Journal of Geographical Sciences

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 4. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Evolutionary process and development implications of traditional trade routes in the Himalayan region73
Quantitative measurement of the effects of administrative division adjustments on regional development73
A strategy of the rural governance for territorial spatial planning in China54
Dead shrub patches as ecosystem engineers in degraded drylands52
Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway52
Energy dissipation caused by boundary resistance in a typical reach of the lower Yellow River and the implications for riverbed stability49
Spatiotemporal pattern of the dynamics in area, production, and yield of Aus rice in Bangladesh and its response to droughts from 1980 to 201846
The recent evolution of dune landforms and its environmental indications in the mid-latitude desert area (Hexi Corridor)38
Exploring zonal heterogeneities of primary school students’ commute-mode choices through a geographically weighted regression model37
Incorporation of intra-city human mobility into urban growth simulation: A case study in Beijing36
The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China35
Evaluating flash flood simulation capability with respect to rainfall temporal variability in a small mountainous catchment35
Spatial distribution and influencing factors of Surface Nibble Degree index in the severe gully erosion region of China’s Loess Plateau33
Temperature trends in some major countries from the 1980s to 201933
Farmland use behavior and its influencing factors from the perspective of population migration33
Measuring Chinese cities’ economic development with mobile application usage31
Tourism development potential and obstacle factors of cultural heritage: Evidence from traditional music in Xiangxi31
Growing impacts of low-flow events on vegetation dynamics in hydrologically connected wetlands downstream Yangtze River Basin after the operation of the Three Gorges Dam29
Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district, Shaanxi province, China28
Changes over flood season in turbidity maximum zone in a mountainous macrotidal estuary from 1986 to 202028
Substrate damage and recovery after giant clam shell mining at remote coral reefs in the southern South China Sea28
Urbanization under globalization: How does the Belt and Road Initiative affect urbanization levels in participating countries27
Assessment of recharge capacity potential of groundwater using comparative multi-criteria decision analysis approaches27
The validity and international comparability of China’s floating population concepts and data27
Geomorphology-oriented theoretical framework and construction method for value-added DEM26
Intercity connections and a world city network based on international sport events: Empirical studies on the Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games26
Evaluation method and empirical application of human activity suitability of land resources in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau26
Structure and governance model of rural social space quality: A case study of Longxi County in the Loess Hilly Area of China23
Carbon sink response of terrestrial vegetation ecosystems in the Yangtze River Delta and its driving mechanism22
Observing the compact trend of urban expansion patterns in global 33 megacities during 2000–202021
Differential evolution of territorial space and effects on ecological environment quality in China’s border regions20
Considering time-lag effects can improve the accuracy of NPP simulation using a light use efficiency model20
Divergent responses of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) to recent warming along elevational gradients in the central Qilian Mountains, Northwest China20
Intensified risk to ecosystem productivity under climate change in the arid/humid transition zone in northern China19
Evaluating changes in ecological land and effect of protecting important ecological spaces in China19
Spatial and temporal coordinated development research on ecosystem services and human well-being in the typical pastoral area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau19
Distribution patterns of SOC/TN content and their relationship with topography, vegetation and climatic factors in China’s north-south transitional zone19
Evolution characteristics and driving factors of rural regional functions in the farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China19
Policy transfer and scale reconstruction of China’s overseas industrial parks: A case study of the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park19
Spatial and temporal changes of glaciers and glacial lakes in the Northern Tianshan Mountains over the past 30 years18
Population evolution at the prefecture-level city scale in China: Change patterns and spatial correlations18
How does the coupling coordination relationship between high-quality urbanization and land use evolve in China? New evidence based on exploratory spatiotemporal analyses18
Moving towards synergistic reductions on PM2.5 and CO2 and its mechanism: A case study of Yangtze River Economic Belt, China18
China’s transition to a low-carbon economy and climate resilience: The impact of sustainable modernization indicators18
Evaluation and structural analysis of the functions of the Tibetan Plateau National Park Cluster18
Development of periglacial landforms and soil formation in the Ilgaz Mountains and effect of climate (Western Black Sea Region-Türkiye)18
Spatial pattern of knowledge innovation function among Chinese cities and its influencing factors18
Assessment of the socioeconomic development levels of six economic corridors in the Belt and Road region18
Process and mechanism of rural transformation in the loess hilly-gully region: A case study of Majiabian village in Suide county17
Is the special economic zone an effective policy tool for promoting polycentricity? Evidence from China17
How do GPM and TRMM precipitation products perform in alpine regions?17
Extraction and spatiotemporal evolution analysis of tidal flats in the Bohai Rim during 1984–2019 based on remote sensing16
Understanding land for high-quality development16
Simulation and prediction of multi-scenario evolution of ecological space based on FLUS model: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China16
Scientific attributes and expression methods of geographical boundary16
On integrated urban and rural development16
Contributions of climate change to cereal yields in Tibet, 1993–201715
Visualization and analysis of local and distant population flows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using crowd-sourced data15
Spatio-temporal variations in ecological spaces and their ecological carrying status in China’s mega-urban agglomerations15
The coupling relationship between urbanization and ecological resilience in the Pearl River Delta15
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
Characterization and projection of spatial and temporal changes in habitat quality of Sanjiangyuan based on land use change15
Literature review of accessibility measures and models used in land use and transportation planning in last 5 years15
Traffic accessibility and the coupling degree of ecosystem services supply and demand in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, China15
Embodied land in China’s provinces from the perspective of regional trade15
Patterns, processes, and differentiation mechanisms of China’s transition from old to new economic drivers15
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
Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of Pseudo Human Settlements in Northeast China based on the Baidu Index14
Coordinated development of land multi-function space: An analytical framework for matching the supply of resources and environment with the use of land space for ecological protection, agricultural pr14
The effects of human activities on windbreak and sand fixation services in Inner Mongolia grasslands from 2000 to 202014
Chemical fertilizer rate, use efficiency and reduction of cereal crops in China, 1998–201814
Evaluating urban development and socio-economic disparity in India through nighttime light data14
Characterizing the behavior of surge-type glaciers in the Puruogangri Ice Field, Tibetan Plateau13
Regional ecosystem services relationships and their potential driving factors in the Yellow River Basin, China13
Evolution and obstacle factors of high-quality industrial development in the π-shaped Curve Area of the Yellow River basin in China12
Touristic urbanization and greening of coastal dune fields: A long-term assessment of a temperate sandy barrier of Argentina12
Paleoclimatic proxies from global closed basins and the possible beginning of Anthropocene12
The spatial pattern and governance of Zhongyuan Urban-Rural System in its development trajectory12
Geographical features and development models of estuarine cities12
Natural and human-induced decline and spatio-temporal differentiation of terrestrial water storage over the Lancang-Mekong River Basin12
Developing socio-hydrology: Research progress, opportunities and challenges12
Spatiotemporal variations of water use efficiency and its driving factors in Inner Mongolia from 2001 to 202012
Ecological transitions in Xinjiang, China: Unraveling the impact of climate change on vegetation dynamics (1990–2020)11
Spatial distribution characteristics and differentiated management strategies of China Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems11
Spatiotemporal patterns of human and wild boar conflicts in rural China and its implications for social-ecological systems coevolution11
Assessment on the sustainability of water resources utilization in Central Asia based on water resources carrying capacity11
Disciplinary structure and development strategy of physical geography in China11
Features of the long-term transformation of the Krasnodar reservoir, near the mouth of the Kuban River, Russia11
Geochemical features and their implication of provenances of riparian dunes in the northern China deserts11
OSL chronology reveals Late Pleistocene floods and their impact on landform evolution in the lower reaches of the Keriya River in the Taklimakan Desert11
Uphill cropland and stability assessment of gained cropland in China over the preceding 30 years11
Assessment of hydraulic performance changes of Dongting Lake after the Three Gorges Reservoir impoundment by a novel semi-empirical approach11
How to promote the green development of urbanization in the Tibetan Plateau?10
Influence of river-lake isolation on the water level variations of Caizi Lake, lower reach of the Yangtze River10
Modelling the impacts of cropland displacement on potential cereal production with four levels of China’s administrative boundaries10
Imbalance of inter-provincial forest carbon sequestration rate from 2010 to 2060 in China and its regulation strategy10
Advancing flood susceptibility modeling using stacking ensemble machine learning: A multi-model approach10
Evolution characteristics of ecosystem functional stability and ecosystem functional zoning on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau10
Development of center pivot irrigation farmlands from 2009 to 2018 in the Mu Us dune field, China: Implication for land use planning10
Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future10
Exploring spatial relationships between stream channel features, water depths and flow velocities during flash floods using HEC-GeoRAS and Geographic Information Systems10
Regeneration patterns and drivers of different underutilized lands in the rust belt city of developing country: An empirical case study for Northeast China10
Quantitative assessment of the spatial distribution of 239+240Pu inventory derived from global fallout in soils from Asia and Europe10
China’s food security situation and key questions in the new era: A perspective of farmland protection10
North-south vegetation transition in the eastern Qinling-Daba Mountains10
Tree-ring-based drought variability in northern China over the past three centuries10
Effects of water level variations on the water quality of Huayang Lakes, China10
Monthly calibration and optimization of Ångström-Prescott equation coefficients for comprehensive agricultural divisions in China10
Feasibility analysis of a double-cropping system for the efficient use of farmland on China’s Loess Plateau9
Progress on spatial prediction methods for soil particle-size fractions9
Economic sustainability of China’s growth from the perspective of its resource and environmental supply system: National scale modeling and policy analysis9
Rocky desertification poverty in Southwest China: Progress, challenges and enlightenment to rural revitalization9
Quantify the impacts of climate variability and anthropogenic activities on runoff: With an improved double mass curve method9
Examining spatio-temporal variations in carbon budget and carbon compensation zoning in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration based on major functional zones9
Transfer learning framework for streamflow prediction in large-scale transboundary catchments: Sensitivity analysis and applicability in data-scarce basins9
Rural-urban governance toward Sustainable Development Goals9
Human’s digital footprints on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Variations during festivals and impacts on nature reserves9
Glacier wastage and its vulnerability in the Qilian Mountains9
Critical threshold of periodic point bar scour and sediment body transport path in tidal reaches: A case study of Fujiangsha reach, Yangtze River9
Identification of regional pattern of climate change risk in China under different global warming targets9
Spatial scaling effects of gully erosion in response to driving factors in southern China9
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
Dynamic evolution trend of comprehensive transportation green efficiency in China: From a spatio-temporal interaction perspective9
Decoupled driving forces of variabilities of transpiration in Chinese subtropical vegetation based on remote sensing data9
Attribution of trends in meteorological drought during 1960–2016 over the Loess Plateau, China9
The driving effect of informal economies on urbanization in China9
Analysis of ecological quality in Lhasa Metropolitan Area during 1990–2017 based on remote sensing and Google Earth Engine platform8
Spatiotemporal distribution of sea-island prehistoric dune sites, Holocene sea levels, and aeolian sand activities in Fujian Province, China8
Spatio-temporal correlation between human activity intensity and land surface temperature on the north slope of Tianshan Mountains8
Divergent contributions of spring and autumn photosynthetic phenology to seasonal carbon uptake of subtropical vegetation in China8
Transnational technology transfer network in China: Spatial dynamics and its determinants8
Glacier service value and influence on human well-being in Qilian Mountains8
Spatial expansion effects on urban ecosystem services supply-demand mismatching in Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration of China8
Geopolitics of the energy transition8
Analyzing space-time evolution of rural transition in a rapidly urbanizing region: A case study of Suzhou, China8
Spatio-temporal pattern and attribution analysis of the mass elevation effect in the Tianshan Mountains in China8
Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation8
Dynamic changes and transitions of agricultural landscape patterns in mountainous areas: A case study from the hinterland of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area8
Bank and point bar morphodynamics in the Lower Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in response to the Three Gorges Project8
The spatial patterns and determinants of internal migration of older adults in China from 1995 to 20158
Spatiotemporal differentiation and attribution of land surface temperature in China in 2001–20208
The poverty evolution of typical countries along the Belt and Road and implications from China’s poverty reduction experiences8
Dynamics and interactions of water-related ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin, China8
Structure and evolution of the submarine cable network of Chinese mainland8
Distribution and land use characteristics of alluvial fans in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibet8
Ecological function transitions of land use in the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone from the perspective of production-living-ecological space7
Population migration across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors7
Perception of pleasure in the urban running environment with street view images and running routes7
Glacier area changes in the Nujiang-Salween River Basin over the past 45 years7
Spatial pattern evolution and driving factors of urban green technology innovation in China7
Simulation of urban expansion using geographical similarity transition rules and neighbourhood sizes7
Morphological differentiation characteristics and classification criteria of lunar surface relief amplitude7
Climate-driven changes in drought metrics across the Yellow River Basin based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 67
Global poverty dynamics and resilience building for sustainable poverty reduction7
Warm season temperature reconstruction in North China based on the tree-ring blue intensity of Picea meyeri7
Linkage between riverbed scouring or deposition and the evolution of central bars: Case study in the Yangzhong reach of the Yangtze River7
Spatiotemporal evolution of surface urban heat islands: Concerns regarding summer heat wave periods7
Spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of global production networks: An analysis based on the input-output technique7
A large-scale village classification model for tailored rural revitalization: A case study of Hubei province, China7
How territorial function determines CO2 emissions in China: An approach of spatial dimension7
Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of geopolitical relations among Arctic countries based on news big data7
Long-term glacier variations and the response to climate fluctuation in Qilian Mountains, China7
The evolutionary trajectory of the rural settlements in Southern Jiangsu in the past 20 years: From the perspective of urbanization and land use7
Urban expansion and intra-urban land evolution as well as their natural environmental constraints in arid/semiarid regions of China from 2000–20187
Interdecadal variation of drought patterns and associated influencing factors in the north-south transitional zone of China7
Research progress and prospect on development geography6
The location choice of Chinese investment in the United States: Industrial agglomeration, ethnic networks and firm heterogeneity6
Adjustment of flood discharge capacity with varying boundary conditions in a braided reach of the Lower Yellow River6
Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast6
Spatial identification and evaluation of rural vitality from a function-element-flow perspective: Evidence of Lin’an district in Hangzhou, China6
Separating the effects of two dimensions on ecosystem services: Environmental variables and net trade-offs6
An empirical study of the registered population transformation in China’s megacities6
Investigating the critical influencing factors of snowmelt runoff and development of a mid-long term snowmelt runoff forecasting6
Evaluation of the carbon sequestration of Zhalong Wetland under climate change6
Spatio-temporal characteristics of farmland occupation of construction land expansion and its spatial relationship with grain yield in China for 2000–20206
The segmentation of debris-flow fans based on local features and spatial attention mechanism6
Mechanism and effects of the increase in winter temperatures in the Arctic region on cold winters in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China for the period 1961–20186
The impact of COVID-19 on China’s regional economies and industries6
How to identify transitional geospace in mountainous areas?6
Effect of shipping activity on warming trends in the Canadian Arctic6
Profoundly entwined ecosystem services, land-use change and human well-being into sustainability management in Yushu, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau6
A 1000-year history of cropland cover change along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in China6
Impacts of seismic activity and climatic change on Chinese history in the recent millennium6
Development characteristics and construction prospects for a multi-integrated economic zone in the South China Sea Region6
Urban economic efficiency under the interactive effect of urban hierarchy and connection networks in China6
Path dependence or path creation of mature resource-based cities: A new firm entry perspective6
Clustering stream profiles to understand the geomorphological features and evolution of the Yangtze River by using DEMs6
Spatial non-stationary characteristics between grass yield and its influencing factors in the Ningxia temperate grasslands based on a mixed geographically weighted regression model5
Temporal and spatial laws and simulations of erosion and deposition in the Lower Yellow River since the operation of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir5
Distribution of topographical changes triggered by prolonged heavy rainfall in the Chinese Loess Plateau: A case study of the Gutun catchment in Yan’an5
Multi-hierarchical spatial clustering for characteristic towns in China: An Orange-based framework to integrate GIS and Geodetector5
Spatial identification and scenario simulation of the ecological transition zones under the climate change in China5
An optimized baseflow separation method for assessment of seasonal and spatial variability of baseflow and the driving factors5
Dynamics of the global semiconductor trade and its dependencies5
Multi-scale analysis of trade-off/synergistic effects of forest ecosystem services in the Funiu Mountain Region, China5
Measuring glacier changes in the Tianshan Mountains over the past 20 years using Google Earth Engine and machine learning5
The drivers and spatial distribution of economic efficiency in China’s cities5
Glacier changes in the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve of China during 2000–20185
Impact of the Grain-for-Green Programme and climate change on the soil erosion decline in the Yangtze River, China5
Impact of changes in precipitation pattern on food supply in a monsoon interlacing area and its mechanism: A case study of Yunnan Province5
Geomorphology-oriented digital terrain analysis: Progress and perspectives5
Construction of ecological security patterns and ecological restoration zones in the city of Ningbo, China5
Impacts of traffic accessibility on ecosystem services: An integrated spatial approach5
Machine learning-based identification for the main influencing factors of alluvial fan development in the Lhasa River Basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau5
Flood assessment and early warning of the reoccurrence of river blockage at the Baige landslide5
Quantitative relationship between channels and bars in a tidal reach of the lower Yangtze River: Implications for river management5
Analysis on geo-effects of China’s overseas industrial parks: A case study of Cambodia Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone5
Regional variation of urban air quality in China and its dominant factors5
Human settlements in the Ordos Plateau since the Neolithic Age5
Calculation of instream ecological water requirements under runoff variation conditions: Taking Xitiaoxi River in Taihu Lake Basin as an example5
Planning hierarchical hospital service areas for maternal care using a network optimization approach: A case study in Hubei, China5
Climate change and multi-dimensional sustainable urbanization5
Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas5
Visual method of analyzing COVID-19 case information using spatio-temporal objects with multi-granularity4
Spatiotemporal variation and hotspots of climate change in the Yangtze River Watershed during 1958–20174
How does land consolidation affect rural development transformation?4
The pattern, evolution, and mechanism of venture capital flows in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China4
Effect of Three Gorges Dam on Poyang Lake water level at daily scale based on machine learning4
Three-dimensional delineation of soil pollutants at contaminated sites: Progress and prospects4
Multi-scale coupling analysis of urbanization and ecosystem services supply-demand budget in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China4
Method for UAV-based 3D topography reconstruction of tidal creeks4
Human sedentism and use of animal resources on the prehistoric Tibetan Plateau4
Evaluating the impacts of converting grain to vegetable fields on nitrate transport in the deep vadose zone of the North China Plain4
Differences and dynamics of multidimensional poverty in rural China from multiple perspectives analysis4
Collaboration for radical and incremental innovation: The roles of intra-region and intra-group knowledge spillover4
Application of geographically weighted regression model in the estimation of surface air temperature lapse rate4
Spatiotemporal variations in remote sensing phenology of vegetation and its responses to temperature change of boreal forest in tundra-taiga transitional zone in the Eastern Siberia4
Characteristics and progress of land use/cover change research during 1990–20184
Spatio-temporal pattern and influencing factors of border tourism efficiency in China4
The historical logics and geographical patterns of rural-urban governance in China4
Spatial variation and driving mechanism of soil organic carbon components in the alluvial/sedimentary zone of the Yellow River4
Spatiotemporal evolution of population exposure to multi-scenario rainstorms in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration4
Erosions on the southern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from in-situ cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 26Al in fluvial sediments4
The meliorization process of urban green spaces: Integrating landsense creation for sustainable development4
Model construction of urban agglomeration expansion simulation considering urban flow and hierarchical characteristics4
Spatiotemporal differentiation and development process of tidal creek network morphological characteristics in the Yellow River Delta4
Does urban technological innovation and cooperation promote its green development? Evidence from cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China4
Evolution of rural multifunction and its natural and socioeconomic factors in coastal China4
The optimal explanatory power of soil erosion and water yield in karst mountainous areas4
Dynamics of soil loss and sediment export as affected by land use/cover change in Koshi River Basin, Nepal4
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