges Reservoir10
Farmland use behavior and its influencing factors from the perspective of population migration10
Understanding land for high-quality development10
Exploring zonal heterogeneities of primary school students’ commute-mode choices through a geographically weighted regression model10
Human settlements in the Ordos Plateau since the Neolithic Age9
Spatiotemporal variations of water use efficiency and its driving factors in Inner Mongolia from 2001 to 20209
Divergent contributions of spring and autumn photosynthetic phenology to seasonal carbon uptake of subtropical vegetation in China9
Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of Pseudo Human Settlements in Northeast China based on the Baidu Index9
Anthropogenic origin of a change in the fire-climate relationship in northern China after ∼2000 yr BP: Evidence from a 15,500-year black carbon record from Dali Lake9
Evolutionary process and development implications of traditional trade routes in the Himalayan region9
Spatio-temporal correlation between human activity intensity and land surface temperature on the north slope of Tianshan Mountains9
Ecological transitions in Xinjiang, China: Unraveling the impact of climate change on vegetation dynamics (1990–2020)9
Feasibility analysis of a double-cropping system for the efficient use of farmland on China’s Loess Plateau9
Spatiotemporal characteristics of Neolithic tomb orientations in Central China informed by machine learning9
Tree-ring reconstruction of changes in surface vegetation cover in the western Alborz Mountains since AD 19439
Modelling the impacts of cropland displacement on potential cereal production with four levels of China’s administrative boundaries9
Carbon sink response of terrestrial vegetation ecosystems in the Yangtze River Delta and its driving mechanism9
Spatiotemporal differentiation and attribution of land surface temperature in China in 2001–20209
Spatial distribution characteristics and differentiated management strategies of China Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems9
Geomorphology-oriented theoretical framework and construction method for value-added DEM9
Spatio-temporal changes and driving forces of ecological environment quality in northern China from 2000 to 20229
Spatio-temporal pattern and driving mechanism of the coupling coordination of human settlements systems9
Uneven gains from agricultural modernization: Spatial spillover effects and regional heterogeneity of grain yield in China’s nine major agricultural zones9
Divergent responses of vegetation productivity to soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit across China: Spatiotemporal patterns and climatic attribution9
The theoretical basis and development of new quality productive forces in China’s ice and snow economy8
Evaluating the impacts of converting grain to vegetable fields on nitrate transport in the deep vadose zone of the North China Plain8
Simulation of urban expansion using geographical similarity transition rules and neighbourhood sizes8
The main process and driving mechanism of rural revitalization in China8
Path dependence or path creation of mature resource-based cities: A new firm entry perspective8
Changes in land surface air temperature annual cycle amplitude over the last millennium8
Study of loess ecological slope protection optimization measures and prediction of the erosion control effect8
Nature or society: Understanding the evolution and mechanisms of livestock industry agglomeration in China8
Spatio-temporal changes of prehistoric human activities and subsistence in relation to trans-Eurasian exchange in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor8
Investigating the critical influencing factors of snowmelt runoff and development of a mid-long term snowmelt runoff forecasting8
Spatio-temporal characteristics of farmland occupation of construction land expansion and its spatial relationship with grain yield in China for 2000–20208
“Bundling regions” based optimization of planting structure for water conservation in the Yellow River Basin8
Morphological differentiation characteristics and classification criteria of lunar surface relief amplitude8
Spatio-temporal patterns and driving mechanism of farmland fragmentation in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain8
Spatial distribution changes and habitat conservation of medicinal plant diversity in the Yinshan Mountains (China) under climate change8
Distribution of topographical changes triggered by prolonged heavy rainfall in the Chinese Loess Plateau: A case study of the Gutun catchment in Yan’an8
Spatial pattern evolution and driving factors of urban green technology innovation in China8
Spatial non-stationary characteristics between grass yield and its influencing factors in the Ningxia temperate grasslands based on a mixed geographically weighted regression model8
Profoundly entwined ecosystem services, land-use change and human well-being into sustainability management in Yushu, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau8
Dynamics of the global semiconductor trade and its dependencies8
Hunting, gathering, planting, and animal rearing: Utilization of animal and plant resources at the Wutaishan site (5800–5300 a BP), Songhua River Basin, Northeast China8
Urban construction land demand prediction and spatial pattern simulation under carbon peak and neutrality goals: A case study of Guangzhou, China8
Multi-scale analysis of spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in a Ningxia irrigation district, China8
Chinese investment promoted economic growth while reducing inequality in African countries7
Spatio-temporal patterns of temperature extremes and their response to atmospheric circulation factors in China from 1961 to 20207
Long-term passive restoration of severely degraded drylands — divergent impacts on soil and vegetation: An Israeli case study7
Late Pleistocene vegetation succession, climate change and hominin adaptation in Sandinggai site, central South China7
Rivers increasingly warmer: Prediction of changes in the thermal regime of rivers in Poland7
Regional revitalizing divergences and reasons for targeted policy-driven rural development in China: An assessment based on provincial-level data7
The interannual periodicity of precipitation and its links to the large-scale circulations over the Third Pole7
Methodology, progress and challenges of geoscience knowledge graph in International Big Science Program of Deep-Time Digital Earth7
Does adaptability matter?7
Experimental study of population density using an optimized random forest model7
Time-scale effects in human-nature interactions, regionally and globally7
Fusion of historical survey data and remote sensing to analyze the spatiotemporal variation of altitudinal belts in the Kunlun Mountains during 2000–20207
Gentrifying rural community development: A case study of Bama Panyang River Basin in Guangxi, China7
Ecological security evaluation and early warning of ski tourism destinations7
Increasing probability of concurrent drought between the water intake and receiving regions of the Hanjiang to Weihe River Water Diversion Project, China7
Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of grazing pressure in the Three-River-Source Region on the Tibetan Plateau7
Hydrological processes in the Aksu River source region during the intense ablation period based on water chemistry and isotopes7
Network and mechanism of China’s new energy vehicle industry from the perspective of value chain7
Evaluating the hydrological effects of the Three Gorges Reservoir based on a large-scale coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic-dam operation model7
Extent and spatial distribution of terrace abandonment in China7
Increasing threat from landfalling tropical cyclones over China due to their characteristic changes (1949–2022)7
Experience and future research trends of wetland protection and restoration in China7
Regional economic globalization patterns and evolution of the Pearl River Delta: A perspective of strategic coupling7
Can the integration between urban and rural areas be realized? A new theoretical analytical framework7
Ecological risk assessment and ecological security pattern optimization in the middle reaches of the Yellow River based on ERI+MCR model6
Ecological changes and the tradeoff and synergy of ecosystem services in western China6
Spatial and temporal changes of glaciers and glacial lakes in the Northern Tianshan Mountains over the past 30 years6
Contrasting roles of precipitation and dust in regulating organic–inorganic carbon burial in Tibetan lakes across aridity gradients6
Unveiling water purification dynamics: A supply-flow-demand perspective from the Xiangjiang River Basin6
Identification of regional pattern of climate change risk in China under different global warming targets6
The effects of climate change and phenological variation on agricultural production and its risk pattern in the black soil area of northeast China6
China’s transition to a low-carbon economy and climate resilience: The impact of sustainable modernization indicators6
Observing the compact trend of urban expansion patterns in global 33 megacities during 2000–20206
Seasonal variations in the transpiration-to-evapotranspiration ratio and their driving forces in China’s terrestrial ecosystem during 1981–20216
Regeneration patterns and drivers of different underutilized lands in the rust belt city of developing country: An empirical case study for Northeast China6
Natural and human-induced decline and spatio-temporal differentiation of terrestrial water storage over the Lancang-Mekong River Basin6
Climate and human drivers of surface water changes in the Zavkhan River-Khyargas Lake Basin, western Mongolia6
Is the special economic zone an effective policy tool for promoting polycentricity? Evidence from China6
Decoding securitization of city economies through the lens of the modified Buffett indicator: A case study of China6
Agricultural pollution control and carbon reduction in China: Spatiotemporal heterogeneity, synergy, and drivers6
Sustainable intensification for land space utilization system: Theoretical construction and application implications6
Integrated spatiotemporal data mining and DInSAR for improved understanding of subsidence related to groundwater depletion impacts6
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